INTEGRATED HEALTH SERVICES INC
S-4, 1997-09-12
SKILLED NURSING CARE FACILITIES
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   As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 12, 1997

                                                    Registration Number 333-

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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                            Washington, D.C. 20549


                                    FORM S-4


                          REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933



                        INTEGRATED HEALTH SERVICES, INC.
            (EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)



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              Delaware                          8051                             23-2428312
(State or other jurisdiction of     (Primary Standard Industrial     (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
 incorporation or organization)      Classification Code Number)
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                             10065 Red Run Boulevard
                          Owings Mills, Maryland 21117
                                 (410) 998-8400

       (Address, including ZIP Code, and telephone number, including area
               code, of registrant's principal executive offices)


                            Marshall A. Elkins, Esq.
                            Executive Vice President
                               and General Counsel
                        Integrated Health Services, Inc.
                             10065 Red Run Boulevard
                          Owings Mills, Maryland 21117
                                 (410) 998-8400
                              (410) 998-8719 (FAX)

           (Name, address, including ZIP Code, and telephone number,
                   including area code, of agent for service)


                                   Copies to:




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        Carl E. Kaplan, Esq.                  Leslie A. Glew, Esq.
      Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.           Senior Vice President and
          666 Fifth Avenue                  Associate General Counsel
      New York, New York 10103           Integrated Health Services, Inc.
           (212) 318-3000                    10065 Red Run Boulevard
        (212) 752-5958 (FAX)              Owings Mills, Maryland 21117
                                                 (410) 998-8400
                                              (410) 998-8719 (FAX)
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     Approximate  date of commencement of proposed sale of the securities to the
public:  As  soon as  practicable  after  this  Registration  Statement  becomes
effective.

     If the  securities  being  registered  on this  Form are being  offered  in
connection  with the formation of a holding company and there is compliance with
General Instruction G, check the following box. [ ]


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                        CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

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                                            PROPOSED MAXIMUM      AMOUNT OF
        TITLE OF EACH CLASS OF                 AGGREGATE         REGISTRATION
      SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED            OFFERING PRICE          FEE
<S>                                         <C>                  <C>
9 1/2% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2007,
 Series A  ..............................      $450,000,000      $136,363.64
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     THE  REGISTRANT  HEREBY  AMENDS THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON SUCH DATE OR
DATES  AS  MAY  BE  NECESSARY  TO  DELAY ITS EFFECTIVE DATE UNTIL THE REGISTRANT
SHALL  FILE A FURTHER AMENDMENT WHICH SPECIFICALLY STATES THAT THIS REGISTRATION
STATEMENT  SHALL  THEREAFTER BECOME EFFECTIVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 8(A) OF
THE  SECURITIES  ACT  OF  1933, AS AMENDED, OR UNTIL THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT
SHALL  BECOME  EFFECTIVE ON SUCH DATE AS THE COMMISSION, ACTING PURSUANT TO SAID
SECTION 8(A), MAY DETERMINE.
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                SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED SEPTEMBER 12, 1997


PROSPECTUS
                        INTEGRATED HEALTH SERVICES, INC.
                               OFFER TO EXCHANGE
                                all outstanding


                   9 1/2% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2007
                  ($450,000,000 principal amount outstanding)
                                      for
              9 1/2% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2007, Series A
                        ($450,000,000 principal amount)

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THE EXCHANGE OFFER WILL EXPIRE AT 5:00 P.M., NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON            ,
1997, UNLESS EXTENDED.

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     Integrated  Health  Services,  Inc., a Delaware  corporation  ("IHS" or the
"Company"),  hereby offers (the "Exchange Offer"), upon the terms and subject to
the  conditions  set  forth  in  this  Prospectus  (the  "Prospectus")  and  the
accompanying Letter of Transmittal (the "Letter of Transmittal"), to exchange up
to  an  aggregate  principal  amount  of  $450,000,000  of  its  9  1/2%  Senior
Subordinated  Notes  due  2007,  Series A (the  "New  Notes"),  which  have been
registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities  Act"),
for an equal  principal  amount of its  outstanding  9 1/2% Senior  Subordinated
Notes due 2007 (the "Old Notes"), in integral multiples of $1,000. The New Notes
will be substantially  identical (including principal amount,  interest rate and
maturity)  to the Old Notes for which  they may be  exchanged  pursuant  to this
offer,  except  that (i) the New  Notes  will  have  been  registered  under the
Securities Act and,  therefore,  will not bear legends  restricting the transfer
thereof, and (ii) holders of New Notes will not be entitled to certain rights of
holders of the Old Notes under a Registration  Rights  Agreement dated as of May
22, 1997 (the "Registration  Rights  Agreement"),  between the Company and Smith
Barney Inc., Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Securities Corporation, Morgan Stanley
& Co. Incorporated and Salomon Brothers Inc (the "Initial Purchasers").  The Old
Notes have been,  and the New Notes will be, issued under an Indenture  dated as
of May 30, 1997 (the  "Indenture")  between the Company and First Union National
Bank,  as  Trustee.  The New Notes and the Old Notes are  together  referred  to
herein as the "9 1/2% Notes." See "The Exchange  Offer" and  "Description of the
New  Notes."  There  will be no  proceeds  to the  Company  from this  offering;
however,  pursuant to the Registration  Rights Agreement,  the Company will bear
certain offering expenses.

    The  New  Notes  will  be  unsecured  obligations  of the  Company,  will be
subordinated  to  all  present  and  future  Senior  Indebtedness  and  will  be
effectively  subordinated to all indebtedness and liabilities of subsidiaries of
the  Company.  The New Notes  will  rank  pari  passu  with the Old  Notes,  the
Company's  9 5/8%  Senior  Subordinated  Notes due  2002,  Series A (the "9 5/8%
Senior Notes"),  the Company's 10 3/4% Senior  Subordinated  Notes due 2004 (the
"10 3/4% Senior  Notes"),  the Company's 10 1/4% Senior  Subordinated  Notes due
2006 (the "10 1/4% Senior  Notes") and the Company's 9 1/4% Senior  Subordinated
Notes due 2008 (the "9 1/4% Senior Notes"),  and will be senior to the Company's
6%  Convertible  Subordinated  Debentures  due  2003  and  the  Company's  53/4%
Convertible Senior  Subordinated  Debentures due 2001. The Indenture under which
the New Notes are to be issued will not  restrict  the  incurrence  of any other
indebtedness by the Company or its subsidiaries under certain circumstances.  At
June 30, 1997, the aggregate amount of Senior  Indebtedness  outstanding and the
aggregate  amount of indebtedness  and other  liabilities of the Company and its
subsidiaries (excluding intercompany indebtedness) to which the 9 1/2% Notes are
effectively  subordinated was  approximately  $359.4 million.  At June 30, 1997,
after giving effect to the issuance of the 9 1/4% Senior Notes,  $650.1  million
of indebtedness  ranks pari passu with the 9 1/2% Notes. See "Description of the
New Notes."

     The Company will accept for exchange any and all validly tendered Old Notes
on or prior to 5:00 p.m.,  New York City time, on , 1997,  unless  extended (the
"Expiration  Date").  Tenders of Old Notes may be withdrawn at any time prior to
5:00 p.m.,  New York City time, on the Expiration  Date;  otherwise such tenders
are  irrevocable.  First  Union  National  Bank is acting as  Exchange  Agent in
connection with the Exchange Offer.  The Exchange Offer is not conditioned  upon
any minimum  principal  amount of Old Notes being tendered for exchange,  but is
otherwise  subject to certain  customary  conditions.  Upon  consummation of the
Exchange  Offer,  holders of the Old Notes,  whether  or not  tendered,  will no
longer be entitled to the contingent increases in the interest rate provided for
in the Old Notes.

     SEE  "RISK  FACTORS",  WHICH  BEGINS  ON  PAGE 14 OF THIS PROSPECTUS, FOR A
DISCUSSION  OF  CERTAIN FACTORS TO BE CONSIDERED BY HOLDERS WHO TENDER OLD NOTES
IN THE EXCHANGE OFFER.

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THESE  SECURITIES  HAVE  NOT  BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE  COMMISSION  OR  ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION NOR HAS THE SECURITIES
AND  EXCHANGE  COMMISSION  OR  ANY  STATE  SECURITIES COMMISSION PASSED UPON THE
ACCURACY  OR  ADEQUACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS
                              A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.


                                        (cover page text continued on next page)

               The date of this Prospectus is              , 1997
<PAGE>


     The Old  Notes  were sold by the  Company  on May 30,  1997 to the  Initial
Purchasers in a transaction not registered  under the Securities Act in reliance
upon the exemption  provided in Section 4(2) of the Securities  Act. The Initial
Purchasers  subsequently resold the Old Notes to qualified  institutional buyers
in reliance upon Rule 144A under the Securities Act and institutional accredited
investors in reliance upon Section 4(2) of the Securities Act. Accordingly,  the
Old  Notes may not be  otherwise  transferred  in the  United  States  unless so
registered or unless an applicable exemption from the registration  requirements
of the Securities Act is available. The New Notes are being offered hereunder in
order to satisfy the  obligations of the Company under the  Registration  Rights
Agreement. See "The Exchange Offer."

     The New Notes will bear interest at a rate equal to 9 1/2% per annum and on
the same  terms as the Old Notes from  their  date of  issuance.  Holders of Old
Notes that are accepted for exchange will  receive,  in cash,  accrued  interest
thereon from September 15, 1997, the date of the last payment of interest on the
Old  Notes  that  are  tendered  in  exchange  for the New  Notes,  to,  but not
including,  the date of issuance of the New Notes.  Such  interest  will be paid
with the first interest payment on the New Notes on March 15, 1998. Accordingly,
holders of Old Notes that are accepted for  exchange  will not receive  interest
that is accrued but unpaid on such Old Notes at the time of tender.  Interest on
the Old Notes  accepted for exchange  will cease to accrue upon  issuance of the
New Notes.  Interest on the New Notes will be payable  semiannually  on March 15
and September 15 of each year  commencing  on the first such date  following the
Expiration Date. 

     Based on an  interpretation  by the staff of the  Securities  and  Exchange
Commission  (the  "Commission")  set forth in no-action  letters issued to third
parties,  the Company  believes that New Notes issued  pursuant to this Exchange
Offer may be offered for resale,  resold and otherwise  transferred  by a holder
(other than  broker-dealers,  as set forth below) who is not an affiliate of the
Company  without  compliance  with  the  registration  and  prospectus  delivery
provisions of the Securities Act,  provided that the holder is acquiring the New
Notes in its ordinary course of business and has no arrangement or understanding
with any person to  participate in the  distribution  (within the meaning of the
Securities  Act) of the New Notes.  Persons wishing to exchange Old Notes in the
Exchange Offer must represent to the Company that such conditions have been met.
IHS has not sought,  and does not intend to seek, its own no-action letter,  and
there can be no assurance that the staff of the Commission  would make a similar
determination with respect to the Exchange Offer.

     Each  broker-dealer that receives New Notes for its own account pursuant to
the  Exchange  Offer  must  acknowledge  that it will  deliver a  prospectus  in
connection with any resale of New Notes.  The Letter of Transmittal  states that
by so acknowledging and by delivering a prospectus,  a broker-dealer will not be
deemed to admit that it is an "underwriter" within the meaning of the Securities
Act. This  Prospectus,  as it may be amended or supplemented  from time to time,
may be used by a broker-dealer  in connection with resales of New Notes received
in  exchange  for  Old  Notes  where  such  Old  Notes  were  acquired  by  such
broker-dealer  as  a  result  of  market-making   activities  or  other  trading
activities.  The  Company  has  agreed  that,  for a period of 90 days after the
Expiration Date, it will make this Prospectus available to any broker-dealer for
use in connection with any such resale. See "Plan of Distribution."


     Prior to the Exchange Offer, there has been only a limited secondary market
and no public market for the Old Notes.  The New Notes constitute a new issue of
securities with no established  trading market. The Company intends to apply for
listing of the New Notes on the New York Stock Exchange.  The Initial Purchasers
have  advised  the  Company  that they intend to make a market in the New Notes;
however, the Initial Purchasers are not obligated to do so and any market-making
may be  discontinued  at any time.  As a result,  the Company  cannot  determine
whether an active  public  market  will  develop  for the New  Notes.  See "Risk
Factors - Absence of Public Market for the New Notes."

     Any Old Notes not tendered  and accepted in the Exchange  Offer will remain
outstanding.  To the extent that any Old Notes are  tendered and accepted in the
Exchange  Offer,  a  holder's  ability  to sell  untendered  Old Notes  could be
adversely affected. Following consummation of the Exchange Offer, the holders of
Old Notes will continue to be subject to the existing restrictions upon transfer
thereof  and the  Company  will have no further  obligation  to such  holders to
provide for the  registration  under the Securities Act of the Old Notes held by
them.  See "Risk Factors - Consequences  of the Exchange Offer on  Non-Tendering
Holders of the Old Notes." 



<PAGE>

(cover page continued)


     The Company  expects  that the New Notes issued  pursuant to this  Exchange
Offer will be issued in the form of a Global  Note (as  defined  herein),  which
will be  deposited  with,  or on behalf of, The  Depository  Trust  Company (the
"Depositary")  and  registered  in its  name or in the  name of Cede & Co.,  its
nominee, except with respect to institutional "accredited investors" (within the
meaning of Rule 501(a)(1),  (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities  Act), who will
receive New Notes in certificated form.  Beneficial interests in the Global Note
representing the New Notes will be shown on, and transfers  thereof to qualified
institutional  buyers  will  be  effected  through,  records  maintained  by the
Depositary and its participants.  After the initial issuance of the Global Note,
New Notes in certificated form will be issued in exchange for the Global Note on
the  terms  set  forth  in  the   Indenture.   See   "Description   of  the  New
Notes-Book-Entry, Delivery and Form." 

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     No  dealer,  salesperson  or  other  person  has  been  authorized  to give
information  or  to  make  any representations not contained in this Prospectus,
and,  if  given  or made, such information or representations must not be relied
upon  as  having  been  authorized  by  the  Company.  This  Prospectus does not
constitute  an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any security
other  than  the  New  Notes  offered hereby, nor does it constitute an offer to
sell  or  the solicitation of an offer to buy any of the New Notes to any person
in  any  jurisdiction  in  which  it  is  unlawful  to  make  such  an  offer or
solicitation  to  such  person.  Neither the delivery of this Prospectus nor any
sale  made  hereunder  shall under any circumstances create any implication that
the  information  contained  herein  is correct as of any date subsequent to the
date hereof.
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                               TABLE OF CONTENTS



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Available Information  .................................     3
Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference   ......     3
Prospectus Summary  ....................................     5
Risk Factors  ..........................................    14
The Company   ..........................................    23
Recent Developments ....................................    24
The Exchange Offer  ....................................    30
Certain Federal Income Tax Consequences  ...............    40
Use of Proceeds  .......................................    40
Capitalization   .......................................    41
Selected Historical Consolidated Financial Data   ......    42
Unaudited Pro Forma Financial Information   ............    47
Business   .............................................    56
Description of the New Notes    ........................    73
Description of Certain Indebtedness   ..................    96
Plan of Distribution   .................................    99
Legal Matters    .......................................   100
Experts ................................................   100
Index to Consolidated Financial Statements  ............   F-1
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                             AVAILABLE INFORMATION

     The Company has filed with the Commission a Registration  Statement on Form
S-4 under  the  Securities  Act for the  registration  of the New Notes  offered
hereby (the "Registration Statement"). This Prospectus, which constitutes a part
of the Registration Statement, does not contain all of the information set forth
in the Registration Statement,  certain items of which are contained in exhibits
and  schedules  to the  Registration  Statement  as  permitted  by the rules and
regulations  of the  Commission.  For further  information  with  respect to the
Company or the New Notes offered hereby,  reference is made to the  Registration
Statement, including the exhibits thereto, which may be inspected without charge
at the public  reference  facility  maintained  by the  Commission  at 450 Fifth
Street, N.W.,  Washington,  D.C. 20549, and copies of which may be obtained from
the  Commission  at  prescribed  rates.   Statements  made  in  this  Prospectus
concerning the contents of any document  referred to herein are not  necessarily
complete.  With  respect  to each  such  document  filed  as an  exhibit  to the
Registration Statement or otherwise filed with the Commission, reference is made
to the exhibit for a more complete description of the matter involved,  and each
such statement shall be deemed qualified in its entirety by such reference.

     The Company is subject to the  information  requirements  of the Securities
Exchange  Act of 1934,  as amended  (the  "Exchange  Act"),  and, in  accordance
therewith,  files periodic reports,  proxy statements and other information with
the Commission.  Such reports, proxy statements and other information filed with
the  Commission may be inspected and copied at the Public  Reference  Section of
the  Commission  at 450  Fifth  Street,  N.W.,  Washington,  D.C.  20549 and the
regional  offices of the Commission  located at 7 World Trade Center,  New York,
New York 10048 and 500 West Madison Street, 14th Floor, Chicago, Illinois 60661.
Copies of such  materials may be obtained from the Public  Reference  Section of
the Commission,  Judiciary Plaza, 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549
and at its  public  reference  facilities  in New  York,  New York and  Chicago,
Illinois at prescribed  rates. In addition,  reports,  proxy materials and other
information  concerning  the Company may be  inspected at the offices of the New
York Stock Exchange,  20 Broad Street,  New York, New York 10005. The Commission
maintains  a  Web  site  on  the  Internet  that  contains  reports,  proxy  and
information  statements  and other  information  regarding the Company and other
registrants that file  electronically with the Commission and that is located at
http://www.sec.gov.


     The  Company is  obligated  under the  Indenture  to remain  subject to the
reporting requirements of Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act and to
continue  to file with the  Commission  such  information,  documents  and other
reports which are specified in such sections of the Exchange Act. The Company is
obligated  to file with the  Trustee  and cause to be provided to the holders of
the 9 1/2% Notes copies of such annual reports and of the information, documents
and other  reports  which the Company is  required to file with the  Commission.


     Private  Securities  Litigation  Reform  Act Safe  Harbor  Statement.  This
Prospectus  (including the documents  incorporated by reference herein) contains
certain  forward-looking  statements  (as such term is  defined  in the  Private
Securities  Litigation Reform Act of 1995) and information  relating to IHS that
are based on the beliefs of the management of IHS, as well as  assumptions  made
by and  information  currently  available to the management of IHS. When used in
this  Prospectus,  the words  "estimate,"  "project,"  "believe,"  "anticipate,"
"intend,"   "expect"   and  similar   expressions   are   intended  to  identify
forward-looking  statements.  Such  statements  reflect the current views of IHS
with  respect  to future  events  and are  subject  to risks and  uncertainties,
including  those discussed under "Risk Factors," that could cause actual results
to differ materially from those contemplated in such forward-looking statements.
Readers  are  cautioned  not to place undue  reliance  on these  forward-looking
statements,  which speak only as of the date hereof.  IHS does not undertake any
obligation to publicly release any revisions to these forward-looking statements
to reflect  events or  circumstances  after the date  hereof or to  reflect  the
occurrence of unanticipated events.


                INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE

     The information in the following documents filed by IHS with the Commission
(File No.  1-12306)  pursuant  to the  Exchange  Act is hereby  incorporated  by
reference herein:

       (i) The  Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December
31, 1996;

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<PAGE>

    (ii) The  Company's  Quarterly  Report  on  Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter
         ended March 31, 1997;

   (iii) The  Company's  Quarterly  Report  on  Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter
         ended June 30, 1997;

     (iv)The  Company's  Current  Report  on Form 8-K  dated  October  17,  1996
         reporting the  acquisition  of First  American  Health Care of Georgia,
         Inc.,  as amended by Form 8-K/A filed  November 26, 1996 and  Amendment
         No. 1 to Form 8-K/A filed July 11, 1997;


     (v) The  Company's  Current  Report  on Form 8-K  dated  October  19,  1996
         reporting  the  execution of the Agreement and Plan of Merger among the
         Company,  IHS Acquisition  XIX, Inc. and Coram  Healthcare  Corporation
         (the "Coram  Merger  Agreement"),  as amended by Form 8-K/A filed April
         11, 1997, reporting the termination of the Coram Merger Agreement;

     (vi)The Company's  Current  Report on Form 8-K dated May 23, 1997 reporting
         the Company's agreement to issue privately an aggregate of $450 million
         principal amount of the Old Notes;

    (vii)The  Company's  Current Report on Form 8-K dated May 30, 1997 reporting
         (i) the  Company's  issuance of an aggregate of $450 million  principal
         amount of the Old Notes and (ii) the Company's  acceptance  for payment
         of an aggregate of  $114,975,000  principal amount of its 9 5/8% Senior
         Notes and an aggregate of  $99,893,000  principal amount of its 10 3/4%
         Senior Notes pursuant to cash tender offers;

   (viii)The  Company's  Current  Report  on   Form  8-K   dated  July 6,  1997,
         reporting  the  execution of the Agreement and Plan of Merger among the
         Company,  IHS  Acquisition  XXIV,  Inc. and RoTech Medical  Corporation
         ("RoTech")  relating to the Company's  proposed  acquisition of RoTech;
         and

    (ix)The  Company's  Current  Report on Form 8-K  dated  September  9,  1997,
        reporting  the  Company's  agreement to issue  privately an aggregate of
        $500 million principal amount of its  9 1/4%  Senior  Subordinated Notes
        due 2008.


     All documents filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Sections
13(a),  13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date of this Prospectus
and prior to the 91st day  following the  Expiration  Date shall be deemed to be
incorporated  by reference in this  Prospectus  and to be a part hereof from the
respective  dates of filing of such documents.  Any statement  contained in this
Prospectus  or in a  document  incorporated  or  deemed  to be  incorporated  by
reference in this  Prospectus  shall be deemed to be modified or superseded  for
purposes of this  Prospectus  to the extent that a statement  contained  in this
Prospectus or in any other subsequently filed document that also is or is deemed
to be  incorporated  by reference  herein modifies or supersedes such statement.
Any such statement so modified or superseded  shall not be deemed,  except as so
modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Prospectus.

     The information relating to IHS contained in this Prospectus should be read
together with the information in the documents incorporated by reference.

     THIS PROSPECTUS INCORPORATES DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE WHICH ARE NOT PRESENTED
HEREIN OR DELIVERED  HEREWITH.  THESE  DOCUMENTS ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST FROM
Integrated  Health  Services,  Inc.,  10065  Red Run  Boulevard,  Owings  Mills,
Maryland  21117,  Attention:  Marc B. Levin,  Executive Vice  President-Investor
Relations (telephone number: (410) 998-8400). In order to ensure timely delivery
of the documents,  any requests should be made by , 1997. The Company undertakes
to provide  without charge to each person to whom a copy of this  Prospectus has
been delivered,  upon the written or oral request of any such person,  a copy of
any or all of the documents  incorporated  by reference  herein,  other than the
exhibits to such documents,  unless such exhibits are specifically  incorporated
by reference into the information that this Prospectus incorporates.  Written or
oral requests for such copies should be directed to the address set forth above.

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<PAGE>

                               PROSPECTUS SUMMARY

     The  following  summary is qualified  in its entirety by the more  detailed
information  appearing elsewhere in this Prospectus or incorporated by reference
herein.


                                  THE COMPANY


     Integrated  Health  Services,  Inc.  ("IHS" or the "Company") is one of the
nation's leading providers of post-acute healthcare services. Post-acute care is
the  provision of a continuum of care to patients  following  discharge  from an
acute care hospital.  IHS' post-acute care services  include subacute care, home
care, skilled nursing facility care and inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation,
hospice and  diagnostic  services.  The  Company's  post-acute  care  network is
designed to address the fact that the cost containment  measures  implemented by
private  insurers and managed care  organizations  and limitations on government
reimbursement of hospital costs have resulted in the discharge from hospitals of
many  patients  who continue to require  medical and  rehabilitative  care.  The
Company's  post-acute  healthcare  system is intended to provide  cost-effective
continuity  of care for its patients in multiple  settings and enable  payors to
contract  with one  provider  to  provide  all of a  patient's  needs  following
discharge from acute care  hospitals.  The Company  believes that its post-acute
care network can be extended beyond post-acute care to also provide  "pre-acute"
care,  i.e.,  services to patients  which reduce the  likelihood of a need for a
hospital stay. IHS' post-acute care network currently  consists of approximately
1,050 service locations in 45 states.

     The Company's post-acute care network strategy is to provide cost-effective
continuity of care for its patients in multiple  settings,  using geriatric care
facilities  as  platforms  to provide a wide  variety of  subacute  medical  and
rehabilitative  services  more  typically  delivered in the acute care  hospital
setting and using home  healthcare to provide  those medical and  rehabilitative
services which do not require  24-hour  monitoring.  To implement its post-acute
care network  strategy,  the Company has focused on (i)  expanding  the range of
home healthcare and related services it offers to patients  directly in order to
provide patients with a continuum of care throughout  their recovery,  to better
control  costs and to meet the growing  desire by payors for one-stop  shopping;
(ii)  developing  market  concentration  for its  post-acute  care  services  in
targeted  states  due  to  increasing  payor  consolidation  and  the  increased
preference of payors,  physicians and patients for dealing with only one service
provider;  and (iii)  developing  subacute  care  units.  Given  the  increasing
importance of managed care in the healthcare  marketplace and the continued cost
containment  pressures from Medicare,  Medicaid and private payors, IHS has been
restructuring its operations to enable IHS to focus on obtaining  contracts with
managed care organizations and to provide capitated  services.  IHS' strategy is
to become a preferred  or  exclusive  provider of  post-acute  care  services to
managed care organizations and other payors.

     In  implementing  its  post-acute  care network  strategy,  the Company has
recently focused on expanding its home healthcare  services to take advantage of
healthcare  payors'  increasing  focus  on  having  healthcare  provided  in the
lowest-cost  setting possible,  recent advances in medical technology which have
facilitated the delivery of medical services in alternative  sites and patients'
desires to be treated  at home.  Consistent  with the  Company's  strategy,  the
Company in October 1996 acquired  First  American  Health Care of Georgia,  Inc.
("First  American"),  a  provider  of home  health  services,  principally  home
nursing,  in  21  states,  primarily  Alabama,  California,   Florida,  Georgia,
Michigan,  Pennsylvania and Tennessee. See "Recent Developments." IHS intends to
use  the  home  healthcare  setting  and  the  delivery  franchise  of its  home
healthcare branch and agency network to (i) deliver  sophisticated care, such as
skilled  nursing care,  home infusion  therapy and  rehabilitation,  outside the
hospital or nursing home; (ii) serve as an entry point for patients into the IHS
post-acute  care  network;  and  (iii)  provide a  cost-effective  site for case
management and patient direction.

     In order to expand further its home healthcare  services,  IHS in July 1997
entered into an agreement to acquire RoTech Medical  Corporation  ("RoTech"),  a
provider of home  healthcare  products  and  services,  with an emphasis on home
respiratory, home medical equipment and infu- 


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sion therapy,  principally to patients in non-urban areas (the "Proposed  RoTech
Acquisition").  In August 1997,  the Company  agreed to acquire  (the  "Proposed
Lithotripsy  Acquisition")  the  lithotripsy  division  (the "Coram  Lithotripsy
Division") of Coram Healthcare Corporation ("Coram"), which provides lithotripsy
services and equipment  maintenance  in 180 locations in 18 states,  in order to
expand the mobile  diagnostic  treatment  and  services  it offers to  patients,
payors  and  other  providers.  Lithotripsy  is a  non-invasive  technique  that
utilizes shock waves to  disintegrate  kidney  stones.  In August 1997, IHS also
agreed to acquire Community Care of America,  Inc.  ("CCA"),  which develops and
operates skilled nursing  facilities in medically  underserved rural communities
(the  "Proposed  CCA  Acquisition").  IHS  believes  that CCA will  broaden  its
post-acute  care network to include more rural markets and will  complement  its
existing home care locations in rural markets as well as RoTech's business.  See
"Recent Developments - Proposed Acquisitions."

     The  Company  provides   subacute  care  through  medical  specialty  units
("MSUs"),  which  are  typically  20 to 75 bed  specialty  units  with  physical
identities,   specialized  medical  technology  and  staffs  separate  from  the
geriatric  care  facilities  in which they are  located.  MSUs are  designed  to
provide comprehensive medical services to patients who have been discharged from
acute  care  hospitals  but  who  still  require  subacute  or  complex  medical
treatment.  The levels and quality of care  provided in the  Company's  MSUs are
similar to those provided in the hospital but at per diem treatment  costs which
the Company  believes  are  generally  30% to 60% below the cost of such care in
acute care  hospitals.  Because of the high level of specialized  care provided,
the  Company's  MSUs  generate  substantially  higher net revenue and  operating
profit per patient day than traditional geriatric care services.

     The Company presently  operates 172 geriatric care facilities (116 owned or
leased  and 56  managed)  and 158 MSUs  located  within 84 of these  facilities.
Specialty medical services revenues,  which include all MSU charges, all revenue
from providing rehabilitative therapies,  pharmaceuticals,  medical supplies and
durable medical equipment to all its patients,  all revenue from its Alzheimer's
programs and all revenue from its provision of pharmacy, rehabilitation therapy,
home healthcare, hospice care and similar services to third-parties, constituted
approximately  57%, 65% and 70% of net revenues  during the years ended December
31, 1994, 1995 and 1996,  respectively.  The Company also offers a wide range of
basic  medical  services  as  well  as a  comprehensive  array  of  respiratory,
physical, speech,  occupational and physiatric therapy in all its geriatric care
facilities.  For the year ended  December  31, 1996,  approximately  17% of IHS'
revenues were derived from home health and hospice care,  approximately 53% were
derived  from  subacute and other  ancillary  services,  approximately  27% were
derived from basic nursing home services and the remaining approximately 3% were
derived from  management and other  services.  On a pro forma basis after giving
effect to the acquisition of First American and the Proposed RoTech Acquisition,
for the year ended  December 31, 1996,  approximately  44% of IHS' revenues were
derived from home health and hospice care,  approximately  36% were derived from
subacute  and other  ancillary  services,  approximately  18% were  derived from
traditional basic nursing home services and the remaining  approximately 2% were
derived from management and other services. 


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                               THE NOTE OFFERING


THE  OLD  NOTES .........  The  Old  Notes  were  sold by the Company on May 30,
                           1997,  to  Smith  Barney  Inc.,  Donaldson,  Lufkin &
                           Jenrette  Securities  Corporation,  Morgan  Stanley &
                           Co.   Incorporated  and  Salomon  Brothers  Inc  (the
                           "Initial   Purchasers")   pursuant   to   a  Purchase
                           Agreement   dated   May   22,   1997  (the  "Purchase
                           Agreement").   The  Initial  Purchasers  subsequently
                           resold  the  Old  Notes  to  qualified  institutional
                           buyers  pursuant  to  Rule  144A under the Securities
                           Act.

REGISTRATION                                RIGHTS
 AGREEMENT..............  Pursuant to  the  Purchase  Agreement, the Company and
                          the Initial Purchasers  entered  into  a  Registration
                          Rights Agreement dated May 22, 1997, which grants  the
                          holders  of  the  Old  Notes   certain   exchange  and
                          registration  rights. The  Exchange Offer  is intended
                          to  satisfy  such  exchange and  registration  rights,
                          which  will  terminate upon  the  consummation  of the
                          Exchange Offer.




                              THE EXCHANGE OFFER


SECURITIES  OFFERED...... $450,000,000   aggregate  principal   amount  f 9 1/2%
                          Senior Subordinated Notes due 2007, Series A.

THE  EXCHANGE  OFFER  ... $1,000   principal  amount  of   the   New   Notes  in
                          exchange  for  each  $1,000  principal  amount of  Old
                          Notes.  As of the date  hereof, $450,000,000 aggregate
                          principal  amount  of  Old  Notes are outstanding. The
                          Company  will  issue  the  New  Notes  to holders (who
                          have  properly  tendered  and  not withdrawn their Old
                          Notes)   as   promptly   as   practicable   after  the
                          Expiration Date.

                          Based  on  an  interpretation  by  the   staff  of the
                          Commission  set forth in no-action  letters  issued to
                          third parties, the Company believes that the New Notes
                          issued  pursuant to the Exchange Offer in exchange for
                          Old  Notes  may be  offered  for  resale,  resold  and
                          otherwise  transferred  by any holder  thereof  (other
                          than broker-dealers,  as set forth below, and any such
                          holder that is an  "affiliate"  of the Company  within
                          the  meaning  of Rule 405  under the  Securities  Act)
                          without   compliance   with   the   registration   and
                          prospectus  delivery provisions of the Securities Act,
                          provided  that  such New  Notes  are  acquired  in the
                          ordinary  course of such  holder's  business  and that
                          such holder does not intend to participate  and has no
                          arrangement  or  understanding   with  any  person  to
                          participate in the distribution of such New Notes.

                          Each  broker-dealer  that  receives  New Notes for its
                          own  account  pursuant  to  the  Exchange  Offer  must
                          acknowledge  that  it will  deliver  a  prospectus  in
                          connection  with any  resale  of such New  Notes.  The
                          Letter of Transmittal  states that by so acknowledging
                          and by delivering a prospectus,  a broker-dealer  will
                          not be  deemed  to admit  that it is an  "underwriter"
                          within  the  meaning  of  the  Securities   Act.  This
                          Prospectus,  as it may be amended or supplemented from
                          time  to  time,  may be  used  by a  broker-dealer  in
                          connection  with  resales  of New  Notes  received  in
                          exchange  for Old  Notes  where  such Old  Notes  were
                          acquired  by  such   broker-dealer   as  a  result  of
                          market-making  activities or other trading activities.
                          The Company has agreed  that,  for a period of 90 days
                          after  the   Expiration   Date,   it  will  make  this
                          Prospectus  available to any  broker-dealer for use in
                          connection   with  any  such  resale.   See  "Plan  of
                          Distribution."

                          Any  holder  who  tenders in the  Exchange  Offer with
                          the  intention to  participate,  or for the purpose of
                          participating,  in a  distribution  of the  New  Notes
                          could  not rely on the  position  of the  staff of the
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                          sion   enunciated    in   Exxon    Capital    Holdings
                          Corporation (available May 13, 1988), Morgan Stanley &
                          Co., Incorporated  (available June 5, 1991) or similar
                          no-action  letters and, in the absence of an exemption
                          therefrom,  must  comply  with  the  registration  and
                          prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act
                          in connection with the resale transaction.  Failure to
                          comply with such  requirements  in such  instance  may
                          result in such holder  incurring  liability  under the
                          Securities Act for which the holder is not indemnified
                          by the Company.


EXPIRATION  DATE......... 5:00   p.m.,  New  York   City   time,  on    ,  1997,
                          unless the  Exchange Offer  is extended, in which case
                          the term  "Expiration  Date" means the latest date and
                          time to which the Exchange Offer is extended.


INTEREST ON THE NEW NOTES

AND OLD  NOTES  ......... The  New  Notes  will  bear  interest  from their date
                          of  issuance.  Holders of Old Notes that are accepted
                          for  exchange will receive, in cash, accrued interest
                          thereon  from  September  15,  1997,  the date of the
                          last  payment  of  interest on the Old Notes, to, but
                          not  including,  the  date  of  issuance  of  the New
                          Notes.  Such  interest  will  be  paid with the first
                          interest  payment on the New Notes on March 15, 1998.
                          Accordingly,  holders  of Old Notes that are accepted
                          for  exchange  will  not  receive interest on the Old
                          Notes  that  is  accrued  but  unpaid  at the time of
                          tender.  Interest  on  the  Old  Notes  accepted  for
                          exchange  will  cease  to accrue upon issuance of the
                          New Notes.



CONDITIONS                to  the  Exchange Offer. The Exchange Offer is subject
                          to  certain  customary conditions, which may be waived
                          by  the  Company  in its  sole  discretion.  See  "The
                          Exchange  Offer -  Conditions."  The Exchange Offer is
                          not conditioned  upon any minimum  principal amount of
                          Old Notes being tendered.


PROCEDURES FOR TENDERING

OLD NOTES ............... Each   holder  of  Old  Notes  wishing  to  accept the
                          Exchange  Offer  must   complete,   sign  and date the
                          accompanying  Letter of  Transmittal,  or a  facsimile
                          thereof, in accordance with the instructions contained
                          herein and therein, and mail or otherwise deliver such
                          Letter of  Transmittal,  or such  facsimile,  together
                          with   the   Old   Notes   and  any   other   required
                          documentation,  to the  Exchange  Agent at the address
                          set forth  herein  prior to 5:00  p.m.,  New York City
                          time, on the Expiration  Date. By executing the Letter
                          of  Transmittal,  each  holder will  represent  to the
                          Company that,  among other  things,  the holder or the
                          person  receiving such New Notes,  whether or not such
                          person is the holder,  is  acquiring  the New Notes in
                          the  ordinary  course of business and that neither the
                          holder nor any such other  person has any  arrangement
                          or understanding with any person to participate in the
                          distribution  of such New Notes and that  neither  the
                          holder nor any such other person is an  "affiliate" of
                          the Company within the meaning of Rule 405. In lieu of
                          physical delivery of the certificates representing Old
                          Notes,   tendering  holders  may  transfer  Old  Notes
                          pursuant to the procedure for  book-entry  transfer as
                          set forth under "The Exchange  Offer - Procedures  for
                          Tendering  Old  Notes"  and  "-  Guaranteed   Delivery
                          Procedures."


SPECIAL PROCEDURES FOR

BENEFICIAL OWNERS........ Any   beneficial   owner    whose    Old   Notes   are
                          registered   in   the   name  of  a  broker,   dealer,
                          commercial  bank,  trust  company or other nominee and
                          who wishes to tender  should  contact such  registered
                          holder promptly and instruct such registered holder to
                          tender  on such  beneficial  owner's  behalf.  If such
                          beneficial  owner wishes to tender on such owner's own
                          behalf,  such  owner  must,  prior to  completing  and
                          executing the Letter of Transmittal and delivering its
                          Old Notes,  either make  appropriate  arrangements  to
                          register  ownership  of the Old Notes in such  owner's
                          name or obtain a  properly  completed  bond power from
                          the  registered  holder.  The  transfer of  registered
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                          ship  may  take  considerable time and may not be able
                          to be completed prior to the Expiration Date. See "The
                          Exchange Offer - Procedures for Tendering Old Notes."


GUARANTEED DELIVERY
 PROCEDURES               Holders  of  Old  Notes who  wish  to tender their Old
                          Notes  and  whose  Old  Notes  are   not   immediately
                          available or who cannot  deliver their Old Notes,  the
                          Letter of Transmittal or any other documents  required
                          by the Letter of Transmittal to the Exchange Agent (or
                          comply with the procedures  for  book-entry  transfer)
                          prior to the  Expiration  Date must  tender  their Old
                          Notes according to the guaranteed  delivery procedures
                          set forth in "The Exchange Offer - Guaranteed Delivery
                          Procedures."


WITHDRAWAL  RIGHTS ...... Tenders  may  be  withdrawn  at any time prior to 5:00
                          p.m.,   New  York  City  time,  on the Expiration Date
                          pursuant  to  the   procedures  described  under  "The
                          Exchange Offer - Withdrawal of Tenders."


ACCEPTANCE OF OLD NOTES
AND DELIVERY OF NEW NOTES Subject to  the  terms and  conditions of the Exchange
                          Offer,  including  the  reservation  of certain rights
                          by the  Company,  the Company will accept for exchange
                          any and all Old Notes that are  properly  tendered  in
                          the Exchange Offer,  and not withdrawn,  prior to 5:00
                          p.m.,  New York City  time,  on the  Expiration  Date.
                          Subject  to such terms and  conditions,  the New Notes
                          issued   pursuant  to  the  Exchange   Offer  will  be
                          delivered  promptly following the Expiration Date. See
                          "The Exchange Offer - Terms of the Exchange Offer" and
                          " - Conditions."

FEDERAL INCOME TAX
 CONSEQUENCES............ The exchange pursuant  to  the  Exchange  Offer should
                          not  be a   taxable   event  for  Federal  income  tax
                          purposes.    See   "Certain    Federal    Income   Tax
                          Consequences."

EFFECT ON HOLDERS OF
 OLD  NOTES  ...........  As  a result of the making of this Exchange Offer, the
                          Company  will  have  fulfilled one of its  obligations
                          under the Registration Rights Agreement and holders of
                          Old Notes who do not  tender  their Old Notes will not
                          have  any  further   registration   rights  under  the
                          Registration  Rights  Agreement  or  otherwise.   Such
                          holders will continue to hold the untendered Old Notes
                          and will be  entitled to all the rights and subject to
                          all  the  limitations  applicable  thereto  under  the
                          Indenture,   except  to  the  extent  such  rights  or
                          limitations,  by their  terms,  terminate  or cease to
                          have further effectiveness as a result of the Exchange
                          Offer.  All  untendered  Old Notes will continue to be
                          subject   to   certain   restrictions   on   transfer.
                          Accordingly,   if  any  Old  Notes  are  tendered  and
                          accepted in the Exchange Offer, the trading market for
                          the untendered Old Notes could be adversely affected.


EXCHANGE  AGENT ......... First  Union  National  Bank,  the  trustee  under the
                          Indenture,   is  serving   as   Exchange   Agent  (the
                          "Exchange  Agent")  in  connection  with the  Exchange
                          Offer.



                       SUMMARY OF TERMS OF THE NEW NOTES


     The form and  terms of the New  Notes are the same as the form and terms of
the Old Notes  (which  they  replace)  except  that (i) the New Notes  have been
registered under the Securities Act and, therefore,  will be freely transferable
by holders thereof (subject to the restrictions discussed elsewhere herein), and
(ii) the holders of New Notes will not be entitled to certain  rights  under the
Registration  Rights  Agreement,  which rights will  terminate when the Exchange
Offer is consummated. The New Notes will evidence the same debt as the Old Notes
and will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture.  See  "Description of the
New Notes."


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SECURITIES  OFFERED......  $450,000,000   principal   amount  of   9 1/2% Senior
                           Subordinated Notes due 2007, Series A.
MATURITY DATE............  September 15, 2007.
INTEREST                   PAYMENT DATES March 15 and September  15,  commencing
                           March 15, 1998.
SUBORDINATION............   The  New Notes are  senior  subordinated obligations
                           of  the  Company,  and,  as such, are subordinated to
                           all  existing  and  future Senior Indebtedness of the
                           Company,  which will include indebtedness pursuant to
                           the  Company's  bank credit facility, rank pari passu
                           with  the Old  Notes, the 9 5/8% Senior Notes, the 10
                           3/4%  Senior  Notes, the 10 1/4% Senior Notes and the
                           9 1/4% Senior  Notes, and are senior to the Company's
                           6%  Convertible  Subordinated Debentures due 2003 and
                           the  Company's  53/4% Convertible Senior Subordinated
                           Debentures  due  2001.  The  New  Notes  will also be
                           effectively  subordinated  to all existing and future
                           liabilities  of  the  Company's subsidiaries. At June
                           30,   1997,   the   aggregate   amount   of   Senior
                           Indebtedness   and   Indebtedness  of  the  Company's
                           subsidiaries  (excluding  intercompany  indebtedness)
                           that  would have effectively ranked senior to the New
                           Notes was approximately $359.4 million.
OPTIONAL  REDEMPTION  ...  The  New  Notes  are  redeemable for cash at any time
                           after  September  15,  2002, at the Company's option,
                           in  whole or in part, initially at a redemption price
                           equal  to  104.750% of principal amount, declining to
                           100%  of principal amount on September 15, 2005, plus
                           accrued  interest  thereon  to  the  date  fixed  for
                           redemption.  In  addition,  the Company may redeem up
                           to  $150,000,000 principal amount of the New Notes at
                           any  time prior to September 15, 2000 at a redemption
                           price  equal  to  108.50%  of the aggregate principal
                           amount  so  redeemed,  plus  accrued  interest to the
                           redemption  date, out of the net cash proceeds of one
                           or  more Public Equity Offerings (as defined herein);
                           provided   that   at   least  $300,000,000  aggregate
                           principal  amount  of  9 1/2% Notes originally issued
                           remains outstanding.
Change  in  Control......  In  the  event  of  a  Change in Control, each holder
                           of  New  Notes  may require the Company to repurchase
                           such  holder's  New  Notes,  in  whole or in part, at
                           101%  of  the  principal amount thereof, plus accrued
                           interest   to   the  repurchase  date.  There  is  no
                           assurance   that   the   Company   will  be  able  to
                           repurchase  the  New  Notes  upon the occurrence of a
                           Change   in   Control.   The   Company's  ability  to
                           repurchase  the  New  Notes  following  a  Change  in
                           Control  will  be  dependent  upon the Company having
                           sufficient  cash,  and may be limited by the terms of
                           the    Company's    Senior    Indebtedness   or   the
                           subordination  provisions  of the Indenture. The term
                           Change  in  Control  is  limited to certain specified
                           transactions  and,  depending upon the circumstances,
                           may   not   include  other  events,  such  as  highly
                           leveraged      transactions,      reorganizations,
                           restructurings,   mergers  or  similar  transactions,
                           that  might  adversely affect the financial condition
                           of  the  Company  or  result  in  a  downgrade in the
                           credit rating of the New Notes.
RESTRICTIVE  COVENANTS...  The  Indenture  under  which  the Old Notes have been
                           issued  and  the  New  Notes  will be issued contains
                           certain  covenants,  including,  but  not limited to,
                           covenants  with respect to the following matters: (i)
                           limitations   on   additional   indebtedness   unless
                           certain  coverage ratios are met; (ii) limitations on
                           other  subordinated debt; (iii) limitations on liens;
                           (iv)  limitations  on the issuance of preferred stock
                           by  the  Company's  subsidiaries;  (v) limitations on
                           transactions  with  affiliates;  (vi)  limitations on
                           restricted   payments;   (vii)   application  of  the
                           proceeds  of  certain asset sales; (viii) limitations
                           on   restrictions   on   subsidiary  dividends;  (ix)
                           restrictions   on  mergers,  consolidations  and  the
                           transfer  of  all  or substantially all of the assets
                           of   the   Company   to   another   person;  and  (x)
                           limitations on investments and loans.
USE  OF PROCEEDS.........  There will be no  cash  proceeds  to the Company from
                           the Exchange Offer. See "Use of Proceeds."

LISTING..................  The  Company  intends  to  apply  for listing  of the
                           New Notes on the New York Stock Exchange.



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                      SUMMARY CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL DATA
             (IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT RATIOS AND STATISTICAL AMOUNTS)




<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                          YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
                                    -------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                  ACTUAL
                                    -------------------------------------------------------------------
                                        1992          1993          1994          1995         1996
                                    ------------- ------------- ------------- ------------ ------------
<S>                                 <C>           <C>           <C>           <C>          <C>
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
 DATA(3)(4):
 Net revenues .....................  $ 202,096     $ 296,304     $ 712,102    $1,178,888   $1,434,695
 Operating income before fixed
  charges(5)  .....................     44,546        66,536       146,930      234,321      279,771
 Depreciation and amortiza-
  tion(6)                                4,334         8,126        26,367       39,961       41,681
 Interest, net(7)(8)   ............      1,493         5,705        20,602       38,977       64,110
 Loss on impairment of long-
  lived assets(9)   ...............          -             -             -       83,321            -
 Other non-recurring charges
  (income)(10)   ..................          -             -             -       49,639      (14,457)
 Earnings (loss)(11):
  Before income taxes and ex-
   traordinary items                    19,174        30,790        58,979      (42,259)     111,480
  Before extraordinary items    ...  $  11,888     $  18,782     $  36,862    $ (25,989)   $  47,765
OTHER FINANCIAL DATA:
 EBITDA(12)   .....................  $  25,001     $  44,621     $ 105,948    $ 169,639    $ 202,814
 Ratio of EBITDA to
  interest, net(12) ...............       16.7x          7.8x          5.1x         4.4x         3.2x
 Ratio of earnings to fixed charg-
  es(13)                                   2.8x          2.6x          2.4x         0.3x         2.1x
 Capital expenditures:
  Acquisitions(14)  ...............  $  13,898     $ 209,214     $ 152,791    $  82,686    $ 242,819
  Other(15)   .....................     27,124        59,959        91,354      145,065      145,902
OTHER OPERATING DATA:
 MSU Beds(16) .....................        624         1,206         2,304        3,172        3,555
 MSU Occupancy   ..................       60.1%         69.4%         71.4%        72.0%        77.0%
 Specialty Medical Services Rev-
  enues(17)                               43.6%         54.7%         56.8%        65.4%        69.6%



<CAPTION>
                                                            SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30,
                                                    -----------------------------------------
                                                              ACTUAL
                                                    ---------------------------
                                       PRO FORMA                                  PRO FORMA
                                        1996(1)         1996          1997         1997(2)
                                    --------------- ------------- ------------- -------------
<S>                                 <C>             <C>           <C>           <C>
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
 DATA(3)(4):
 Net revenues .....................  $ 1,929,663     $ 663,053     $ 918,916     $ 937,295
 Operating income before fixed
  charges(5)  .....................      254,905       128,937       191,617       194,347
 Depreciation and amortiza-
  tion(6)                                 53,904        16,779        30,844        31,385
 Interest, net(7)(8)   ............       90,568        30,102        44,645        48,136
 Loss on impairment of long-
  lived assets(9)   ...............            -             -             -             -
 Other non-recurring charges
  (income)(10)   ..................       14,812             -        20,047        27,625
 Earnings (loss)(11):
  Before income taxes and ex-
   traordinary items                      18,996        47,281        46,384        36,957
  Before extraordinary items    ...  $     7,409     $  29,078     $  28,294     $  19,587
OTHER FINANCIAL DATA:
 EBITDA(12)   .....................  $   178,280     $  94,162     $ 141,920     $ 144,103
 Ratio of EBITDA to
  interest, net(12) ...............          2.0x          3.1x          3.2x          3.0x
 Ratio of earnings to fixed charg-
  es(13)                                     1.1x          2.0x          1.7x          1.5x
 Capital expenditures:
  Acquisitions(14)  ...............                  $  18,159     $  34,543
  Other(15)   .....................                     67,355        67,588
OTHER OPERATING DATA:
 MSU Beds(16) .....................                      3,374         3,660
 MSU Occupancy   ..................                       76.8%         80.2%
 Specialty Medical Services Rev-
  enues(17)                                               67.3%         78.7%
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                     JUNE 30, 1997
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                                                        ACTUAL
                                                     --------------
<S>                                                  <C>
BALANCE SHEET DATA:
 Cash and temporary investments ..................     $   45,472
 Working capital .................................        159,042
 Total assets ....................................      2,142,647
 Long-term debt, including current portion  ......      1,218,248
 Stockholders' equity  ...........................        581,319
</TABLE>



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 (1) Gives effect to (i) the sale by IHS of its  pharmacy  division in July 1996
     (the "Pharmacy  Sale"),  (ii) the sale by IHS of a majority interest in its
     assisted  living  services  subsidiary  ("ILC") in  October  1996 (the "ILC
     Offering"),  (iii) the  acquisition  of First American in October 1996 (the
     "First American  Acquisition"),  (iv) the acquisition of (a) Vintage Health
     Care Center,  a skilled  nursing and assisted living  facility,  in January
     1996,  (b) Rehab  Management  Systems,  Inc., an outpatient  rehabilitation
     company,  in March 1996,  (c) Hospice of the Great  Lakes,  Inc., a hospice
     company,  in May 1996,  (d) J.R. Rehab  Associates,  Inc., an inpatient and
     outpatient  rehabilitation  center,  in August  1996,  (e)  Extendicare  of
     Tennessee,  Inc., a home health company, in August 1996, (f) Edgewater Home
     Infusion  Services,  Inc., a home  infusion  company,  in August 1996,  (g)
     Century Home Services,  Inc., a home health services company,  in September
     1996, (h) Signature Home Care,  Inc., a home health  company,  in September
     1996, (i) Mediq Mobile X-Ray Services,  Inc., a mobile diagnostic  company,
     in November  1996, (j) Total Rehab  Services,  LLC and Total Rehab Services
     02, LLC, providers of contract  rehabilitation and respiratory services, in
     November  1996,  (k)  Lifeway  Inc.,  a  physician  management  and disease
     management company, in November 1996, (l) In-Home Health Care, Inc., a home
     health company, in January 1997 (the "In-Home  Acquisition"),  (m) Portable
     X-Ray Labs,  Inc.,  a mobile  diagnostics  company,  in February  1997 (the
     "Portable X-Ray Acquisition"), (n) Coastal Rehabil-



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     itation,  Inc.,  an inpatient  rehabilitation  company,  in April 1997 (the
     "Coastal  Acquisition"),  (o) Health Care  Industries,  Inc., a home health
     company, in June 1997 (the "Health Care Industries  Acquisition"),  and (p)
     Rehab  Dynamics,  Inc. and  Restorative  Therapy,  Ltd.,  related  contract
     rehabilitation  companies, in June 1997 (the "Rehab Dynamics Acquisition"),
     (v) the sale of $150  million  aggregate  principal amount  of the  10 1/4%
     Senior Notes in May 1996 and the use of the $145.4  million of net proceeds
     therefrom to repay amounts outstanding under the Company's revolving credit
     facility and (vi) the sale of the Old Notes and the  application of the net
     proceeds therefrom as described under "Use of Proceeds",  as if each of the
     foregoing  transactions  had  occurred  on January  1, 1996.  The pro forma
     financial  statements  do not (i)  reflect  the  $34,298,000  gain from the
     Pharmacy  Sale  recorded  in 1996 or (ii) give pro forma  effect to (a) the
     Proposed  Acquisitions,  (b) the Proposed Credit Facility,  (c) the sale by
     IHS  of  its  remaining  37.3%  interest  in  ILC in  July  1997,  (d)  the
     acquisition of the assets of five small ancillary service businesses during
     the six  months  ended June 30,  1997,  (e) the  acquisition  of three home
     healthcare  companies and one mobile diagnostic  company in August 1997 and
     (f)  the  sale  of  $500  million  aggregate principal amount of the 9 1/4%
     Senior Notes in September 1997 and the use of a portion of the net proceeds
     therefrom to repay all amounts  outstanding  under the Company's  revolving
     credit  facility.  See  "Recent  Developments"  and  "Unaudited  Pro  Forma
     Financial Information."

 (2) Gives  effect  to  (i)  the  In-Home   Acquisition,   the  Portable   X-Ray
     Acquisition,   the  Coastal   Acquisition,   the  Health  Care   Industries
     Acquisition and the Rehab Dynamics Acquisition and (ii) the sale of the Old
     Notes and the application of the net proceeds  therefrom as described under
     "Use of Proceeds", as if each of the foregoing transactions had occurred on
     January 1, 1997. The pro forma financial  statements do not (i) reflect the
     $7,578,000  gain from the Pharmacy  Sale  recorded in 1997 or (ii) give pro
     forma effect to (a) the  Proposed  Acquisitions,  (b) the  Proposed  Credit
     Facility,  (c) the sale by IHS of its  remaining  37.3%  interest in ILC in
     July  1997,  (d) the  acquisition  of the  assets of five  small  ancillary
     service  businesses  during the six months  ended  June 30,  1997,  (e) the
     acquisition of three home  healthcare  companies and one mobile  diagnostic
     company in August 1997 and (f) the sale of $500 million aggregate principal
     amount  of the 9 1/4%  Senior  Notes  in  September  1997  and the use of a
     portion of the net  proceeds  therefrom  to repay all  amounts  outstanding
     under the Company's  revolving credit facility.  See "Recent  Developments"
     and "Unaudited Pro Forma Financial Information."

 (3) The Company has grown substantially through acquisitions and the opening of
     MSUs,   which   acquisitions  and  MSU  openings   materially   affect  the
     comparability of the financial data reflected herein.


 (4) In 1995, the Company merged with  IntegraCare,  Inc.  ("IntegraCare")  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
     IntegraCare. See Note 1(o) of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.


 (5) Represents  income  from  operations   (excluding  equity  in  earnings  of
     affiliates) before deducting depreciation and amortization, rent, interest,
     non-recurring charges and income taxes.


 (6) Includes  amortization of deferred  financing costs of $178,000,  $306,000,
     $621,000,  $645,000,  $1,457,000,   $1,890,000,  $640,000,  $1,120,000  and
     $1,220,000  for the years ended  December 31, 1992,  1993,  1994,  1995 and
     1996,  pro forma for the year ended  December 31, 1996,  for the six months
     ended June 30, 1996 and 1997 and pro forma for the six months ended June
     30, 1997, respectively.


 (7) Net of interest income of $1,300,000,  $2,669,000,  $1,121,000, $1,876,000,
     $2,233,000,  $2,233,000,  $1,045,000,  $799,000, and $799,000 for the years
     ended December 31, 1992,  1993, 1994, 1995 and 1996, pro forma for the year
     ended  December 31,  1996,  for the six months ended June 30, 1996 and 1997
     and pro forma for the six months ended June 30, 1997, respectively.


 (8) Interest,   net  does  not  include   capitalized   interest  of  $860,000,
     $1,402,000,  $3,030,000,  $5,155,000,  $3,800,000,  $3,800,000, $1,867,000,
     $1,800,000  and  $1,800,000  for the years ended  December 31, 1992,  1993,
     1994,  1995 and 1996,  pro forma for the year ended  December 31, 1996, for
     the six  months  ended  June 30,  1996 and 1997 and pro  forma  for the six
     months ended June 30, 1997, respectively.


 (9) In  December  1995,  the  Company  elected early implementation of SFAS No.
     121,  Accounting for the Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and for Long-Lived
     Assets  to  Be  Disposed Of, resulting in a non-cash charge of $83,321,000.
     See  "Selected  Historical  Consolidated Financial Data" and Notes 1(k) and
     18 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.


(10) In 1995,  consists of (i) expenses of $1,939,000 related to the merger with
     IntegraCare, (ii) a $21,915,000 loss on the write-off of accrued management
     fees  ($8,496,000),  loans  ($11,097,000)  and contract  acquisition  costs
     ($2,322,000) related to the Company's termination of its agreement, entered
     into  in  January  1994,  to  manage  23  long-term  care  and  psychiatric
     facilities  owned  by  Crestwood   Hospital  and  (iii)  the  write-off  of
     $25,785,000  of  deferred  pre-opening  costs  resulting  from a change  in
     accounting  estimate  regarding the future benefit of deferred  pre-opening
     costs.  In 1996,  consists of (i) a gain of  $34,298,000  from the Pharmacy
     Sale,  (ii) a loss  of  $8,497,000  from  its  sale  of  shares  in the ILC
     Offering,  (iii) a $7,825,000  loss on the write-off of accrued  management
     fees and loans  resulting  from the  Company's  termination  of its 10-year
     agreement,  entered into in September  1994, to manage six  geriatric  care
     facilities  owned by All Seasons and (iv) a $3,519,000  exit cost resulting
     from the  closure of  redundant  home  healthcare  agencies.  Because  IHS'
     investment in the Capstone  Pharmacy  Services,  Inc.  ("Capstone")  common
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     had a very  small tax basis,  the  taxable  gain on the sale  significantly
     exceeded the gain for financial reporting purposes,  thereby resulting in a
     disproportionately  higher  income tax  provision  related to the sale.  In
     1996, pro forma consists primarily of (i) a $7,825,000 loss on write-off of
     accrued management fees and loans resulting from the Company's  termination
     of its 10-year  agreement,  entered into in September  1994,  to manage six
     geriatric care facilities owned by All Seasons, (ii) a $3,519,000 exit cost
     resulting from the closure of redundant home healthcare  agencies and (iii)
     bankruptcy  costs  incurred  by  First  American  of  $3,468,000.  In 1997,
     consists  primarily of (i) a gain of  $7,578,000  realized on the shares of
     Capstone  common stock received in the Pharmacy  Sale,  (ii) a write-off of
     $6,555,000 of accounting,  legal and other costs  resulting from a proposed
     transaction to acquire (the "Coram Merger  Transaction")  Coram  Healthcare
     Corporation  ("Coram")  and (iii) the  payment to Coram of  $21,000,000  in
     connection with the  termination of the proposed Coram Merger  Transaction.
     In 1997, pro forma  consists  primarily of (i) a write-off of $6,555,000 of
     accounting,  legal and other costs resulting from the proposed Coram Merger
     Transaction and (ii) the payment to Coram of $21,000,000 in connection with
     the  termination  of the  proposed  Coram Merger  Transaction.  See "Recent
     Developments,"  "Unaudited Pro Forma Financial Information" and Notes 1(g),
     1(o) and 18 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

(11) In  1992,  the  Company  recorded  a loss  on  extinguishment  of  debt  of
     $4,072,000  relating  primarily to prepayment  charges and the write-off of
     deferred  financing  costs.  Such loss,  reduced by the related  income tax
     effect of  $1,548,000,  is presented in the statement of operations for the
     year ended December 31, 1992 as an  extraordinary  loss of  $2,524,000.  In
     1993,  the  Company  recorded  an  extraordinary   loss  of  $3,730,000  on
     extinguishment  of debt  relating  primarily  to the  write-off of deferred
     financing  costs.  Such loss,  reduced by the related  income tax effect of
     $1,455,000,  is presented in the statement of operations for the year ended
     December 31, 1993 as an  extraordinary  loss of  $2,275,000.  In 1994,  the
     Company recorded a loss on  extinguishment  of debt of $6,839,000  relating
     primarily to the write-off of deferred  financing costs. Such loss, reduced
     by the  related  income  tax  effect of  $2,565,000,  is  presented  in the
     statement  of  operations  for  the  year  ended  December  31,  1994 as an
     extraordinary  loss of $4,274,000.  In 1995, the Company recorded a loss on
     extinguishment  of debt of  $1,647,000  relating  primarily  to  prepayment
     charges and the write-off of deferred  financing costs. Such loss,  reduced
     by the related income tax effect of $634,000, is presented in the statement
     of operations for the year ended December 31, 1995 as an extraordinary loss
     of $1,013,000.  In 1996, the Company recorded a loss on  extinguishment  of
     debt  of  $2,327,000  relating  primarily  to  prepayment  charges  and the
     write-off of deferred  financing costs.  Such loss,  reduced by the related
     income tax effect of $896,000,  is presented in the statement of operations
     for the year ended December 31, 1996 and the six months ended June 30, 1996
     as an  extraordinary  loss of $1,431,000.  During the six months ended June
     30, 1997,  IHS recorded a loss on  extinguishment  of debt of  $29,784,000,
     representing approximately (i) $23,554,000 of cash payments for premium and
     consent fees relating to the early extinguishment of $214,868,000 aggregate
     principal amount of IHS' senior  subordinated  notes and (ii) $6,230,000 of
     deferred   financing  costs   written-off  in  connection  with  the  early
     extinguishment  of such debt. Such loss,  reduced by the related income tax
     effect of $11,616,000,  is presented in the statement of operations for the
     six months ended June 30, 1997 as an extraordinary loss of $18,168,000. See
     "Recent  Developments - Repurchase of 9 5/8%Senior  Subordinated  Notes and
     10 3/4% Senior  Subordinated  Notes" and "Selected Historical  Consolidated
     Financial Data."

(12) EBITDA  represents   earnings  before  interest   expense,   income  taxes,
     depreciation  and  amortization,  non-recurring  charges and  extraordinary
     items.  EBITDA is included herein because management  believes that certain
     investors find it to be a useful tool for measuring a company's  ability to
     service  its  debt;  however,  EBITDA  does not  represent  cash  flow from
     operations,  as defined by generally accepted  accounting  principles,  and
     should not be considered  as a substitute  for net earnings as an indicator
     of the  Company's  operating  performance  or  cash  flow as a  measure  of
     liquidity.  Management  also believes that the ratio of EBITDA to interest,
     net is an accepted  measure of debt service  ability;  however,  such ratio
     should not be  considered a  substitute  for the ratio of earnings to fixed
     charges as a measure of debt service ability. Pro forma EBITDA for the year
     ended  December  31,  1996 does not give  effect to  certain  benefits  the
     Company expects will result from the closure of unprofitable  and redundant
     home  healthcare  agencies in the fourth quarter of 1996 and the ability to
     spread home  healthcare  administrative  costs over a larger base following
     the First American Acquisition.

(13) The ratio of  earnings  to fixed  charges is  computed  by  dividing  fixed
     charges into earnings from  continuing  operations  before income taxes and
     extraordinary  items plus fixed charges.  Fixed charges  include  interest,
     expensed  or  capitalized,  amortization  of debt  issuance  costs  and the
     estimated  interest  component of rent expense.  As a result of the loss on
     impairment  of long-lived  assets and other  non-recurring  charges,  fixed
     charges  exceeded such earnings by $47.8 million in the year ended December
     31, 1995.  The ratio of earnings to fixed  charges  before giving effect to
     the loss on impairment of long-lived assets and other non-recurring charges
     would have been 2.2x for the year ended December 31, 1995.

(14) Does  not  include  assumed  indebtedness and other liabilities of acquired
     companies.

(15) Includes renovation costs, primarily for MSUs, and equipment purchases.

(16) At the end of the period.

(17) As a percentage of net revenues.


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                                RISK FACTORS

     In addition to the other  information  in this  Prospectus,  the  following
factors  should be  considered  carefully  in  evaluating  the  Company  and its
business before deciding  whether to accept the Exchange Offer.  This Prospectus
contains, in addition to historical information, forward-looking statements that
involve  risks and  uncertainties.  The  Company's  actual  results could differ
materially.  Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include,
but are not  limited  to,  those  discussed  below,  as well as those  discussed
elsewhere in this Prospectus.


RISKS RELATED TO SUBSTANTIAL INDEBTEDNESS


    The Company's  indebtedness is substantial in relation to its  stockholders'
equity. At June 30, 1997, IHS' total long-term debt,  including current portion,
accounted for 67.7% of its total capitalization.  See "Capitalization." IHS also
has  significant  lease  obligations  with  respect to the  facilities  operated
pursuant to long-term leases,  which aggregated  approximately $212.1 million at
June 30,  1997.  For the year ended  December  31, 1996 and the six months ended
June 30, 1996 and 1997,  the  Company's  rent expense was $77.8  million  ($96.5
million  on a pro  forma  basis  after  giving  effect  to  the  First  American
Acquisition,  the ILC Offering, the Pharmacy Sale and certain other acquisitions
consummated in 1996 and 1997), $35.5 million ($45.0 million on a pro forma basis
after giving effect to the First  American  Acquisition,  the ILC Offering,  the
Pharmacy Sale and certain other  acquisitions  consummated in 1996 and 1997) and
$49.8 million ($50.3 million on a pro forma basis after giving effect to certain
acquisitions consummated in 1997),  respectively.  In addition, IHS is obligated
to pay up to an additional  $155 million in respect of the  acquisition of First
American  during  2000  to  2004  under  certain   circumstances.   See  "Recent
Developments - First American  Acquisition." The Company's strategy of expanding
its specialty  medical  services and growing  through  acquisitions  may require
additional borrowings in order to finance working capital,  capital expenditures
and the purchase price of any  acquisitions.  The degree to which the Company is
leveraged,  as well as its rent expense,  could have important  consequences  to
holders of the 9 1/2% Notes,  including:  (i) IHS' ability to obtain  additional
financing in the future for working capital, capital expenditures,  acquisitions
or general  corporate  purposes may be impaired,  (ii) a substantial  portion of
IHS' cash flow from  operations may be dedicated to the payment of principal and
interest  on its  indebtedness  and rent  expense,  thereby  reducing  the funds
available to IHS for its operations,  (iii)  substantially  all of the Company's
indebtedness at June 30, 1997,  including the Company's 53/4% Convertible Senior
Subordinated  Debentures  due 2001,  the  Company's  9 5/8%  Senior  Notes,  the
Company's 6% Convertible Subordinated Debentures due 2003, the Company's 10 3/4%
Senior  Notes,  the  Company's 10 1/4% Senior  Notes and the amount  outstanding
under the Company's existing bank credit agreement,  is scheduled to become due,
and any amounts to be  outstanding  under the Proposed  Credit  Facility will be
scheduled to become due,  prior to the time any principal  payments are required
to be made on the 9 1/2% Notes,  (iv) certain of IHS' borrowings  bear, and will
continue to bear,  variable rates of interest,  which expose IHS to increases in
interest  rates,  and (v) certain of IHS'  indebtedness  contains  financial and
other  restrictive  covenants,  including  those  restricting  the incurrence of
additional  indebtedness,  the creation of liens,  the payment of dividends  and
sales of assets and imposing minimum net worth requirements.  In addition,  IHS'
leverage may also adversely affect IHS' ability to respond to changing  business
and  economic  conditions  or  continue  its  growth  strategy.  There can be no
assurance that IHS' operating results will be sufficient for the payment of IHS'
indebtedness.  If IHS were unable to meet interest, principal or lease payments,
or satisfy financial  covenants,  it could be required to seek  renegotiation of
such payments and/or covenants or obtain additional equity or debt financing. To
the extent IHS finances its  activities  with  additional  debt,  IHS may become
subject to certain  additional  financial and other  covenants that may restrict
its ability to pursue its growth  strategy.  There can be no assurance  that any
such  efforts  would be  successful  or  timely  or that  the  terms of any such
financing or  refinancing  would be  acceptable  to IHS. See "- Risks Related to
Capital Requirements" and "Description of Certain Indebtedness."

    In connection with the offering of the 9 1/4% Senior Notes, Standard & Poors
("S&P")  confirmed  its B rating of IHS' other  subordinated  debt  obligations,
including  the Old Notes,  but with a negative  outlook,  and  assigned the same
rating  to  the  9  1/4%   Senior   Notes.   S&P  stated   that  the   Company's
speculative-grade  ratings reflect the Company's  aggressive  transition  toward
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alternate-site  healthcare  provider,  and its limited cash flow relative to its
heavy debt burden.  S&P noted that IHS would be greatly  challenged  to control,
integrate  and  further  expand  operations  that were  only a quarter  of their
current  size just three years ago,  and also noted the  continuing  uncertainty
with regard to the adequacy of reimbursement from government  sponsored programs
for the indigent and elderly.  S&P also noted that there is the potential that a
large debt financed acquisition could lead to a ratings downgrade. In connection
with  the  offering  of the 9  1/4%  Senior  Notes,  Moody's  Investors  Service
("Moody's")  downgraded  to B2 the  Company's  other  senior  subordinated  debt
obligations,  including the Old Notes, but noted that the outlook for the rating
was stable,  and  assigned  the new rating to the 9 1/4% Senior  Notes.  Moody's
stated that the rating  action  reflects  Moody's  concern  about the  Company's
continued  rapid  growth  through  acquisitions,  which has resulted in negative
tangible  equity of $114 million,  making no adjustment  for the $259 million of
convertible debt outstanding. Moody's also stated that the availability provided
by the  Proposed  Credit  Facility and the 9 1/4% Senior  Notes  positioned  the
Company to complete sizable acquisition  transactions using solely debt. Moody's
further  noted  that the rating  reflects  that  there are  significant  changes
underway in the  reimbursement  of services  rendered by IHS, and that the exact
impact of these changes is uncertain.


SUBORDINATION OF THE 9 1/2% NOTES; HOLDING COMPANY STRUCTURE

     The Old Notes are,  and the New Notes will be,  subordinated  to all Senior
Indebtedness of the Company now or at any time later  outstanding.  In addition,
the  operations  of the Company are  conducted  through  its  subsidiaries  and,
therefore,  the Old  Notes  are and the New  Notes  will  also  be,  effectively
subordinated to all  Indebtedness  and other  liabilities and commitments of the
Company's subsidiaries. As a result, the Company's rights, and the rights of its
creditors,  to participate in the  distribution of assets of any subsidiary upon
such  subsidiary's  liquidation or  reorganization  will be subject to the prior
claims of such subsidiary's creditors,  except to the extent that the Company is
itself recognized as a creditor of such subsidiary,  in which case the claims of
the Company would still be subject to the claims of any secured creditor of such
subsidiary and of any holder of indebtedness  of such subsidiary  senior to that
held by the Company.  All of the  Company's  subsidiaries  have  guaranteed  the
obligations  of the Company under its bank credit  facility.  The Old Notes are,
and the New Notes will be, obligations  exclusively of the Company,  and are not
guaranteed by any of the  Company's  subsidiaries.  Since the  operations of the
Company are currently  conducted primarily through  subsidiaries,  the Company's
cash flow and its ability to service its debt,  including  the 9 1/2% Notes,  is
dependent  upon  the  earnings  of its  subsidiaries  and  distributions  to the
Company.  The  subsidiaries are separate and distinct legal entities and have no
obligation,  contingent or  otherwise, to pay amounts due pursuant to the 9 1/2%
Notes  or to make  any  funds  available  therefor.  Moreover,  the  payment  of
dividends and the making of loans or advances to the Company by its subsidiaries
are  contingent  upon the  earnings  of those  subsidiaries  and are  subject to
various business considerations and, for certain subsidiaries,  restrictive loan
covenants  contained  in the  instruments  governing  the  indebtedness  of such
subsidiaries,  including  covenants which restrict in certain  circumstances the
payment  of  dividends  and  distributions  and the  transfer  of  assets to the
Company.  See  "Description  of Certain  Indebtedness."  At June 30,  1997,  the
aggregate  amount of  Senior  Indebtedness  and  Indebtedness  of the  Company's
subsidiaries  (excluding  intercompany  indebtedness)  that  effectively  ranked
senior to the 9 1/2% Notes was approximately  $359.4 million.  In addition,  the
Old Notes are, and the New Notes will be, effectively  subordinated to the lease
obligations of the Company's  subsidiaries,  which aggregated  $212.1 million at
June 30, 1997, and other  liabilities,  including trade payables,  the amount of
which could be material. The Indenture does not limit the amount of Indebtedness
the Company and its  subsidiaries  may incur  provided the Company meets certain
financial tests at the time such  indebtedness is incurred.  See "Description of
the New Notes." 


RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH GROWTH THROUGH ACQUISITIONS AND INTERNAL DEVELOPMENT

     IHS' growth  strategy  involves  growth through  acquisitions  and internal
development  and, as a result,  IHS is subject to various risks  associated with
this growth strategy.  The Company's  planned  expansion and growth require that
the Company  expand its home  healthcare  services  through the  acquisition  of
additional home healthcare  providers and that the Company acquire, or establish
relationships  with,  third parties which provide  post-acute  care services not
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additional MSUs be established in the Company's existing facilities and that the
Company  acquire,  lease or acquire  the right to manage  for others  additional
facilities  in which MSUs can be  established.  Such  expansion  and growth will
depend  on the  Company's  ability  to create  demand  for its  post-acute  care
programs,  the  availability  of  suitable  acquisition,   lease  or  management
candidates and the Company's  ability to finance such  acquisitions  and growth.
The successful  implementation of the Company's  post-acute  healthcare  system,
including  the  capitation  of rates,  will depend on the  Company's  ability to
expand the amount of post-acute care services it offers directly to its patients
rather  than  through  third-party  providers.  There can be no  assurance  that
suitable  acquisition  candidates  will be  located,  that  acquisitions  can be
consummated,   that  acquired  facilities  and  companies  can  be  successfully
integrated  into  the  Company's  operations,  that  MSUs  can  be  successfully
established in acquired facilities or that the Company's  post-acute  healthcare
system, including the capitation of rates, can be successfully implemented.  The
post-acute care market is highly competitive,  and the Company faces substantial
competition from hospitals,  subacute care providers,  rehabilitation  providers
and home  healthcare  providers,  including  competition for  acquisitions.  The
Company   anticipates  that  competition  for  acquisition   opportunities  will
intensify  due to the ongoing  consolidation  in the  healthcare  industry.  See
"Risks Related to Managed Care Strategy" and "- Competition."


     The successful integration of acquired businesses, including First American
and, if the Proposed  Acquisitions  are consummated,  RoTech,  CCA and the Coram
Lithotripsy   Division,   is  important  to  the  Company's   future   financial
performance.  The anticipated benefits from any of these acquisitions may not be
achieved  unless the  operations  of the acquired  businesses  are  successfully
combined with those of the Company in a timely  manner.  The  integration of the
Company's  recent  acquisitions,  including,  if the Proposed  Acquisitions  are
consummated,  RoTech,  CCA and the  Coram  Lithotripsy  Division,  will  require
substantial  attention  from  management.  The  diversion  of the  attention  of
management,  and any difficulties  encountered in the transition process,  could
have a  material  adverse  effect  on the  Company's  operations  and  financial
results.  In addition,  the process of integrating the various  businesses could
cause the  interruption  of, or a loss of momentum in, the activities of some or
all of these  businesses,  which  could  have a material  adverse  effect on the
Company's  operations and financial results.  There can be no assurance that the
Company will realize any of the anticipated benefits from its acquisitions.  The
acquisition of service companies that are not profitable,  or the acquisition of
new facilities that result in significant  integration costs and inefficiencies,
could also adversely affect the Company's profitability.


     IHS' current and anticipated future growth has placed, and will continue to
place,  significant  demands  on  the  management,   operational  and  financial
resources of IHS. IHS' ability to manage its growth  effectively will require it
to continue to improve its  operational,  financial and  management  information
systems  and to  continue to  attract,  train,  motivate,  manage and retain key
employees.  There  can be no  assurance  that  IHS  will be able to  manage  its
expanded operations effectively. See "- Risks Related to Capital Requirements."


     There  can  be  no  assurance  that  the  Company  will  be  successful  in
implementing  its strategy or in responding to ongoing changes in the healthcare
industry  which  may  require  adjustments  to its  strategy.  If IHS  fails  to
implement its strategy successfully or does not respond timely and adequately to
ongoing changes in the healthcare  industry,  the Company's business,  financial
condition and results of operations will be materially adversely affected.


RISKS RELATED TO MANAGED CARE STRATEGY

     Managed care payors and  traditional  indemnity  insurers have  experienced
pressure from their  policyholders to curb or reduce the growth in premiums paid
to such  organizations  for healthcare  services.  This pressure has resulted in
demands on  healthcare  service  providers to reduce their prices or to share in
the financial  risk of providing care through  alternate fee structures  such as
capitation or fixed case rates. Given the increasing  importance of managed care
in the healthcare  marketplace and the continued cost containment pressures from
Medicare and Medicaid,  IHS has been  restructuring its operations to enable IHS
to focus on obtaining  contracts with managed care  organizations and to provide
capitated services.  The Company believes that its home healthcare  capabilities
will  be an  important  component  of its  ability  to  provide  services  under
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there has been limited  demand among managed care  organizations  for post-acute
care  network  services,  and there can be no  assurance  that  demand  for such
services  will  increase.  Further,  IHS has  limited  experience  in  providing
services under  capitated and other alternate fee  arrangements  and setting the
applicable rates. Accordingly,  there can be no assurance that the fees received
by IHS will  cover the cost of  services  provided.  If  revenue  for  capitated
services is insufficient to cover the treatment  costs,  IHS' operating  results
could be  adversely  affected.  As a result,  the success of IHS'  managed  care
strategy  will  depend in large  part on its  ability  to  increase  demand  for
post-acute care services among managed care  organizations,  to obtain favorable
agreements  with  managed  care  organizations  and to  manage  effectively  its
operating and  healthcare  delivery  costs through  various  methods,  including
utilization   management  and  competitive   pricing  for  purchased   services.
Additionally,  there  can  be no  assurance  that  pricing  pressures  faced  by
healthcare  providers  will not have a material  adverse effect on the Company's
business, results of operations and financial condition.

     Further,  pursuing a  strategy  focused on  risk-sharing  fee  arrangements
entails certain  regulatory risks. Many states impose  restrictions on a service
provider's  ability  to  provide  capitated  services  unless  it meets  certain
financial  criteria,  and may view  capitated fee  arrangements  as an insurance
activity,  subjecting the entity accepting the capitated fee to regulation as an
insurance company rather than merely a licensed  healthcare provider accepting a
business  risk in  connection  with the manner in which it is  charging  for its
services.  The laws  governing  risk-sharing  fee  arrangements  for  healthcare
service  providers  are  evolving  and are not  certain  at  this  time.  If the
risk-sharing  activities of IHS require licensure as an insurance company, there
can be no assurance  that IHS could obtain or maintain the necessary  licensure,
or that IHS would be able to meet any financial  criteria imposed by a state. If
the Company were  precluded  from  providing  services  under  risk-sharing  fee
arrangements,  its  managed  care  strategy  would be  adversely  affected.  See
"Uncertainty of Government Regulation." 


RISKS RELATED TO CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS


     IHS' growth strategy  requires  substantial  capital for the acquisition of
additional  home  healthcare  and related  service  providers and geriatric care
facilities and the  establishment  of new, and expansion of existing,  MSUs. The
effective  integration,  operation and expansion of the existing businesses will
also  require   substantial   capital.   The  Company  expects  to  finance  new
acquisitions  from a combination of funds from operations,  borrowings under its
bank credit  facility  and the issuance of debt and equity  securities.  IHS may
raise  additional  capital  through the  issuance  of  long-term  or  short-term
indebtedness  or the  issuance of  additional  equity  securities  in private or
public  transactions,  at such times as  management  deems  appropriate  and the
market  allows.  Any of such  financings  could  result in  dilution of existing
equity  positions,  increased  interest  and  amortization  expense or decreased
income to fund  future  expansion.  There can be no  assurance  that  acceptable
financing  for future  acquisitions  or for the  integration  and  expansion  of
existing  businesses and  operations can be obtained.  The Company's bank credit
facility limits the Company's ability to make  acquisitions,  and certain of the
indentures  under  which the  Company's  outstanding  senior  subordinated  debt
securities were issued, including the Indenture,  limit the Company's ability to
incur additional indebtedness unless certain financial tests are met. See "Risks
Related  to   Substantial   Indebtedness,"   "Business   -  Company   Strategy,"
"Description  of the New Notes - Certain  Covenants - Limitations  on Additional
Indebtedness" and "Description of Certain Indebtedness."


RISKS RELATED TO RECENT ACQUISITIONS AND THE PROPOSED ACQUISITIONS

     IHS has  recently  completed  several  major  acquisitions,  including  the
acquisition of First American,  and is still in the process of integrating those
acquired  businesses.  The IHS Board of Directors  and senior  management of IHS
face a  significant  challenge  in  their  efforts  to  integrate  the  acquired
businesses,  including  First  American  and, if the Proposed  Acquisitions  are
consummated,  RoTech, CCA and the Coram Lithotripsy Division.  The dedication of
management  resources  to  such  integration  may  detract  attention  from  the
day-to-day  business of IHS. The difficulties of integration may be increased by
the   necessity  of   coordinating   geographically   separated   organizations,
integrating   personnel  with  disparate  business   backgrounds  and  combining
different corporate  cultures.  There can be no assurance that there will not be
substantial  costs  associated  with such  activities  or that there will not be
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adverse effects of these integration efforts. Further, there can be no assurance
that management's  efforts to integrate the operations of IHS and newly acquired
companies  will be  successful  or that the  anticipated  benefits of the recent
acquisitions will be fully realized.

     IHS has recently  expanded  significantly  its home healthcare  operations.
During the year ended  December  31, 1996 and the six months ended June 30, 1996
and 1997, home healthcare  accounted for  approximately  16.3%,  4.0% and 30.8%,
respectively,  of IHS' total revenues. On a pro forma basis, after giving effect
to the  Proposed  Acquisitions  and the  acquisition  of First  American  (which
derives  substantially  all its revenues from  Medicare),  approximately  70.7%,
78.3% and 69.2% of IHS' home  healthcare  revenues were derived from Medicare in
the year ended  December  31,  1996 and the six months  ended June 30,  1996 and
1997,  respectively.  On a pro forma  basis,  after  giving  effect to the First
American  Acquisition  and the  Proposed  Acquisitions,  home  nursing  services
accounted for approximately 64.2%, 68.8% and 56.3%,  respectively,  of IHS' home
healthcare  revenues in these  periods.  Medicare  has  developed a national fee
schedule for infusion  therapy,  respiratory  therapy and home medical equipment
which  provides  reimbursement  at 80% of the amount of any fee on the schedule.
The remaining 20% is paid by other third party payors (including Medicaid in the
case of  "medically  indigent"  patients)  or  patients;  with  respect  to home
nursing, Medicare generally reimburses for the cost (including a rate of return)
of providing such services,  up to a regionally  adjusted  allowable maximum per
visit and per  discipline  with no fixed  limit on the number of  visits.  There
generally is no deductible or coinsurance.  As a result,  there is no reward for
efficiency,  provided  that  costs  are  below  the cap,  and  traditional  home
healthcare  services  carry  relatively low margins.  However,  IHS expects that
Medicare will implement a prospective  payment system for home nursing  services
in the next several years, and  implementation  of a prospective  payment system
will be a critical  element to the success of IHS'  expansion  into home nursing
services.   Based  upon  prior  legislative  proposals,   IHS  believes  that  a
prospective  payment  system would most likely  provide a healthcare  provider a
predetermined rate for a given service, with providers that have costs below the
predetermined rate being entitled to keep some or all of this difference.  There
can be no assurance  that Medicare will  implement a prospective  payment system
for  home  nursing   services  in  the  next  several   years  or  at  all.  The
implementation  of a  prospective  payment  system  will  require  IHS  to  make
contingent  payments  related to the First American  Acquisition of $155 million
over a period of five  years.  In  addition,  both the  Senate  and the House of
Representatives  are  considering  proposals  to  reduce  the  rate of  Medicare
reimbursement for oxygen used in home respiratory therapy, which could adversely
affect  RoTech's  home  respiratory  business.  The  inability of IHS to realize
operating  efficiencies and provide home healthcare services at a cost below the
established  Medicare fee schedule could have a material  adverse effect on IHS'
home  healthcare  operations  and its  post-acute  care network.  See "- Risk of
Adverse  Effect of Healthcare  Reform,"  "Recent  Developments  - First American
Acquisition" and "Unaudited Pro Forma Financial Information."

     IHS believes that the Proposed  Acquisitions  represent additional steps in
IHS'  development of its post-acute care network.  However,  consummation of the
Proposed  Acquisitions are subject to a number of conditions,  some of which are
beyond  the  Company's  control,  including  approval  of  the  Proposed  RoTech
Acquisition  by the  stockholders  of IHS and RoTech.  There can be no assurance
that these conditions will be satisfied. There can also be no assurance that the
Proposed  Acquisitions  will be consummated on the proposed  terms, on different
terms or at all. 


RISKS RELATED TO HISTORICAL FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OF FIRST AMERICAN

     During the year ended December 31, 1995 and the nine months ended September
30,  1996,  First  American  recorded  a net loss of  $110.4  million  and $36.2
million,   respectively.   Numerous   factors  have  affected  First  American's
performance and financial  condition prior to its acquisition by IHS, including,
among  others,  high  administrative  costs and the  settlement  of  claims  for
reimbursement  of certain  overpayments  and  unallowable  reimbursements  under
Medicare (which  settlement  resulted in a reduction to patient service revenues
of $54.6 million for the year ended  December 31, 1995 and $10.4 million for the
nine months ended  September  30,  1996).  In  addition,  in February  1996,  in
response to the stoppage by the Health Care Financing Administration ("HCFA") of
its  bi-weekly  periodic  interim  payments  ("PIP")  to First  American,  First
American was forced to declare  bankruptcy.  In March 1996, the bankruptcy court
ordered HCFA to resume PIP payments to First American.  However,  the bankruptcy
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and  operation of First  American in  bankruptcy  until its  acquisition  by IHS
adversely affected the business,  results of operations and financial  condition
of First  American.  There can be no assurance  that these  factors or the First
American  bankruptcy  will  not  continue  to have an  adverse  effect  on First
American's and IHS' business,  financial  condition and results of operations in
the future.  There can be no assurance  that the historical  losses  incurred by
First  American will not continue.  See "Recent  Developments  - First  American
Acquisition."


RELIANCE ON REIMBURSEMENT BY THIRD PARTY PAYORS


     The Company receives payment for services rendered to patients from private
insurers and patients  themselves,  from the Federal  government under Medicare,
and from the states in which it operates under Medicaid. The healthcare industry
is experiencing a trend toward cost  containment,  as government and other third
party  payors  seek to impose  lower  reimbursement  and  utilization  rates and
negotiate  reduced  payment  schedules  with  service   providers.   These  cost
containment  measures,  combined with the  increasing  influence of managed care
payors  and  competition  for  patients,   has  resulted  in  reduced  rates  of
reimbursement  for services provided by IHS, which has adversely  affected,  and
may continue to adversely  affect,  IHS'  margins,  particularly  in its skilled
nursing and subacute facilities. Aspects of certain healthcare reform proposals,
such as cutbacks in the Medicare and Medicaid  programs,  reductions in Medicare
reimbursement   rates  and/or   limitations  on  reimbursement  rate  increases,
containment of healthcare  costs on an interim basis by means that could include
a short-term  freeze on prices charged by healthcare  providers,  and permitting
greater state  flexibility in the  administration  of Medicaid,  could adversely
affect the Company.  See "- Risk of Adverse Effect of Healthcare Reform." During
the years ended  December 31, 1994,  1995 and 1996 and the six months ended June
30, 1996 and 1997, the Company derived approximately 56%, 55%, 60%, 57% and 67%,
respectively, of its patient revenues from Medicare and Medicaid. On a pro forma
basis after giving effect to the  acquisition of First  American  (which derives
substantially   all  its  revenues   from   Medicare)   and  the  ILC  Offering,
approximately 68%, 69% and 67% of the Company's patient revenues would have been
derived from Medicare and Medicaid  during the year ended  December 31, 1996 and
the six months ended June 30, 1996 and 1997, respectively. 

     The sources and amounts of the Company's  patient revenues derived from the
operation of its geriatric care  facilities and MSU programs are determined by a
number of factors, including licensed bed capacity of its facilities,  occupancy
rate, the mix of patients and the rates of reimbursement  among payor categories
(private,  Medicare and Medicaid).  Changes in the mix of the Company's patients
among the private pay, Medicare and Medicaid categories can significantly affect
the  profitability of the Company's  operations.  The Company's cost of care for
its MSU patients  generally exceeds regional  reimbursement  limits  established
under Medicare. The success of the Company's MSU strategy will depend in part on
its  ability  to obtain  per diem rate  approvals  for costs  which  exceed  the
Medicare  established  per diem rate  limits and by  obtaining  waivers of these
limitations.  There can be no assurance  that the Company will be able to obtain
the waivers  necessary  to enable the Company to recover its excess  costs.  See
"Business - Sources of Revenue."


     Managed care  organizations  and other third party payors have continued to
consolidate  to enhance  their  ability to influence  the delivery of healthcare
services. Consequently, the healthcare needs of a large percentage of the United
States  population are provided by a small number of managed care  organizations
and third  party  payors.  These  organizations  generally  enter  into  service
agreements with a limited number of providers for needed services. To the extent
such  organizations  terminate  IHS as a preferred  provider  and/or engage IHS'
competitors as a preferred or exclusive  provider,  the business of IHS could be
materially adversely affected. 


RISK OF ADVERSE EFFECT OF HEALTHCARE REFORM

     In addition to extensive existing government healthcare  regulation,  there
are  numerous  initiatives  on the  federal and state  levels for  comprehensive
reforms  affecting  the payment for and  availability  of  healthcare  services,
including a number of proposals  that would  significantly  limit  reimbursement
under  Medicare and Medicaid.  It is not clear at this time what  proposals,  if
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what effect such  proposals  would have on the  Company's  business.  Aspects of
certain of these  healthcare  proposals,  such as cutbacks in the  Medicare  and
Medicaid programs,  containment of healthcare costs on an interim basis by means
that  could  include  a  short-term  freeze  on  prices  charged  by  healthcare
providers,  and permitting  greater state  flexibility in the  administration of
Medicaid,  could  adversely  affect the Company.  In  addition,  there have been
proposals  to convert the current  cost  reimbursement  system for home  nursing
services covered under Medicare to a prospective payment system. The prospective
payment system proposals  generally  provide for  prospectively  established per
visit payments to be made for all covered services, which are then subject to an
annual  aggregate per episode limit at the end of the year. Home health agencies
that are able to keep their total expenses per visit during the year below their
per episode  annual limits will be able to retain a specified  percentage of the
difference,  subject to certain aggregate limitations. Such changes could have a
material   adverse  effect  on  the  Company  and  its  growth   strategy.   The
implementation of a prospective  payment system will require the Company to make
contingent  payments  related to the First American  Acquisition of $155 million
over a period of five years.  The  inability of IHS to provide  home  healthcare
and/or skilled  nursing  services at a cost below the  established  Medicare fee
schedule  could  have  a  material   adverse  effect  on  IHS'  home  healthcare
operations,  post-acute care network and business generally. The Balanced Budget
Act of 1997,  enacted  in August  1997,  provides,  among  other  things,  for a
prospective payment system for home nursing to be implemented for cost reporting
periods  beginning  on or after  October 1, 1999,  a reduction  in current  cost
reimbursement  for  home  healthcare  pending  implementation  of a  prospective
payment  system and a shift of the bulk of home health  coverage  from Part A to
Part B of Medicare.  The failure to implement a prospective  payment  system for
home nursing  services in the next  several  years could  adversely  affect IHS'
post-acute  care network  strategy.  IHS expects that there will  continue to be
numerous  initiatives on the federal and state levels for comprehensive  reforms
affecting the payment for and  availability  of healthcare  services,  including
proposals that will further limit reimbursement under Medicare and Medicaid.  It
is not  clear at this  time  what  proposals,  if any,  will be  adopted  or, if
adopted,  what effect such proposals  will have on IHS'  business.  See "- Risks
Related to Recent  Acquisitions and the Proposed  Acquisitions,"  "- Reliance on
Reimbursement  by Third Party Payors" and "Recent  Developments - First American
Acquisition."  There  can be no  assurance  that  currently  proposed  or future
healthcare  legislation or other changes in the administration or interpretation
of  governmental  healthcare  programs  will not have an  adverse  effect on the
Company or that  payments  under  governmental  programs  will  remain at levels
comparable to present levels or will be sufficient to cover the costs  allocable
to patients eligible for reimbursement pursuant to such programs.  Concern about
the potential  effects of the proposed  reform  measures has  contributed to the
volatility  of prices of  securities  of  companies  in  healthcare  and related
industries,  including the Company,  and may  similarly  affect the price of the
9 1/2% Notes in the future.  See "- Uncertainty  of Government  Regulation"  and
"Business - Government Regulation." 

UNCERTAINTY OF GOVERNMENT REGULATION


     The Company and the healthcare  industry generally are subject to extensive
federal,   state  and  local  regulation  governing  licensure  and  conduct  of
operations at existing facilities,  construction of new facilities,  acquisition
of existing facilities, additions of new services, certain capital expenditures,
the  quality of  services  provided  and the manner in which such  services  are
provided and reimbursement for services rendered. Changes in applicable laws and
regulations or new interpretations of existing laws and regulations could have a
material adverse effect on licensure, eligibility for participation, permissible
activities,  operating costs and the levels of reimbursement  from  governmental
and other sources.  There can be no assurance that regulatory  authorities  will
not adopt  changes or new  interpretations  of existing  regulations  that could
adversely  affect the  Company.  The failure to  maintain or renew any  required
regulatory  approvals  or  licenses  could  prevent the  Company  from  offering
existing  services or from obtaining  reimbursement.  In certain  circumstances,
failure  to comply at one  facility  may affect  the  ability of the  Company to
obtain or maintain licenses or approvals under Medicare and Medicaid programs at
other  facilities.  In addition,  in the conduct of its  business the  Company's
operations are subject to review by federal and state  regulatory  agencies.  In
the course of these reviews,  problems are from time to time identified by these
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problems in a manner  satisfactory to the regulatory agencies without a material
adverse  effect on its business,  there can be no assurance that it will be able
to do so in the future.

     Recently effective  provisions of the regulations adopted under the Omnibus
Budget  Reconciliation Act of 1987 ("OBRA") have implemented stricter guidelines
for annual state  surveys of long-term  care  facilities  and expanded  remedies
available to HCFA to enforce compliance with the detailed regulations  mandating
minimum  healthcare  standards and may significantly  affect the consequences to
the Company if annual or other HCFA facility surveys identify noncompliance with
these  regulations.  Remedies include fines, new patient admission  moratoriums,
denial of reimbursement,  federal or state monitoring of operations,  closure of
facilities  and  termination  of  provider   reimbursement   agreements.   These
provisions  eliminate  the ability of operators to appeal the scope and severity
of any  deficiencies  and grant state  regulators  the  authority  to impose new
remedies,  including monetary  penalties,  denial of payments and termination of
the right to participate in the Medicare and/or Medicaid  programs.  The Company
believes  these new  guidelines  may  result  in an  increase  in the  number of
facilities  that will not be in  "substantial  compliance"  with the regulations
and,  as a result,  subject to  increased  disciplinary  actions  and  remedies,
including  admission  holds and  termination  of the right to participate in the
Medicare  and/or  Medicaid  programs.  In  ranking  facilities,  survey  results
subsequent  to  October  1990  are  considered.   As  a  result,  the  Company's
acquisition of poorly performing facilities could adversely affect the Company's
business to the extent remedies are imposed at such facilities.


     The  Company  is also  subject  to  federal  and state  laws  which  govern
financial and other arrangements between healthcare providers.  These laws often
prohibit  certain  direct and indirect  payments or  fee-splitting  arrangements
between  healthcare  providers  that are  designed  to induce or  encourage  the
referral of patients to, or the  recommendation  of, a  particular  provider for
medical  products and services.  These laws include the federal  "Stark  Bills",
which  prohibit,  with  limited  exceptions,   financial  relationships  between
ancillary   service  providers  and  referring   physicians,   and  the  federal
"anti-kickback  law", which prohibits,  among other things, the offer,  payment,
solicitation  or receipt of any form of  remuneration in return for the referral
of  Medicare  and  Medicaid  patients.  The Office of  Inspector  General of the
Department  of Health and Human  Services,  the  Department of Justice and other
federal  agencies  interpret  these  fraud and abuse  provisions  liberally  and
enforce them  aggressively.  Members of Congress have proposed  legislation that
would significantly  expand the federal  government's  involvement in curtailing
fraud and abuse and  increase  the  monetary  penalties  for  violation of these
provisions.  In addition,  some states restrict certain  business  relationships
between  physicians  and other  providers of  healthcare  services.  Many states
prohibit business  corporations from providing,  or holding  themselves out as a
provider of,  medical  care.  Possible  sanctions  for violation of any of these
restrictions  or  prohibitions  include  loss of  licensure  or  eligibility  to
participate in reimbursement  programs (including Medicare and Medicaid),  asset
forfeitures  and civil and  criminal  penalties.  These  laws vary from state to
state,  are often  vague  and have  seldom  been  interpreted  by the  courts or
regulatory agencies. The Company seeks to structure its business arrangements in
compliance  with  these  laws and,  from time to time,  the  Company  has sought
guidance  as to the  interpretation  of  such  laws;  however,  there  can be no
assurance that such laws ultimately  will be interpreted in a manner  consistent
with the practices of the Company. See "Business - Government Regulation." 

     Many  states  have  adopted  certificate  of need  or  similar  laws  which
generally require that the appropriate state agency approve certain acquisitions
or capital  expenditures  in excess of defined  levels and determine that a need
exists for certain new bed additions,  new services and the  acquisition of such
medical equipment or capital  expenditures or other changes prior to beds and/or
services  being  added.  Many  states  have  placed  a  moratorium  on  granting
additional  certificates  of need or otherwise  stated their intent not to grant
approval  for new beds.  To the  extent  certificates  of need or other  similar
approvals are required for expansion of the Company's operations, either through
facility  acquisitions  or  expansion  or  provision  of new  services  or other
changes,  such expansion could be adversely affected by the failure or inability
to obtain the necessary  approvals,  changes in the standards applicable to such
approvals and possible delays in, and the expenses  associated  with,  obtaining
such approvals.

     The  Company is unable to predict the future  course of  federal,  state or
local regulation or legislation,  including  Medicare and Medicaid  statutes and
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framework  could  have  a  material  adverse  effect  on the Company's business,
results  of operations and financial condition. See "- Risk of Adverse Effect of
Healthcare Reform."



COMPETITION


     The healthcare  industry is highly competitive and is subject to continuing
changes in the  provision  of services and the  selection  and  compensation  of
providers.  The  Company  competes  on a local and  regional  basis  with  other
providers on the basis of the breadth and quality of its  services,  the quality
of its  facilities  and, to a more  limited  extent,  price.  The  Company  also
competes with other  providers in the  acquisition and development of additional
facilities  and  service   providers.   The  Company's   current  and  potential
competitors  include  national,  regional and local  operators of geriatric care
facilities,  acute care hospitals and  rehabilitation  hospitals,  extended care
centers,  retirement  centers and  community  home health  agencies,  other home
healthcare companies and similar institutions,  many of which have significantly
greater financial and other resources than the Company. In addition, the Company
competes with a number of tax-exempt  nonprofit  organizations which can finance
acquisitions  and  capital   expenditures  on  a  tax-exempt  basis  or  receive
charitable  contributions  unavailable to the Company. New service introductions
and  enhancements,   acquisitions,  continued  industry  consolidation  and  the
development  of  strategic  relationships  by  IHS'  competitors  could  cause a
significant  decline in sales or loss of market  acceptance  of IHS' services or
intense  price  competition  or  make  IHS'  services  noncompetitive.  Further,
technological  advances  in drug  delivery  systems and the  development  of new
medical  treatments  that cure certain  complex  diseases or reduce the need for
healthcare  services could adversely impact the business of IHS. There can be no
assurance  that IHS will be able to  compete  successfully  against  current  or
future  competitors  or that  competitive  pressures  will not  have a  material
adverse effect on IHS' business,  financial condition and results of operations.
IHS also competes with various  healthcare  providers with respect to attracting
and retaining qualified management and other personnel.  Any significant failure
by IHS to attract and retain  qualified  employees could have a material adverse
effect on its business,  results of  operations  and  financial  condition.  See
"Business - Competition." 


ABSENCE OF PUBLIC MARKET FOR THE NEW NOTES

     The Old Notes were issued to, and the Company  believes are currently owned
by, a relatively small number of beneficial  owners. The Old Notes have not been
registered  under the Securities Act or under any  applicable  state  securities
laws and will be subject to restrictions on  transferability  to the extent that
they are not exchanged for the New Notes.  Although the New Notes will generally
be permitted to be resold or otherwise  transferred  by the holders (who are not
affiliates of the Company) without compliance with the registration requirements
under the Securities Act, they will constitute a new issue of securities with no
established  trading  market.  The  Company  has  been  advised  by the  Initial
Purchasers that the Initial Purchasers  presently intend to make a market in the
New Notes, as permitted by applicable laws and regulations. However, the Initial
Purchasers  are not  obligated  to do so and  any  market-making  activity  with
respect to the New Notes may be  discontinued  at any time  without  notice.  In
addition,  such market-making  activity will be subject to the limits imposed by
the  Securities  Act and the Exchange Act and may be limited during the Exchange
Offer.  Accordingly,  no assurance  can be given that an active  public or other
market will develop for the New Notes or the Old Notes or as to the liquidity of
or the trading  market for the New Notes or the Old Notes.  If an active  public
market does not develop,  the market price and liquidity of the New Notes may be
adversely affected.

     If a public  trading  market  develops  for the New Notes,  future  trading
prices of such  securities will depend on many factors,  including,  among other
things,  prevailing  interest rates, the Company's results of operations and the
market for similar  securities.  Depending on  prevailing  interest  rates,  the
market  for  similar  securities  and other  factors,  including  the  financial
condition of the Company, the New Notes may trade at a discount.

     Notwithstanding  the  registration  of the New Notes in the Exchange Offer,
holders who are  "affiliates"  (as defined  under Rule 405 under the  Securities
Act) of the Company may publicly  offer for sale or resell the New Notes only in
compliance with the provisions of Rule 144 under the Securities Act.


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     Each  broker-dealer that receives New Notes for its own account in exchange
for Old Notes,  where such Old Notes were  acquired by such  broker-dealer  as a
result of market-making activities or other trading activities, must acknowledge
that it will  deliver a  prospectus  in  connection  with any resale of such New
Notes. See "Plan of Distribution."


EXCHANGE OFFER PROCEDURES

     Issuance  of the New  Notes  in  exchange  for Old  Notes  pursuant  to the
Exchange  Offer will be made only after a timely  receipt by the Company of such
Old Notes, a properly  completed and duly executed Letter of Transmittal and all
other required documents. Therefore, holders of the Old Notes desiring to tender
such Old Notes in exchange for New Notes should allow  sufficient time to ensure
timely delivery. The Company is under no duty to give notification of defects or
irregularities with respect to the tenders of Old Notes for exchange.  Old Notes
that are not  tendered or are  tendered but not  accepted  will,  following  the
consummation  of the  Exchange  Offer,  continue  to be subject to the  existing
restrictions upon transfer thereof and, upon consummation of the Exchange Offer,
the registration  rights under the Registration Rights Agreement will terminate.
In addition,  any holder of Old Notes who tenders in the Exchange  Offer for the
purpose of  participating  in a  distribution  of the New Notes may be deemed to
have received restricted  securities and, if so, will be required to comply with
the registration and prospectus  delivery  requirements of the Securities Act in
connection with any resale  transaction.  Each  broker-dealer  that receives New
Notes for its own account in exchange  for Old Notes,  where such Old Notes were
acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making  activities or other
trading  activities,  must  acknowledge  that it will  deliver a  prospectus  in
connection with any resale of such New Notes. See "Plan of Distribution." To the
extent that Old Notes are  tendered  and  accepted in the  Exchange  Offer,  the
trading  market for  untendered  and tendered but  unaccepted Old Notes could be
adversely affected. See "The Exchange Offer."



CONSEQUENCES OF THE EXCHANGE OFFER ON NON-TENDERING HOLDERS OF THE OLD NOTES

     The Company  intends  for the  Exchange  Offer to satisfy its  registration
obligations under the Registration  Rights  Agreement.  If the Exchange Offer is
consummated, the Company does not intend to file further registration statements
for  the  sale  or  other  disposition  of Old  Notes.  Consequently,  following
completion  of the Exchange  Offer,  holders of Old Notes  seeking  liquidity in
their  investment  would  have  to  rely  on an  exemption  to the  registration
requirements  under applicable  securities  laws,  including the Securities Act,
with respect to any sale or other disposition of the Old Notes.



                                  THE COMPANY

     Integrated  Health  Services,  Inc.  was  incorporated  in March  1986 as a
Pennsylvania  corporation and reorganized as a Delaware  corporation in November
1986.  The Company's  principal  executive  offices are located at 10065 Red Run
Boulevard,  Owings  Mills,  Maryland  21117  and its  telephone  number is (410)
998-8400.  Unless  the  context  indicates  otherwise,  the terms  "IHS" and the
"Company" include Integrated Health Services, Inc. and its subsidiaries.


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                              RECENT DEVELOPMENTS

PROPOSED CREDIT FACILITY

     The Company has obtained  commitments for a $1.75 billion  revolving credit
and term loan facility (the "Proposed Credit  Facility") to replace its existing
$700 million  revolving  credit  facility.  The Proposed  Credit  Facility would
consist of a $750 million term loan facility (the "Proposed Term  Facility") and
a $1 billion  revolving  credit  facility,  including a $100  million  letter of
credit  subfacility  and a $10 million  swing line  subfacility  (the  "Proposed
Revolving Facility"). The Proposed Term Facility, all of which would be borrowed
at the closing of the Proposed  Credit Facility (the "Closing  Date"),  which is
expected to occur in September 1997, would mature on December 31, 2004 and would
be amortized beginning December 31, 1998 as follows:  1998 - $7.5 million;  each
of 1999,  2000,  2001  and  2002 - $7.5  million  (payable  in  equal  quarterly
installments);  2003 - $337.5 million (payable in equal quarterly installments);
and 2004 - $375 million  (payable in equal quarterly  installments).  Any unpaid
balance will be due on December 31, 2004.  The Proposed  Term Facility will bear
interest  at a rate  equal to, at the  option of IHS,  either (i) in the case of
Eurodollar loans, the sum of (x) one and  three-quarters  percent or two percent
(depending on the ratio of the Company's Debt (as defined in the Proposed Credit
Facility) to earnings before  interest,  taxes,  depreciation,  amortization and
rent, pro forma for any  acquisitions  or  divestitures  during the  measurement
period  (the  "Debt/EBITDAR  Ratio"))  and (y) the  interest  rate in the London
interbank  market  for loans in an amount  substantially  equal to the amount of
borrowing and for the period of borrowing selected by IHS or (ii) the sum of (a)
the higher of (1) Citibank,  N.A.'s base rate or (2) one percent plus the latest
overnight  federal  funds  rate  plus  (b)  a  margin  of  one-half  percent  or
three-quarters  of one  percent  (depending  on  the  Debt/EBITDAR  Ratio).  The
Proposed  Term  Facility  can be prepaid at any time in whole or in part without
penalty.

     The Proposed  Revolving  Facility  will reduce to $800 million on September
30, 2001 and $500 million on September  30, 2002,  with a final  maturity on the
sixth  anniversary  of the Closing  Date;  however,  the $100 million  letter of
credit  subfacility and $10 million swing line  subfacility  will remain at $100
million and $10  million,  respectively,  until  final  maturity.  The  Proposed
Revolving  Facility will bear interest at a rate equal to, at the option of IHS,
either  (i)  in  the  case  of  Eurodollar   loans,   the  sum  of  (x)  between
three-quarters of one percent and one and  three-quarters  percent (depending on
the Debt/  EBITDAR  Ratio) and (y) the  interest  rate in the  London  interbank
market for loans in an amount substantially equal to the amount of borrowing and
for the period of borrowing selected by IHS or (ii) the sum of (a) the higher of
(1)  Citibank,  N.A.'s  base rate or (2) one percent  plus the latest  overnight
federal  funds  rate plus (b) a margin of  between  zero  percent  and  one-half
percent (depending on the Debt/EBITDAR Ratio). Amounts repaid under the Proposed
Revolving Facility may be reborrowed prior to the maturity date.

     The Proposed Credit Facility,  like the Company's  current credit facility,
will limit IHS' ability to incur indebtedness or contingent obligations, to make
additional acquisitions,  to sell or dispose of assets, to create or incur liens
on assets,  to pay  dividends,  to purchase or redeem IHS' stock and to merge or
consolidate  with any other person.  In addition,  the Proposed  Credit Facility
will require that IHS meet certain financial ratios,  and will provide the banks
with the right to require  the  payment  of all  amounts  outstanding  under the
facility,  and to terminate all  commitments  under the facility,  if there is a
change in control of IHS or if any person other than Dr. Robert N. Elkins,  IHS'
Chairman and Chief  Executive  Officer,  or a group managed by Dr. Elkins,  owns
more than 40% of IHS' stock.  The Proposed Credit Facility will be guaranteed by
all of IHS'  subsidiaries  (other than inactive  subsidiaries)  and secured by a
pledge of all of the stock of substantially all of IHS' subsidiaries.

     The Proposed  Credit  Facility is subject to the  completion  of definitive
documentation and the satisfaction of customary closing conditions.  The Company
anticipates  that it  will  enter  into  the  Proposed  Credit  Facility  during
September  1997,  although there can be no assurance the Company will be able to
obtain a new credit  facility in this time frame,  on the  foregoing  terms,  on
different terms, or at all. If the Proposed Credit Facility is entered into, the
Company  will be obligated to  write-off  the deferred  financing  costs of $4.0
million  related  to its  current  credit  facility.  As a result,  the  Company
anticipates that it will record an extraordinary  loss on extinguishment of debt
of approximately  $2.4 million (net of related tax benefit of approximately $1.6
million) in the third quarter of 1997. 


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     For a description  of IHS' current credit  facility,  see  "Description  of
Certain Indebtedness - Revolving Credit Facility."


Proposed Acquisitions

     RoTech Medical  Corporation.  On July 6, 1997, the Company, IHS Acquisition
XXIV, Inc., a wholly-owned  subsidiary of IHS ("Merger Sub"), and RoTech entered
into a definitive  agreement and plan of merger (the "RoTech Merger  Agreement")
providing  for the  merger of Merger Sub into  RoTech,  with  RoTech  becoming a
wholly-owned  subsidiary of IHS. RoTech  provides home  healthcare  products and
services,  with an emphasis on home  respiratory,  home  medical  equipment  and
infusion  therapy,  primarily to patients in non-urban  areas.  RoTech currently
operates  613 home health  locations in 35 states and  approximately  26 primary
care physicians  practices.  According to RoTech's  filings with the Commission,
RoTech had revenues of $263.0 million, EBITDA of $64.7 million ($76.3 million on
a pro forma  basis  giving  effect to  acquisitions  completed  by RoTech in the
fiscal  year ended July 31,  1996) and net income of $20.6  million for the year
ended July 31, 1996 and  revenues  of $297.6  million,  EBITDA of $74.8  million
($88.0 million on a pro forma basis giving effect to  acquisitions  completed by
RoTech in the nine months ended April 30, 1997) and net income of $21.9  million
for the nine months ended April 30, 1997.

     Under the terms of the RoTech Merger  Agreement,  which was approved by the
Board of  Directors  of both IHS and  RoTech,  holders  of RoTech  common  stock
("RoTech  Common  Stock")  will  receive for each share of RoTech  Common  Stock
0.5806 of a share of IHS Common Stock (the  "Exchange  Ratio"),  having a market
value of $22.61  based on the closing  price of the IHS Common Stock on the last
business  day prior to the signing of the RoTech  Merger  Agreement.  Options to
purchase  RoTech  Common  Stock will be converted at the closing into options to
purchase IHS Common Stock based on the Exchange  Ratio.  At June 30, 1997 RoTech
had outstanding 26,387,666 shares of RoTech Common Stock and options to purchase
3,151,998  shares of RoTech  Common  Stock  ("RoTech  Options").  IHS will issue
approximately  15,320,678  shares of IHS Common  Stock  under the RoTech  Merger
Agreement,  and will reserve for issuance approximately  1,830,050 shares of IHS
Common Stock  issuable upon exercise of RoTech  Options.  In addition,  RoTech's
outstanding  $110 million of convertible  subordinated  debentures  (the "RoTech
Debentures") will become convertible into approximately  2,433,000 shares of IHS
Common Stock following the closing at a conversion  price of $45.21 per share of
IHS Common Stock. At June 30, 1997, IHS had outstanding 25,428,319 shares of IHS
Common Stock and options and warrants to purchase approximately 9,410,000 shares
of IHS Common  Stock,  and had  reserved  for  issuance  7,989,275  shares  upon
conversion  of  $258,750,000   principal   amount  of  outstanding   convertible
debentures.  Based on the number of shares of RoTech Common Stock outstanding at
June 30,  1997 and a share  price for IHS Common  Stock of $34.69  (the  closing
price of IHS Common Stock on August 11,  1997),  the merger  consideration  will
aggregate  approximately  $531.5  million,  substantially  all of which  will be
recorded as  goodwill.  The actual  amount of goodwill in the  transaction  will
depend upon the closing  price of the IHS Common  Stock on the date the Proposed
RoTech  Acquisition is consummated  and the number of shares of IHS Common Stock
issued in such acquisition.

     IHS will assume  RoTech's  outstanding  debt in the  transaction,  which at
August 31, 1997 aggregated $293.6 million,  including $110 million of the RoTech
Debentures.  IHS will repay the RoTech bank debt assumed in the  transaction and
repurchase the RoTech  Debentures  with the proceeds of the term loans under its
Proposed  Credit  Facility.  Under the terms of the  indenture  under  which the
RoTech Debentures were issued,  IHS will be obligated to offer to repurchase the
RoTech  Debentures at a purchase price equal to 100% of the aggregate  principal
amount thereof immediately following the merger. Because the conversion price of
the  RoTech  Debentures  ($45.21  after  giving  effect to the  Proposed  RoTech
Acquisition)  is in excess of the current  market price of the IHS Common Stock,
IHS has assumed that holders of RoTech  Debentures  will accept IHS'  repurchase
offer.

     The  merger  is  intended  to  qualify  as a tax  free  reorganization,  as
permitted by the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended,  and will be treated
as a purchase for accounting and financial reporting purposes. Completion of the
transaction,  which is  expected  to occur in the  fourth  quarter  of 1997,  is
subject to, among other things, approval by each company's stockholders, receipt
of  required  regulatory  approvals,  consent of senior  bank  lenders and other
customary conditions. Each party may terminate the 


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RoTech  Merger  Agreement if the average  trading  price of the IHS Common Stock
over the 10 trading  days  ending on the fifth  trading  day prior to the RoTech
stockholders' meeting to approve the merger is equal to or less than $33.00. The
RoTech  Merger  Agreement  also  provides for the payment of break-up fees under
certain circumstances.

     There can be no assurance  that the  Proposed  RoTech  Acquisition  will be
consummated on these terms, on different terms or at all.


     Proposed  Lithotripsy  Acquisition.  On August 21,  1997,  IHS, T2 Medical,
Inc., a  wholly-owned  subsidiary  of Coram,  Coram  Healthcare  Corporation  of
Greater New York, a wholly-owned  subsidiary of Coram,  and Coram entered into a
purchase  agreement (the  "Lithotripsy  Purchase  Agreement")  providing for the
purchase  by IHS of  substantially  all of the  assets  of  Coram's  Lithotripsy
Division,  which operates 20 mobile lithotripsy units and 13 fixed-site machines
in 180  locations in 18 states.  The Coram  Lithotripsy  Division  also provides
maintenance  services to its own and  third-party  equipment.  Lithotripsy  is a
non-invasive  technique that utilizes shock waves to disintegrate kidney stones.
The Coram Lithotripsy Division had revenues of $49.0 million and EBITDA of $28.8
million  (before  minority  interest)  for the year ended  December 31, 1996 and
revenues of $23.9 million and EBITDA of $14.3 million (before minority interest)
for the six months ended June 30, 1997.


     Coram's  agreements with its lithotripsy  partners,  which IHS will assume,
contemplate  that Coram will acquire the remaining  interest in each partnership
at a defined price in the event that  legislation is passed or  regulations  are
adopted or interpreted that would prevent the physician  partners from owning an
interest in the partnership and using the  partnership's  lithotripsy  equipment
for the treatment of his or her patients.  Coram has represented to IHS that its
partnership  arrangements  with  physicians in its  lithotripsy  business are in
compliance  with  current  law.  The  sale  by  Coram  of its  interests  in the
partnerships to IHS requires the consent of the partners of each partnership.


     Within the last three years,  HCFA  released a proposed  rule  defining the
rate at  which  ambulatory  surgery  centers  and  certain  hospitals  would  be
reimbursed for the technical component of a lithotripsy procedure. This proposed
rule has not been  finalized.  IHS cannot  predict  what the final rate for such
reimbursement will be or what effect, if any, the adoption of this proposed rule
would have on lithotripsy revenue and whether this decreased  reimbursement rate
will be  applied to  lithotripsy  procedures  performed  at  hospitals,  where a
majority of IHS' lithotripsy machines are currently utilized.


     The  Lithotripsy  Purchase  Agreement  provides  that IHS  will pay  $130.0
million in cash for the Coram Lithotripsy Division,  subject to reduction in the
event of adverse changes in the business of the Coram Lithotripsy Division prior
to the closing,  as described in the Lithotripsy  Purchase  Agreement.  IHS will
assume  $1.0  million  of  intercompany  debt to Coram in the  transaction.  The
closing of the Proposed Lithotripsy  Acquisition,  which is expected to occur in
the fourth quarter of 1997, is subject to customary conditions, including, among
others,  receipt of  required  regulatory  approvals  and third  party  consents
(including the other partners in the 13 partnerships which operate a substantial
portion of the Coram Lithotripsy Division's business).  The Lithotripsy Purchase
Agreement provides for the payment of break-up fees under certain circumstances.


     There can be no assurance that the Proposed Lithotripsy Acquisition will be
consummated on these terms, on different terms or at all.


     Community  Care of  America,  Inc.  On August 1,  1997,  the  Company,  IHS
Acquisition XXVI, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of IHS ("CCA Merger Sub"), and
CCA, a related party  company,  entered into a definitive  agreement and plan of
merger (the "CCA Merger  Agreement")  providing for (i) the  commencement by CCA
Merger Sub of a cash tender offer for all the outstanding common stock of CCA at
$4.00 per share and (ii) if certain  conditions are met, including that there be
tendered and accepted for payment at least a majority of the outstanding  common
stock of CCA on a  fully-diluted  basis,  the  merger of CCA Merger Sub with and
into CCA, with CCA becoming a  wholly-owned  subsidiary of IHS. CCA develops and
operates skilled nursing facilities in medically  underserved rural communities.
CCA currently operates 54 licensed long-term care facilities with 4,450 licensed
beds, one rural healthcare clinic, two outpatient  rehabilitation  centers,  one
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six of the  facilities  which CCA operates.  CCA currently  operates in Alabama,
Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Missouri,  Nebraska,
Texas and Wyoming.  According  to CCA's  filings  with the  Commission,  CCA had
revenues  of  $127.5  million,  EBITDA of $2.1  million  and a net loss of $18.9
million  for the year ended  December  31, 1996 and  revenues of $65.5  million,
EBITDA of $4.0  million and a net loss of $2.4  million for the six months ended
June 30, 1997. IHS owns warrants to purchase approximately 13.5% of CCA's common
stock,  and Dr.  Robert N.  Elkins,  Chairman  of the Board and Chief  Executive
Officer  of IHS,  beneficially  owns  21.0% of CCA's  outstanding  common  stock
(excluding the warrants owned by IHS). In addition,  IHS has guaranteed  certain
obligations of CCA and made available to CCA a $10.0 million credit facility, of
which $6.0 million was  outstanding  at September 5, 1997. See  "Description  of
Certain Indebtedness - Certain Other Obligations."

     IHS will pay  approximately  $32.9 million for all the outstanding  capital
stock of CCA, repay approximately  $25.6 million of indebtedness  assumed in the
Proposed CCA Acquisition  with the proceeds of the term loans under its Proposed
Credit  Facility and assume  approximately  $36.4 million of indebtedness in the
Proposed  CCA  Acquisition.  In addition,  on July 28, 1997,  IHS entered into a
letter of intent with Health and Retirement  Properties  Trust  ("HRPT"),  CCA's
principal   landlord  and  a   significant   lender  to  CCA,   relating  to  an
agreement-in-principle  to restructure the lease and loan agreements between CCA
and  HRPT if the  transactions  contemplated  by the CCA  Merger  Agreement  are
consummated.  In April 1997 IHS had guaranteed CCA's  obligations to HRPT. Under
the agreement-in-principle, (i) IHS or a nominee will purchase for $33.5 million
14 facilities,  aggregating  1,238 beds,  currently  owned by HRPT and leased to
CCA, (ii) approximately $12.2 million principal amount of loans from HRPT to CCA
will be prepaid and the collateral  security  released,  (iii) three  facilities
mortgage  financed  by HRPT will be sold to HRPT and leased to IHS or a nominee,
(iv) approximately $8.8 million of mortgage indebtedness due HRPT and secured by
nine facilities owned by CCA will be assumed by IHS or a nominee,  (v) leases of
16 facilities operated by CCA will be assumed by IHS or a nominee,  and (vi) the
leases and  mortgages  being  assumed will be modified to reduce future rent and
mortgage  interest rate increases and release cash security  deposits.  IHS will
guarantee all lease and mortgage  obligations to HRPT, which will receive a $3.7
million modification fee. The restructuring of CCA's lease and loan arrangements
with HRPT is subject to the  completion of definitive  documentation,  and there
can be no  assurance  CCA's  lease  and  loan  arrangements  with  HRPT  will be
restructured  on these terms,  on different  terms or at all. The  approximately
$50.0  million of  payments  to HRPT will be made from the  proceeds of the term
loans under the Proposed Credit Facility.

     IHS has extended the  expiration  date of the offer to 5:00 p.m.,  New York
City time, on Thursday,  September 18, 1997,  unless the tender offer is further
extended.  The  extension  was  made in order to  receive  all of the  necessary
approvals under state change of ownership,  healthcare licensure and certificate
of need laws and regulations  and all other required  consents of third parties,
including  HRPT.  The offer had  previously  been  scheduled  to expire at 12:00
midnight,  New York City time,  on Thursday,  September 4, 1997. At September 4,
1997,  approximately  93.1%  of CCA's  outstanding  common  stock  (representing
approximately 66.4% of CCA's fully-diluted shares) had been validly tendered and
not withdrawn in the offer.

     There  can be no  assurance  that  the  Proposed  CCA  Acquisition  will be
consummated on these terms, on different terms or at all.



FIRST AMERICAN ACQUISITION

     On October 17, 1996,  the Company  acquired  through  merger First American
Health Care of Georgia,  Inc., a provider of home health  services in 21 states,
principally Alabama,  California,  Florida, Georgia, Michigan,  Pennsylvania and
Tennessee.  The  Company  believes  the  acquisition  of  First  American  is an
important component in the implementation of its post-acute care network. See
"Business - Company Strategy."

     The  purchase  price for First  American  was  $154.1  million in cash plus
contingent  payments of up to $155  million.  The  contingent  payments  will be
payable if (i)  legislation  is enacted that changes the Medicare  reimbursement
methodology  for  home  health  services  to  a  prospectively  determined  rate
methodology,  in whole or in part, or (ii) in respect of any year the percentage
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unadjusted  Consumer  Price Index for all Urban  Consumers  for the Medical Care
expenditure category (the "Medical CPI") is less than 8% or, even if the Medical
CPI is greater than 8% in such year,  in any  subsequent  year prior to 2004 the
percentage  increase  in the  Medical  CPI is less  than  8%.  If  payable,  the
contingent payments will be paid as follows: $10 million for 1999, which must be
paid on or before February 14, 2000; $40 million for 2000, which must be paid on
or before  February  14,  2001;  $51 million for 2001,  which must be paid on or
before February 14, 2002; $39 million for 2002,  which must be paid on or before
February  14,  2003;  and $15 million for 2003,  which must be paid on or before
February 14, 2004. IHS has  concluded,  based on its current  expectations  with
respect to the Medical CPI,  that the  contingent  payments due in 2000 and 2001
are probable of occurrence.  Accordingly, IHS has accrued on its balance sheet a
long-term liability  representing the present value of the $50 million aggregate
contingent  payments  due in 2000 and 2001,  which at June 30,  1997  aggregated
$35.3 million.  The Company borrowed the cash purchase price paid at the closing
under its revolving credit facility.  $115 million of the $154.1 million paid at
closing  was paid to HCFA,  the  Department  of Justice  and the  United  States
Attorney for the  Southern  District of Georgia in  settlement  of claims by the
United  States  government  seeking  repayment  from First  American  of certain
overpayments and unallowable reimbursements under Medicare. The total settlement
with the United States  government was $255 million;  the remaining $140 million
will be paid from the  contingent  payments to the extent such  payments  become
due. In addition,  HCFA and First American  agreed to a specified  bi-weekly PIP
payment from August 27, 1996 through December 31, 1996,  without  adjustment for
any liability, overpayment or underpayment.

     Substantially  all of First American's  revenues are derived from Medicare.
The following table summarizes  certain selected financial and operating data of
First  American for the three years ended  December 31, 1995 and the nine months
ended September 30, 1995 and 1996. The selected historical financial information
of First American has been derived from, and should be read in conjunction with,
the historical  consolidated  financial statements of First American,  including
the notes thereto,  incorporated by reference  herein.  The results for the nine
months ended  September 30, 1996 are not  necessarily  indicative of the results
achieved for the full fiscal year.




<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                               NINE MONTHS
                                                                                  ENDED
                                        YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,               SEPTEMBER 30,
                                --------------------------------------- -------------------------
                                    1993         1994         1995          1995         1996
                                ------------ ------------ ------------- ------------ ------------
                                                        ($ IN THOUSANDS)
<S>                             <C>          <C>          <C>           <C>          <C>
Total revenues(1)  ............ $ 340,897    $ 452,163     $  563,747   $ 439,873    $ 370,654
Total expenses  ...............   356,387      496,647        673,658     515,332      402,106
Loss from operations  .........   (15,490)     (44,484)      (109,911)    (75,459)     (31,452)
Net loss  .....................   (15,557)     (55,314)      (110,376)    (75,776)     (36,189)
Visits to patient homes  ...... 5,036,000    7,433,203      9,024,271   6,966,451    5,731,026
Number of States   ............        17           22             23          21           21
Number of service locations ...       288          379            456         426          410
Number of employees (est.)  ...     9,000       12,000         16,000      15,000       13,700
</TABLE>


- ----------

(1) As a result of the settlement of the HCFA claims,  First  American  recorded
    reductions to patient service revenues of $8.7 million for the period ending
    December 31, 1992,  $11.4  million,  $29.3 million and $54.6 million for the
    years  ended  December  31,  1993,  1994 and 1995,  respectively,  and $41.0
    million and $10.4  million for the nine months ended  September 30, 1995 and
    1996, respectively.



     See  "Risk  Factors  - Risks Related to Historical Financial Performance of
First American" and "Unaudited Pro Forma Financial Information."

OTHER ACQUISITIONS AND DIVESTITURES

     THE  COMPANY  CONTINUES  TO ACQUIRE  AND LEASE  ADDITIONAL  GERIATRIC  CARE
FACILITIES, ENTER INTO NEW MANAGEment agreements,  acquire rehabilitation,  home
healthcare and related service companies and implement its strategy of expanding
the range of related  services it offers  directly  to its  patients in order to
serve the full spectrum of patients'  post-acute care needs. See "Risk Factors -
Risks Associated with Growth Through Acquisitions and Internal  Development" and
"Unaudited Pro Forma Financial Information." 


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     During 1997, IHS has acquired nine home healthcare  companies,  four mobile
diagnostic companies and two rehabilitation  companies. The total cost for these
acquisitions  was  approximately  $94.1  million.  In July  1997,  IHS  sold its
remaining 37% interest in its assisted living services subsidiary, pursuant to a
cash tender  offer.  IHS will  recognize a gain of  approximately  $4.0  million
during the third quarter of 1997 as a result of this transaction. In addition to
the  Proposed  Acquisitions,  IHS has  also  reached  definitive  agreements  to
purchase a home health  company for  approximately  $37.5 million and to lease a
skilled nursing facility (including a $4.0 million purchase option deposit). IHS
has  reached  agreements-in-principle  to  purchase a mobile  x-ray  company for
approximately  $200,000, a home health company for approximately $4.5 million, a
home health  company for  approximately  $60.0  million,  a respiratory  therapy
company for  approximately  $11.1 million and a respiratory  therapy company for
approximately $1.8 million.  There can be no assurance that any of these pending
acquisitions will be consummated on the proposed terms, on different terms or at
all. See "Unaudited Pro Forma Financial Information."

     In developing its post-acute healthcare system, IHS continuously  evaluates
whether  owning  and  operating   businesses  which  provide  certain  ancillary
services,  or  contracting  with  third  parties  for  such  services,  is  more
cost-effective. As a result, the Company is continuously evaluating its existing
operations to determine whether to retain or divest operations. To date, IHS has
divested its pharmacy  division and its assisted living services  division,  and
may divest  additional  divisions or assets in the future.  See  "Unaudited  Pro
Forma Financial Information." 


Repurchase of 9 5/8% Senior  Subordinated Notes and 10 3/4% Senior  Subordinated
Notes


    ON MAY 30, 1997 THE COMPANY  COMPLETED  CASH TENDER  OFFERS TO PURCHASE  ITS
OUTSTANDING  9 5/8% SENIOR  Subordinated  Notes due 2002,  Series A (the "9 5/8%
Senior Notes") and its 10 3/4% Senior  Subordinated Notes due 2004 (the "10 3/4%
Senior  Notes")  and  related  consent   solicitations   to  eliminate   certain
restrictive  covenants and other provisions in the indentures  pursuant to which
the 9 5/8% Senior Notes and 10 3/4% Senior Notes were issued in order to improve
the operating and financial  flexibility of the Company.  The consideration paid
pursuant to the tender offer and consent  solicitation  to holders of the 9 5/8%
Senior Notes who tendered  their notes (and  thereby  delivered  consents to the
proposed  amendments to the indenture  pursuant to which the 9 5/8% Senior Notes
were issued) prior to 12:00  midnight,  New York City time, on May 14, 1997 (the
"Consent  Date") was  $1,094.00  plus  accrued  and unpaid  interest  to but not
including the payment date in respect of each $1,000  principal amount tendered,
consisting  of  $1,089.00  plus  accrued  and unpaid  interest  as tender  offer
consideration  and $5.00 as a consent  payment.  The  total  consideration  paid
pursuant to the tender offer and consent  solicitation to holders of the 10 3/4%
Senior Notes who tendered  their notes (and  thereby  delivered  consents to the
proposed  amendments to the indenture pursuant to which the 10 3/4% Senior Notes
were issued)  prior to 12:00  midnight,  New York City time, on the Consent Date
was $1,119.50 plus accrued and unpaid  interest to but not including the payment
date  in  respect  of each  $1,000  principal  amount  tendered,  consisting  of
$1,114.50  plus accrued and unpaid  interest as tender offer  consideration  and
$5.00 as a consent payment.  Of the $115,000,000  aggregate  principal amount of
the 9 5/8% Senior Notes  outstanding,  an aggregate  of  $114,975,000  principal
amount of such  notes was  tendered.  Of the  $100,000,000  aggregate  principal
amount of the 10 3/4% Senior Notes  outstanding,  an  aggregate  of  $99,893,000
principal  amount of such notes was  tendered.  The Company  used  approximately
$247.2  million  of the net  proceeds  from the sale of  $450,000,000  aggregate
principal  amount  of the  Old  Notes  to  pay  the  tender  offer  and  consent
solicitation payments and accrued interest.


Sale of 9 1/4% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2008

     ON  SEPTEMBER  11,  1997,  IHS SOLD  PRIVATELY AN AGGREGATE OF $500 MILLION
PRINCIPAL  AMOUNT  OF ITS 9 1/4%  Senior  Subordinated  Notes  due 2008 to Smith
Barney Inc.,  Morgan Stanley & Co.  Incorporated,  Donaldson,  Lufkin & Jenrette
Securities  Corporation  and  Citicorp  Securities,  Inc.  (the "9 1/4%  Initial
Purchasers").  The 9 1/4% Senior  Notes were  subsequently  resold by the 9 1/4%
Initial  Purchasers  pursuant to Rule 144A under the  Securities  Act.  IHS used
approximately   $319.5  million  of  the  net  proceeds  to  repay  all  amounts
outstanding under the Company's  revolving credit facility.  The Company intends
to use the remaining  approximately  $166.9  million of net proceeds for general
corporate purposes,  including working capital, and for potential  acquisitions.
See "Description of Certain  Indebtedness - 9 1/4% Senior Subordinated Notes due
2008." 


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                               THE EXCHANGE OFFER


PURPOSE AND EFFECT OF THE EXCHANGE OFFER


     The Old Notes were sold by the  Company  on May 30,  1997,  to the  Initial
Purchasers   pursuant  to  the  Purchase   Agreement.   The  Initial  Purchasers
subsequently resold the Old Notes to qualified  institutional buyers in reliance
on Rule 144A under the Securities Act. As a condition to the purchase of the Old
Notes by the Initial  Purchasers,  the  Company  entered  into the  Registration
Rights  Agreement  with the  Initial  Purchasers,  which  requires,  among other
things,  that  promptly  following  the  sale of the Old  Notes  to the  Initial
Purchasers,  the  Company  would (i) file  with the  Commission  a  registration
statement  under the Securities Act with respect to an issue of new notes of the
Company  identical in all material  respects to the Old Notes, (ii) use its best
efforts to cause  such  registration  statement  to become  effective  under the
Securities Act and (iii) upon the effectiveness of that registration  statement,
offer to the  holders of the Old Notes the  opportunity  to  exchange  their Old
Notes for a like principal amount of New Notes,  which would be issued without a
restrictive  legend  and may be  reoffered  and  resold  by the  holder  without
restrictions or limitations under the Securities Act (other than any such holder
that is an  "affiliate"  of the Company within the meaning of Rule 405 under the
Securities  Act),  subject,  in  the  case  of  certain  broker-dealers,  to any
requirement that they comply with the prospectus delivery  requirements referred
to below.  A copy of the  Registration  Rights  Agreement  has been  filed as an
exhibit to the  Registration  Statement of which this  Prospectus is a part. The
Exchange  Offer is being  made to satisfy  the  contractual  obligations  of the
Company under the  Registration  Rights  Agreement.  Unless the context requires
otherwise, the term "Holder" with respect to the Exchange Offer means any person
in whose name the Old Notes are  registered  on the books of the  Company or any
other  person  who has  obtained  a  properly  completed  bond  power  from  the
registered  holder,  or any  person  whose  Old  Notes are held of record by The
Depository  Trust  Company who desires to deliver  such Old Notes by  book-entry
transfer at The Depository Trust Company. 

     The  Company  has not  requested,  and  does  not  intend  to  request,  an
interpretation  by the staff of the  Commission  with respect to whether the New
Notes issued pursuant to the Exchange Offer in exchange for the Old Notes may be
offered  for  sale,  resold  or  otherwise  transferred  by any  Holder  without
compliance  with the  registration  and  prospectus  delivery  provisions of the
Securities  Act. Based on an  interpretation  by the staff of the Commission set
forth in no-action  letters issued to third parties,  the Company  believes that
New Notes issued pursuant to the Exchange Offer in exchange for Old Notes may be
offered for resale,  resold and otherwise  transferred by any Holder of such New
Notes (other than any such Holder that is an  "affiliate"  of the Company within
the  meaning  of Rule 405 under  the  Securities  Act and  except in the case of
broker-dealers, as set forth below) without compliance with the registration and
prospectus  delivery  provisions of the Securities  Act,  provided that such New
Notes are acquired in the  ordinary  course of such  Holder's  business and such
Holder has no arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in the
distribution  of such New Notes.  Since the  Commission  has not  considered the
Exchange Offer in the context of a no-action  letter,  there can be no assurance
that the staff of the Commission would make a similar determination with respect
to the  Exchange  Offer.  Any Holder who tenders in the  Exchange  Offer for the
purpose of  participating  in a distribution  of the New Notes could not rely on
such  interpretation  by the staff of the  Commission  and must  comply with the
registration  and  prospectus  delivery  requirements  of the  Securities Act in
connection with any resale  transaction.  Each  broker-dealer  that receives New
Notes for its own account in exchange  for Old Notes,  where such Old Notes were
acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making  activities or other
trading  activities,  must  acknowledge  that it will  deliver a  prospectus  in
connection with any resale of such New Notes. See "Plan of Distribution."

     By tendering in the Exchange Offer, each Holder of Old Notes will represent
to the Company that, among other things,  (i) the New Notes acquired pursuant to
the Exchange Offer are being obtained in the ordinary  course of business of the
person receiving such New Notes, whether or not such person is such Holder, (ii)
neither the Holder of Old Notes nor any such other person has an  arrangement or
understanding  with any person to  participate in the  distribution  of such New
Notes,  (iii) if the Holder is not a  broker-dealer,  or is a broker-dealer  but
will not  receive  New Notes for its own  account  in  exchange  for Old  Notes,
neither  the  Holder  nor any such  other  person is  engaged  in or  intends to
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the  distribution  of such New Notes and (iv)  neither  the  Holder nor any such
other  person is an  "affiliate"  of the Company  within the meaning of Rule 405
under the Securities Act. If the tendering  Holder is a broker-dealer  that will
receive  New Notes  for its own  account  in  exchange  for Old Notes  that were
acquired as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities, it
will be required to acknowledge  that it will deliver a prospectus in connection
with any resale of such New Notes.

     Following the consummation of the Exchange Offer,  Holders of the Old Notes
who did not tender their Old Notes will not have any further registration rights
under the Registration Rights Agreement,  and such Old Notes will continue to be
subject to certain restrictions on transfer.  Accordingly,  the liquidity of the
market  for such Old Notes  could be  adversely  affected.  See "Risk  Factors -
Exchange  Offer  Procedures"  and "-  Consequences  of  the  Exchange  Offer  on
Non-Tendering Holders of the Old Notes."


TERMS OF THE EXCHANGE OFFER

     Upon the terms and subject to the conditions  set forth in this  Prospectus
and in the Letter of Transmittal,  the Company will accept any and all Old Notes
validly  tendered and not withdrawn  prior to 5:00 p.m.,  New York City time, on
the Expiration Date. The Company will issue $1,000 principal amount of New Notes
in exchange for $1,000 principal amount of outstanding Old Notes accepted in the
Exchange  Offer.  Holders may tender some or all of their Old Notes  pursuant to
the  Exchange  Offer.  However,  Old  Notes  may be  tendered  only in  integral
multiples of $1,000.

     The form and  terms of the New  Notes are the same as the form and terms of
the Old Notes  except that (i) the New Notes bear a Series A  designation  and a
different  CUSIP  number  from the Old  Notes,  (ii)  the New  Notes  have  been
registered  under  the  Securities  Act and  therefore  will  not  bear  legends
restricting the transfer thereof and (iii) the holders of the New Notes will not
be entitled to certain rights under the Registration Rights Agreement, including
the  provisions  providing for an increase in the interest rate on the Old Notes
in certain  circumstances  relating to the timing of the Exchange Offer,  all of
which rights will terminate upon  consummation  of the Exchange  Offer.  The New
Notes will  evidence  the same debt as the Old Notes and will be entitled to the
benefits of the Indenture.


     As of the date of this Prospectus,  $450,000,000 aggregate principal amount
of the Old Notes was outstanding.  Solely for reasons of administration (and for
no other purpose), the Company has fixed the close of business on , 1997, as the
record date for the Exchange  Offer for purposes of  determining  the persons to
whom this  Prospectus  and the Letter of Transmittal  will be mailed  initially.
Only a registered holder of the Old Notes may participate in the Exchange Offer.
There will be no fixed record date for determining registered holders of the Old
Notes entitled to participate in the Exchange Offer.


     Holders of Old Notes do not have any appraisal or dissenters'  rights under
the General  Corporation Law of Delaware or the Indenture in connection with the
Exchange Offer.  The Company intends to conduct the Exchange Offer in accordance
with  the  applicable  requirements  of the  Exchange  Act  and  the  rules  and
regulations of the Commission thereunder, including Rule 14e-1 thereunder.

     The Company  shall be deemed to have  accepted  validly  tendered Old Notes
when,  as and if the  Company  has given oral or written  notice  thereof to the
Exchange Agent.  The Exchange Agent will act as agent for the tendering  Holders
for the purpose of receiving the New Notes from the Company.

     If any  tendered  Old Notes are not  accepted  for  exchange  because of an
invalid  tender,  the  occurrence  of certain  other  events set forth herein or
otherwise,  the certificates for any such unaccepted Old Notes will be returned,
without  expense,  to the tendering  Holder  thereof as promptly as  practicable
after the Expiration Date.

     Holders who tender Old Notes in the Exchange  Offer will not be required to
pay brokerage  commissions or fees or, subject to the instructions in the Letter
of  Transmittal,  transfer  taxes  with  respect  to the  exchange  of Old Notes
pursuant to the Exchange  Offer.  The Company will pay all charges and expenses,
other than  transfer  taxes in certain  circumstances,  in  connection  with the
Exchange Offer. See "- Fees and Expenses."


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EXPIRATION DATE; EXTENSIONS; AMENDMENTS


     The term  "Expiration  Date" shall mean 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on ,
     1997, unless the Company, in its sole discretion, extends the Exchange
Offer, in which case the term  "Expiration  Date" shall mean the latest date and
time to which the Exchange Offer is extended.


     To extend the Exchange Offer, the Company will notify the Exchange Agent of
any extension by oral or written notice and will mail to the registered  Holders
an  announcement  thereof,  each prior to 9:00 a.m.,  New York City time, on the
next business day after the previously scheduled expiration date.


     The  Company  reserves  the  right,  in its sole  discretion,  (i) to delay
accepting  any Old  Notes,  to extend the  Exchange  Offer or to  terminate  the
Exchange  Offer if any of the  conditions  set forth below under "-  Conditions"
shall not have been  satisfied,  by giving oral or written notice of such delay,
extension or termination to the Exchange Agent or (ii) to amend the terms of the
Exchange  Offer  in  any  manner.  Any  such  delay  in  acceptance,  extension,
termination  or amendment will be followed as promptly as practicable by written
notice thereof to the registered  Holders. If the Exchange Offer is amended in a
manner  determined by the Company to constitute a material  change,  the Company
will promptly  disclose such amendment by means of a prospectus  supplement that
will  be  distributed  to  the  registered  Holders,  and,  depending  upon  the
significance  of the amendment  and the manner of  disclosure to the  registered
Holders,  the Company will extend the Exchange Offer for a period of five to ten
business days if the Exchange Offer would  otherwise  expire during such five to
ten business day period.


     Without  limiting the manner in which the Company may choose to make public
announcement of any delay,  extension,  amendment or termination of the Exchange
Offer,  the Company shall have no obligation to publish,  advertise or otherwise
communicate any such public announcement,  other than by making a timely release
to the Dow Jones News Service.


INTEREST ON THE NEW NOTES



     The New Notes will bear  interest  from their date of issuance.  Holders of
Old Notes that are accepted for exchange will receive, in cash, accrued interest
thereon from September 15, 1997, the date of the last payment of interest on the
Old Notes,  to, but not including,  the date of issuance of the New Notes.  Such
interest will be paid with the first interest  payment on the New Notes on March
15, 1998. Accordingly,  holders of Old Notes that are accepted for exchange will
not receive interest that is accrued but unpaid on such Old Notes at the time of
tender.  Interest on the Old Notes  accepted for  exchange  will cease to accrue
upon issuance of the New Notes.


     Interest  on the New Notes will be payable  semi-annually  on each March 15
and September 15, commencing March 15, 1998.



PROCEDURES FOR TENDERING OLD NOTES


     Only a Holder of Old Notes may tender such Old Notes in the Exchange Offer.
To tender in the  Exchange  Offer,  a Holder  must  complete,  sign and date the
Letter of  Transmittal,  or a facsimile  thereof,  have the  signatures  thereon
guaranteed  if  required  by the  Letter of  Transmittal  and mail or  otherwise
deliver such Letter of  Transmittal  or such  facsimile,  together  with the Old
Notes and any other  required  documents,  to the  Exchange  Agent prior to 5:00
p.m.,  New York City time, on the Expiration  Date. To be tendered  effectively,
the Old  Notes,  Letter of  Transmittal  and other  required  documents  must be
received by the  Exchange  Agent at the address set forth below under  "Exchange
Agent" prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Expiration Date.  Delivery
of the Old Notes may be made by book-entry transfer through The Depository Trust
Company's  Automated  Tender Offer Program  ("ATOP"),  for which the transaction
will  be  eligible,   in  accordance  with  the  procedures   described   below.
Confirmation of such book-entry  transfer must be received by the Exchange Agent
prior to the Expiration Date.


     By  executing  the  Letter of  Transmittal,  each  Holder  will make to the
Company the  representation  set forth below in the second  paragraph  under the
heading "Resale of New Notes".


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     The  tender by a Holder and the  acceptance  thereof  by the  Company  will
constitute  agreement between such Holder and the Company in accordance with the
terms and  subject  to the  conditions  set forth  herein  and in the  Letter of
Transmittal.

     THE METHOD OF DELIVERY OF THE OLD NOTES AND THE LETTER OF  TRANSMITTAL  AND
ALL OTHER REQUIRED  DOCUMENTS TO THE EXCHANGE AGENT,  INCLUDING DELIVERY THROUGH
THE  BOOK-ENTRY  TRANSFER  FACILITY  AND ANY  ACCEPTANCE  OF AN AGENT'S  MESSAGE
TRANSMITTED THROUGH ATOP, IS AT THE ELECTION AND RISK OF THE HOLDER.  INSTEAD OF
DELIVERY  BY MAIL,  IT IS  RECOMMENDED  THAT  HOLDERS USE AN  OVERNIGHT  OR HAND
DELIVERY  SERVICE.  IN ALL CASES,  SUFFICIENT  TIME  SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO ASSURE
DELIVERY TO THE EXCHANGE AGENT BEFORE THE EXPIRATION DATE.


     NO  LETTER OF  TRANSMITTAL  OR OLD  NOTES  SHOULD  BE SENT TO THE  COMPANY.
HOLDERS MAY REQUEST THEIR RESPECTIVE BROKERS,  DEALERS,  COMMERCIAL BANKS, TRUST
COMPANIES OR NOMINEES TO EFFECT THE ABOVE TRANSACTIONS FOR SUCH HOLDERS.


     Any  beneficial  owner  whose  Old Notes  are  registered  in the name of a
broker,  dealer,  commercial bank, trust company or other nominee and who wishes
to tender  should  contact the  registered  Holder  promptly and  instruct  such
registered Holder to tender on such beneficial owner's behalf. See "Instructions
to Registered Holder and/or Book-Entry Transfer Facility Participant from Owner"
included with the Letter of Transmittal.


     Signatures on the Letter of Transmittal  or a notice of withdrawal,  as the
case may be, must be guaranteed by an Eligible  Institution  (as defined  below)
unless the Old Notes tendered  pursuant thereto are tendered (i) by a registered
Holder  who  has  not   completed   the  box  entitled   "Special   Registration
Instructions" or "Special Delivery Instructions" on the Letter of Transmittal or
(ii) for the account of an Eligible Institution. In the event that signatures on
a Letter of  Transmittal  or a notice  of  withdrawal,  as the case may be,  are
required  to be  guaranteed,  such  guarantee  must  be by a  member  firm  of a
registered  national  securities  exchange  or of the  National  Association  of
Securities Dealers, Inc., a commercial bank or trust company having an office or
correspondent in the United States or an "eligible guarantor institution" within
the meaning of Rule 17Ad-15 under the Exchange Act (an "Eligible Institution").


     If the  Letter  of  Transmittal  is  signed  by a  person  other  than  the
registered  Holder  of any Old Notes  listed  therein,  such Old  Notes  must be
endorsed or  accompanied  by a properly  completed  bond  power,  signed by such
registered  Holder as such  registered  Holder's  name appears on such Old Notes
with the signature thereon guaranteed by an Eligible Institution.


     If the Letter of  Transmittal or any Old Notes or bond powers are signed by
trustees, executors, administrators,  guardians, attorneys-in-fact,  officers of
corporations or others acting in a fiduciary or  representative  capacity,  such
persons  should so indicate  when  signing,  and,  unless waived by the Company,
evidence  satisfactory  to the  Company  of  their  authority  to so act must be
submitted with the Letter of Transmittal.


     The  Company  understands  that the  Exchange  Agent  will  make a  request
promptly after the date of this Prospectus to establish accounts with respect to
the Old Notes at the book-entry transfer facility,  The Depository Trust Company
(the  "Book-Entry  Transfer  Facility"),  for the  purpose of  facilitating  the
Exchange  Offer,  and,  subject  to the  establishment  thereof,  any  financial
institution that is a participant in the Book-Entry  Transfer  Facility's system
may make  book-entry  delivery  of the Old  Notes  by  causing  such  Book-Entry
Transfer  Facility to transfer such Old Notes into the Exchange  Agent's account
with  respect  to the Old  Notes  in  accordance  with the  Book-Entry  Transfer
Facility's procedures for such transfer.  Although delivery of the Old Notes may
be effected through book-entry transfer into the Exchange Agent's account at the
Book-Entry  Transfer  Facility,  an appropriate  Letter of Transmittal  properly
completed and duly executed with any required signature  guarantee or an Agent's
Message  in  connection  with a  book-entry  transfer  and  all  other  required
documents must in each case be transmit-


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ted to and received or confirmed by the Exchange  Agent at its address set forth
below  on or  prior to the  Expiration  Date,  or,  if the  guaranteed  delivery
procedures  described  below are complied with,  within the time period provided
under such procedures. Delivery of documents to the Book-Entry Transfer Facility
does not constitute delivery to the Exchange Agent.

     The term "Agent's  Message"  means a message  transmitted by the Book-Entry
Transfer  Facility to, and received by, the Exchange Agent and forming a part of
the  confirmation  of a Book-Entry  transfer,  which states that the  Book-Entry
Transfer Facility has received an express  acknowledgment  from the participants
in the Book-Entry  Transfer Facility described in such Agent's Message,  stating
the  aggregate  principal  amount of Old Notes which have been  tendered by such
participants  pursuant to the  Exchange  Offer and that such  participants  have
received this  Prospectus and the Letter of Transmittal and agree to be bound by
the terms of this  Prospectus and the Letter of Transmittal  and the Company may
enforce such agreement against such participants.

     All  questions as to the validity,  form,  eligibility  (including  time of
receipt),  acceptance of tendered Old Notes and withdrawal of tendered Old Notes
will be determined by the Company in its sole  discretion,  which  determination
will be final and binding. The Company reserves the absolute right to reject any
and  all  Old  Notes  not  properly  tendered  or any Old  Notes  the  Company's
acceptance  of which  would,  in the  opinion of  counsel  for the  Company,  be
unlawful.   The  Company   also   reserves  the  right  to  waive  any  defects,
irregularities or conditions of tender as to particular Old Notes. The Company's
interpretation  of the terms and conditions of the Exchange Offer (including the
instructions  in the  Letter of  Transmittal)  will be final and  binding on all
parties. Unless waived, any defects or irregularities in connection with tenders
of Old Notes must be cured  within  such time as the  Company  shall  determine.
Although the Company intends to notify Holders of defects or irregularities with
respect to tenders of Old Notes, neither the Company, the Exchange Agent nor any
other person shall incur any  liability  for failure to give such  notification.
Tenders of Old Notes will not be deemed to have been made until such  defects or
irregularities have been cured or waived. Any Old Notes received by the Exchange
Agent  that  are  not  properly   tendered  and  as  to  which  the  defects  or
irregularities  have not been cured or waived will be  returned by the  Exchange
Agent to the  tendering  Holders,  unless  otherwise  provided  in the Letter of
Transmittal, as soon as practicable following the Expiration Date.


GUARANTEED DELIVERY PROCEDURES

     Holders who wish to tender  their Old Notes and (i) whose Old Notes are not
immediately  available,  (ii) who cannot deliver their Old Notes,  the Letter of
Transmittal or any other  required  documents to the Exchange Agent or (iii) who
cannot  complete the procedures for book-entry  transfer prior to the Expiration
Date, may effect a tender if:

     (a) the tender is made through an Eligible Institution;

   (b)  prior to the  Expiration  Date,  the Exchange  Agent  receives from such
        Eligible  Institution a properly  completed and duly executed  Notice of
        Guaranteed Delivery (by facsimile  transmission,  mail or hand delivery)
        setting  forth  the name and  address  of the  Holder,  the  certificate
        number(s)  of such Old  Notes  and the  principal  amount  of Old  Notes
        tendered, stating that the tender is being made thereby and guaranteeing
        that,  within  three New York  Stock  Exchange  trading  days  after the
        Expiration  Date,  the Letter of  Transmittal  (or  facsimile  thereof),
        together  with  the  certificate(s)  representing  the Old  Notes  (or a
        confirmation of book-entry  transfer of such Old Notes into the Exchange
        Agent's  account  at the  Book-Entry  Transfer  Facility)  and any other
        documents  required by the Letter of  Transmittal,  will be deposited by
        the Eligible Institution with the Exchange Agent; and

   (c)  such properly completed and executed Letter of Transmittal (or facsimile
        thereof),  as well as the  certificate(s)  representing all tendered Old
        Notes in proper  form for  transfer  (or a  confirmation  of  book-entry
        transfer  of such Old Notes  into the  Exchange  Agent's  account at the
        Book-Entry  Transfer  Facility) and all other documents  required by the
        Letter of  Transmittal,  are received by the Exchange Agent within three
        New York Stock Exchange trading days after the Expiration Date.


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     Upon request to the Exchange Agent, a Notice of Guaranteed Delivery will be
sent to Holders who wish to tender their Old Notes  according to the  guaranteed
delivery procedures set forth above.



WITHDRAWAL OF TENDERS


     Except as otherwise provided herein,  tenders of Old Notes may be withdrawn
at any time prior to 5:00  p.m.,  New York City time,  on the  Expiration  Date.
Withdrawal  of  tendered  Old Notes will be deemed a rejection  of the  Exchange
Offer.

     To  withdraw  a tender of Old Notes in the  Exchange  Offer,  a written  or
facsimile  transmission  notice of  withdrawal  must be received by the Exchange
Agent at its address set forth herein prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on
the Expiration  Date. Any such notice of withdrawal must (i) specify the name of
the person  having  deposited the Old Notes to be withdrawn  (the  "Depositor"),
(ii) identify the Old Notes to be withdrawn (including the certificate number(s)
and principal amount of such Old Notes, or, in the case of Old Notes transferred
by  book-entry  transfer,  the name and number of the account at the  Book-Entry
Transfer  Facility  to be  credited),  (iii) be signed by the Holder in the same
manner as the original  signature on the Letter of Transmittal by which such Old
Notes  were  tendered  (including  any  required  signature  guarantees)  or  be
accompanied by documents of transfer sufficient to have the Trustee register the
transfer  of such Old Notes into the name of the person  withdrawing  the tender
and (iv) specify the name in which any such Old Notes are to be  registered,  if
different from that of the  Depositor.  A PURPORTED  NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL  WHICH
LACKS ANY OF THE REQUIRED  INFORMATION WILL NOT BE AN EFFECTIVE  WITHDRAWAL OF A
TENDER  PREVIOUSLY MADE. All questions as to the validity,  form and eligibility
(including  time of receipt) of such notices will be  determined by the Company,
whose determination shall be final and binding on all parties.  Any Old Notes so
withdrawn  will be deemed not to have been validly  tendered for purposes of the
Exchange  Offer and no New Notes will be issued with respect  thereto unless the
Old Notes so  withdrawn  are validly  retendered.  Any Old Notes which have been
tendered but which are not accepted for exchange  will be returned to the Holder
thereof  without cost to such Holder as soon as  practicable  after  withdrawal,
rejection of tender or termination of the Exchange Offer. Properly withdrawn Old
Notes may be retendered by following one of the procedures described above under
"- Procedures for Tendering Old Notes" at any time prior to the Expiration Date.


CONDITIONS

     Notwithstanding any other term of the Exchange Offer, the Company shall not
be required to accept for exchange, or to exchange New Notes for, any Old Notes,
and may  terminate or amend the  Exchange  Offer as provided  herein  before the
acceptance of such Old Notes, if:

   (a)  any action or  proceeding is instituted or threatened in any court or by
        or before any  governmental  agency with respect to the  Exchange  Offer
        which, in the sole judgment of the Company,  might materially impair the
        ability  of the  Company  to  proceed  with  the  Exchange  Offer or any
        material  adverse  development  has occurred in any  existing  action or
        proceeding with respect to the Company or any of its subsidiaries; or

   (b)  any change,  or any development  involving a prospective  change, in the
        business or financial  affairs of the Company or any of its subsidiaries
        has  occurred  which,  in  the  sole  judgment  of  the  Company,  might
        materially  impair  the  ability  of the  Company  to  proceed  with the
        Exchange Offer; or

   (c)  any law, statute, rule, regulation or interpretation by the staff of the
        Commission is proposed,  adopted or enacted which,  in the sole judgment
        of the Company,  might  materially  impair the ability of the Company to
        proceed with the Exchange  Offer or materially  impair the  contemplated
        benefits of the Exchange Offer to the Company; or

   (d)  there shall occur a change in the current interpretation by the staff of
        the  Commission  which  permits  the New Notes  issued  pursuant  to the
        Exchange Offer in exchange for Old Notes to be offered for resale,
       resold  and  otherwise   transferred  by  Holders   thereof  (other  than
       broker-dealers and any such Holder which is an "affiliate" of the Company
       within  the  meaning  of Rule  405  under  the  Securities  Act)  without
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       delivery  provisions of the  Securities  Act provided that such New Notes
       are acquired in the ordinary  course of such  Holders'  business and such
       Holders  have  no  arrangement  or  understanding   with  any  person  to
       participate in the distribution of such New Notes; or

   (e)  any  governmental  approval has not been  obtained,  which  approval the
        Company  shall,  in  its  sole   discretion,   deem  necessary  for  the
        consummation of the Exchange Offer as contemplated hereby.

     If the Company determines in its sole discretion that any of the conditions
are not satisfied, the Company may (i) refuse to accept any Old Notes and return
all tendered Old Notes to the tendering Holders,  (ii) extend the Exchange Offer
and retain all Old Notes tendered prior to the expiration of the Exchange Offer,
subject,  however,  to the rights of Holders to withdraw  such Old Notes (see "-
Withdrawal of Tenders") or (iii) waive such unsatisfied  conditions with respect
to the Exchange Offer and accept all properly  tendered Old Notes which have not
been  withdrawn.  If any waiver by the Company  constitutes a material change to
the Exchange Offer, the Company will promptly disclose such waiver by means of a
prospectus  supplement that will be distributed to the registered Holders,  and,
depending  upon the  significance  of the waiver and the manner of disclosure to
the registered Holders,  the Company will extend the Exchange Offer for a period
of five to ten business days if the Exchange Offer would otherwise expire during
such five to ten business day period.

     The foregoing conditions are for the sole benefit of the Company and may be
waived by the Company, in whole or in part, in its sole discretion, although the
Company  has no current  intention  of doing so. Any  determination  made by the
Company concerning an event,  development or circumstance  described or referred
to above will be final and binding on all parties.

EXCHANGE AGENT


     First Union  National  Bank has been  appointed  as Exchange  Agent for the
Exchange Offer.  Questions and requests for assistance,  requests for additional
copies of this  Prospectus  or of the Letter of  Transmittal  and  requests  for
Notice of Guaranteed Delivery should be directed to the Exchange Agent addressed
as follows: 

     By Registered or Certified Mail:


   First Union National Bank
     First Union Customer Information Center
     Corporate Trust Operations NC1153
     1525 West W.T. Harris Boulevard-3C3
     Charlotte, North Carolina 28288
     Attention: Mike Klotz


     By Overnight Mail or Hand:


   First Union National Bank
     First Union Customer Information Center
     Corporate Trust Operations NC1153
     1525 West W.T. Harris Boulevard-3C3
     Charlotte, North Carolina 28262-1153
     Attention: Mike Klotz


     By Facsimile:


   First Union National Bank
     (704) 590-7628
     Confirm: (704) 590-7408
     Attention: Mike Klotz


FEES AND EXPENSES

     The  expenses  of  soliciting  tenders  will be borne by the  Company.  The
principal solicitation is being made by mail; however,  additional  solicitation
may be made by  telegraph,  telephone  or in  person  by  officers  and  regular
employees of the Company and its affiliates.


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     The Company has not  retained any  dealer-manager  in  connection  with the
Exchange  Offer and will not make any  payments to brokers or others  soliciting
acceptances of the Exchange Offer. The Company,  however,  will pay the Exchange
Agent  reasonable  and customary fees for its services and will reimburse it for
its  reasonable  out-of-pocket  expenses in  connection  therewith and pay other
registration expenses,  including fees and expenses of the Trustee, filing fees,
blue sky fees and printing and distribution expenses.

     The Company will pay all transfer taxes, if any, applicable to the exchange
of the Old Notes  pursuant to the  Exchange  Offer.  If,  however,  certificates
representing  the New Notes or the Old Notes for principal  amounts not tendered
or accepted for exchange are to be delivered to, or are to be issued in the name
of, any person other than the registered Holder of the Old Notes tendered, or if
tendered  Old Notes are  registered  in the name of any  person  other  than the
person  signing the Letter of  Transmittal,  or if a transfer tax is imposed for
any reason  other than the  exchange of the Old Notes  pursuant to the  Exchange
Offer,  then the  amount of any such  transfer  taxes  (whether  imposed  on the
registered  Holder or any other person) will be payable by the tendering Holder.
If satisfactory  evidence of payment of such taxes or exemption therefrom is not
submitted with the Letter of Transmittal, the amount of such transfer taxes will
be billed directly to such tendering Holder.


ACCOUNTING TREATMENT


     The New Notes will be recorded at the same carrying value as the Old Notes,
which is face value,  as reflected in the  Company's  accounting  records on the
date of exchange.  Accordingly,  no gain or loss for accounting purposes will be
recognized.  The  expenses of the  Exchange  Offer and the  approximately  $12.1
million of unamortized expenses related to the issuance of the Old Notes will be
amortized over the term of the New Notes. 


RESALE OF NEW NOTES

     Based on an  interpretation  by the  staff of the  Commission  set forth in
no-action  letters  issued to third parties,  the Company  believes that the New
Notes  issued  pursuant to the  Exchange  Offer in exchange for Old Notes may be
offered for resale,  resold and otherwise  transferred by any Holder of such New
Notes (other than broker-dealers,  as set forth below, and any such Holder which
is an  "affiliate"  of the  Company  within  the  meaning  of Rule 405 under the
Securities Act) without compliance with the registration and prospectus delivery
provisions of the Securities  Act,  provided that such New Notes are acquired in
the ordinary course of such Holder's business and such Holder does not intend to
participate  and  has  no  arrangement  or  understanding  with  any  person  to
participate in the distribution of such New Notes. Any Holder who tenders in the
Exchange  Offer  with  the  intention  to  participate,  or for the  purpose  of
participating,  in a distribution  of the New Notes may not rely on the position
of the staff of the Commission  enunciated in Exxon Capital Holdings Corporation
(available May 13, 1988) and Morgan Stanley & Co., Incorporated  (available June
5,  1991),  or similar  no-action  letters,  but  rather  must  comply  with the
registration  and  prospectus  delivery  requirements  of the  Securities Act in
connection with any resale transaction. In addition, any such resale transaction
should be covered by an effective  registration statement containing the selling
security  holders  information  required  by Item 507 of  Regulation  S-K of the
Securities Act. Each  broker-dealer  that receives New Notes for its own account
in  exchange  for  Old  Notes,  where  such  Old  Notes  were  acquired  by such
broker-dealer  as  a  result  of  market-making   activities  or  other  trading
activities,  must  acknowledge  that it (i)  acquired  the Old Notes for its own
account as a result of  market-making  activities or other  trading  activities,
(ii) has not entered into any arrangement or  understanding  with the Company or
any  "affiliate"  of the  Company  (within  the  meaning  of Rule 405  under the
Securities  Act) and (iii) will  deliver a  prospectus  in  connection  with any
resale of such New Notes. See "Plan of Distribution."

     By  tendering  in the  Exchange  Offer,  each Holder will  represent to the
Company that,  among other things,  (i) the New Notes  acquired  pursuant to the
Exchange  Offer are being  obtained  in the  ordinary  course of business of the
person  receiving such New Notes,  whether or not such person is a Holder,  (ii)
neither the Holder nor any such other person has an arrangement or understanding
with any person to participate in the  distribution  of such New Notes and (iii)
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edge  that if  they  participate  in the  Exchange  Offer  for  the  purpose  of
distributing  the New  Notes  (a) they  must,  in the  absence  of an  exemption
therefrom,  comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of
the  Securities  Act in  connection  with any resale of the New Notes and cannot
rely on the no-action  letters  referenced  above and (b) failure to comply with
such  requirements  in such  instance  could  result  in such  Holder  incurring
liability  under the Securities Act for which such Holder is not  indemnified by
the Company.  Further,  by tendering in the Exchange Offer, each Holder that may
be deemed an "affiliate"  (as defined under Rule 405 of the  Securities  Act) of
the Company  will  represent  to the Company  that such Holder  understands  and
acknowledges  that the New  Notes  may not be  offered  for  resale,  resold  or
otherwise  transferred by that Holder without  registration under the Securities
Act or an exemption therefrom.

     As set forth above,  affiliates  of the Company are not entitled to rely on
the foregoing  interpretations  of the staff of the  Commission  with respect to
resales of the New Notes without compliance with the registration and prospectus
delivery requirements of the Securities Act.


CONSEQUENCES OF FAILURE TO EXCHANGE

     As a result of the making of this  Exchange  Offer,  the Company  will have
fulfilled one of its obligations  under the  Registration  Rights  Agreement and
Holders of Old Notes who do not tender their Old Notes will not have any further
registration  rights  under the  Registration  Rights  Agreement  or  otherwise.
Accordingly,  any Holder of Old Notes that does not exchange  that  Holder's Old
Notes for New Notes will continue to hold the  untendered  Old Notes and will be
entitled  to all  the  rights  and  limitations  applicable  thereto  under  the
Indenture,  except to the extent such  rights or  limitations,  by their  terms,
terminate  or cease to have  further  effectiveness  as a result of the Exchange
Offer.


     The Old Notes that are not exchanged for New Notes pursuant to the Exchange
Offer will  remain  restricted  securities.  Accordingly,  such Old Notes may be
resold only (i) to the Company  (upon  redemption  thereof or  otherwise),  (ii)
pursuant to an effective  registration statement under the Securities Act, (iii)
so long as the Old Notes are  eligible  for resale  pursuant to Rule 144A,  to a
qualified  institutional  buyer  within  the  meaning  of Rule  144A  under  the
Securities  Act in a transaction  meeting the  requirements  of Rule 144A,  (iv)
outside the United States to a foreign person pursuant to the exemption from the
registration  requirements  of the  Securities  Act  provided  by  Regulation  S
thereunder,  (v) to an  institutional  accredited  investor that,  prior to such
transfer,  furnishes to First Union National  Bank, as trustee,  a signed letter
containing certain  representations  and agreements relating to the restrictions
on transfer of the Old Notes evidenced  thereby (the form of which letter can be
obtained from such trustee) or (vi) pursuant to another available exemption from
the registration  requirements of the Securities Act, in each case in accordance
with any applicable securities laws of any state of the United States. 

     Accordingly,  if any Old Notes are  tendered  and  accepted in the Exchange
Offer,  the  trading  market for the  untendered  Old Notes  could be  adversely
affected.   See  "Risk  Factors  -   Consequences   of  the  Exchange  Offer  on
Non-Tendering Holders of the Old Notes" and "- Termination of Certain Rights."


TERMINATION OF CERTAIN RIGHTS


     Holders of the 9 1/2% Notes will not be  entitled to certain  rights  under
the  Registration  Rights  Agreement  following the consummation of the Exchange
Offer. The rights that will terminate are the right (i) to have the Company file
with the Commission and use its best efforts to have declared  effective a shelf
registration  statement to cover resales of the Old Notes by the holders thereof
and (ii) to receive additional  interest if the registration  statement of which
this  Prospectus  is a part or the shelf  registration  statement  are not filed
with, or declared  effective by, the Commission  within  certain  specified time
periods or the Exchange Offer is not consummated within a specified time period.



OTHER

     Participation  in the  Exchange  Offer  is  voluntary  and  Holders  should
carefully  consider  whether  to  accept.  Holders of the Old Notes are urged to
consult  their  financial  and tax advisors in making their own decision on what
action to take.


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     No  person  has  been  authorized  to give any  information  or to make any
representations in connection with the Exchange Offer other than those contained
in this Prospectus. If given or made, such information or representations should
not be  relied  upon as having  been  authorized  by the  Company.  Neither  the
delivery of this  Prospectus  nor any exchange made hereunder  shall,  under any
circumstances,  create  any  implication  that  there  has been no change in the
affairs of the Company since the  respective  dates as of which  information  is
given  herein.  The  Exchange  Offer is not being  made to (nor will  tenders be
accepted from or on behalf of) Holders of Old Notes in any jurisdiction in which
the  making of the  Exchange  Offer or the  acceptance  thereof  would not be in
compliance with the laws of such jurisdiction.  However, the Company may, at its
discretion, take such action as it may deem necessary to make the Exchange Offer
in any such  jurisdiction  and extend the Exchange Offer to Holders of Old Notes
in such  jurisdiction.  In any jurisdiction the securities laws or blue sky laws
of which require the Exchange  Offer to be made by a licensed  broker or dealer,
the  Exchange  Offer is  being  made on  behalf  of the  Company  by one or more
registered  brokers  or  dealers  which  are  licensed  under  the  laws of such
jurisdiction.

     The Company may in the future seek to acquire  untendered Old Notes in open
market or privately negotiated transactions,  through subsequent exchange offers
or otherwise. The Company has no present plans to acquire any Old Notes that are
not tendered in the Exchange Offer or to file a registration statement to permit
resales of any untendered Old Notes.


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                    CERTAIN FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES

     The following  discussion is based upon current  provisions of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986,  as amended,  applicable  Treasury  regulations,  judicial
authority and  administrative  rulings and  practice.  There can be no assurance
that the Internal Revenue Service (the "Service") will not take a contrary view,
and no ruling from the Service has been or will be sought. Legislative, judicial
or administrative changes or interpretations may be forthcoming that could alter
or modify the statements  and  conditions set forth herein.  Any such changes or
interpretations  may  or  may  not be  retroactive  and  could  affect  the  tax
consequences to Holders.  Certain Holders of the Old Notes (including  insurance
companies,  tax exempt organizations,  financial  institutions,  broker-dealers,
foreign corporations and persons who are not citizens or residents of the United
States) may be subject to special rules not discussed  below.  EACH HOLDER OF AN
OLD NOTE SHOULD CONSULT HIS, HER OR ITS OWN TAX ADVISOR AS TO THE PARTICULAR TAX
CONSEQUENCES OF EXCHANGING SUCH HOLDER'S OLD NOTES FOR NEW NOTES,  INCLUDING THE
APPLICABILITY AND EFFECT OF ANY STATE, LOCAL OR FOREIGN TAX LAWS.

     The  issuance of the New Notes to Holders of the Old Notes  pursuant to the
terms set forth in this Prospectus should not constitute a recognition event for
Federal income tax purposes.  Consequently, no gain or loss should be recognized
by Holders of the Old Notes upon  receipt  of the New  Notes.  For  purposes  of
determining  gain or loss upon the subsequent sale or exchange of the New Notes,
a Holder's  basis in the New Notes should be the same as such Holder's  basis in
the Old Notes exchanged therefor.  Holders should be considered to have held the
New Notes from the time of their original acquisition of the Old Notes.


                                USE OF PROCEEDS

     This  Exchange  Offer is  intended  to  satisfy  certain  of the  Company's
obligations under the Purchase Agreement and the Registration  Rights Agreement.
The  Company  will not receive any cash  proceeds  from the  issuance of the New
Notes offered hereby. In consideration for issuing the New Notes contemplated in
this  Prospectus,  the  Company  will  receive  the Old Notes in like  principal
amount,  the form and  terms of which  are the same as the form and terms of the
New Notes (which replace the Old Notes),  except as otherwise  described herein.
The Old Notes  surrendered  in  exchange  for the New Notes will be retired  and
canceled and cannot be reissued. Accordingly, issuance of the New Notes will not
result in any increase or decrease in the indebtedness of the Company.


    The Company used  approximately  $247.2 million of the net proceeds from the
sale of the Old Notes to  repurchase  substantially  all its  outstanding 9 5/8%
Senior Notes and 10 3/4% Senior Notes and the  remaining  $191.0  million of net
proceeds to pay down borrowings under its revolving credit facility. Loans under
the revolving credit facility bear interest at a rate equal to, at the option of
the Company, either (i) the sum of (a) the higher of (1) the bank's base rate or
(2) one percent plus the latest  overnight  federal funds rate plus (b) a margin
of between zero percent and one and one-quarter  percent (depending on financial
ratios);  or  (ii)  in  the  case  of  Eurodollar  loans,  the  sum  of  between
three-quarters of one percent and two and one-half percent (depending on certain
financial ratios) and the interest rate in the London interbank market for loans
in an amount  substantially  equal to the amount of borrowing  and the period of
borrowing  selected by the Company.  The  revolving  credit  facility  currently
consists of a $700 million  revolving loan which reduces to $560 million on June
30, 2000 and $315  million on June 30, 2001,  with a final  maturity on June 30,
2002.  The Company has obtained  commitments  for a $1.75  billion term loan and
revolving credit facility,  which will replace its existing credit facility. See
"Recent Developments - Proposed Credit Facility," "- Repurchase of 9 5/8% Senior
Subordinated Notes and 10 3/4% Senior Subordinated Notes,"  "Capitalization" and
"Description of Certain Indebtedness." 


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<PAGE>

                                CAPITALIZATION

     The following  table sets forth the  capitalization  of the Company at June
30, 1997.  The issuance of the New Notes in exchange for the Old Notes  pursuant
to the Exchange Offer will have no effect on the capitalization of the Company.







<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                           JUNE 30, 1997
                                                                                           ---------------
                                                                                           (IN THOUSANDS)
<S>                                                                                        <C>
Cash and temporary investments .........................................................     $   45,472
                                                                                             ==========
Short-term debt:
 Current portion of long-term debt   ...................................................     $   13,161
                                                                                             ==========
Long-term debt, less current portion:
 Credit facility(1)   ..................................................................     $  279,145
 Other debt  ...........................................................................         67,060
 9 5/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2002, Series A ...................................             25
 10 3/4% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2004 ............................................            107
 10 1/4% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2006 ............................................        150,000
 9 1/2% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2007 .............................................        450,000
 53/4% Convertible Senior Subordinated Debentures due 2001   ...........................        143,750
 6% Convertible Subordinated Debentures due 2003 .......................................        115,000
                                                                                             ----------
   Total long-term debt(2)  ............................................................      1,205,087
                                                                                             ----------
Stockholders' equity:
 Preferred Stock, $.01 par value, 15,000,000 shares authorized  ........................             -
 Common Stock, $.001 par value, 150,000,000 shares authorized; 25,387,377 shares issued              25
 Additional paid-in capital ............................................................        492,892
 Retained earnings .....................................................................         89,940
 Treasury stock ........................................................................         (1,538)
                                                                                             ----------
   Total stockholders' equity  .........................................................        581,319
                                                                                             ----------
    Total capitalization    ............................................................     $1,786,406
                                                                                             ==========
</TABLE>



- ----------

(1) Subsequent  to June 30, 1997 and as of  September  5, 1997,  the Company had
    additional  net  borrowings  under  its revolving  credit  facility of $40.4
    million.  The Company  used a portion of the net  proceeds  from the sale of
    the 9 1/4% Senior Notes  to repay all amounts  outstanding  under the credit
    facility.

(2) On  September  11, 1997, the Company issued $500 million aggregate principal
    amount  of the 9 1/4% Senior  Notes.  See "Recent  Developments  - Sale of 9
    1/4% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2008."



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<PAGE>

                SELECTED HISTORICAL CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL DATA


     The following tables  summarize  certain  selected  consolidated  financial
data,  which  should  be read in  conjunction  with the  Company's  Consolidated
Financial Statements and related Notes and "Management's Discussion and Analysis
of Financial  Condition and Results of Operations"  included or  incorporated by
reference herein. The selected  consolidated  financial data set forth below for
each of the years in the five-year  period ended December 31, 1996 and as of the
end of each of such periods have been  derived from the  Consolidated  Financial
Statements  of the Company  which have been  audited by KPMG Peat  Marwick  LLP,
independent certified public accountants.  The consolidated financial statements
as of  December  31,  1995 and 1996 and for each of the years in the  three-year
period  ended  December 31, 1996 and the report  thereon are included  elsewhere
herein.  The selected  consolidated  financial data presented  below for the six
months  ended June 30, 1996 and 1997 and as of June 30, 1997 have been  prepared
on the same basis as the  audited  financial  statements  and, in the opinion of
management,  include  all  adjustments  (consisting  only  of  normal  recurring
adjustments)  necessary to present fairly the information set forth therein. The
results as of and for the six months  ended  June 30,  1997 are not  necessarily
indicative of the results to be achieved for the full fiscal year. 


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                 YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
                                            ------------------------------------------------------------------
                                               1992        1993          1994          1995          1996
                                            ---------- ------------- ------------- ------------- -------------
                                                              (IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT RATIOS)
<S>                                         <C>        <C>           <C>           <C>           <C>
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS DATA(1)(2):
Net revenues:
 Basic medical services  .................. $100,799    $ 113,508     $ 269,817    $  368,569    $  389,773
 Specialty medical services    ............  88,065       162,017       404,401       770,554       999,209
 Management services and other    .........  13,232        20,779        37,884        39,765        45,713
                                            --------    ---------     ---------    -----------   -----------
    Total    .............................. 202,096       296,304       712,102     1,178,888     1,434,695
Cost and expenses:
 Operating expenses   ..................... 145,623       212,936       528,131       888,551     1,093,948
 Corporate administrative and
   general   ..............................  11,927        16,832        37,041        56,016        60,976
 Depreciation and amortization(3) .........   4,334         8,126        26,367        39,961        41,681
 Rent  ....................................  19,509        23,156        42,158        66,125        77,785
 Interest, net(4)(5)  .....................   1,493         5,705        20,602        38,977        64,110
 Loss on impairment of long-lived
   assets(6) ..............................       -             -             -        83,321             -
 Other non-recurring charges
   (income)(7)  ...........................       -             -             -        49,639       (14,457)
                                            --------    ---------     ---------    -----------   -----------
   Earnings (loss) before equity in
    earnings (loss) of affiliates, in-
    come taxes and extraordinary
    items    ..............................  19,210        29,549        57,803       (43,702)      110,652
Equity in earnings (loss) of affiliates         (36)        1,241         1,176         1,443           828
                                            --------    ---------     ---------    -----------   -----------
   Earnings (loss) before income taxes
    and extraordinary items    ............  19,174        30,790        58,979       (42,259)      111,480
Income tax provision (benefit) ............   7,286        12,008        22,117       (16,270)       63,715
                                            --------    ---------     ---------    -----------   -----------
   Earnings (loss) before extraordi-
    nary items                               11,888        18,782        36,862       (25,989)       47,765
Extraordinary items(8)   ..................   2,524         2,275         4,274         1,013         1,431
                                            --------    ---------     ---------    -----------   -----------
    Net earnings (loss)  .................. $ 9,364     $  16,507     $  32,588    $  (27,002)   $   46,334
                                            ========    =========     =========    ===========   ===========
OTHER FINANCIAL DATA:
EBITDA(9) ................................. $25,001     $  44,621     $ 105,948    $  169,639    $  202,814
Ratio of EBITDA to interest, net(9)   .        16.7x          7.8x          5.1x          4.4x          3.2x
Ratio of earnings to fixed
 charges(10) ..............................     2.8x          2.6x          2.4x          0.3x          2.1x
Capital expenditures:
 Acquisitions(11)  ........................ $13,898     $ 209,214     $ 152,791    $   82,686    $  242,819
 Other(12)   ..............................  27,124        59,959        91,354       145,065       145,902

</TABLE>


<PAGE>

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                    SIX MONTHS
                                                  ENDED JUNE 30,
                                            ---------------------------
                                                1996          1997
                                            ------------- -------------
<S>                                         <C>           <C>
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS DATA(1)(2):
Net revenues:
 Basic medical services  ..................  $ 195,279     $ 176,810
 Specialty medical services    ............    446,393       722,802
 Management services and other    .........     21,381        19,304
                                             ---------     ---------
    Total    ..............................    663,053       918,916
Cost and expenses:
 Operating expenses   .....................    504,169       691,148
 Corporate administrative and
   general   ..............................     29,947        36,151
 Depreciation and amortization(3) .........     16,779        30,844
 Rent  ....................................     35,535        49,795
 Interest, net(4)(5)  .....................     30,102        44,645
 Loss on impairment of long-lived
   assets(6) ..............................          -             -
 Other non-recurring charges
   (income)(7)  ...........................          -        20,047
                                             ---------     ---------
   Earnings (loss) before equity in
    earnings (loss) of affiliates, in-
    come taxes and extraordinary
    items    ..............................     46,521        46,286
Equity in earnings (loss) of affiliates            760            98
                                             ---------     ---------
   Earnings (loss) before income taxes
    and extraordinary items    ............     47,281        46,384
Income tax provision (benefit) ............     18,203        18,090
                                             ---------     ---------
   Earnings (loss) before extraordi-
    nary items                                  29,078        28,294
Extraordinary items(8)   ..................      1,431        18,168
                                             ---------     ---------
    Net earnings (loss)  ..................  $  27,647     $  10,126
                                             =========     =========
OTHER FINANCIAL DATA:
EBITDA(9) .................................  $  94,162     $ 141,920
Ratio of EBITDA to interest, net(9)   .            3.1x          3.2x
Ratio of earnings to fixed
 charges(10) ..............................        2.0x          1.7x
Capital expenditures:
 Acquisitions(11)  ........................  $  18,159     $  34,543
 Other(12)   ..............................     67,355        67,588
</TABLE>




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<PAGE>



<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                          DECEMBER 31,                          JUNE 30,
                                  ------------------------------------------------------------ -----------
                                     1992       1993        1994         1995         1996        1997
                                  ---------- ---------- ------------ ------------ ------------ -----------
                                                         (IN THOUSANDS)
<S>                               <C>        <C>        <C>          <C>          <C>          <C>
BALANCE SHEET DATA:
Cash and temporary investments      $103,858   $ 65,295   $   63,347   $   41,304   $   41,072   $   45,472
Working capital   ...............    144,074     69,495       76,383      136,315       57,549      159,042
Total assets   ..................    313,671    776,324    1,255,989    1,433,730    1,993,107    2,142,647
Long-term debt, including current
 portion    .....................    142,620    402,536      551,452      770,661    1,054,747    1,218,248
Stockholders' equity    .........    146,013    216,506      453,811      431,528      534,865      581,319
</TABLE>


- ----------

 (1) The Company has grown substantially through acquisitions and the opening of
     MSUs,   which   acquisitions  and  MSU  openings   materially   affect  the
     comparability of the financial data reflected herein. In addition, IHS sold
     its  pharmacy  division in July 1996,  a majority  interest in its assisted
     living services  subsidiary ("ILC") in October 1996 (the "ILC Offering" and
     the  remaining  interest  in ILC in July  1997.  See  "Unaudited  Pro Forma
     Financial Information."

 (2) In 1995, the Company merged with  IntegraCare,  Inc.  ("IntegraCare")  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 IntegraCare  merger have been restated to include the
     results of IntegraCare.

 (3) Includes  amortization of deferred  financing costs of $178,000,  $306,000,
     $621,000, $645,000, $1,457,000, $640,000 and $1,120,000 for the years ended
     December 31, 1992,  1993, 1994, 1995 and 1996 and the six months ended June
     30, 1996 and 1997, respectively.

 (4) Net of interest income of $1,300,000,  $2,669,000,  $1,121,000, $1,876,000,
     $2,233,000,  $1,045,000 and $799,000 for the years ended December 31, 1992,
     1993,  1994, 1995 and 1996 and the six months ended June 30, 1996 and 1997,
     respectively.

 (5) Interest,   net  does  not  include   capitalized   interest  of  $860,000,
     $1,402,000,  $3,030,000,  $5,155,000, $3,800,000, $1,867,000 and $1,800,000
     for the years ended December 31, 1992,  1993,  1994,  1995 and 1996 and the
     six months ended June 30, 1996 and 1997, respectively.

 (6) In December 1995, the Company elected early implementation of SFAS No. 121,
     Accounting  for the  Impairment  of  Long-Lived  Assets and for  Long-Lived
     Assets to Be Disposed Of,  resulting in a non-cash  charge of  $83,321,000.
     See Notes 1(k) and 18 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 (7) In 1995,  consists of (i) expenses of $1,939,000 related to the merger with
     IntegraCare, (ii) a $21,915,000 loss on the write-off of accrued management
     fees  ($8,496,000),  loans  ($11,097,000)  and contract  acquisition  costs
     ($2,322,000) related to the Company's termination of its agreement, entered
     into  in  January  1994,  to  manage  23  long-term  care  and  psychiatric
     facilities  owned  by  Crestwood   Hospital  and  (iii)  the  write-off  of
     $25,785,000  of  deferred  pre-opening  costs  resulting  from a change  in
     accounting  estimate  regarding the future benefit of deferred  pre-opening
     costs. In 1996,  consists  primarily of (i) a gain of $34,298,000  from the
     Pharmacy Sale, (ii) a loss of $8,497,000 from its sale of shares in the ILC
     Offering,  (iii) a $7,825,000 loss on write-off of accrued  management fees
     and  loans  resulting  from  the  Company's   termination  of  its  10-year
     agreement,  entered into in September  1994, to manage six  geriatric  care
     facilities  owned by All Seasons and (iv) a $3,519,000  exit cost resulting
     from the  closure of  redundant  home  healthcare  agencies.  Because  IHS'
     investment in the Capstone common stock received in the Pharmacy Sale had a
     very small tax basis, the taxable gain on the sale  significantly  exceeded
     the  gain  for  financial  reporting  purposes,   thereby  resulting  in  a
     disproportionately  higher  income tax  provision  related to the sale.  In
     1997, consists primarily of (i) a gain of $7,578,000 realized on the shares
     of Capstone  common stock received in the Pharmacy Sale, (ii) the write-off
     of  $6,555,000  of  accounting,  legal and other costs  resulting  from the
     proposed  Coram  Merger  Transaction  and  (iii)  the  payment  to Coram of
     $21,000,000 in connection with the termination of the proposed Coram Merger
     Transaction. See "Unaudited Pro Forma Financial Information."

 (8) In  1992,  the  Company  recorded  a loss  on  extinguishment  of  debt  of
     $4,072,000  relating  primarily to prepayment  charges and the write-off of
     deferred  financing  costs.  Such loss,  reduced by the related  income tax
     effect of $1,548,000,  is presented for the year ended December 31, 1992 as
     an extraordinary  loss of $2,524,000.  In 1993, the Company recorded a loss
     on extinguishment of debt of $3,730,000 relating primarily to the write-off
     of deferred  financing costs. Such loss,  reduced by the related income tax
     effect of $1,455,000,  is presented for the year ended December 31, 1993 as
     an extraordinary  loss of $2,275,000.  In 1994, the Company recorded a loss
     on extinguishment of debt of $6,839,000 relating primarily to the write-off
     of deferred  financing costs. Such loss,  reduced by the related income tax
     effect of $2,565,000,  is presented for the year ended December 31, 1994 as
     an extraordinary  loss of $4,274,000.  In 1995, the Company recorded a loss
     on  extinguishment of debt of $1,647,000  relating  primarily to prepayment
     charges and the write-off of deferred  financing costs. Such loss,  reduced
     by the related  income tax effect of $634,000,  is  presented  for the year
     ended December 31, 1995 as an  extraordinary  loss of $1,013,000.  In 1996,
     IHS  recorded  a loss on  extinguishment  of debt of  $2,327,000,  relating
     primarily to the write-off of deferred  financing costs. Such loss, reduced
     by the related income tax effect of $896,000, is presented in the statement
     of operations for the year ended December 31, 1996 and the six months ended
     June 30, 1996 as an extraordinary loss of $1,431,000. During the six months
     ended  June 30,  1997,  IHS  recorded a loss on  extinguishment  of debt of
     $29,784,000,  representing  approximately  (i) $23,554,000 of cash payments
     for premium  and  consent  fees  relating  to the early  extinguishment  of
     $214,868,000  aggregate  principal amount of IHS' senior subordinated notes
     and (ii)  $6,230,000 of deferred  financing costs written off in connection
     with the early  extinguishment  of such  debt.  Such  loss,  reduced by the
     related income tax effect of $11,616,000,  is presented in the statement of
     operations for the six months ended June 30, 1997 as an extraordinary  loss
     of  $18,168,000.  See  "Recent Developments  Repurchase  of  9 5/8%  Senior
     Subordinated Notes and 10 3/4% Senior Subordinated Notes."

 (9) EBITDA  represents   earnings  before  interest   expense,   income  taxes,
     depreciation  and  amortization,  non-recurring  charges and  extraordinary
     items.  EBITDA is included herein because management  believes that certain
     investors find it to be a useful tool for measuring a company's  ability to
     service  its  debt;  however,  EBITDA  does not  represent  cash  flow from
     operations,  as defined by generally accepted  accounting  principles,  and
     should not be considered  as a substitute  for net earnings as an indicator
     of the  Company's  operating  performance  or  cash  flow as a  measure  of
     liquidity.  Management  also believes that the ratio of EBITDA to interest,
     net is an accepted  measure of debt service  ability;  however,  such ratio
     should not be  considered a  substitute  for the ratio of earnings to fixed
     charges as a measure of debt service ability.

(10) The ratio of  earnings  to fixed  charges is  computed  by  dividing  fixed
     charges into earnings from  continuing  operations  before income taxes and
     extraordinary  items plus fixed charges.  Fixed charges  include  interest,
     expensed  or  capitalized,  amortization  of debt  issuance  costs  and the
     estimated  interest  component of rent expense.  As a result of the loss on
     impairment  of long-lived  assets and other  non-recurring  charges,  fixed
     charges  exceeded such earnings by $47.8 million in the year ended December
     31, 1995.  The ratio of earnings to fixed  charges  before giving effect to
     the loss on impairment of long-lived assets and other non-recurring charges
     would have been 2.2x for the year ended December 31, 1995.

(11) Does  not  include  assumed  indebtedness and other liabilities of acquired
   companies.

(12) Includes renovation costs, primarily for MSUs, and equipment purchases.


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<PAGE>

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

     The  following  table  sets  forth for the  fiscal  periods  indicated  the
percentage  of net  revenues  represented  by  certain  items  reflected  in the
Company's statement of operations.




<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                          PERCENTAGE OF NET REVENUES(1)
                                                   ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                               SIX MONTHS
                                                                  YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,                    ENDED JUNE 30,
                                                   ------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------
                                                      1992       1993       1994       1995       1996       1996       1997
                                                   ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------
<S>                                                <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>
Net revenues:
 Basic medical services   ........................    49.9%     38.3%      37.9%       31.3%     27.2%      29.5%      19.2%
 Specialty medical services  .....................    43.6       54.7       56.8        65.4      69.6       67.3       78.7
 Management services and other  ..................     6.5        7.0        5.3         3.3       3.2        3.2        2.1
                                                    ------     ------     ------     ---------  ------     ------     ------
   Total   .......................................   100.0      100.0      100.0       100.0     100.0      100.0      100.0
Facility operating expenses  .....................    72.1       71.9       74.2        75.4      76.2       76.0       75.2
Corporate administrative and general  ............     5.9        5.7        5.2         4.8       4.3        4.5        3.9
                                                    ------     ------     ------     ---------  ------     ------     ------
Operating income before certain fixed ex-
 penses                                               22.0       22.4       20.6        19.8      19.5       19.5       20.9
                                                    ------     ------     ------     ---------  ------     ------     ------
Depreciation and amortization   ..................     2.1        2.7        3.7         3.4       2.9        2.5        3.4
Rent .............................................     9.7        7.8        5.9         5.6       5.4        5.4        5.4
Interest, net ....................................     0.7        1.9        2.9         3.3       4.5        4.5        4.9
Loss on impairment of long-lived assets(2)   .           -          -          -         7.0         -          -          -
Other non-recurring charges (income)(3)  .........       -          -          -         4.2      (1.0)         -        2.2
                                                    ------     ------     ------     ---------  ------     ------     ------
Earnings (loss) before equity in earnings (loss)
 of affiliates, income taxes and extraordinary
 items  ..........................................     9.5       10.0        8.1        (3.7)      7.7        7.1        5.0
Equity in earnings (loss) of affiliates  .........    (0.0)       0.4        0.2         0.1       0.1        0.1        0.0
                                                    ------     ------     ------     ---------  ------     ------     ------
Earnings (loss) before income taxes and ex-
 traordinary items                                     9.5       10.4        8.3        (3.6)      7.8        7.2        5.0
Income tax provision (benefit)  ..................     3.6        4.1        3.1        (1.4)      4.5        2.8        1.9
                                                    ------     ------     ------     ---------  ------     ------     ------
Earnings (loss) before extraordinary items  ......     5.9        6.3        5.2        (2.2)      3.3        4.4        3.1
Extraordinary items ..............................     1.3        0.8        0.6         0.1       0.1        0.2        2.0
                                                    ------     ------     ------     ---------  ------     ------     ------
Net earnings (loss) ..............................     4.6%       5.5%       4.6%       (2.3)%     3.2%       4.2%       1.1%
                                                    ======     ======     ======     =========  ======     ======     ======
</TABLE>


- ----------

(1) In 1995, the Company merged with IntegraCare 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 IntegraCare.  See Note 1(o) of Notes
    to Consolidated Financial Statements.

(2) In  December  1995,  IHS  elected  early  implementation  of SFAS  No.  121,
    Accounting for the Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and for Long-Lived Assets
    to Be Disposed Of, resulting in a non-cash charge of $83,321,000.


(3) In 1995,  consists of (i) expenses of $1,939,000  related to the merger with
    IntegraCare  (0.2%),  (ii) a  $21,915,000  loss on the  write-off of accrued
    management fees ($8,496,000),  loans ($11,097,000) and contract  acquisition
    costs  ($2,322,000)  related to the Company's  termination of its agreement,
    entered into in January  1994, to manage 23 long-term  care and  psychiatric
    facilities  owned by Crestwood  Hospital  (1.9%) and (iii) the  write-off of
    $25,785,000  of  deferred  pre-opening  costs  resulting  from a  change  in
    accounting  estimate  regarding the future  benefit of deferred  pre-opening
    costs  (2.2%).  In  1996,  consists  of (i) a gain of  $34,298,000  from the
    Pharmacy Sale (2.4%),  (ii) a loss of $8,497,000  from its sale of shares in
    the ILC Offering  (0.6%),  (iii) a  $7,825,000  loss on write-off of accrued
    management  fees and loans  resulting from the Company's  termination of its
    10-year  agreement,  entered into in September 1994, to manage six geriatric
    care facilities  owned by All Seasons (0.5%) and (iv) a $3,519,000 exit cost
    resulting from the closure of redundant  home  healthcare  agencies  (0.2%).
    Because IHS'  investment in the Capstone  common stock  received in the sale
    had a very  small tax  basis,  the  taxable  gain on the sale  significantly
    exceeded the gain for financial reporting  purposes,  thereby resulting in a
    disproportionately higher income tax provision related to the sale. In 1997,
    consists  primarily  of (i) a gain of  $7,578,000  realized on the shares of
    Capstone  common  stock  received  in the  Pharmacy  Sale  (0.8%),  (ii) the
    write-off of $6,555,000 of accounting,  legal and other costs resulting from
    the proposed Coram Merger  Transaction (0.7%) and (iii) the payment to Coram
    of  $21,000,000  in connection  with the  termination  of the proposed Coram
    Merger Transaction (2.3%). See "Unaudited Pro Forma Financial Information."



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<PAGE>

QUARTERLY RESULTS (UNAUDITED)



     Set  forth  below  is  certain  summary  information  with  respect  to the
Company's operations for the last ten fiscal quarters.





<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                          THREE MONTHS ENDED(1)
                                      -------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            1995                           1996
                                      ------------------------------------------------- -----------
                                       MARCH 31     JUNE 30    SEPT. 30      DEC. 31     MARCH 31
                                      ----------- ----------- ----------- ------------- -----------
                                                             (IN THOUSANDS)
<S>                                   <C>         <C>         <C>         <C>           <C>
Net revenues:
 Basic medical services  ............   $  89,336   $  87,365   $  95,482 $   96,386      $  97,216
 Specialty medical services    ......     176,158     188,331     193,604    212,461        219,525
 Management services and other   .          9,141      10,583      10,039     10,002         10,532
                                       ----------  ----------  ---------- -----------    ----------
   Total  ...........................     274,635     286,279     299,125    318,849        327,273
Cost and expenses:
 Operating expenses   ...............     207,304     214,404     224,457    242,386        249,895
 Corporate administrative and
  general    ........................      12,402      14,174      14,262     15,178         15,093
 Depreciation and amortization    ...       8,960       9,682       9,867     11,452          8,274
 Rent  ..............................      16,066      16,454      16,726     16,879         17,656
 Interest, net  .....................       7,330       8,585      10,955     12,107         14,214
 Loss on impairment of long-lived
  assets  ...........................           -           -           -     83,321              -
 Other non-recurring charges
  (income)(2)   .....................           -           -       1,939     47,700              -
                                       ----------  ----------  ---------- -----------    ----------
 Earnings (loss) before equity in
  earnings (loss) of affiliates, in-
  come taxes and extraordinary
  items   ...........................      22,573      22,980      20,919   (110,174)        22,141
Equity in earnings (loss) of
 affiliates  ........................         315         417         401        310            300
                                       ----------  ----------  ---------- -----------    ----------
 Earnings (loss) before income
  taxes and extraordinary items   .        22,888      23,397      21,320   (109,864)        22,441
Income tax provision (benefit) ......       8,812       9,008       8,208    (42,298)         8,640
                                       ----------  ----------  ---------- -----------    ----------
 Earnings (loss) before extraordi-
  nary items(2)                            14,076      14,389      13,112    (67,566)        13,801
Extraordinary items(3)   ............           -         508           -        505              -
                                       ----------  ----------  ---------- -----------    ----------
 Net earnings (loss)  ...............   $  14,076   $  13,881   $  13,112 $  (68,071)     $  13,801
                                       ==========  ==========  ========== ===========    ==========



<CAPTION>
                                                                                   1997
                                                                          -----------------------
                                       JUNE 30     SEPT. 30     DEC. 31    MARCH 31     JUNE 30
                                      ---------- ------------ ----------- ----------- -----------
<S>                                   <C>        <C>          <C>         <C>         <C>
Net revenues:
 Basic medical services  ............   $ 98,063 $ 101,189    $ 93,305    $ 88,755     $ 88,055
 Specialty medical services    ......    226,868   211,904     340,912     362,689      360,113
 Management services and other   .        10,849    12,572      11,760       9,499        9,805
                                       --------- ----------   ---------   ---------    --------
   Total  ...........................    335,780   325,665     445,977     460,943      457,973
Cost and expenses:
 Operating expenses   ...............    254,274   241,177     348,602     352,412      338,736
 Corporate administrative and
  general    ........................     14,854    14,943      16,086      18,016       18,135
 Depreciation and amortization    ...      8,505     9,130      15,772      15,030       15,814
 Rent  ..............................     17,879    18,445      23,805      24,009       25,786
 Interest, net  .....................     15,888    15,931      18,077      21,421       23,224
 Loss on impairment of long-lived
  assets  ...........................          -         -           -           -            -
 Other non-recurring charges
  (income)(2)   .....................          -   (34,298)     19,841      (1,025)      21,072
                                       --------- ----------   ---------   ---------    --------
 Earnings (loss) before equity in
  earnings (loss) of affiliates, in-
  come taxes and extraordinary
  items   ...........................     24,380    60,337       3,794      31,080       15,206
Equity in earnings (loss) of
 affiliates  ........................        460       323        (255)        181          (83)
                                       --------- ----------   ---------   ---------    --------
 Earnings (loss) before income
  taxes and extraordinary items   .       24,840    60,660       3,539      31,261       15,123
Income tax provision (benefit) ......      9,563    44,149       1,363      12,192        5,898
                                       --------- ----------   ---------   ---------    --------
 Earnings (loss) before extraordi-
  nary items(2)                           15,277    16,511       2,176      19,069        9,225
Extraordinary items(3)   ............      1,431         -           -           -       18,168
                                       --------- ----------   ---------   ---------    --------
 Net earnings (loss)  ...............   $ 13,846 $  16,511    $  2,176    $ 19,069     $ (8,943)
                                       ========= ==========   =========   =========    ========
</TABLE>


- ----------

(1) In 1995, the Company merged with IntegraCare 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 IntegraCare.  See Note 1(o) of Notes
    to Consolidated Financial Statements.


(2) In 1995,  consists  of (i)  expenses  $1,939,000  related to the merger with
    IntegraCare in the third quarter,  (ii) a $21,915,000  loss on the write-off
    of accrued management fees, loans and contract  acquisition costs related to
    the Company's  termination  of its agreement to manage 23 long-term care and
    psychiatric facilities owned by Crestwood Hospital in the fourth quarter and
    (iii) the write-off of $25,785,000 of deferred  pre-opening  costs resulting
    from a change  in  accounting  estimate  regarding  the  future  benefit  of
    deferred pre-opening costs in the fourth quarter. In 1996, consists of (i) a
    gain of $34,298,000 in the third quarter from the Pharmacy Sale, (ii) a loss
    in the  fourth  quarter  of  $8,497,000  from its sale of  shares in the ILC
    Offering,  (iii) a $7,825,000  loss on write-off of accrued  management fees
    and loans resulting from the Company's  termination of its 10-year agreement
    to manage six geriatric care  facilities  owned by All Seasons in the fourth
    quarter  and (iv) a  $3,519,000  exit cost  resulting  from the  closure  of
    redundant  home  healthcare  agencies in the fourth  quarter.  Because  IHS'
    investment in the Capstone  common stock received in the Pharmacy Sale had a
    very small tax basis,  the taxable gain on the sale  significantly  exceeded
    the  gain  for  financial  reporting   purposes,   thereby  resulting  in  a
    disproportionately  higher income tax  provision  related to the sale in the
    third  quarter of 1996.  In 1997,  consists  primarily  of (i) a gain in the
    first quarter of $7,578,000  realized on the shares of Capstone common stock
    received in the Pharmacy  Sale,  (ii) the  write-off in the first quarter of
    $6,555,000 of accounting,  legal and other costs resulting from the proposed
    Coram  Merger  Transaction  and (iii) the  payment in the second  quarter to
    Coram of  $21,000,000  in connection  with the  termination  of the proposed
    Coram Merger Transaction.

(3) Extraordinary  items relate to extinguishments of debt. See Note 15 of Notes
    to Consolidated  Financial Statements.  During the six months ended June 30,
    1997,  IHS  recorded  a loss  on  extinguishment  of  debt  of  $29,784,000,
    representing  approximately (i) $23,554,000 of cash payments for premium and
    consent fees relating to the early extinguishment of $214,868,000  aggregate
    principal  amount of IHS' senior  subordinated  notes and (ii) $6,230,000 of
    deferred   financing   costs   written-off  in  connection  with  the  early
    extinguishment  of such debt.  Such loss,  reduced by the related income tax
    effect of  $11,616,000,  is presented in the statement of operations for the
    three months ended June 30, 1997 as an  extraordinary  loss of  $18,168,000.
    See "Recent  Developments - Repurchase of 9 5/8% Senior  Subordinated  Notes
    and 10 3/4% Senior Subordinated Notes."


     From  January 1, 1995  through  June 30,  1997,  the Company  acquired  six
geriatric care facilities  (including  three  facilities which it had previously
leased and three  facilities  which it had managed),  leased six geriatric  care
facilities  (five of  which  had  previously  been  managed)  and  entered  into
management  agreements to manage 35 geriatric care  facilities and four assisted
living  facilities.  During this  period,  the Company  sold its interest in six
geriatric care facilities and seven  retirement  facilities  (five owned and two
leased) and  agreements to manage 60 facilities  were  terminated.  In addition,
during this period the Company  opened 42 MSUs  totalling  875 beds and expanded
existing MSUs  (including  MSUs opened  during this period) by 472 beds.  During
this period the Company acquired 48 ancillary service 


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<PAGE>


businesses which provide home healthcare  services,  physical,  occupational and
speech therapy services,  rehabilitation  services,  pharmacy services,  hospice
services and mobile x-ray and  electrocardiogram  services.  During this period,
the Company's  assisted living division  completed its initial public  offering,
reducing the Company's interest in the division to 37%, and the Company sold its
pharmacy  division.  Subsequent to June 30, 1997, the Company sold its remaining
interest in the assisted  living  division.  See "Unaudited Pro Forma  Financial
Information" and Note 2 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. 


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<PAGE>



                   UNAUDITED PRO FORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION

    The following  unaudited pro forma  statements of operations  give effect to
(i) the sale by IHS of its pharmacy division in July 1996 (the "Pharmacy Sale"),
(ii) the sale by IHS of a majority  interest  in its  assisted  living  services
subsidiary  ("ILC") in October 1996 (the "ILC Offering"),  (iii) the acquisition
of First American in October 1996 (the "First American  Acquisition"),  (iv) the
acquisition  of (a) Vintage Health Care Center,  a skilled  nursing and assisted
living  facility,  in  January  1996  (the  "Vintage  Acquisition"),  (b)  Rehab
Management Systems,  Inc., an outpatient  rehabilitation  company, in March 1996
(the "RMS  Acquisition"),  (c)  Hospice  of the  Great  Lakes,  Inc.,  a hospice
company,  in May 1996 (the "Hospice  Acquisition"),  (d) J.R. Rehab  Associates,
Inc., an inpatient and  outpatient  rehabilitation  center,  in August 1996 (the
"J.R.  Rehab  Acquisition"),  (e) Extendicare of Tennessee,  Inc., a home health
company,  in August 1996 (the  "Extendicare  Acquisition"),  (f) Edgewater  Home
Infusion Services, Inc., a home infusion company, in August 1996 (the "Edgewater
Acquisition"),  (g) Century Home Services, Inc., a home health services company,
in September 1996 (the "Century Acquisition"),  (h) Signature Home Care, Inc., a
home health company, in September 1996 (the "Signature Acquisition"),  (i) Mediq
Mobile X-Ray Services, Inc., a mobile diagnostics company, in November 1996 (the
"Mediq Acquisition"), (j) Total Rehab Services, LLC and Total Rehab Services 02,
LLC, providers of contract  rehabilitation and respiratory services, in November
1996 (the "Total Rehab  Acquisition"),  (k) Lifeway Inc., a physician management
and disease management  company,  in November 1996 (the "Lifeway  Acquisition"),
(l) In-Home  Health  Care,  Inc.,  a home health  company,  in January 1997 (the
"In-Home  Acquisition"),  (m) Portable  X-Ray Labs,  Inc., a mobile  diagnostics
company,  in  February  1997 (the  "Portable  X-Ray  Acquisition"),  (n) Coastal
Rehabilitation,  Inc., an inpatient  rehabilitation  company, in April 1997 (the
"Coastal Acquisition"), (o) Health Care Industries, Inc., a home health company,
in June 1997 (the "Health Care Industries Acquisition"), and (p) Rehab Dynamics,
Inc. and Restorative Therapy, Ltd., related contract  rehabilitation  companies,
in June 1997 (the "Rehab  Dynamics  Acquisition"),  (v) the sale of $150 million
aggregate  principal  amount of the 10 1/4% Senior Notes in May 1996 and the use
of the $145.4  million of net proceeds  therefrom to repay  amounts  outstanding
under the Company's revolving credit facility and (vi) the sale of the Old Notes
and the  application  of the net proceeds  therefrom as described  under "Use of
Proceeds."  The pro forma  statements of operations  for the year ended December
31, 1996 and the six months  ended June 30, 1997 were  prepared as if all of the
foregoing transactions were consummated on January 1, 1996.

     No pro forma  balance  sheet is presented  because all of the  transactions
described in the preceding paragraph were consummated prior to June 30, 1997 and
are therefore  reflected in the actual June 30, 1997 balance sheet. In combining
the  financial   information  of  IHS  and  the  acquired   companies,   certain
reclassifications of historical financial data have been made.

     The pro forma adjustments are based upon available  information and certain
assumptions  that management  believes are  reasonable.  The unaudited pro forma
financial  information  set forth below is not  necessarily  indicative  of IHS'
financial  position  or the  results  of  operations  that  actually  would have
occurred  if the  transactions  had been  consummated  on the  dates  shown.  In
addition, they are not intended to be a projection of results of operations that
may be  obtained  by IHS  in the  future.  The  unaudited  pro  forma  financial
information  should  be read in  conjunction  with  the  consolidated  financial
statements  and  related  notes  thereto of IHS and certain  acquired  companies
included  or  incorporated  by  reference  in this  Prospectus.  See  "Available
Information" and "Selected Historical Consolidated Financial Information."

     The  following pro forma  information  does not give effect to the Proposed
Acquisitions,  the Proposed  Credit  Facility,  the sale of IHS' remaining 37.3%
interest in ILC, the acquisition of the assets of five small  ancillary  service
businesses  during the six months ended June 30, 1997, the  acquisition of three
home healthcare  companies and one mobile  diagnostic  company in August 1997 or
the sale of the 9 1/4% Senior Notes in September 1997. 


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<PAGE>

                        INTEGRATED HEALTH SERVICES, INC.

                        PRO FORMA STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS

                          YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1996

                                  (UNAUDITED)

                                (IN THOUSANDS)



<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                       IHS           PHARMACY               ILC
                                                    ACTUAL(1)     ADJUSTMENTS(2)      ADJUSTMENTS(3)
                                                  ------------- ------------------- -------------------
<S>                                               <C>           <C>                 <C>
Net revenues:
 Basic medical services  ........................ $  389,773                         $    (16,101)(a)
 Specialty medical services .....................    999,209     $    (52,331)(a)
 Management services and other ..................     45,713                               (1,020)(a)
                                                  -----------                        ------------
 Total revenues .................................  1,434,695          (52,331)            (17,121)
Costs and expenses:
 Operating, general and administrative ex-
 penses                                            1,154,924          (43,279)(a)         (12,453)(a)
 Depreciation and amortization ..................     41,681           (1,785)(a)            (833)(a)
 Rent  ..........................................     77,785             (838)(a)          (1,885)(a)
 Interest, net  .................................     64,110           (3,817)(b)            (963)(b)
 Non-recurring costs (income)  ..................    (14,457)     34,298  (c)              (8,497)(d)
                                                  -----------    ------------        ------------
 Total costs and expenses   .....................  1,324,043          (15,421)            (24,631)
 Earnings (loss) before equity in earnings (loss)
 of affiliates,
 income taxes and extraordinary items   .........    110,652          (36,910)              7,510
Equity in earnings (loss) of affiliates .........        828                                  722
                                                  -----------                        ------------
 Earnings (loss) before income taxes and
 extraordinary items  ...........................    111,480     $    (36,910)       $      8,232
                                                                 ============        ============
Federal and state income taxes ..................     63,715
                                                  -----------
 Earnings before extraordinary items    ......... $   47,765
                                                  ===========



<CAPTION>
                                                                         FIRST           OTHER            OTHER
                                                   FIRST AMERICAN      AMERICAN       ACQUISITIONS    ACQUISITIONS
                                                     ACTUAL(4)        ADJUSTMENTS      ACTUAL(5)       ADJUSTMENTS
                                                  ---------------- ----------------- -------------- -----------------
<S>                                                 <C>             <C>                <C>           <C>
Net revenues:
 Basic medical services  ........................   $        -                         $     292
 Specialty medical services .....................      387,547                           173,463
 Management services and other ..................        3,115                                 3
                                                    ----------                         ---------
 Total revenues .................................      390,662                           173,758
Costs and expenses:
 Operating, general and administrative ex-
 penses                                                406,800                           168,766
 Depreciation and amortization ..................        5,439      $4,501 (e)             2,087     $    2,381 (e)
 Rent  ..........................................            -                             3,474
 Interest, net  .................................        6,208       9,314 (b)             3,402          3,053 (b)
 Non-recurring costs (income)  ..................        3,468                                 -
                                                    ----------                         ---------
 Total costs and expenses   .....................      421,915          13,815           177,729          5,434
 Earnings (loss) before equity in earnings (loss)
 of affiliates,
 income taxes and extraordinary items   .........      (31,253)        (13,815)           (3,971)        (5,434)
Equity in earnings (loss) of affiliates .........         (671)                            1,032
                                                    ----------                         ---------
 Earnings (loss) before income taxes and
 extraordinary items  ...........................   $  (31,924)     $  (13,815)        $  (2,939)    $   (5,434)
                                                    ==========      ==========         =========     ==========
Federal and state income taxes ..................
 Earnings before extraordinary items    .........


<PAGE>

<CAPTION>
                                                                      SENIOR
                                                                       NOTE         PRO FORMA
                                                    PRO FORMA       OFFERINGS          AS
                                                   CONSOLIDATED   ADJUSTMENTS(6)    ADJUSTED
                                                  -------------- ---------------- -------------
<S>                                                <C>           <C>               <C>
Net revenues:
 Basic medical services  ........................   $   373,964                     $   373,964
 Specialty medical services .....................     1,507,888                       1,507,888
 Management services and other ..................        47,811                          47,811
                                                   ------------                    ------------
 Total revenues .................................     1,929,663                       1,929,663
Costs and expenses:
 Operating, general and administrative ex-
 penses                                               1,674,758                       1,674,758
 Depreciation and amortization ..................        53,471  $     433 (f)           53,904
 Rent  ..........................................        78,536                          78,536
 Interest, net  .................................        81,307       9,261 (g)          90,568
 Non-recurring costs (income)  ..................        14,812                          14,812
                                                   ------------                    ------------
 Total costs and expenses   .....................     1,902,884        9,694          1,912,578
 Earnings (loss) before equity in earnings (loss)
 of affiliates,
 income taxes and extraordinary items   .........        26,779  $    (9,694)            17,085
Equity in earnings (loss) of affiliates .........         1,911                           1,911
                                                   ------------                    ------------
 Earnings (loss) before income taxes and
 extraordinary items  ...........................        28,690  $    (9,694)            18,996
                                                                 ===========
Federal and state income taxes ..................        17,449                          11,587
                                                   ------------                    ------------
 Earnings before extraordinary items    .........   $    11,241                     $     7,409
                                                   ============                    ============

</TABLE>

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                        INTEGRATED HEALTH SERVICES, INC.
                       PRO FORMA STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
                         SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 1997

                                  (UNAUDITED)

                                (IN THOUSANDS)


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                               OTHER
                                                  IHS         PHARMACY      ACQUISITIONS
                                               ACTUAL(7)   ADJUSTMENTS(2)    ACTUAL(8)
                                              ----------- ---------------- --------------
<S>                                            <C>          <C>               <C>
Net revenues:
 Basic medical services .....................   $176,810                      $      -
 Specialty medical services   ...............    722,802                        18,379
 Management services and other   ............     19,304
                                               ---------
  Total revenues  ...........................    918,916                        18,379
Costs and expenses:
Operating, general and administrative ex-
 penses                                          727,299                        15,649
Depreciation and amortization ...............     30,844                           135
Rent  .......................................     49,795                           547
Interest, net  ..............................     44,645                            88
Non-recurring charges, net ..................     20,047        7,578 (c)            -
                                               ---------    ----------        --------
  Total costs and expenses ..................    872,630         7,578          16,419
 Earnings (loss) before equity in earnings
  of affiliates, income taxes and extraor-
  dinary items                                    46,286        (7,578)          1,960
Equity in earnings of affiliates ............         98                             -
                                               ---------                      --------
 Earnings (loss) before income taxes and
  extraordinary items   .....................     46,384    $   (7,578)       $  1,960
                                                            ==========        ========
Federal and state income taxes   ............     18,090
                                               ---------
 Earnings before extraordinary items   ......   $ 28,294
                                               =========


<CAPTION>
                                                  OTHER                       SENIOR NOTE    PRO FORMA
                                               ACQUISITIONS    PRO FORMA       OFFERING         AS
                                               ADJUSTMENTS    CONSOLIDATED   ADJUSTMENT(9)   ADJUSTED
                                              -------------- -------------- --------------- ----------
<S>                                           <C>            <C>            <C>             <C>
Net revenues:
 Basic medical services .....................                   $176,810                    $176,810
 Specialty medical services   ...............                    741,181                     741,181
 Management services and other   ............                     19,304                      19,304
                                                                ---------                   ---------
  Total revenues  ...........................                    937,295                     937,295
Costs and expenses:
Operating, general and administrative ex-
 penses                                                          742,948                     742,948
Depreciation and amortization ...............  $    306 (e)       31,285     $      100(f)    31,385
Rent  .......................................                     50,342                      50,342
Interest, net  ..............................   399 (b)           45,132          3,004(g)    48,136
Non-recurring charges, net ..................                     27,625                      27,625
                                                                ---------                   ---------
  Total costs and expenses ..................       705          897,332          3,104      900,436
 Earnings (loss) before equity in earnings
  of affiliates, income taxes and extraor-
  dinary items                                     (705)          39,963         (3,104)      36,859
Equity in earnings of affiliates ............                         98                          98
                                                                ---------                   ---------
 Earnings (loss) before income taxes and
  extraordinary items   .....................  $   (705)          40,061     $   (3,104)      36,957
                                               ========                      ===========
Federal and state income taxes   ............                     18,844                      17,370
                                                                ---------                   ---------
 Earnings before extraordinary items   ......                   $ 21,217                    $ 19,587
                                                                =========                   =========
</TABLE>


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                    NOTES TO PRO FORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION

(1) Includes the results of operations of (i) its pharmacy division through July
    30, 1996, the date of the Pharmacy Sale,  (ii) its assisted  living services
    subsidiary through October 9, 1996, the date of closing of the ILC Offering,
    (iii) First American from October 17, 1996, the date of closing of the First
    American Acquisition, (iv) Vintage Health Care Center from January 29, 1996,
    the  date of  closing  of the  Vintage  Acquisition,  (v)  Rehab  Management
    Systems,  Inc.  from  March  19,  1996,  the  date  of  closing  of the  RMS
    Acquisition,  (vi) Hospice of the Great Lakes,  Inc.  from May 1, 1996,  the
    date of closing of the Hospice  Acquisition,  (vii) J.R.  Rehab  Associates,
    Inc. from August 1, 1996, the date of closing of the J.R. Rehab Acquisition,
    (viii)  Extendicare  of Tennessee,  Inc.  from August 12, 1996,  the date of
    closing  of  the  Extendicare  Acquisition,  (ix)  Edgewater  Home  Infusion
    Services,  Inc.  from August 19, 1996,  the date of closing of the Edgewater
    Acquisition,  (x) Century Home  Services,  Inc. from September 13, 1996, the
    date of closing of the Century  Acquisition,  (xi) Signature Home Care, Inc.
    from September 25, 1996,  the date of closing of the Signature  Acquisition,
    (xii) Mediq Mobile X-Ray  Services,  Inc. from November 7, 1996, the date of
    closing of the Mediq Acquisition, (xiii) Total Rehab Services, LLC and Total
    Rehab  Services  02, LLC from  November 8, 1996,  the date of closing of the
    Total Rehab  Acquisition  and (xiv) Lifeway Inc. from November 8, 1996,  the
    date of closing of the Lifeway  Acquisition.  Also  includes from October 9,
    1996 IHS' equity in ILC's earnings. See notes 2, 3, 4 and 5 below and Note 2
    of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.


(2) In July 1996, IHS sold its pharmacy division to Capstone Pharmacy  Services,
    Inc.  ("Capstone") for a purchase price of $150 million,  consisting of cash
    of $125  million and shares of Capstone  common  stock having a value of $25
    million. IHS used the net proceeds of the sale to repay borrowings under its
    revolving credit facility. IHS had a pre-tax gain of $34.3 million.  Because
    IHS'  investment  in the pharmacy  division had a very small tax basis,  the
    taxable  gain on the sale  significantly  exceeded  the  gain for  financial
    reporting purposes,  thereby resulting in a disproportionately higher income
    tax provision  related to the sale. IHS' investment in Capstone common stock
    of $14.7 million was recorded at carryover cost and classified as securities
    available  for sale. In 1997,  IHS  recognized  the  remaining  gain of $7.6
    million when restrictions on transferability of such shares were removed.


(3) On October 9, 1996, Integrated Living Communities, Inc. ("ILC"), at the time
    a wholly-owned  subsidiary of IHS which provides assisted living and related
    services  to the private pay elderly  market,  completed  an initial  public
    offering of ILC common stock.  IHS sold 1,400,000 shares of ILC common stock
    in  the  offering,   for  which  it  received   aggregate  net  proceeds  of
    approximately  $10.4  million.  In  addition,  ILC used  approximately  $7.4
    million of the net proceeds received by it to repay outstanding indebtedness
    to IHS. IHS used the net proceeds  from the sale to repay  borrowings  under
    its credit  facility.  IHS  recorded a pre-tax  loss of  approximately  $8.5
    million in the fourth  quarter of 1996 as a result of this  transaction.  On
    July 2, 1997, IHS sold the remaining 2,497,900 shares of ILC common stock it
    owned,  representing  37.3% of the outstanding ILC common stock,  for $11.50
    per share in a cash tender offer (the "ILC  Sale").  IHS expects to record a
    gain of approximately $4.0 million from the ILC Sale in the third quarter of
    1997. The pro forma effect of the ILC Sale is not reflected in the pro forma
    statements of operations.



(4) In  October  1996,  IHS acquired through merger First American. The purchase
    price  was  $154.1  million  in  cash,  which  IHS borrowed under its credit
    facility,  plus  contingent  payments  of  up  to  $155  million  payable at
    various  times  through  2004.  See  "Recent  Developments  - First American
    Acquisition."


(5) Consists of the following acquisitions:


   Vintage  Acquisition.  In January  1996,  IHS purchased  Vintage  Health Care
     Center,  a 220 bed skilled  nursing and assisted living facility in Denton,
     Texas,  for $6.9  million.  A condominium  interest in the assisted  living
     portion of this facility (valued at $3.5 million) was contributed to ILC on
     June 1, 1996.


    RMS  Acquisition.  In  March  1996,  IHS  acquired  all  of  the outstanding
   capital  stock  of  Rehab  Management  Systems,  Inc. ("RMS"), which operates
   outpatient  rehabilitation  therapy  clinics  in  central  Florida.  RMS also
   managed one therapy and one physician clinic. Total purchase price was


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   $10.0 million,  including $8.0 million  representing  the issuance of 385,542
   shares of IHS  Common  Stock.  In  addition,  IHS  incurred  direct  costs of
   acquisition of $2.9 million.  Total  goodwill at the date of acquisition  was
   $12.8 million.


    Hospice  of  the  Great  Lakes  Acquisition.   In  May  1996,  IHS  acquired
   substantially  all the assets of Hospice of the Great Lakes,  Inc., a hospice
   company  in  Northbrook,  Illinois.  Total  purchase  price was $8.2  million
   representing the issuance of 304,822 shares of IHS Common Stock. IHS incurred
   direct costs of  acquisition  of $1.0 million.  Total goodwill at the date of
   acquisition aggregated $9.0 million.

    J.R.   Rehab   Acquisition.   In  August  1996,  IHS  acquired  all  of  the
   outstanding  capital  stock  of J.R. Rehab Associates, Inc., an inpatient and
   outpatient  rehabilitation  clinic  in  Mooresville,  North  Carolina.  Total
   purchase  price  was approximately $2.1 million. IHS incurred direct costs of
   acquisition   of   $200,000.  Total  goodwill  at  the  date  of  acquisition
   aggregated $3.2 million.


    Extendicare  Acquisition.  In August 1996, IHS acquired substantially all of
   the assets of Extendicare of Tennessee,  Inc., a home  healthcare  company in
   Memphis,  Tennessee. Total purchase price was approximately $3.4 million. IHS
   incurred direct costs of acquisition of $200,000.  Total goodwill at the date
   of acquisition aggregated $1.9 million.

    Edgewater  Acquisition.  In August 1996, IHS acquired  substantially all the
   assets of Edgewater Home Infusion Services,  Inc., a home infusion company in
   Miami,  Florida.  Total purchase price was  approximately  $8.0 million.  IHS
   incurred direct costs of acquisition of $300,000.  Total goodwill at the date
   of acquisition aggregated $7.7 million.

    Century  Acquisition.  In August 1996,  IHS acquired  substantially  all the
   assets of  Century  Health  Services,  Inc.,  a home  healthcare  company  in
   Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Total purchase price was approximately $2.4 million.
   In addition, IHS used borrowings under its revolving credit facility to repay
   approximately $1.6 million of debt of Century assumed in the acquisition. IHS
   incurred direct costs of acquisition of $200,000.  Total goodwill at the date
   of acquisition aggregated $12.1 million.

    Signature   Acquisition.   In  September  1996,  IHS  acquired  all  of  the
   outstanding  capital stock of Signature Home Care,  Inc., a home care company
   in Dallas,  Texas.  Total  purchase  price was  approximately  $9.2  million,
   including  $4.7 million  representing  the issuance of 196,374  shares of IHS
   Common Stock.  In addition,  IHS used borrowings  under its revolving  credit
   facility  to repay  approximately  $1.9  million  of  Signature's  debt.  IHS
   incurred  direct costs of acquisition of $2.5 million.  Total goodwill at the
   date of acquisition aggregated $21.1 million.


      Mediq  Acquisition.  In November 1996, the Company  acquired the assets of
   Mediq Mobile X-Ray Services, Inc., which provides mobile diagnostic services.
   The  total  purchase   price  was  $10.1  million,   including  $5.2  million
   representing  the issuance of 143,893  shares of the  Company's  Common Stock
   (after  giving  effect to the  return of 59,828  shares of IHS  Common  Stock
   because of an  increase  in the share  price of the  Company's  Common  Stock
   between the date of issuance  and the date such  shares were  registered  for
   resale).  In addition,  the Company  incurred  direct costs of acquisition of
   $5.5 million. Total goodwill at the date of acquisition was $15.6 million.



    Total Rehab  Acquisition.  In November 1996, the Company acquired the assets
   of Total Rehab Services,  LLC and Total Rehab Services 02, LLC, which provide
   contract  rehabilitative and respiratory  services.  The total purchase price
   was $8.0 million, including $2.7 million representing the issuance of 106,559
   shares of the  Company's  Common  Stock.  In  addition,  the  Company  repaid
   approximately  $3.9 million of Total Rehab's  debt. In addition,  the Company
   incurred  direct costs of acquisition of $1.3 million.  Total goodwill at the
   date of acquisition was $12.0 million.



    Lifeway  Acquisition.  In November  1996,  the Company  acquired  all of the
   outstanding  stock of Lifeway,  Inc.,  which  provides  physician and disease
   management services.  The total purchase price was $900,000  representing the
   issuance of 38,502  shares of the  Company's  Common  Stock.  IHS also issued
   48,129 shares of Common Stock to Robert Elkins,  Chairman and Chief Executive
   Officer of the Company,  in payment of outstanding loans of $1.1 million from
   Mr.  Elkins to Lifeway.  In addition,  the Company  incurred  direct costs of
   acquisition of $275,000.



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    In-Home  Acquisition.  In January  1997,  IHS acquired  all the  outstanding
   capital stock of In-Home Health Care, Inc. ("In-Home"), a home health company
   in Salt Lake City, Utah. Total purchase price was $3.2 million.  IHS incurred
   direct  costs of  acquisition  of  $250,000.  Total  goodwill  at the date of
   acquisition aggregated $3.9 million.

    Portable X-Ray Acquisition. In February 1997, IHS acquired substantially all
   the  assets  of  Portable  X-Ray  Labs,  Inc.  ("Portable  X-Ray"),  a mobile
   diagnostics  company in Anaheim,  California.  Total  purchase price was $4.9
   million.  IHS incurred  direct costs of  acquisition  of $1.3 million.  Total
   goodwill at the date of acquisition aggregated $5.7 million.

    Coastal  Acquisition.  In  April  1997,  IHS  acquired substantially all the
   assets   of   Coastal   Rehabilitation,   Inc.   ("Coastal"),   an  inpatient
   rehabilitation  company  in Indian Harbour, Florida. Total purchase price was
   $1.3  million.  IHS  incurred  direct costs of acquisition of $200,000. Total
   goodwill at the date of acquisition aggregated $1.8 million.

    Health Care  Industries  Acquisition.  In June 1997,  IHS  acquired  all the
   outstanding  capital  stock of Health Care  Industries,  Inc.  ("Health  Care
   Industries"), a home health company in Florida. Total purchase price was $1.8
   million. IHS incurred direct costs of acquisition of $500,000. Total goodwill
   at the date of acquisition aggregated $2.5 million.


    Rehab  Dynamics  Acquisition.  In  June 1997, IHS acquired substantially all
   the   assets   of   Rehab   Dynamics,  Inc.  and  Restorative  Therapy,  Ltd.
   (collectively  "Rehab  Dynamics"),  related  contract  rehab companies. Total
   purchase  price  was  $19.7 million, including $11.5 million representing the
   issuance  of  322,472  shares  of  the  Company's  Common Stock. IHS incurred
   direct  costs  of  acquisition of $2.5 million. Total goodwill at the date of
   acquisition aggregated $21.5 million.

(6) In May 1996 the Company issued  $150,000,000  aggregate  principal amount of
    the 10 1/4% Senior Notes and used the $145,375,000 of net proceeds therefrom
    to repay amounts  outstanding under the Company's revolving credit facility.
    In May 1997 the Company issued  $450,000,000  aggregate  principal amount of
    the Old Notes and used the net proceeds therefrom to repurchase  $99,893,000
    of the outstanding 10 3/4% Senior Notes and  $114,975,000 of the outstanding
    9 5/8% Senior  Notes,  including the payment of premium and consent fees and
    accrued interest, and to repay $191,046,000  outstanding under the Company's
    revolving credit facility.

(7) Includes the results of operations from the respective  dates of acquisition
    as follows:  (i) In-Home  from January 10, 1997,  (ii)  Portable  X-Ray from
    February  5,  1997,  (iii)  Coastal  from April 7, 1997,  (iv)  Health  Care
    Industries from June 10, 1997, and (iv) Rehab Dynamics from June 20, 1997.


(8) Consists  of  the  In-Home  Acquisition, the Portable X-Ray Acquisition, the
    Coastal  Acquisition,  the  Health Care Industries Acquisition and the Rehab
    Dynamics Acquisition.

(9) In May 1997 the Company issued  $450,000,000  aggregate  principal amount of
    the Old Notes and used the net proceeds therefrom to repurchase  $99,893,000
    of the outstanding 10 3/4% Senior Notes and  $114,975,000 of the outstanding
    9 5/8% Senior  Notes,  including the payment of premium and consent fees and
    accrued interest, and to repay $191,046,000  outstanding under the Company's
    revolving credit facility.

                               ----------------

For purposes of determining the effects of the  acquisitions,  divestitures  and
financings  described in Notes 1 through 9 above,  including  those events which
are (i)  directly  attributable  to the  transaction,  (ii)  expected  to have a
continuing  impact  on IHS,  and  (iii)  factually  supportable,  the  following
estimates and adjustments have been made: 


   (a)        Represents actual revenues and expenses of divisions sold.


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   (b)        Represents  (reduction in) additional  interest expense  resulting
              from  (repayment)  borrowings under IHS' revolving credit facility
              to  finance  acquisitions  based on the  interest  rate  under the
              revolving  credit facility on the date of (repayment)  borrowings,
              as follows:



                          YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1996
                            (DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS)



<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                               DEBT         MONTHS     INTEREST      INTEREST
                                                            (PROCEEDS)     IN 1996       RATE       ADJUSTMENT
                                                            ------------   ---------   ----------   -----------
<S>                                                          <C>             <C>       <C>           <C>
   Pharmacy .............................................    $ (91,000)       7.0      7.19   %      $ (3,817)
   ILC Offering   .......................................      (17,851)       9.0      7.19   %          (963)
   First American .......................................      165,000        9.5      7.13   %         9,314
                                                             ---------       -----     --------      --------
   Other Acquisitions
      In-Home Health ....................................        3,200       12.0      7.38   %           236
      Portable X-Ray ....................................        4,900       12.0      7.25   %           355
      Coastal  ..........................................        1,250       12.0      7.19   %            90
      Health Care Industries  ...........................        1,825       12.0      7.19   %           131
      Rehab Dynamics ....................................        8,203       12.0      7.19   %           590
      Total Rehab .......................................        5,300       10.0      7.13   %           315
      Mediq .............................................        4,942       10.0      7.13   %           294
      Century  ..........................................        2,390        8.5      7.25   %           123
      Signature   .......................................        4,519        9.0      7.19   %           244
      Edgewater   .......................................        7,974        7.5      7.25   %           361
      Extendicare .......................................        3,410        7.5      7.25   %           155
      J.R. Rehab  .......................................        2,100        7.0      7.25   %            89
      RMS   .............................................        2,000        2.5      6.88   %            29
      Vintage  ..........................................        6,932        1.0      7.06   %            41
                                                             ---------                               --------
      Total Other .......................................       58,945                                  3,053
   Total    .............................................    $ 115,094                 7.10%(1)      $  7,587
                                                             =========                               ========
      Effect of 1/8% reduction in interest expense ......    $ 115,094                 6.98%(1)      $  7,433
      Effect of 1/8% increase in interest expense  ......    $ 115,094                 7.23%(1)      $  7,699
</TABLE>


- ----------



(1) Percentage is weighted average based on amount (repaid) borrowed.




                         SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 1997
                            (DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS)



<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                             DEBT         MONTHS     INTEREST      INTEREST
                                                          (PROCEEDS)     IN 1997       RATE       ADJUSTMENT
                                                          ------------   ---------   ----------   -----------
<S>                                                         <C>             <C>      <C>             <C>
   Other Acquisitions
      In-Home Health  .................................     $ 3,200          .5      7.38   %          10
      Portable X-Ray  .................................       4,900         1.3      7.25   %          37
      Coastal   .......................................       1,250         3.3      7.19   %          24
      Health Care Industries   ........................       1,825         5.3      7.19   %          57
      Rehab Dynamics  .................................       8,203         5.5      7.19   %         271
                                                            --------                                 -----
                                                            $19,378                  7.24   %        $399
                                                            ========                                 =====
   Effect of 1/8% reduction in interest expense  ......     $19,378                  7.11%(1)        $392
   Effect of 1/8% increase in interest expense   ......     $19,378                  7.36%(1)        $406
</TABLE>


- ----------



(1) Percentage is weighted average based on amount (repaid) borrowed.


   (c)          Represents  gain  on  the  sale  of  the  pharmacy  division  of
              $34,298,000   and   $7,578,000   recorded   in   1996   and  1997,
              respectively.

   (d)        Represents loss on sale of shares in the ILC Offering.


   (e)        Represents  additional  amortization relating to goodwill recorded
              as a result of the acquisition,  amortized using the straight line
              method over 40 years, as follows:



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                          YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1996
                             (DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS)


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                     LESS: PREVIOUSLY     ADJUSTED     MONTHS
                                                         ANNUAL          RECORDED          ANNUAL       IN
             COMPANY               GOODWILL    LIFE   AMORTIZATION     AMORTIZATION     AMORTIZATION   1996    ADJUSTMENT
- --------------------------------- ----------- ------ -------------- ------------------ -------------- ------- -----------
<S>                                 <C>         <C>     <C>              <C>               <C>          <C>     <C>
   First American    ............   $ 227,406   40      $ 5,685          $   0             $5,685        9.5    $4,501
                                   ----------           --------         ------            -------     -----    -------
   Other Acquisitions
     Lifeway   ..................           0   40            0              0                  0       10.0         0
     Total Rehab  ...............      11,982   40          300              0                300       10.0       250
     Mediq  .....................      15,600   40          390              0                390       10.0       325
     Century   ..................      12,140   40          304             (5)               299        8.5       211
     Signature    ...............      21,122   40          528            (24)               504        9.0       378
     Edgewater    ...............       7,685   40          192             (1)               191        7.5       119
     Extendicare  ...............       1,945   40           49              0                 49        7.5        30
     J.R. Rehab   ...............       3,159   40           79             (2)                77        7.0        45
     Hospice of Great Lakes   .         9,031   40          226             (2)               224        4.0        75
     RMS    .....................      12,832   40          321              0                321        2.5        67
     Vintage   ..................           0   40            0              0                  0        1.0         0
     In-Home Health  ............       3,856   40           96              0                 96       12.0        96
     Portable X-Ray  ............       5,653   40          141              0                141       12.0       141
     Coastal   ..................       1,764   40           44              0                 44       12.0        44
     Health Care Industries   ...       2,505   40           63              0                 63       12.0        63
     Rehab Dynamics  ............      21,478   40          537              0                537       12.0       537
                                   ----------   --      --------         ------            -------     -----    -------
                                      130,752             3,270            (34)             3,236                2,381
                                   ----------           --------         ------            -------              -------
   Total    .....................   $ 358,158           $ 8,955          $ (34)            $8,921               $6,882
                                   ==========           ========         ======            =======              =======
</TABLE>


                         SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 1997
                            (DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS)


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                   LESS: PREVIOUSLY    SIX MONTHS    MONTHS
                                                       ANNUAL          RECORDED         ADJUSTED      IN
            COMPANY               GOODWILL   LIFE   AMORTIZATION     AMORTIZATION     AMORTIZATION   1996    ADJUSTMENT
- -------------------------------- ---------- ------ -------------- ------------------ -------------- ------- -----------
<S>                                <C>        <C>      <C>                <C>             <C>         <C>      <C>
   Other Acquisitions
     In Home Health ............   $ 3,856    40        $ 48              $0              $ 48         .5      $  4
     Portable X-Ray ............     5,653    40          71               0                71        1.3        15
     Coastal  ..................     1,764    40          22               0                22        3.3        12
     Health Care Industries  ...     2,505    40          32               0                32        5.3        28
     Rehab Dynamics ............    21,478    40         269               0               269        5.5       247
                                  --------    --        -----             ---             -----       ----     -----
   Total   .....................   $35,256              $442              $0              $442                 $306
                                  ========              =====             ===             =====                =====
</TABLE>


   (f)         Represents  additional  amortization of deferred  financing costs
               relating  to the 10 1/4%  Senior  Notes  and the  Old  Notes,  as
               follows:


                          YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1996
                             (DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS)


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                        SALE OF 10 1/4%      SALE OF
                                                         SENIOR NOTES      OLD NOTES      TOTAL
                                                        ----------------   -----------   ---------
<S>                                                         <C>              <C>           <C>
       Financing costs ..............................       $ 4,625          $ 12,313      $ 16,938
       Life   .......................................            10                10            10
       Annual amortization   ........................           463             1,231         1,694
       Less: previously recorded amortization related
to debt paid from proceeds of offering               .            -               991           991
                                                            --------        ---------     ---------
       Adjusted annual amortization   ...............           463               240           703
       Months included in historical results   ......             7                 -
       Months to be adjusted ........................             5                12
                                                            --------        ---------
       Adjustment   .................................       $   193          $    240      $    433
                                                            ========        =========     =========
</TABLE>


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                         SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 1997
                             (DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS)



<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                       SALE OF
                                                                                      OLD NOTES
                                                                                      ----------
<S>                                                                                     <C>
       Financing costs ............................................................     $ 12,313
       Life   .....................................................................           10
       Annual amortization   ......................................................        1,231
       Less: previously recorded amortization related to debt paid from proceeds of
offering   ........................................................................          991
                                                                                       ---------
       Adjusted annual amortization   .............................................          240
       Months included in historical results   ....................................            1
       Months to be adjusted ......................................................            5
                                                                                       ---------
       Adjustment   ...............................................................     $    100
                                                                                       =========
</TABLE>


   (g)         Represents  additional  net  interest  expense resulting from (i)
               the  sale  of  $150,000,000  aggregate principal amount of the 10
               1/4%  Senior  Notes  and  the  use  of  the  $145,375,000  of net
               proceeds   therefrom  to  repay  amounts  outstanding  under  the
               Company's  revolving  credit  facility  in  May 1996 and (ii) the
               sale  of $450,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Old Notes
               and   the  use  of  the  net  proceeds  therefrom  to  repurchase
               $99,893,000   of   the  outstanding  10  3/4%  Senior  Notes  and
               $114,975,000  of the outstanding 9 5/8% Senior Notes and to repay
               $191,046,000  outstanding  under  the  Company's revolving credit
               facility in May 1997, as follows:



<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                    10 1/4% SENIOR
                                                                     OLD NOTES          NOTES           TOTAL
                                                                   -------------- ------------------ ------------
                                                                               (DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS)
<S>                                                                 <C>            <C>                <C>
       Principal amount ..........................................  $  450,000     $    150,000       $ 600,000
       Interest rate .............................................         9.5%           10.25%
                                                                    ----------     ------------
       Annual interest expense   .................................      42,750           15,375          58,125
       Less: interest expense on debt paid down with proceeds of
debt offerings
          -9 5/8% Senior Notes, of which $114,475 was repaid with
proceeds from the sale of the Old Notes.  ........................     (11,066)               -         (11,066)
          -10 3/4% Senior Notes, of which $99,893 was repaid with
proceeds from the sale of the Old Notes.  ........................     (10,738)               -         (10,738)
          -Revolving credit facility notes due 2002, of which
$191,046 was repaid with  proceeds from the sale of the Old Notes
and  $145,375  was repaid with  proceeds  from the sale of the 10
1/4% Senior Notes  (interest  rate of 7.19% which is based on the
rate under the credit facility on the date of repayment).              (13,736)         (10,452)        (24,188)
                                                                    ----------     ------------       ---------
          Adjusted annual interest expense   .....................  $    7,210     $      4,923       $  12,133
                                                                    ==========     ============       =========
          Year ended December 31, 1996:
Months included in historical results  ...........................           -                7
Months to be adjusted   ..........................................          12                5
                                                                    ----------     ------------
Adjustment for the year ended
December 31, 1996 ................................................  $    7,210     $      2,051       $   9,261
                                                                    ==========     ============       =========
          Six months ended June 30, 1997:
Months included in historical results  ...........................           1                6
Months to be adjusted   ..........................................           5                -
                                                                    ----------     ------------
          Adjustment for the six months ended June 30, 1997 ......  $    3,004     $          -       $   3,004
                                                                    ==========     ============       =========
</TABLE>


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                                   BUSINESS


GENERAL OVERVIEW


     Integrated  Health Services,  Inc. is one of the nation's leading providers
of  post-acute  healthcare  services.  Post-acute  care  is the  provision  of a
continuum of care to patients  following  discharge from an acute care hospital.
IHS' post-acute care services include subacute care, home care,  skilled nursing
facility  care  and  inpatient  and  outpatient   rehabilitation,   hospice  and
diagnostic  services.  The  Company's  post-acute  care  network is  designed to
address  the fact that the cost  containment  measures  implemented  by  private
insurers  and  managed  care   organizations   and   limitations  on  government
reimbursement of hospital costs have resulted in the discharge from hospitals of
many  patients  who continue to require  medical and  rehabilitative  care.  The
Company's  post-acute  healthcare  system is intended to provide  cost-effective
continuity  of care for its patients in multiple  settings and enable  payors to
contract  with one  provider  to  provide  all of a  patient's  needs  following
discharge from acute care  hospitals.  The Company  believes that its post-acute
care network can be extended beyond post-acute care to also provide  "pre-acute"
care,  i.e.,  services to patients  which reduce the  likelihood of a need for a
hospital stay. IHS' post-acute care network currently  consists of approximately
1,050 service locations in 45 states.

     The Company's post-acute care network strategy is to provide cost-effective
continuity of care for its patients in multiple  settings,  using geriatric care
facilities  as  platforms  to provide a wide  variety of  subacute  medical  and
rehabilitative  services  more  typically  delivered in the acute care  hospital
setting and using home  healthcare to provide  those medical and  rehabilitative
services which do not require  24-hour  monitoring.  To implement its post-acute
care network  strategy,  the Company has focused on (i)  expanding  the range of
home healthcare and related services it offers to patients  directly in order to
provide patients with a continuum of care throughout  their recovery,  to better
control  costs and to meet the growing  desire by payors for one-stop  shopping;
(ii)  developing  market  concentration  for its  post-acute  care  services  in
targeted  states  due  to  increasing  payor  consolidation  and  the  increased
preference of payors,  physicians and patients for dealing with only one service
provider;  and (iii)  developing  subacute  care  units.  Given  the  increasing
importance of managed care in the healthcare  marketplace and the continued cost
containment  pressures from Medicare,  Medicaid and private payors, IHS has been
restructuring its operations to enable IHS to focus on obtaining  contracts with
managed care organizations and to provide capitated  services.  IHS' strategy is
to become a preferred  or  exclusive  provider of  post-acute  care  services to
managed care organizations and other payors.

     In  implementing  its  post-acute  care network  strategy,  the Company has
recently focused on expanding its home healthcare  services to take advantage of
healthcare  payors'  increasing  focus  on  having  healthcare  provided  in the
lowest-cost  setting possible,  recent advances in medical technology which have
facilitated the delivery of medical services in alternative  sites and patients'
desires to be treated  at home.  Consistent  with the  Company's  strategy,  the
Company in October  1996  acquired  First  American,  a provider  of home health
services, principally home nursing, in 21 states, primarily Alabama, California,
Florida,   Georgia,   Michigan,   Pennsylvania   and   Tennessee.   See  "Recent
Developments."  IHS intends to use the home healthcare  setting and the delivery
franchise  of its home  healthcare  branch  and agency  network  to (i)  deliver
sophisticated  care,  such as skilled  nursing care,  home infusion  therapy and
rehabilitation,  outside the  hospital or nursing  home;  (ii) serve as an entry
point for patients into the IHS  post-acute  care  network;  and (iii) provide a
cost-effective site for case management and patient direction.

     In order to expand further its home healthcare  services,  IHS in July 1997
entered  into an  agreement  to acquire  RoTech,  a provider of home  healthcare
products  and  services,  with an emphasis  on home  respiratory,  home  medical
equipment and infusion  therapy,  principally to patients in non-urban areas. In
August 1997, the Company agreed to acquire the Coram Lithotripsy Division, which
provides lithotripsy  services and equipment  maintenance in 180 locations in 18
states,  in order to expand the mobile  diagnostic  treatment  and  services  it
offers to patients,  payors and other  providers.  Lithotripsy is a non-invasive
technique that utilizes  shock waves to  disintegrate  kidney stones.  In August
1997,  IHS also agreed to acquire  CCA,  which  develops  and  operates  skilled
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rural  communities.  IHS  believes  that  CCA  will  broaden its post-acute care
network  to  include  more  rural  markets and will complement its existing home
care  locations  in  rural  markets  as  well  as RoTech's business. See "Recent
Developments - Proposed Acquisitions."

     The  Company  provides   subacute  care  through  medical  specialty  units
("MSUs"),  which  are  typically  20 to 75 bed  specialty  units  with  physical
identities,   specialized  medical  technology  and  staffs  separate  from  the
geriatric  care  facilities  in which they are  located.  MSUs are  designed  to
provide comprehensive medical services to patients who have been discharged from
acute  care  hospitals  but  who  still  require  subacute  or  complex  medical
treatment.  The levels and quality of care  provided in the  Company's  MSUs are
similar to those provided in the hospital but at per diem treatment  costs which
the Company  believes  are  generally  30% to 60% below the cost of such care in
acute care  hospitals.  Because of the high level of specialized  care provided,
the  Company's  MSUs  generate  substantially  higher net revenue and  operating
profit per patient day than traditional geriatric care services.  Total revenues
generated  from MSUs have  increased  from  $104.3  million  for the year  ended
December 31, 1993 to $178.0 million for the year ended December 31, 1994, $290.2
million for the year ended  December  31,  1995 and $324.0  million for the year
ended  December  31, 1996 and from $157.1  million for the six months ended June
30, 1996 to $172.9  million for the six months ended June 30, 1997. MSU revenues
as a  percentage  of total  revenues  were 35% in 1993,  25% in each of 1994 and
1995,  23% in 1996 and 24% and 19% in the six  months  ended  June 30,  1996 and
1997, respectively.  The percentage decrease in 1994 was primarily the result of
the acquisition of facilities which did not have MSUs at the time of acquisition
as well as the acquisition of rehabilitation,  pharmacy, diagnostic, respiratory
therapy,  home healthcare and related  service  companies in connection with the
Company's vertical  integration strategy and the implementation of the Company's
post-acute  care  network.  MSU  revenue as a  percentage  of total  revenues is
expected  to  continue  to  decrease  as the  Company  implements  its  vertical
integration strategy and continues to expand its post-acute care network through
the  acquisition  of  home  healthcare,   rehabilitation   and  similar  service
companies.

     The Company presently  operates 172 geriatric care facilities (116 owned or
leased  and 56  managed)  and 158 MSUs  located  within 84 of these  facilities.
Specialty medical services revenues,  which include all MSU charges, all revenue
from providing rehabilitative therapies,  pharmaceuticals,  medical supplies and
durable medical equipment to all its patients,  all revenue from its Alzheimer's
programs and all revenue from its provision of pharmacy, rehabilitation therapy,
home  healthcare,   hospice  care  and  similiar   services  to   third-parties,
constituted  approximately  57%,  65% and 70% of net  revenues  during the years
ended December 31, 1994, 1995 and 1996, respectively.  The Company also offers a
wide  range  of  basic  medical  services  as well as a  comprehensive  array of
respiratory,  physical,  speech,  occupational and physiatric therapy in all its
geriatric care facilities.  For the year ended December 31, 1996,  approximately
17%  of  IHS'   revenues  were  derived  from  home  health  and  hospice  care,
approximately  53% were derived  from  subacute  and other  ancillary  services,
approximately  27% were derived from traditional basic nursing home services and
the remaining  approximately 3% were derived from management and other services.
On a pro forma basis after giving effect to the  acquisition of First  American,
for the year ended  December 31, 1996  approximately  35% of IHS'  revenues were
derived from home health and hospice care,  approximately  41% were derived from
subacute  and other  ancillary  services,  approximately  21% were  derived from
traditional basic nursing home services and the remaining  approximately 3% were
derived from  management and other  services.  On a pro forma basis after giving
effect to the acquisition of First American and the Proposed RoTech Acquisition,
for the year ended  December 31, 1996,  approximately  44% of IHS' revenues were
derived from home health and hospice care,  approximately  36% were derived from
subacute  and other  aucillary  services,  approximately  18% were  derived from
traditional basic nursing home services and the remaining  approximately 2% were
derived from management and other services.



INDUSTRY BACKGROUND

     In 1983, the Federal  government  acted to curtail  increases in healthcare
costs under Medicare,  a Federal insurance program under the Social Security Act
primarily  for  individuals  age 65 or over.  Instead of continuing to reimburse
hospitals on a cost plus basis (i.e., the hospital's  actual cost of care plus a
specified return on investment),  the Federal government  established a new type
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based on prospectively determined prices rather than retrospectively  determined
costs,  with  payment for  inpatient  hospital  services  based on regional  and
national rates established under a system of diagnosis-related  groups ("DRGs").
As a result,  hospitals  bear the cost risk of providing  care  inasmuch as they
receive specified reimbursement for each treatment regardless of actual cost.


     Concurrent with the change in government reimbursement of healthcare costs,
a "managed care" segment of the healthcare  industry  emerged based on the theme
of cost containment. The health maintenance organizations and preferred provider
organizations,  which  constitute  the managed care  segment,  are able to limit
hospitalization  costs  by  giving  physicians  incentives  to  reduce  hospital
utilization and by negotiating  discounted fixed rates for hospital services. In
addition,   traditional   third  party   indemnity   insurers   began  to  limit
reimbursement to pre-determined  amounts of "reasonable  charges," regardless of
actual  cost,  and to increase the amount of  co-payment  required to be paid by
patients,  thereby  requiring  patients  to assume  more of the cost of hospital
care.  These  changes have  resulted in the earlier  discharge of patients  from
acute care hospitals.


     At the same  time,  the  number of people  over the age of 65 began to grow
significantly faster than the overall population.  Further,  advances in medical
technology have increased the life expectancies of an increasingly  large number
of medically complex patients,  many of whom require a high degree of monitoring
and specialized care and rehabilitative  therapy that is generally not available
outside  the acute  care  hospital.  However,  the  changes  in  government  and
third-party  reimbursement  and  growth  of  the  managed  care  segment  of the
healthcare industry, when combined with the fact that the cost of providing care
to these  patients in an acute care hospital is higher than in a non-acute  care
hospital  setting,  provide  economic  incentives  for acute care  hospitals and
patients  or their  insurers  to  minimize  the  length  of stay in  acute  care
hospitals.  The early  discharge  from  hospitals  of patients who are not fully
recovered  and  still  require  medical  care  and  rehabilitative  therapy  has
contributed  significantly to the rapid growth of the home healthcare  industry,
as have  recent  advances  in medical  technology,  which have  facilitated  the
delivery of services in alternate sites,  demographic  trends,  such as an aging
population,  and a preference for home healthcare  among patients.  As a result,
home healthcare is among the fastest growing areas in healthcare.


     However,  for  some of  these  patients  home  healthcare  is not a  viable
alternative  because of their  continued  need for a high degree of  monitoring,
more intensive and specialized  medical care, 24-hour per day nursing care and a
comprehensive array of rehabilitative therapy. As a result, the Company believes
there is an increasing  need for non-acute  care hospital  facilities  which can
provide  the  monitoring,  specialized  care  and  comprehensive  rehabilitative
therapy  required by the growing  population of subacute and  medically  complex
patients.


     The  traditional  nursing  home,  despite  its  skilled  care  license  and
eligibility for Medicare certification,  has focused on providing custodial care
to Medicaid  eligible  persons until they die. The state Medicaid  reimbursement
program   reinforces  this  focus  by  typically   setting  "cost  ceilings"  on
reimbursement  for each  patient  based on overall  average  state costs for all
patients.  Since the  "average"  patient is a long-stay,  non-medically  complex
patient,  nursing homes face an economic disincentive to treat medically complex
patients because Medicaid reimburses the nursing home as if it had provided only
custodial care to a non-medically complex patient regardless of the type of care
actually provided. In addition, state laws impose substantial restrictions on or
prohibitions  against the ability of a facility to reduce the number of Medicaid
certified  beds in a  facility,  thus making the  process of  converting  to the
treatment of more medically  complex  non-Medicaid  eligible  persons a long and
financially  risky process.  As a result,  most traditional  nursing homes, with
high Medicaid census and earnings and cash flow under pressure, are reluctant to
spend the capital required to upgrade staff,  implement medical procedures (such
as infection  control) and equip a nursing home to treat  subacute and medically
complex patients and provide the comprehensive  rehabilitative  therapy required
by many of these patients.


     Moreover,  recent  healthcare  reform  proposals,  which  have  focused  on
containment of healthcare costs,  together with the desire of third-party payors
to contract with one service  provider for all  post-acute  care  services,  the
increasing  complexity of medical  services  provided,  growing  regulatory  and
compliance requirements and increasingly complicated reimbursement systems, have
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of  consolidation  of  smaller,  local  operators  who  lack  the  sophisticated
management  information systems,  operating efficiencies and financial resources
to compete  effectively  into  larger,  more  established  regional  or national
operators  that offer a broad range of services,  either through its own network
or through subcontracts with other third-party service providers.


     There  are  numerous  initiatives  on the  federal  and  state  levels  for
comprehensive  reforms  affecting the payment for and availability of healthcare
services.  It is not clear at this time what proposals,  if any, will be adopted
or, if adopted, what effect such proposals would have on the Company's business.
Aspects  of certain  of these  healthcare  proposals,  such as  cutbacks  in the
Medicare and  Medicaid  programs,  reductions  in Medicare  reimbursement  rates
and/or  limitations on reimbursement  rate increases,  containment of healthcare
costs on an interim  basis by means that could  include a  short-term  freeze on
prices charged by healthcare providers, and permitting greater state flexibility
in the  administration of Medicaid,  could adversely affect the Company.  See "-
Sources of Revenue." There can be no assurance that currently proposed or future
healthcare  legislation or other changes in the administration or interpretation
of  governmental  healthcare  programs  will not have an  adverse  effect on the
Company.  Ongoing consolidation in the healthcare industry could also impact the
Company's  business  and  results  of  operations.  See "Risk  Factors - Risk of
Adverse Effect of Healthcare Reform" and "Uncertainty of Government Regulation."


COMPANY STRATEGY


     The Company's post-acute care network strategy is to provide cost-effective
continuity of care for its patients in multiple  settings,  using geriatric care
facilities  as  platforms  to provide a wide  variety of  subacute  medical  and
rehabilitative  services  more  typically  delivered in the acute care  hospital
setting and using home  healthcare to provide  those medical and  rehabilitative
services which do not require 24-hour monitoring.  IHS believes that the success
of its  post-acute  care  strategy  will  depend in large part on its ability to
control  each  component  of the  post-acute  care  delivery  system in order to
provide low-cost,  high quality outcomes.  The central elements of IHS' business
strategy are: 

     Vertical Integration of Post-acute Care Services.  The Company is expanding
the range of home  healthcare  and related  services  it offers to its  patients
directly in order to serve the full  spectrum of patient needs  following  acute
hospitalization.  In addition to subacute care, the Company is now able to offer
directly  to its  patients,  rather than  through  third-party  providers,  home
healthcare, rehabilitation (physical, occupational and speech), hospice care and
mobile x-ray and  electrocardiogram  services.  As a full service provider,  IHS
believes  that it is better  able to  respond to the needs of its  patients  and
referral  sources.  In addition,  the Company  believes that by offering managed
care organizations and insurance  companies a single source from which to obtain
a full  continuum of care to patients  following  discharge  from the acute care
hospital, it will attract healthcare payors seeking to improve the management of
healthcare quality as well as to reduce servicing and  administrative  expenses.
The Company also  believes that offering a broad range of services will allow it
to better  control  certain  costs,  which will  provide  it with a  competitive
advantage in  contracting  with managed care  companies  and offering  capitated
rates, whereby IHS assumes the financial risk for the cost of care.

     Expansion of Home-Based  Services.  The Company's strategy is to expand its
home  healthcare  services to take  advantage of healthcare  payors'  increasing
focus on having  healthcare  provided in the  lowest-cost  setting  possible and
patients'  desires to be treated at home. The Company believes that the nation's
aging  population,  when  combined with  advanced  technology  which allows more
healthcare  procedures to be performed at home, has resulted in an  increasingly
large number of patients with long-term  chronic  conditions that can be treated
effectively  in  the  home.  In  addition,  a  significant  number  of  patients
discharged  from the Company's  MSUs require home  healthcare.  The Company also
believes that it can expand its home healthcare services to cover pre-acute,  as
well as post-acute, patients by having home healthcare nurses provide preventive
care services to home-bound senior citizens.  In addition,  the Company believes
that home healthcare will help the Company contain costs,  thereby  providing it
with a  competitive  advantage in  contracting  with managed care  companies and
offering   capitated   rates.   IHS  believes   that  the  changing   healthcare
reimbursement  environment,  with the focus on cost  containment,  will  require
healthcare  providers to go "at risk" under capitated  service  agreements,  and
that home healthcare will be a critical component of its ability to do so.


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     IHS believes that the acquisition of First American and the Proposed RoTech
Acquisition  are important  components in the  implementation  of its post-acute
healthcare  system.  First American,  together with the Company's  existing home
healthcare operations,  gives the Company a significant home healthcare presence
in 21 states, including those states the Company has targeted for its post-acute
healthcare  system.  The Company  believes  that its  expanded  home  healthcare
network will assist it in meeting the desire of payors for one stop shopping, as
well as offering  capitated rates to managed care providers.  Additionally,  the
Company  expects that Medicare will  implement a prospective  payment system for
home nursing services in the next several years.  Currently,  Medicare  provides
reimbursement  for home  nursing  care on a cost basis which  includes a rate of
return, subject to a cap. There is no reward for efficiency, provided that costs
are below the cap. Under current  prospective  payment  proposals,  a healthcare
provider would receive a predetermined rate for a given service.  Providers with
costs below the predetermined  rate will be entitled to keep some or all of this
difference.  Under  prospective  pay, the  efficient  operator will be rewarded.
Since the  largest  component  of home  nursing  care  costs is labor,  which is
basically   fixed,   the  Company   believes  the   differentiating   factor  in
profitability  will be  administrative  costs. As a result of the First American
Acquisition,  the Company, as a large provider of home nursing services,  should
be able to achieve administrative efficiencies compared with the small providers
which currently dominate the home healthcare industry,  although there can be no
assurance it will be able to do so. There can be no assurance that Medicare will
implement a  prospective  payment  system for home nursing  services in the next
several  years  or at all.  See  "Risk  Factors  - Risk  of  Adverse  Effect  of
Healthcare Reform." 



     Focus on Managed Care.  Given the increasing  importance of managed care in
the healthcare  marketplace  and the continued cost  containment  pressures from
Medicare and Medicaid,  IHS has, over the past year,  begun to  restructure  its
operations  to position  IHS to focus on obtaining  contracts  with managed care
organizations  and to provide capitated  services.  IHS' strategy is to become a
preferred or exclusive provider to managed care organizations.  Although to date
there has been limited  demand among managed care  organizations  for post-acute
care services,  IHS believes demand will increase as HMOs continue to attempt to
control  healthcare costs and to penetrate the Medicare  market.  As part of its
focus on managed care and capitated  rates,  IHS spent several years  collecting
outcome data for more than 50,000 patients.  To date, IHS has service agreements
with  approximately  395 managed care  organizations.  In January 1996,  IHS was
chosen as the  exclusive  capitated  provider for five years of long-term  care,
subacute care and therapy services to Sierra Health Plan's Health Plan of Nevada
("Sierra Health"),  the largest HMO in Nevada with approximately 26,000 Medicare
enrollees  and 125,000  commercial  enrollees.  As the exclusive  provider,  IHS
provides all contracted  services to the HMO's members; as a capitated provider,
IHS accepts full risk of patient  care in exchange for a flat fee per  enrollee.
The agreement with Sierra Health provides for annual capitation  adjustments and
the ability to increase revenue through other non-capitated  services,  although
there can be no  assurance  that these  provisions  will be effective to protect
IHS. In addition,  in October  1996 IHS entered  into a three-year  agreement to
provide,  on an exclusive  basis,  long-term  and  subacute  care to patients of
Foundation Health Corporation  ("Foundation Health"), an HMO located in Florida,
on a capitated basis. Foundation Health currently has 24,500 Medicare and 60,000
commercial  enrollees.  The agreement provides for increased revenues to IHS for
reduced  hospital  utilization.  Although IHS has attempted to minimize its risk
under the contract,  there can be no assurance  that  safeguards it  implemented
will be effective.  See "Risk Factors - Risks Related to Managed Care Strategy."




     Subacute Care Through Medical  Specialty Units.  The Company's  strategy is
designed to take advantage of the need for early discharge of many patients from
acute  care  hospitals  by using MSUs as  subacute  specialty  units  within its
geriatric care  facilities.  MSUs provide the monitoring  and  specialized  care
still required by these persons after discharge from acute care hospitals at per
diem treatment  costs which the Company  believes are generally 30% to 60% below
the cost of care in acute care  hospitals.  IHS also  intends to continue to use
its geriatric care  facilities to meet the increasing  need for  cost-efficient,
comprehensive  rehabilitation  treatment  of these  patients.  The  primary  MSU
programs currently offered by the Company are complex care programs,  ventilator
programs,  wound management  programs and cardiac care programs;  other programs
offered include subacute rehabilitation,  oncology and HIV. IHS opened its first
MSU  program  in April  1988  and  currently  operates  158 MSU  programs  in 84
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sizes  the  care of  medically  complex  patients  through  the  provision  of a
comprehensive  array  of  respiratory,   physical,   speech,   occupational  and
physiatric  therapy.  The  Company  intends  that  its  MSUs  be  a  lower  cost
alternative  to acute care or  rehabilitation  hospitalization  of  subacute  or
medically complex patients. IHS intends to expand its specialty medical services
at its existing and newly  acquired  facilities.  IHS believes that its subacute
care  programs  will  also  serve  as an  important  referral  base for its home
healthcare and ancillary services. In expanding its post-acute care network, IHS
expects to place less  emphasis on subacute  care through MSUs and more emphasis
on home  healthcare.  While IHS added 1,098 MSU beds in 1994 and 868 MSU beds in
1995, it only added an  additional  383 MSU beds in 1996 and 105 MSU beds in the
first half of 1997, and it  anticipates  that it will only add an additional 200
to 300 MSU beds in each of 1997 and 1998.


     Concentration on Targeted  Markets.  The Company has implemented a strategy
focused on the  development  of market  concentration  for its  post-acute  care
services in targeted states due to increasing payor  consolidation.  The Company
also believes that by offering its services on a concentrated  basis in targeted
markets,  together with the vertical  integration  of its  services,  it will be
better positioned to meet the needs of managed care payors.  The Company now has
approximately 1,050 service locations in 45 states, including 172 geriatric care
facilities  in 30 states (56 of which the  Company  manages),  with:  59 service
locations,  including  23  geriatric  care  facilities  (21 of which the Company
manages),  in  California;  163 service  locations,  including 32 geriatric care
facilities  (five  of  which  the  Company  manages),  in  Florida;  75  service
locations,  including 14  geriatric  care  facilities  (two of which the Company
manages),  in Pennsylvania;  and 138 service  locations,  including 20 geriatric
care facilities (six of which the Company manages), in Texas.



     Expansion Through Acquisitions. The Company has grown substantially through
acquisitions  and the opening of MSUs and the acquisition of home healthcare and
related  service  providers,  and expects to continue to expand its  business by
expanding the amount of home healthcare and related  services it offers directly
to its  patients  rather than through  third-party  providers,  by  establishing
additional  MSUs and  rehabilitation  programs in its  existing  geriatric  care
facilities,  by  acquiring  additional  geriatric  care  facilities  in which to
establish  MSUs and  rehabilitation  programs and by expanding the number of MSU
programs  offered.  From January 1, 1991 to date,  the Company has increased the
number  of  geriatric  care  facilities  it owns or leases  from 25 to 116,  has
increased  the number of  facilities  it manages from 18 to 56 and has increased
the number of MSU programs it operates from 13 to 158. In addition,  the Company
now offers certain related  services,  such as home healthcare,  rehabilitation,
x-ray and  electrocardiogram,  directly to its  patients  rather than relying on
third-party  providers.  The Company's planned expansion and growth require that
the Company  expand its home  healthcare  services  through the  acquisition  of
additional home healthcare  providers,  that the Company  acquire,  or establish
relationships  with,  third-parties which provide other post-acute care services
not currently  provided by the Company,  that  additional MSUs be established in
the Company's existing facilities and that the Company acquire, lease or acquire
the  right to manage  for  others  additional  facilities  in which  MSUs can be
established.   See  "Risk  Factors  -  Risks   Associated  with  Growth  Through
Acquisitions and Internal Development."


PATIENT SERVICES


BASIC MEDICAL SERVICES


     The  Company  provides  a wide  range  of  basic  medical  services  at its
geriatric  care  facilities  which are licensed as skilled  care nursing  homes.
Services provided to all patients include required nursing care, room and board,
special  diets,  and  other  services  which  may be  specified  by a  patient's
physician who directs the admission, treatment and discharge of the patient.



SPECIALTY MEDICAL SERVICES



     Medical Specialty Units

     The Company's MSUs are typically 20 to 75 bed subacute specialty care units
located within  discrete  areas of IHS'  facilities,  with physical  identities,
specialized  medical  technology and medical staffs  separate from the geriatric
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nurse with  specialty  qualifications,  serves as clinical  coordinator  of each
unit, which generally is staffed with nurses having experience in the acute care
setting.  The operations of each MSU are generally overseen by a Board certified
specialist  in that  unit's  area of  treatment.  The  patients  in each MSU are
provided with a high degree of monitoring and  specialized  care similar to that
provided  by  acute  care  hospitals.  The  physiological  monitoring  equipment
required by the MSU is equivalent to that found in the acute care hospital.  The
Company  opened its first MSU program  during April 1988 and currently  operates
158 MSUs at 84 facilities.  Approximately  one-third of all of the Company's MSU
patients are under the age of 70.

     Although each MSU has most of the treatment  capabilities  of an acute care
hospital in the MSU's area of specialization,  the Company believes the per diem
treatment  costs are  generally  30% to 60% less than in acute  care  hospitals.
Additionally,  the MSU is less  "institutional"  in nature  than the acute  care
hospital,  families  may  visit  MSU  patients  whenever  they  wish and  family
counseling is provided. In marketing its MSU programs to insurers and healthcare
providers,  IHS  emphasizes  the cost  advantage of its treatment as compared to
acute care hospitals. The Company also emphasizes the improved "quality of life"
compared  to acute  care and  long-term  care  hospitals  in  marketing  its MSU
programs to  hospital  patients  and their  families.  The primary MSU  programs
currently offered by the Company are complex care programs, ventilator programs,
wound  management  programs and cardiac care programs;  other  programs  offered
include subacute rehabilitation, oncology and HIV.

     Complex Care  Program.  This  program is designed to treat  persons who are
generally  subacute or chronically ill and sick enough to be treated in an acute
care  hospital.  Persons  requiring  this care include  post-surgical  patients,
cancer  patients  and  patients  with other  diseases  requiring  long  recovery
periods. This program is designed to provide the monitoring and specialized care
these  patients  require  but in a less  institutional  and more cost  efficient
setting than provided by hospitals.  Some of the monitoring and specialized care
provided  to  these  patients  are  apnea  monitoring,   continuous   peripheral
intravenous  therapy  with  or  without  medication,   continuous   subcutaneous
infusion,  chest percussion and postural  drainage,  gastrostomy or naso-gastric
tube  feeding,   ileostomy  or  fistula  care  (including   patient   teaching),
post-operative  care,  tracheostomy  care,  and  oral,  pharyngeal  or  tracheal
suctioning.   Patients  in  this  program  also  typically   undergo   intensive
rehabilitative services to allow them to return home.

     Ventilator  Program.  This  program is  designed  for  persons  who require
ventilator   assistance  for  breathing   because  of  respiratory   disease  or
impairment.   Persons  requiring   ventilation   include  sufferers  of  chronic
obstructive  pulmonary  disease,   muscular  atrophy  and  respiratory  failure,
pneumonia,  cancer,  spinal cord or traumatic brain injury and other diseases or
injuries which impair  respiration.  Ventilators assist or effect respiration in
patients  unable to breathe  adequately  for  themselves  by  injecting  heated,
humidified,  oxygen-enriched  air into the lungs at a pre-determined  volume per
breath and number of breaths per minute and by controlling  the  relationship of
inhalation time to exhalation time. Patients in this program undergo respiratory
rehabilitation  to wean them from  ventilators  by  teaching  them to breathe on
their own once they are medically  stable.  Patients are also trained to use the
ventilators on their own.

     Wound  Management  Programs.  These  programs are designed to treat persons
suffering  from post  operative  complications  and persons  infected by certain
forms of penicillin and other antibiotic resistant bacteria, such as methicillin
resistant staphylococcus aureus ("MRSA").  Patients infected with these types of
bacteria must be isolated under strict infection  control  procedures to prevent
the spread of the resistant  bacteria,  which makes MSUs an ideal treatment site
for these patients.  Because of the need for strict infection control, including
isolation, treatment of this condition in the home is not practical.

     Cardiac Care Program.  This program is designed to treat persons  suffering
from congestive heart failure,  severe cardiac arrhythmia,  pre/post transplants
and other cardiac  diagnoses.  The monitoring and  specialized  care provided to
these patients includes  electrocardiographic  monitoring/telemetry,  continuous
hemodynamic  monitoring,   infusion  therapy,  cardiac  rehabilitation,   stress
management and dietary counseling, planning and education.

     The Company  believes  that MSU programs can be developed to address a wide
variety of medical conditions which require  specialized care. In addition,  the
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subacute  rehabilitation,  oncology  and HIV.  The Company  intends to establish
additional MSUs in its existing  facilities and in facilities  which it acquires
or manages for others to address the various  market  needs for MSU  programs in
the markets in which it operates.


     Rehabilitation

     The Company provides a comprehensive  array of rehabilitative  services for
patients at all of its geriatric  care  facilities,  including  those in its MSU
programs,  in order to enable  those  persons  to return  home.  These  services
include  respiratory  therapy with  licensed  respiratory  therapists,  physical
therapy with a particular emphasis on programs for the elderly,  speech therapy,
particularly  for the  elderly  recovering  from  cerebral  vascular  disorders,
occupational  therapy  and  physiatric  care.  A portion  of the  rehabilitative
service hours are provided by  independent  contractors.  In order to reduce the
number of rehabilitative service hours provided by independent contractors,  the
Company  began  in late  1993  to  acquire  companies  which  provide  physical,
occupational and speech therapy to healthcare facilities.

     The Company  also  offers a  rehabilitation  program to stroke  victims and
persons who have undergone hip replacement.


     Home Healthcare Services

     IHS  provides  a  broad  spectrum  of  home  healthcare   services  to  the
recovering,  disabled, chronically ill or terminally ill person. Home healthcare
services  may be as basic as  assisting  with  activities  of daily living or as
complex as cancer chemotherapy. Care involves either or both a service component
(provided by registered  nurses,  home health aides,  therapists and technicians
through periodic visits) and a product component  (drugs,  equipment and related
supplies).  Time  spent  with a  patient  may  range  from one or two  visits to
around-the-clock care. Patients may be treated for several weeks, several months
or the remainder of their lives.


     The home healthcare market is generally divided into four segments: nursing
services; infusion therapy;  respiratory therapy; and home medical equipment. On
a pro forma basis after giving effect to the Proposed  RoTech  Acquisition,  the
acquisition of First American and the ILC Sale, IHS had home healthcare revenues
of approximately $549.1 million,  $812.3 million, $944.1 million, $398.9 million
and $475.8 million  during the years ended December 31, 1994,  1995 and 1996 and
the six  months  ended  June  30,  1996  and  1997,  respectively,  representing
approximately 45.4%, 43.6%, 44.9%, 39.3% and 43.0%,  respectively,  of total pro
forma  patient  revenues.  On a pro  forma  basis  after  giving  effect  to the
acquisition of First American, home nursing services accounted for approximately
80.7%,  77.4%,  64.2%, 68.8% and 56.3% of IHS' home healthcare revenues in 1994,
1995 and 1996 and the six  months  ended June 30,  1996 and 1997,  respectively.


     Home Nursing. Home nursing is the largest component of home healthcare, the
most  labor-intensive and generally the least profitable.  Home nursing services
range from skilled care provided by registered  and other nurses,  typically for
those recently  discharged from hospitals,  to unskilled  services  delivered by
home health aides for those  needing help with the  activities  of daily living.
Home nursing also includes physical, occupational and speech therapy, as well as
social worker  services.  IHS  substantially  expanded its home nursing services
through the acquisition of First American,  and currently  provides home nursing
services at approximately 440 locations in 25 states.


     Infusion  Therapy.  Infusion  therapy,  the second largest home  healthcare
market, involves the intravenous  administration of anti-infective,  biotherapy,
chemotherapy,  pain management,  nutrition and other therapies. Infusion therapy
generally  requires  patient  training,   specialized   equipment  and  periodic
monitoring by skilled nurses.  Technological advances such as programmable pumps
that control  frequency and intensity of delivery are  increasing the percentage
of  infections  and diseases that are  treatable in the home;  previously  these
infections and diseases  generally  required  patients to be hospitalized.  Home
infusion  therapy is more  skilled-labor-intensive  than  other home  healthcare
segments.  The Proposed RoTech Acquisition will  significantly  expand IHS' home
infusion therapy services. See "Recent Developments." 


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     Respiratory  Therapy.  Respiratory  therapy is provided  primarily to older
patients  with  chronic lung  diseases  (such as chronic  obstructive  pulmonary
disease,  asthma and cystic fibrosis) or reduced respiratory function.  The most
common  therapy is home oxygen,  delivered  through  oxygen gas systems,  oxygen
concentration  or liquid  oxygen  systems.  Respiratory  therapy is monitored by
licensed respiratory  therapists and other clinical staff under the direction of
physicians.  The Proposed  RoTech  Acquisition  will  significantly  expand IHS'
respiratory therapy services. See "Recent Developments."

     Home  Medical  Equipment.  Home medical  equipment  consists of the sale or
rental of medical  equipment such as  specialized  beds,  wheelchairs,  walkers,
rehabilitation equipment and other patient aids. The Proposed RoTech Acquisition
will significantly expand IHS' provision of home medical equipment.
See "Recent Developments."



     Alzheimer's Program

     IHS  also  offers  a  specialized   treatment   program  for  persons  with
Alzheimer's disease. This program,  called "The Renaissance Program," is located
in a specially  designed wing separated from the remainder of the facility.  The
physical  environment is designed to address the problems of disorientation  and
perceptual  confusion  experienced by  Alzheimer's  sufferers.  The  Renaissance
Program is  designed  to help  reduce the stress and  agitation  of  Alzheimer's
disease by addressing the problems of short attention  spans and  hyperactivity.
The staff for this program is specially  recruited and staff  training is highly
specialized.  This  program  is  designed  not only to  provide  care to persons
suffering from Alzheimer's  disease, but also to work with the patient's family.
The Company currently offers The Renaissance Program at 12 of its geriatric care
facilities  with a  total  of 395  beds.  Patients  pay a small  premium  to the
Company's per diem rate for basic medical care to participate in this program.


     Hospice Services

     The Company provides hospice services,  including medical care,  counseling
and social services,  to the terminally ill in the greater Chicago  metropolitan
area,  Michigan  and  Pennsylvania.  Hospice  care is a  coordinated  program of
support services providing  physical,  psychological,  social and spiritual care
for dying persons and their  families.  Services are provided in the home and/or
inpatient settings.  The goal of hospice care is typically to improve a terminal
patient's  quality of life rather than trying to extend  life.  The Company also
provides hospice care to the terminally ill at its facility in Miami, Florida.


MANAGEMENT AND OTHER SERVICES

     The Company manages  geriatric care facilities under contract for others to
capitalize on its  specialized  care programs  without making the capital outlay
generally  required to acquire and  renovate a facility.  The Company  currently
manages 56 geriatric  care  facilities  with 6,337 licensed beds. The Company is
responsible  for providing all  personnel,  marketing,  nursing,  resident care,
dietary and social services, accounting and data processing reports and services
for these  facilities,  although  such  services  are  provided at the  facility
owner's  expense.  The facility  owner is also obligated to pay for all required
capital expenditures. The Company manages these facilities in the same manner as
the facilities it owns or leases,  and provides the same geriatric care services
as are provided in its owned or leased  facilities.  Contract  acquisition costs
for legal and other  direct  costs  incurred  to  acquire  long-term  management
contracts are capitalized and amortized over the term of the related contract.

     The Company  receives a management fee for its services which  generally is
equal to 4% to 8% of gross  revenues of the  geriatric  care  facility.  Certain
management  agreements  also provide the Company with an incentive  fee based on
the amount of the facility's  operating income which exceeds stipulated amounts.
Management  fee revenues are recognized  when earned and billed,  generally on a
monthly basis.  Incentive fees are recognized when operating  results of managed
facilities  exceed amounts  required for incentive  fees in accordance  with the
terms of the management agreements.  The management agreements generally have an
initial  term of ten  years,  with the  Company  having a right to renew in most
cases. The management agreements expire at various times between August 1999 and
May 2005,  although all can be terminated  earlier under certain  circumstances.
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of first  refusal in respect of the sale of each managed  facility.  The Company
believes  that by  implementing  its  specialized  care programs and services in
these facilities, it will be able to increase significantly the operating income
of these  facilities and thereby  increase the management  fees the Company will
receive for managing these facilities.

     The Company also manages  private duty and Medicare  certified  home health
agencies in the Dallas/ Fort Worth, Texas market.


QUALITY ASSURANCE

     IHS has developed a comprehensive  Quality Assurance Program to verify that
high  standards of care are  maintained at each facility  operated or managed by
the Company.  The Company  requires that its  facilities  meet standards of care
more rigorous than those  required by Federal and state law. Under the Company's
Quality Assurance  Program,  standards for delivery of care are set and the care
and services  provided by each  facility  are  evaluated to insure they meet the
Company's   standards.   A  quality   assurance  team  evaluates  each  facility
bi-annually,  reporting directly to the Company's Chief Executive Officer and to
the Chief Operating  Officer,  as well as to the administrator of each facility.
Facility  administrator  bonuses  are  dependent  in part upon their  facility's
evaluation.  The Company  also  maintains  an 800 number,  called the  "In-Touch
Line," which is  prominently  displayed  above  telephones  in each facility and
placed in patients' bills. Patients and staff are encouraged to call this number
if they have any problem with nursing or  administrative  personnel which cannot
be resolved  quickly at the facility  level.  This program  provides the Company
with an early warning of problems  which may be developing at the facility.  The
Company has also developed a specialized  Quality  Assurance Program for its MSU
programs.


     The  Company  has begun a  program  to  obtain  accreditation  by the Joint
Commission on  Accreditation of Healthcare  Organizations  ("JCAHO") for each of
its  facilities.  At August 31, 1997,  72 of the Company's  facilities  had been
fully accredited by the JCAHO. 


OPERATIONS

     The day-to-day  operations of each facility are managed by an on-site state
licensed  administrator,  and an on-site  business  office manager  monitors the
financial  operations of each facility.  The  administrator  of each facility is
supported by other  professional  personnel,  including the  facility's  medical
director, social workers, dietician and recreation staff. Nursing departments in
each  facility  are  under the  supervision  of a  director  of  nursing  who is
state-registered.  The  nursing  staffs are  composed of  registered  nurses and
licensed practical nurses as well as nursing assistants.

     The  Company's   home   healthcare   businesses   are   conducted   through
approximately  440 branches  which are managed  through  three  geographic  area
offices.  The area office  provides  each of its  branches  with key  management
direction and support  services.  IHS'  organizational  structure is designed to
create operating  efficiencies  associated with certain centralized services and
purchasing while also promoting local decision making.

     The  Company's   corporate  staff  provides   services  such  as  marketing
assistance,  training,  quality assurance oversight,  human resource management,
reimbursement  expertise,  accounting,  cash management and treasury  functions,
internal  auditing  and  management  support.  Financial  control is  maintained
through  fiscal and  accounting  policies that are  established at the corporate
level for use at each facility and branch location. The Company has standardized
operating  procedures and monitors its facilities and branch locations to assure
consistency of operations.  IHS emphasizes frequent communications,  the setting
of operational  goals and the monitoring of actual  results.  The Company uses a
financial  reporting  system  which  enables it to  monitor,  on a daily  basis,
certain key financial  data at each facility such as payor mix,  admissions  and
discharges, cash collections, net revenue and staffing.

     Each  facility  and  branch  location  has all  necessary  state  and local
licenses.  Most facilities are certified as providers under the Medicare program
and under the Medicaid program of the state in which they are located.


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JOINT VENTURES

     The Company has a 49%  interest in a  partnership  formed in 1993 to manage
and operate  approximately  8,000  geriatric care and assisted  retirement  beds
("Tutera"),  and a 40%  interest in HPC America,  Inc.,  a Delaware  corporation
("HPC") that operates home infusion and home healthcare companies in addition to
owning  and  managing  physician  practices.  IHS  does not  participate  in the
day-to-day  operations  of Tutera or HPC,  although  its consent is required for
certain material transactions. Under certain circumstances, IHS has the right to
purchase the remaining interest in these entities, based upon a multiple of such
entity's  earnings,  although  the  Company's  right to purchase  the  remaining
interest in HPC expires in September 1997.


SOURCES OF REVENUE

     The Company  receives  payments  for  services  rendered  to patients  from
private  insurers and patients  themselves,  from the Federal  government  under
Medicare,  and from the states in which  certain of its  facilities  are located
under Medicaid.  The sources and amounts of the Company's  patient  revenues are
determined  by a number of  factors,  including  licensed  bed  capacity  of its
facilities,  occupancy rate, the mix of patients and the rates of  reimbursement
among payor categories (private,  Medicare and Medicaid).  Changes in the mix of
the Company's  patients among the private pay, Medicare and Medicaid  categories
can  significantly  affect  the  profitability  of  the  Company's   operations.
Generally,  private pay patients are the most  profitable and Medicaid  patients
are the least profitable.

     During the years  ended  December  31,  1994,  1995 and 1996,  the  Company
derived  approximately  $297.8  million,  $509.3  million  and  $562.5  million,
respectively,  or 44.2%, 44.7% and 40.5%, respectively,  of its patient revenues
from private pay sources and  approximately  $376.4 million,  $629.8 million and
$826.4 million,  respectively,  or 55.8%, 55.3% and 59.5%, respectively,  of its
patient revenues from government  reimbursement programs.  Patient revenues from
government   reimbursement   programs   during   these   periods   consisted  of
approximately $225.6 million, $387.2 million and $516.7 million, or 33.5%, 34.0%
and  37.2%  of  total  patient   revenues,   respectively,   from  Medicare  and
approximately $150.8 million,  $242.6 million and $309.7 million,  respectively,
or  22.3%,  21.3%  and  22.3%  of total  patient  revenues,  respectively,  from
Medicaid.  During  the six  months  ended June 30,  1996 and 1997,  the  Company
derived approximately $275.9 million and $301.4 million,  respectively, or 43.0%
and 33.5%,  respectively,  of its patient  revenues from private pay sources and
approximately  $365.8  million and $598.2  million,  respectively,  or 57.0% and
66.5%,  respectively,  of its patient  revenues  from  government  reimbursement
programs.  Patient revenues from government  reimbursement programs during these
periods   consisted  of   approximately   $211.8  million  and  $442.1  million,
respectively, or 33.0% and 49.1% of total patient revenues,  respectively,  from
Medicare and approximately $154.0 million and $156.1 million,  respectively,  or
24.0% and 17.4% of total patient  revenues,  respectively,  from  Medicaid.  The
increase in the percentage of revenue from government  reimbursement programs is
due to the higher  level of  Medicare  and  Medicaid  patients  serviced  by the
respiratory  therapy,   rehabilitative   therapy,  home  healthcare  and  mobile
diagnostic companies acquired in 1994, 1995 and 1996.


     On  a  pro  forma  basis  after  giving  effect  to  the  Proposed   RoTech
Acquisition,  the acquisition of First American (which derives substantially all
its revenues from  Medicare) and the ILC Sale,  during the years ended  December
31, 1995 and 1996, the Company derived  approximately  $585.3 million and $704.5
million, respectively, or 31.4% and 33.5%, respectively, of its patient revenues
from  private pay  sources  and  approximately  $1.3  billion and $1.4  billion,
respectively,  or 68.6% and 66.5%,  respectively,  of its patient  revenues from
government  reimbursement  programs.  Pro forma patient revenues from government
reimbursement  programs  during these periods  consisted of  approximately  $1.0
billion and $1.0 billion,  or 54.0% and 49.7%,  respectively,  from Medicare and
approximately  $271.4  million and $353.2  million,  respectively,  or 14.6% and
16.8%, respectively,  from Medicaid. On a pro forma basis after giving effect to
the Proposed RoTech  Acquisition,  the acquisition of First American and the ILC
Sale,  during  the six  months  ended  June  30,  1996  and  1997,  IHS  derived
approximately  $329.3  million and $390.5  million,  respectively,  or 32.5% and
35.3%,  respectively,  of its  patient  revenues  from  private  pay sources and
approximately  $684.6  million and $716.4  million,  respectively,  or 67.5% and
64.7%,  respectively,  of its patient  revenues  from  government  reimbursement
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from  government  reimbursement  programs  during  these  periods  consisted  of
approximately   $512.9  million  and  $537.4   million,   or  50.6%  and  48.5%,
respectively, from Medicare and approximately $171.7 million and $179.0 million,
respectively, or 16.9% and 16.2%, respectively, from Medicaid.


     The  Company's  experience  has been that  Medicare  patients  constitute a
higher  percentage of an MSU program's  initial  occupancy than they do once the
program  matures.  However,  as the Company's  marketing  program to private pay
patients is  implemented  in the new MSUs, the number of private pay patients in
those programs has traditionally  increased.  In addition,  the Company received
payments  from third  parties for its  management  services,  which  constituted
approximately  5.3%,  3.4%,  3.2%,  3.2% and 2.1% of total net  revenues for the
years ended  December 31, 1994,  1995 and 1996 and the six months ended June 30,
1996 and 1997, respectively.

     Gross third party payor settlements receivable,  primarily from federal and
state governments (i.e., Medicare and Medicaid cost reports), were $36.2 million
at June 30,  1997,  as compared to $42.6  million at December  31,  1996,  $33.0
million  at  December  31,  1995  and  $22.6   million  at  December  31,  1994.
Approximately  $10.8  million,  or 30%,  of the third  party  payor  settlements
receivable,  primarily  from  Federal  and state  governments,  at June 30, 1997
represent  the costs for its MSU patients  which exceed  regional  reimbursement
limits established under Medicare,  as compared to approximately  $15.6 million,
or 37%, at December 31, 1996,  approximately  $7.6 million,  or 23%, at December
31, 1995 and approximately $6.2 million, or 27%, at December 31, 1994.

     The Company's cost of care for its MSU patients  generally exceeds regional
reimbursement  limits  established under Medicare.  The success of the Company's
MSU  strategy  depends in part on its ability to obtain per diem rate  approvals
for costs  which  exceed the  Medicare  established  per diem rate limits and by
obtaining  waivers  of these  limitations.  The  Company  has  submitted  waiver
requests for 225 cost reports, covering all cost report periods through December
31, 1996.  To date,  final action has been taken by HCFA on 221 waiver  requests
covering cost report  periods  through  December 31, 1995.  The Company's  final
rates as approved by HCFA represent  approximately 95% of the requested rates as
submitted in the waiver requests.  There can be no assurance,  however, that the
Company will be able to recover its excess costs under any waiver requests which
may be submitted in the future.  The Company's failure to recover  substantially
all these  excess costs would  adversely  affect its results of  operations  and
could adversely affect its MSU strategy.

     Both  private  third party and  governmental  payors have  undertaken  cost
containment  measures  designed to limit  payments made to healthcare  providers
such as the Company.  Furthermore,  government programs are subject to statutory
and regulatory changes, retroactive rate adjustments, administrative rulings and
government  funding  restrictions,  all of  which  may  materially  increase  or
decrease the rate of program payments to facilities  managed and operated by the
Company.  There can be no assurance  that payments under  governmental  programs
will remain at levels  comparable to present  levels or will, in the future,  be
sufficient  to cover the  costs  allocable  to  patients  participating  in such
programs.  In addition,  there can be no assurance that facilities owned, leased
or managed by the Company now or in the future will  initially  meet or continue
to meet the requirements for  participation in such programs.  The Company could
be adversely  affected by the  continuing  efforts of  governmental  and private
third  party  payors to  contain  the  amount of  reimbursement  for  healthcare
services.  The May 1997  balanced  budget  agreement  between the  President and
Congress  contemplated changing Medicare payments for skilled nursing facilities
and home nursing  services  from a  cost-reimbursement  system to a  prospective
payment  system.  The  Balanced  Budget  Act of 1997,  enacted  in August  1997,
provides,  among other things, for a prospective payment system for home nursing
to be implemented  for cost reporting  periods  beginning on or after October 1,
1999, a reduction  in current cost  reimbursement  for home  healthcare  pending
implementation  of a prospective  payment system and a shift of the bulk of home
health  coverage  from Part A to Part B of Medicare.  The failure to implement a
prospective  payment system for home nursing  services in the next several years
could adversely affect IHS' post-acute care network  strategy.  In an attempt to
limit the federal and state budget  deficits,  there have been,  and the Company
expects that there will continue to be, a number of proposals to limit  Medicare
and Medicaid  reimbursement for healthcare services.  The Company cannot at this
time predict whether this  legislation or any other  legislation will be adopted
or, if adopted and implemented,  what effect, if any, such legislation will have
on the  Company.  See "Risk  Factors  - Risk of  Adverse  Effect  of  Healthcare
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GOVERNMENT REGULATION

     The healthcare  industry is subject to extensive  federal,  state and local
statutes  and  regulations.  The  regulations  include  licensure  requirements,
reimbursement  rules and standards  and levels of services and care.  Changes in
applicable  laws and  regulations  or new  interpretations  of existing laws and
regulations  could  have a  material  adverse  effect on  licensure  of  Company
facilities,  eligibility  for  participation  in  federal  and  state  programs,
permissible activities,  costs of doing business, or the levels of reimbursement
from governmental, private and other sources. Political, economic and regulatory
influences  are  subjecting  the  healthcare  industry  in the United  States to
fundamental  change.  It is not  possible  to predict  the  content or impact of
future  legislation  and  regulations  affecting  the  healthcare  industry.  In
addition, in the conduct of its business the Company's operations are subject to
review by federal and state regulatory agencies. In the course of these reviews,
problems  are from  time to time  identified  by these  agencies.  Although  the
Company has to date been able to resolve these problems in a manner satisfactory
to the  regulatory  agencies  without a material  adverse effect on the Company,
there can be no assurance  that the Company will be able to do so in the future.
See "Risk Factors - Uncertainty of Government Regulation."

     Most  states  in  which  the  Company  operates  or is  studying  expansion
possibilities  have  statutes  which  require  that  prior  to the  addition  or
construction  of new beds,  the  addition  of new  services  or certain  capital
expenditures in excess of defined levels,  the Company must obtain a certificate
of need ("CON") which certifies that the state has made a  determination  that a
need  exists  for  such  new  or  additional   beds,  new  services  or  capital
expenditures. These state determinations of need or CON programs are designed to
comply  with  certain  minimum  federal   standards  and  to  enable  states  to
participate in certain federal and state health related programs. Elimination or
relaxation  of CON  requirements  may result in  increased  competition  in such
states and may also result in increased expansion  possibilities in such states.
Of the states in which the Company operates,  the following require CONs for the
facilities  that  are  owned,  operated  or  managed  by the  Company:  Alabama,
Colorado,   Delaware,  Florida,  Georgia,  Illinois,  Indiana,  Iowa,  Kentucky,
Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, New
Hampshire, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina,  Tennessee,  Texas,
Virginia,  Washington,  West Virginia and  Wisconsin.  To date the conversion of
geriatric care beds to MSU beds has not required a CON.

     The Company's facilities are also subject to licensure regulations. Each of
the Company's  geriatric care  facilities is licensed as a skilled care facility
and is  certified  as a provider  under the  Medicare  program and most are also
certified  by the  state in which  they are  located  as a  provider  under  the
Medicaid  program of that  state.  The  Company  believes  it is in  substantial
compliance  with  all  material  statutes  and  regulations  applicable  to  its
business.  In addition,  all healthcare  facilities are subject to various local
building codes and other ordinances.

     State and local  agencies  survey all  geriatric  care centers on a regular
basis to  determine  whether such centers are in  compliance  with  governmental
operating and health  standards and conditions for  participation  in government
medical assistance programs. Such surveys include reviews of patient utilization
of healthcare  facilities and standards for patient care. The Company  endeavors
to maintain and operate its facilities in compliance with all such standards and
conditions.  However,  in the  ordinary  course of its  business  the  Company's
facilities  receive notices of  deficiencies  for failure to comply with various
regulatory  requirements.  Generally, the facility and the reviewing agency will
agree upon the measures to be taken to bring the facility into  compliance  with
regulatory requirements.  In some cases or upon repeat violations, the reviewing
agency may take adverse actions against a facility,  including the imposition of
fines,  temporary  suspension  of  admission  of new  patients to the  facility,
suspension or  decertification  from  participation  in the Medicare or Medicaid
programs,  and, in extreme  circumstances,  revocation of a facility's  license.
These  adverse  actions  may  adversely  affect the  ability of the  facility to
operate or to provide certain services and its eligibility to participate in the
Medicare or Medicaid programs.  In addition,  such adverse actions may adversely
affect  other  facilities  operated  by the  Company.  See  "Federal  and  State
Assistance Programs."

     Effective July 1, 1995,  HCFA  implemented  stricter  guidelines for annual
state  surveys of long-term  care  facilities.  These  guidelines  eliminate the
ability of operators to appeal the scope and  severity of any  deficiencies  and
grant state regulators the authority to impose new remedies,  including monetary
penal-


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ties,  denial of payments and  termination  of the right to  participate  in the
Medicare and/or Medicaid programs. The Company believes these new guidelines may
result  in an  increase  in  the  number  of  facilities  that  will  not  be in
"substantial  compliance"  with the  regulations  and,  as a result,  subject to
increased  disciplinary  actions and  remedies,  including  admission  holds and
termination  of the  right  to  participate  in  the  Medicare  and/or  Medicaid
programs.  In ranking facilities,  survey results subsequent to October 1990 are
considered.  As  a  result,  the  Company's  acquisition  of  poorly  performing
facilities could adversely affect the Company's  business to the extent remedies
are imposed at such facilities.

     The  operations  of IHS' home  healthcare  branches are subject to numerous
federal and state laws governing pharmacies,  nursing services, therapy services
and certain types of home health agency  activities.  Certain of IHS'  employees
are subject to state laws and regulations governing the professional practice of
respiratory therapy, physical,  occupational and speech therapies,  pharmacy and
nursing.  The  failure to obtain,  to renew or to maintain  any of the  required
regulatory  approvals or licenses could  adversely  affect IHS' home  healthcare
business  and could  prevent the branch  involved  from  offering  products  and
services to patients. Generally, IHS is required to be licensed as a home health
agency in those  states in which it  provides  traditional  home  health or home
nursing  services.  IHS'  ability to expand its home  healthcare  services  will
depend upon its ability to obtain  licensure as a home health agency,  which may
be restricted by state CON laws.

     Various Federal and state laws regulate the relationship  between providers
of healthcare  services and physicians or others able to refer medical services,
including employment or service contracts,  leases and investment relationships.
These laws include the fraud and abuse  provisions  of Medicare and Medicaid and
similar state statutes (the "Fraud and Abuse Laws"), which prohibit the payment,
receipt,  solicitation  or  offering  of any  direct  or  indirect  remuneration
intended to induce the  referral  of  Medicare  or Medicaid  patients or for the
ordering  or  providing  of  Medicare or  Medicaid  covered  services,  items or
equipment.  Violations  of these  provisions  may  result in civil and  criminal
penalties  and/or  exclusion  from  participation  in the  Medicare and Medicaid
programs  and from state  programs  containing  similar  provisions  relating to
referrals of privately  insured  patients.  The  Department  of Health and Human
Services ("HHS") and other federal  agencies have  interpreted  these provisions
broadly to include the payment of anything of value to influence the referral of
Medicare  or  Medicaid  business.  HHS has  issued  regulations  which set forth
certain "safe harbors,"  representing  business  relationships and payments that
can safely be  undertaken  without  violation  of the Fraud and Abuse  Laws.  In
addition,  certain Federal and state  requirements  generally  prohibit  certain
providers  from  referring  patients to certain  types of entities in which such
provider has an ownership or investment interest or with which such provider has
a  compensation  arrangement,  unless an  exception  is  available.  The Company
considers all  applicable  laws in planning  marketing  activities and exercises
care in an effort to structure its  arrangements  with  healthcare  providers to
comply  with these laws.  However,  there can be no  assurance  that all of IHS'
existing or future  arrangements  will  withstand  scrutiny  under the Fraud and
Abuse Laws,  safe harbor  regulations  or other state or federal  legislation or
regulations,  nor can it predict  the effect of such  rules and  regulations  on
these arrangements in particular or on IHS' operations in general.

     The Company's  healthcare  operations  generate  medical waste that must be
disposed of in compliance  with  Federal,  state and local  environmental  laws,
rules and regulations.  The Company's  operations are also subject to compliance
with various other  environmental  laws, rules and regulations.  Such compliance
has not materially  affected,  and the Company  anticipates that such compliance
will not materially  affect,  the Company's  capital  expenditures,  earnings or
competitive position, although there can be no assurance to that effect.


     In addition to extensive existing governmental healthcare regulation, there
are  numerous  initiatives  on the  federal and state  levels for  comprehensive
reforms affecting the payment for and availability of healthcare services. It is
not clear at this time what  proposals,  if any, will be adopted or, if adopted,
what effect such  proposals  would have on the  Company's  business.  Aspects of
certain of these  healthcare  proposals,  such as cutbacks in the  Medicare  and
Medicaid programs, reductions in Medicare reimbursement rates and/or limitations
on reimbursement  rate increases,  containment of healthcare costs on an interim
basis by means  that  could  include a  short-term  freeze on prices  charged by
healthcare   providers,   and  permitting   greater  state  flexibility  in  the
administration of Medicaid, could adversely affect the Company. 


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See "Risk Factors -  Uncertainty  of  Government  Regulation"  and "- Sources of
Revenue." There can be no assurance that currently proposed or future healthcare
legislation  or  other  changes  in  the  administration  or  interpretation  of
governmental healthcare programs will not have an adverse effect on the Company.
Concern  about  the  potential  effects  of the  proposed  reform  measures  has
contributed to the volatility of prices of securities of companies in healthcare
and related  industries,  including the Company,  and may  similarly  affect the
price of the 9 1/2% Notes and the  Company's  Common  Stock in the  future.  The
Company cannot predict the ultimate timing or effect of such legislative efforts
and no  assurance  can be given that any such  efforts  will not have a material
adverse  effect on the Company's  business,  results of operations and financial
condition. 


FEDERAL AND STATE ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS


     SUBSTANTIALLY ALL OF THE COMPANY'S  GERIATRIC CARE FACILITIES ARE CURRENTLY
CERTIFIED TO RECEIVE BENEFITS AS A skilled nursing  facility  provided under the
Health  Insurance  for the  Aged  and  Disabled  Act  (commonly  referred  to as
"Medicare"),   and   substantially   all  are  also  certified   under  programs
administered  by the  various  states  using  federal and state funds to provide
medical  assistance to qualifying needy individuals  ("Medicaid").  Both initial
and continuing  qualification  of a skilled nursing care facility to participate
in such  programs  depend  upon many  factors  including,  among  other  things,
accommodations,  equipment,  services, patient care, safety, personnel, physical
environment, and adequate policies, procedures and controls.


     Services under  Medicare  consist of nursing care,  room and board,  social
services,  physical and occupational therapies,  drugs,  biologicals,  supplies,
surgical, ancillary diagnostic and other necessary services of the type provided
by extended  care or acute care  facilities.  Under the  Medicare  program,  the
federal  government  pays the  reasonable  direct and indirect  allowable  costs
(including  depreciation  and interest) of the services  furnished and,  through
September  30,  1993,  provided a rate of return on equity  capital  (as defined
under  Medicare).  However,  the  Company's  cost of care  for its MSU  patients
generally exceeds regional  reimbursement limits established under Medicare. The
Company  has  submitted  waiver  requests to recover  these  excess  costs.  See
"Sources of Revenue." There can be no assurance,  however, that the Company will
be able to recover its excess costs under the pending  waiver  requests or under
any waiver requests which may be submitted in the future.  The Company's failure
to recover  substantially  all these  excess  costs would  adversely  affect its
results of operations and could adversely  affect its MSU strategy.  Even though
the  Company's  cost of care for its MSU  patients  generally  exceeds  regional
reimbursement limits established under Medicare for nursing homes, the Company's
cost of care is  still  lower  than  the  cost  of such  care in an  acute  care
hospital.

     The Medicare  program  reimburses  for home  healthcare  services under two
basic systems: cost-based and charge-based.  Under the cost-based system, IHS is
reimbursed  at  the  lowest  of  IHS'  reimbursable  costs  (based  on  Medicare
regulations),  cost limits  established  by HCFA or IHS' charges.  While a small
amount of corporate  level overhead is permitted as part of  reimbursable  costs
under Medicare  regulations,  such costs consist  predominantly  of expenses and
charges directly incurred in providing the related services,  and cannot include
any  element  of profit or net  income to IHS.  Under the  charge-based  system,
Medicare  reimburses IHS on a  "prospective  payment"  basis,  which consists in
general of either a fixed fee for a specific  service or a fixed per diem amount
for providing  certain  services.  As a result,  IHS can generate  profit or net
income from Medicare  charge-based  revenues by providing covered services in an
efficient,  cost-effective  manner.  All  nursing  services  (including  related
products)  are  Medicare  cost-based  reimbursed,  except for  nursing  services
provided  to  hospice  patients.  Hospice  care and all  other  home  healthcare
services  (including  non-nursing  related  products) are Medicare  charge-based
reimbursed.

     The  Balanced  Budget  Act  of  1997  provides,  among  other  things,  for
implementation  of a prospective  payment  system for home nursing  services for
cost reporting periods beginning on or after October 1, 1999.  Implementation of
a prospective  payment system will be a critical  element to the success of IHS'
expansion into home nursing services.  Based upon prior  legislative  proposals,
IHS believes  that a  prospective  payment  system  would most likely  provide a
healthcare provider a predetermined rate for a given service, and that providers
with costs below the predetermined  rate will be entitled to keep some or all of
this difference. Under such a prospective payment system, the efficient operator
will be rewarded. Since the largest component of home healthcare costs is labor,
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factor in profitability  will be administrative  costs. As a result of the First
American  Acquisition,  IHS,  as a  large  provider  of home  nursing  services,
believes it should be able to achieve administrative  efficiencies compared with
the small  providers  which  currently  dominate the home  healthcare  industry,
although  there can be no  assurance  it will be able to do so.  There can be no
assurance  that Medicare will  implement a prospective  payment  system for home
nursing  services in the next several  years or at all. The  inability of IHS to
provide home healthcare  services at a cost below the  established  Medicare fee
schedule could have a material adverse effect on IHS' home healthcare operations
and its post-acute  care network.  See "Risk Factors - Risk of Adverse Effect of
Healthcare Reform."


     Under the various Medicaid  programs,  the federal  government  supplements
funds provided by the participating  states for medical assistance to qualifying
needy individuals. The programs are administered by the applicable state welfare
or social service agencies. Although Medicaid programs vary from state to state,
typically  they provide for the payment of certain  expenses,  up to established
limits.  The majority of the MSU programs are not required to participate in the
various state Medicaid programs.  However,  should the Company's MSU programs be
required to admit Medicaid patients as a condition to continued participation in
such programs by the facility in which the MSU program is located, the Company's
results of operations  could be adversely  affected  since the Company's cost of
care  in  its  MSU  programs  is  substantially  in  excess  of  state  Medicaid
reimbursement rates.

     Funds received by IHS under Medicare and Medicaid are subject to audit with
respect  to  the  proper   preparation   of  annual  cost   reports  upon  which
reimbursement  is based.  Such audits can result in  retroactive  adjustments of
revenue from these  programs,  resulting in either amounts due to the government
agency from IHS or amounts due IHS from the government agency.


     Both the  Medicare  and  Medicaid  programs  are subject to  statutory  and
regulatory   changes,   administrative   rulings,   interpretations   of  policy
determinations by insurance  companies acting as Medicare fiscal  intermediaries
and governmental funding  restrictions,  all of which may materially increase or
decrease  the rate of program  payments to  healthcare  facilities.  Since 1985,
Congress  has  consistently  attempted  to limit the growth of federal  spending
under the Medicare and Medicaid programs. The Company can give no assurance that
payments under such programs will in the future remain at a level  comparable to
the  present  level or be  sufficient  to cover the  operating  and fixed  costs
allocable to such patients.  Changes in  reimbursement  levels under Medicare or
Medicaid and changes in applicable governmental  regulations could significantly
affect the Company's results of operations. It is uncertain at this time whether
additional legislation on healthcare reform will be implemented or whether other
changes in the  administration  or  interpretation  of  governmental  healthcare
programs  will  occur.   There  can  be  no  assurance  that  future  healthcare
legislation  or  other  changes  in  the  administration  or  interpretation  of
governmental  healthcare programs will not have an adverse effect on the results
of operations of the Company.  The Company  cannot at this time predict  whether
any  healthcare   reform   legislation  will  be  adopted  or,  if  adopted  and
implemented, what effect, if any, such legislation will have on the Company. See
"Risk Factors - Risk of Adverse Effect of Healthcare Reform."


COMPETITION


     THE HEALTHCARE  INDUSTRY IS HIGHLY COMPETITIVE AND IS SUBJECT TO CONTINUING
CHANGES IN THE  PROVISION  OF services and the  selection  and  compensation  of
providers.  The  Company  competes  on a local and  regional  basis  with  other
providers on the basis of the breadth and quality of its  services,  the quality
of its facilities  and, to a limited  extent,  price.  The Company also competes
with other providers in the acquisition and development of additional facilities
and service providers.  The Company's current and potential  competitors include
national, regional and local operators of geriatric care facilities,  acute care
hospitals  and  rehabilitation  hospitals,  extended  care  centers,  retirement
centers and community  home health  agencies and similar  institutions,  many of
which have significantly greater financial and other resources than the Company.
In  addition,  the  Company  competes  with a  number  of  tax-exempt  nonprofit
organizations  which can  finance  acquisitions  and capital  expenditures  on a
tax-exempt basis or receive charitable contributions unavailable to the Company.
There  can be no  assurance  that  the  Company  will  not  encounter  increased
competition which could adversely affect its business,  results of operations or
financial condition. See "Risk Factors - Competition."




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     The geriatric care facilities operated and managed by the Company primarily
compete on a local and regional  basis with other  skilled care  providers.  The
Company's MSUs primarily  compete on a local basis with acute care and long-term
care  hospitals.  In addition,  some skilled  nursing  facilities have developed
units which provide a greater level of care than the care traditionally provided
by nursing  homes.  The degree of success  with which the  Company's  facilities
compete varies from location to location and depends on a number of factors. The
Company believes that the specialized services and care provided, the quality of
care provided,  the reputation and physical appearance of facilities and, in the
case of private pay patients,  charges for services, are significant competitive
factors.  In light of these  factors,  the Company seeks to meet  competition in
each  locality by  improving  the  appearances  of, and the quality and types of
services provided at, its facilities, establishing a reputation within the local
medical  communities  for providing  competent care services,  and by responding
appropriately  to regional  variations  in  demographics  and  tastes.  There is
limited,  if any,  competition  in price with  respect to Medicaid  and Medicare
patients,  since revenues for services to such patients are strictly  controlled
and  based on  fixed  rates  and  cost  reimbursement  principles.  Because  the
Company's facilities compete primarily on a local and regional basis rather than
a national basis,  the competitive  position of the Company varies from facility
to facility depending upon the types of services and quality of care provided by
facilities with which each of the Company's  facilities compete,  the reputation
of the facilities with which each of the Company's facilities compete, and, with
respect to private pay patients,  the cost of care at facilities with which each
of the Company's facilities compete. 

     The home  healthcare  market is highly  competitive  and is divided among a
large  number of  providers,  some of which are national  providers  but most of
which are either  regional or local  providers.  The Company  believes  that the
primary  competitive  factors are  availability  of personnel,  the price of the
services  and  quality  considerations  such as  responsiveness,  the  technical
ability of the  professional  staff and the  ability  to  provide  comprehensive
services.


     The Company also competes with other healthcare  companies for acquisitions
and management contracts. There can be no assurance that additional acquisitions
can be made and  additional  management  contracts  can be obtained on favorable
terms. 

EMPLOYEES


     AS OF AUGUST 31, 1997, THE COMPANY HAD  APPROXIMATELY  57,000 FULL-TIME AND
REGULAR  PART-TIME  EMPLOYees.  Full-time  and  regular  part-time  service  and
maintenance employees at 17 facilities,  totaling approximately 1,300 employees,
are covered by collective bargaining  agreements.  The Company's corporate staff
consisted of  approximately  1,900 people at such date. The Company believes its
relations with its employees are good. 

     The Company  seeks the highest  quality of  professional  staff within each
market.  Competition in the recruitment of personnel in the healthcare  industry
is intense,  particularly with respect to nurses.  Many areas are already facing
nursing  shortages,  and it is expected that the shortages  will increase in the
future.  Although  the  Company  has,  to date,  been  successful  in hiring and
retaining nurses and rehabilitation professionals, the Company in the future may
experience   difficulty  in  hiring  and  retaining  nurses  and  rehabilitation
professionals.  The Company  believes that its future success and the success of
its MSU programs  will depend in large part upon its  continued  ability to hire
and retain qualified personnel.

INSURANCE

     HEALTHCARE  COMPANIES ARE SUBJECT TO MEDICAL  MALPRACTICE,  PERSONAL INJURY
AND OTHER LIABILITY CLAIMS which are generally covered by insurance. The Company
maintains   liability  insurance  coverage  in  amounts  deemed  appropriate  by
management  based  upon  historical  claims  and the  nature  and  risks  of its
business.  There  can be no  assurance  that a  future  claim  will  not  exceed
insurance  coverage or that such  coverage  will  continue to be  available.  In
addition,  any substantial  increase in the cost of such insurance could have an
adverse  effect on the Company's  business,  results of operations and financial
condition.

LEGAL PROCEEDINGS


     IHS IS FROM TIME TO TIME  INVOLVED IN VARIOUS LEGAL  PROCEEDINGS.  ALTHOUGH
IHS DOES NOT BELIEVE THAT ANY currently  pending  proceeding will materially and
adversely  affect  IHS,  there can be no  assurance  that any  current or future
proceeding will not have a material adverse effect on IHS' financial position or
results of operations. 


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                         DESCRIPTION OF THE NEW NOTES

     The Old  Notes  were  issued,  and the New Notes  will be  issued  under an
indenture  dated as of May 30, 1997 (the  "Indenture"),  between the Company and
First Union  National  Bank,  as trustee (the  "Trustee").  The terms of the New
Notes and the Old Notes will be  substantially  identical to each other,  except
for transferability.  Under the terms of the Indenture, the covenants and events
of  default  will  apply  equally to the New Notes and the Old Notes and the New
Notes and the Old Notes will be treated as one class for all actions to be taken
by the holders thereof and for  determining  their  respective  rights under the
Indenture.  The terms of the New Notes  include those set forth in the Indenture
and those made a part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Identure Act of
1939,  as  amended  and as in effect on the date of the  Indenture  (the  "Trust
Indenture Act"). The following  summaries of certain provisions of the New Notes
and the  Indenture  do not  purport to be  complete  and are subject to, and are
qualified  in their  entirety  by  reference  to, all of the  provisions  of the
Indenture,  including the definition therein of certain terms. Capitalized terms
that are  used but not  otherwise  defined  below  under  the  caption  "Certain
Definitions"  have  the  meaning  assigned  to them in the  Indenture  and  such
definitions are  incorporated  herein by reference.  A copy of the Indenture has
been filed as an exhibit to the Registration  Statement of which this Prospectus
is a part.  The Old Notes and the New Notes are  sometimes  referred  to herein,
collectively, as the "9 1/2% Notes." 


GENERAL


     The 9 1/2% Notes are unsecured  obligations of the Company,  are limited to
$450,000,000  in aggregate  principal  amount and will mature on  September  15,
2007.

     The 9 1/2% Notes bear interest at the rate of 9 1/2% per annum from May 30,
1997 or from the most recent  payment  date to which  interest  has been paid or
provided for,  payable on March 15 and September 15 of each year,  commencing on
September  15,  1997,  to  holders  of record  (the  "Holders")  at the close of
business on February 28 or August 31, as the case may be, immediately  preceding
the relevant interest payment date.

     Principal,  premium,  if any,  and  interest  on the 9 1/2%  Notes  will be
payable (i) in respect of 9 1/2% Notes in book-entry  form held of record by the
Depository  Trust Company ("DTC") or its nominee,  in same day funds on or prior
to the payment  dates with respect to such amounts and (ii) in respect of 9 1/2%
Notes issued in certificated  form, at the office of the Trustee by check mailed
to the registered  addresses of the Holders (provided that payments will be made
by wire transfer to any Holder that provides wire instructions to the Company at
least five business days prior to a payment  date),  and the 9 1/2% Notes may be
presented for registration of transfer or exchange at the office of the Trustee.
Initially,  the Trustee will act as the Paying Agent and the Registrar under the
Indenture.  The Company or any of its  Subsidiaries  may subsequently act as the
Paying Agent and the Registrar,  and the Company may change any Paying Agent and
any Registrar without prior notice to the Holders.

     The 9 1/2% Notes  will be  issued  only in  denominations  of $1,000 or any
integral  multiple  thereof.  No service charge will be made for any transfer or
exchange  of the 9 1/2% Notes,  but the  Company  may  require  payment of a sum
sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental  charge and any other expenses
(including  the  fees  and  expenses  of  the  Trustee)  payable  in  connection
therewith.

     All monies paid by the  Company to the Trustee or any Paying  Agent for the
payment of principal of and premium and interest on any 9 1/2% Note which remain
unclaimed for two years after such principal, premium or interest become due and
payable  may be  repaid to the  Company.  Thereafter,  each  Holder  may,  as an
unsecured general creditor, look only to the Company for payment thereof.

     The  9 1/2% Notes  rank  pari  passu  with  the  Company's  10 1/4%  Senior
Subordinated Notes due 2006, the Company's 9 5/8% Senior  Subordinated Notes due
2002, Series A and the Company's 10 3/4% Senior  Subordinated Notes due 2004 and
rank senior to the Company's 5 3/4% Convertible Senior  Subordinated  Debentures
due 2001 and the Company's 6% Convertible  Subordinated  Debentures due 2003 and
all  other  Indebtedness  of the  Company  which  expressly  provides  that such
Indebtedness shall not be senior in right of payment to the 9 1/2% Notes.



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OPTIONAL REDEMPTION OF THE 9 1/2% NOTES

     The 9 1/2% Notes may not be redeemed by the Company  prior to September 15,
2002. Thereafter, the 9 1/2% Notes may be redeemed at the option of the Company,
in  whole  or  in  part,  at  the  following  redemption  prices  (expressed  as
percentages of principal amount),  plus accrued interest, if any, to the date of
redemption: 




<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
            IF REDEEMED DURING THE                 REDEMPTION
          12-MONTH PERIOD COMMENCING                 PRICE
- ------------------------------------------------   -----------
<S>                                                <C>
       September 15, 2002  .....................   104.750%
       September 15, 2003  .....................   103.167%
       September 15, 2004  .....................   101.583%
       September 15, 2005 and thereafter  ......       100%
</TABLE>



     Notwithstanding  the foregoing,  the Company may redeem in the aggregate up
to  $150,000,000  principal  amount of 9 1/2% Notes at any time and from time to
time prior to September  15, 2000 at a redemption  price equal to 108.50% of the
aggregate principal amount so redeemed,  plus accrued interest to the redemption
date,  out of the net cash  proceeds  of one or more  Public  Equity  Offerings;
provided that at least  $300,000,000  aggregate principal amount of 9 1/2% Notes
originally  issued remains  outstanding  immediately after the occurrence of any
such redemption and that any such redemption occurs within 60 days following the
closing of any such Public Equity Offering.

     If less  than  all of the  9 1/2% Notes  are to be  redeemed  at any  time,
selection  of the 9 1/2% Notes to be redeemed  will be made by the Trustee  from
among the  outstanding 9 1/2% Notes on a pro rata basis, by lot or in such other
manner as the Trustee shall deem fair and equitable;  provided, however, that in
the case of an Asset  Sale  Offer or if a  partial  redemption  is made with the
proceeds  of a  Public  Equity Offering,  selection  of  the  9 1/2%  Notes  for
redemption  shall be made on a pro rata basis,  unless such method is  otherwise
prohibited.  Notice of  redemption  will be mailed at least 30 days but not more
than 60 days before the redemption date to each Holder whose 9 1/2% Notes are to
be  redeemed  at the  registered  address  of  such  Holder.  On and  after  the
redemption  date,  interest  shall cease to accrue  on the  9 1/2%  Notes or the
portions thereof called for redemption.


PURCHASE OF 9 1/2% NOTES UPON CHANGE IN CONTROL

     THE INDENTURE WILL PROVIDE THAT IF A CHANGE IN CONTROL OCCURS,  EACH HOLDER
WILL HAVE THE RIGHT TO REQUIRE that the Company repurchase  such Holder's 9 1/2%
Notes,  in whole or in part, at a purchase  price equal to 101% of the principal
amount  thereof,  plus accrued and unpaid  interest,  if any, to the  repurchase
date, in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Indenture. See "Certain
Covenants - Change in Control." 


Subordination


     The  Indebtedness evidenced by the 9 1/2% Notes is subordinated in right of
payment, to the extent set forth in the Indenture,  to the prior payment in full
in cash of all existing and future Senior  Indebtedness of the Company,  whether
outstanding on the date of issuance of the Old Notes or thereafter incurred.

     The Indenture  provides that in the event of any payment or distribution of
assets of the  Company  of any kind or  character  made in  connection  with any
insolvency or bankruptcy case or proceeding,  or any receivership,  liquidation,
reorganization  or other similar case or  proceeding  in  connection  therewith,
relating to the Company or its assets, or any liquidation,  dissolution or other
winding-up of the Company,  whether voluntary or involuntary,  or any assignment
for the benefit of creditors or other  marshalling  of assets or  liabilities of
the Company, or in the event of the  acceleration  of the maturity of the 9 1/2%
Notes, all Senior Indebtedness of the Company (including any interest on and all
other  amounts  accruing  under  or with  respect  to such  Senior  Indebtedness
subsequent  to the  filing of a  petition  for  bankruptcy  whether  or not such
interest or other amount is an allowed  claim) must be paid in full in cash,  or
such payment  shall be duly provided for to the  satisfaction  of the holders of
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ness, before any payment or distribution is made on account of the principal of,
premium,  if any, or interest on the 9 1/2% Notes, or for the acquisition by the
Company  or any of its  Subsidiaries  of any of the 9 1/2%  Notes  for  cash  or
property  or  otherwise,  and until all Senior  Indebtedness  is paid in full in
cash,  any  distribution  to which  the  holders  of the 9 1/2%  Notes  would be
entitled  shall be made to the  holders  of  Senior  Indebtedness  (except  that
holders of the 9 1/2% Notes may receive payments of amounts previously deposited
in trust in accordance with the defeasance provisions of the Indenture described
under "Satisfaction and Discharge").


     During the continuance of any default in the payment of principal, premium,
if any,  interest on or any other  amount due under or with  respect to any Bank
Debt or any Senior  Indebtedness (other than Bank Debt) in excess of $20 million
beyond any applicable  grace period,  no direct or indirect payment (except that
holders of the 9 1/2% Notes may receive payments of amounts previously deposited
in trust in accordance with the defeasance provisions of the Indenture described
under  "Satisfaction and Discharge") by or on behalf of the Company or any other
Person on its  behalf of any kind or  character  may be made on  account  of the
principal of,  premium,  if any, or interest on, or the purchase,  redemption or
other  acquisition  of, the 9 1/2% Notes  unless and until such default has been
cured or waived or has ceased to exist or such  Senior  Indebtedness  shall have
been paid in full in cash.


     In  addition,  no  payment  (except  that  holders  of the 9 1/2% Notes may
receive payments of amounts previously deposited in trust in accordance with the
defeasance  provisions  of  the  Indenture  described  under  "Satisfaction  and
Discharge")  of any kind or  character  may be made by the Company on account of
the principal of, premium,  if any, or interest on, or the purchase,  redemption
or other  acquisition  of, the 9 1/2% Notes for the period  specified below (the
"Payment Blockage  Period") if there has occurred a default,  or if such payment
would  result in an event of default,  with respect to the  financial  covenants
under the Credit Agreement.  These financial  covenants may be changed from time
to time by the banks  that are party to the  Credit  Agreement  and the  Company
without the consent of the Holders of the 9 1/2% Notes,  and such changes may be
adverse to the Holders of the 9 1/2% Notes and may result in the  Company  being
prohibited from making  payments on account of the principal of, or premium,  if
any, or interest on the 9 1/2% Notes or upon a Change in Control  Repurchase  or
an Asset Sale Offer.


     The Payment  Blockage  Period shall  commence upon the receipt of notice by
the Company or the Trustee  from the Bank Agent and shall end on the earliest to
occur of the  following  events:  (i) 179 days has elapsed  since the receipt of
such notice, (ii) such default with respect to the financial covenants under the
Credit  Agreement  is cured or waived  or ceases to exist,  or such Bank Debt is
discharged, (iii) the date on which the maturity of any Indebtedness (other than
Senior  Indebtedness)  shall have been  accelerated by virtue of such event,  or
(iv) such Payment  Blockage  Period shall have been terminated by written notice
to the Company or the Trustee from the Bank Agent, after which the Company shall
promptly  resume  making any and all required  payments in respect of the 9 1/2%
Notes,  including any missed  payments.  Only one Payment  Blockage  Period with
respect to the Notes may be commenced within any 365 consecutive day period.  No
default with respect to the financial  covenants under the Credit Agreement that
existed  or was  continuing  on the  date  of the  commencement  of any  Payment
Blockage  Period  will be, or can be, made the basis for the  commencement  of a
second  Payment  Blockage  Period,  whether  or  not  within  a  period  of  365
consecutive  days,  unless such default has been cured or waived for a period of
not less than 90 consecutive  days. In no event will a Payment  Blockage  Period
extend beyond 179 days from the receipt by the Trustee of the notice  initiating
such Payment  Blockage  Period and there must be a 186 consecutive day period in
any 365 day period during which no Payment Blockage Period is in effect.


     If the  Company  fails to make any  payment on the 9 1/2% Notes when due or
within any  applicable  grace  period,  whether or not on account of the payment
blockage provisions referred to above, such failure would constitute an Event of
Default  under the Indenture and would enable the holders of the 9 1/2% Notes to
accelerate the maturity thereof. See "- Events of Default."


     By reason of such subordination, in the event of liquidation or insolvency,
creditors  of the  Company who are  holders of Senior  Indebtedness  may recover
more,  ratably,  than the holders of the 9 1/2% Notes,  and funds which would be
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to the holders of the Senior  Indebtedness  to the extent  necessary  to pay the
Senior  Indebtedness  in full in cash  prior to the  payment of any funds to the
holders of the 9 1/2% Notes. As a result,  the Company may be unable to meet its
obligations  fully  with  respect  to the 9 1/2%  Notes.  See  "Risk  Factors  -
Subordination of the 9 1/2% Notes; Holding Company Structure."

     The 9 1/2% Notes are  obligations  exclusively  of the Company,  which is a
holding  company.  Since the  operations of the Company are currently  conducted
principally  through  Subsidiaries,  the  cash  flow  of  the  Company  and  the
consequent  ability  to  service  its  debt,  including  the 9 1/2%  Notes,  are
dependent upon the earnings of such  Subsidiaries  and the distribution of those
earnings  to the  Company,  or upon  loans  or other  payments  of funds by such
Subsidiaries to the Company.  The  Subsidiaries  are separate and distinct legal
entities and have no obligation, contingent or otherwise, to pay any amounts due
pursuant to the 9 1/2% Notes or to make any funds available therefor, whether by
dividends,  loans or other payments.  In addition,  the payment of dividends and
certain loans and advances to the Company by such Subsidiaries may be subject to
certain statutory or contractual restrictions,  are contingent upon the earnings
of such  Subsidiaries  and are subject to various business  considerations.  See
"Risk Factors - Subordination of the 9 1/2% Notes; Holding Company Structure."

     The 9 1/2% Notes will be effectively  subordinated to all  Indebtedness and
other   liabilities  and  commitments   (including   trade  payables  and  lease
obligations) of the Company's Subsidiaries.  Any right of the Company to receive
assets of any such Subsidiary upon the liquidation or reorganization of any such
Subsidiary  (and the  consequent  right of the  Holders  of the 9 1/2%  Notes to
participate in those assets) will be effectively  subordinated  to the claims of
that  Subsidiary's  creditors,  except to the extent  that the Company is itself
recognized  as a creditor  of such  Subsidiary,  in which case the claims of the
Company  would still be  subordinate  to any security  interest in the assets of
such Subsidiary and any  Indebtedness of such Subsidiary  senior to that held by
the Company.

     The  Indenture  does  not  limit  or  prohibit  the  incurrence  of  Senior
Indebtedness if certain coverage tests are met and, in any case,  whether or not
such coverage  tests are met, will not restrict the incurrence of certain Senior
Indebtedness,  and the Company expects to incur Senior Indebtedness from time to
time  in  the  future.  At  June  30,  1997,  the  aggregate  amount  of  Senior
Indebtedness  outstanding  and  the  aggregate  amount  of  Indebtedness  of the
Company's Subsidiaries (excluding intercompany indebtedness) to which the 9 1/2%
Notes are  effectively  subordinated  as of such date was  approximately  $359.4
million. In addition, the 9 1/2% Notes are effectively subordinated to the lease
obligations of the Company's  Subsidiaries,  which aggregated  $212.1 million at
June 30, 1997, and other  liabilities,  including trade payables,  the amount of
which could be material.  At June 30, 1997, $150.1 million of indebtedness ranks
pari passu with the 9 1/2% Notes  ($650.1  million  after  giving  effect to the
isssuance of the 9 1/4% Senior Notes). 

Certain Covenants


     The Indenture contains, among others, the following covenants:

     Limitations on Additional Indebtedness.  The Indenture provides that, after
the date of the Indenture,  the Company will not, and will not permit any of its
Subsidiaries  to,  directly  or  indirectly,   create,   incur,  issue,  assume,
guarantee,  extend the maturity of, or otherwise  become  liable with respect to
(collectively,   "incur"),  any  Indebtedness   (including  without  limitation,
Acquired  Indebtedness),  unless  after giving  effect  thereto,  the  Company's
Consolidated Coverage Ratio on the date thereof would be at least:


        (i) 2.00 to 1, if such date is on or prior to March 31, 1998,

        (ii)  2.25 to 1, if such date is after March 31, 1998 and on or prior to
March 31, 1999, and

       (iii) 2.50 to 1, if such date is after March 31, 1999,

in each  case  determined  on a pro  forma  basis as if the  incurrence  of such
additional  Indebtedness  and the application of the net proceeds  therefrom had
occurred at the  beginning  of the  four-quarter  period used to  calculate  the
Company's Consolidated Coverage Ratio.

     Notwithstanding the foregoing: (a) the Company and its Subsidiaries may (i)
incur  Indebtedness  under one or more Credit  Facilities  not to exceed  $700.0
million at any one time outstanding; (ii) incur Refinancing Indebtedness;  (iii)
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iary or of any Subsidiary to the Company or to any Wholly Owned Subsidiary; (iv)
incur any  Indebtedness  evidenced  by letters  of credit  which are used in the
ordinary  course of  business  of the  Company  and its  Subsidiaries  to secure
workers'  compensation and other insurance coverages;  and (v) incur Capitalized
Lease  Obligations of the Company and its  Subsidiaries  such that the aggregate
principal  amount  of  Capitalized  Lease  Obligations  of the  Company  and its
Subsidiaries then  outstanding,  when added to the Capitalized Lease Obligations
to be incurred,  does not exceed 5% of Consolidated Tangible Assets; and (b) the
Company  and its  Subsidiaries  may  incur  additional  Indebtedness  (including
additional  Indebtedness  under any Credit  Facility  that is designated in such
Credit Facility as incurred under this clause (b)),  provided that the aggregate
principal  amount of any such  additional  Indebtedness  outstanding  under this
clause (b) at any time,  together with the liquidation  value of any outstanding
Subsidiary Preferred Stock, does not exceed $75.0 million.

     No  Subsidiary  of the Company  shall  Guarantee  any  Indebtedness  of the
Company  (including by way of pledge of assets) that is  subordinate in right of
payment to any Senior  Indebtedness unless such Subsidiary also Guarantees the 9
1/2% Notes and waives,  and will not claim or take  advantage  of, any rights of
reimbursement,  indemnity or subrogation  against the Company as a result of any
payment by such  Subsidiary  under its  Guarantee  of the 9 1/2% Notes.  If such
other  Indebtedness of the Company is (1) pari passu with the 9 1/2% Notes, such
Guarantee of such pari passu  Indebtedness shall be pari passu with or expressly
subordinated to such Guarantee of the 9 1/2% Notes, or (2) subordinated in right
of payment to the 9 1/2% Notes, such Guarantee of such subordinated Indebtedness
shall be expressly  subordinated to such Guarantee of the 9 1/2% Notes, at least
to the extent that such  subordinated  Indebtedness is subordinated or junior to
the 9 1/2% Notes.  Notwithstanding  the  foregoing,  any Guarantee of the 9 1/2%
Notes by a  Subsidiary  of the Company may provide by its terms that it shall be
automatically  and  unconditionally  released and discharged upon the release or
discharge of the Guarantee  which  resulted in the creation of such Guarantee of
the 9 1/2%  Notes,  except a  discharge  or release by or as a result of payment
under such  Guarantee of such other  Indebtedness  or if any other  Guarantee of
other Indebtedness is outstanding.

     LIMITATIONS ON SUBSIDIARY  PREFERRED  STOCK.  The Indenture  provides that,
after  the  date of the  Indenture,  the  Company  will  not  permit  any of its
Subsidiaries to issue any Preferred Stock (other than to the Company or a Wholly
Owned Subsidiary) or permit any Person (other than the Company or a Wholly Owned
Subsidiary)  to own or hold  any  interest  in any  Preferred  Stock of any such
Subsidiary  (other  than  Preferred  Stock  issued  prior  to  the  date  of the
Indenture),  unless the  Subsidiary  would be  permitted  to incur  Indebtedness
pursuant to the  provisions  of the  "Limitations  on  Additional  Indebtedness"
covenant in the aggregate  principal  amount equal to the aggregate  liquidation
value of such Preferred Stock.

     LIMITATIONS   ON  RESTRICTED  PAYMENTS. The  Indenture  provides  that  the
Company  will  not,  and  will  not  permit any of its Subsidiaries, directly or
indirectly,  to  make  any  Restricted Payment if at the time of such Restricted
Payment:


       (i)  a  Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing
   or shall occur as a consequence thereof;


       (ii) after giving effect to the proposed Restricted  Payment,  the amount
   of such  Restricted  Payment,  when  added  to the  aggregate  amount  of all
   Restricted  Payments made after May 15, 1996,  exceeds the sum of: (1) 50% of
   the Company's  Consolidated  Net Income accrued during the period (taken as a
   single  period)  commencing  May 15, 1996,  to and  including the most recent
   fiscal quarter ended immediately prior to the date of such Restricted Payment
   and for which  financial  results have been reported  (or, if such  aggregate
   Consolidated  Net  Income  shall be a deficit,  minus 100% of such  aggregate
   deficit);  (2) the net  cash  proceeds  from  the  issuance  and  sale of the
   Company's (a) Capital  Stock that is not  Disqualified  Stock,  including net
   cash  proceeds  received  upon the  exercise  of any  options or  warrants to
   purchase shares of Capital Stock other than Disqualified Stock (other than to
   a Subsidiary of the  Company),  and (b) debt  securities or other  securities
   that are  convertible or exercisable or  exchangeable  for such Capital Stock
   that is not  Disqualified  Stock and that have been so converted or exercised
   or exchanged, after May 15, 1996; (3) aggregate net cash proceeds received by
   the Company after the date of the Indenture as capital  contributions  to the
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       (iii)  the  Company  would  not be able to incur an  additional  $1.00 of
   Indebtedness  under the  Consolidated  Coverage Ratio in the  "Limitations on
   Additional Indebtedness" covenant.


Notwithstanding  the  foregoing,  the provisions of the Indenture do not prevent
the following  Restricted  Payments  (provided,  however,  that such  Restricted
Payments  shall be included for purposes of computing  the amount of  Restricted
Payments previously made under clause (ii) of the preceding paragraph):


       (x) the  payment  of any  dividend  within  60  days  after  the  date of
   declaration  thereof if the  payment  thereof  would have  complied  with the
   limitations of this covenant on the date of declaration; and

       (y) the purchase of stock held by officers, directors or employees of the
   Company whose  employment or term with the Company has been terminated or who
   have died or become disabled in an aggregate  amount not to exceed $5 million
   in any fiscal year.


     LIMITATIONS  ON  RESTRICTIONS  ON  DISTRIBUTIONS  FROM  SUBSIDIARIES.   The
Indenture  provides  that the Company  will not,  and will not permit any of its
Subsidiaries  to,  create  or  otherwise  cause or  suffer  to  exist or  become
effective any consensual  encumbrance or restriction (other than encumbrances or
restrictions imposed by law or by judicial or regulatory action or by provisions
in leases or other  agreements that restrict the  assignability  thereof) on the
ability of any  Subsidiary of the Company to (i) pay dividends or make any other
distributions on its Capital Stock or any other interest or participation in, or
measured by, its profits, owned by the Company or any of its other Subsidiaries,
or pay interest on or principal of any  Indebtedness  owed to the Company or any
of its other Subsidiaries,  (ii) make loans or advances to the Company or any of
its other  Subsidiaries or (iii) transfer any of its properties or assets to the
Company  or  any  of  its  other   Subsidiaries,   except  for  encumbrances  or
restrictions  existing  under or by reason of (a)  applicable  law, (b) Existing
Indebtedness,  (c) any restrictions under any agreement  evidencing any Acquired
Indebtedness  that was  permitted  to be  incurred  pursuant  to the  Indenture,
provided that such  restrictions and encumbrances only apply to assets that were
subject to such  restrictions or  encumbrances  prior to the acquisition of such
assets by the Company or its  Subsidiaries,  (d)  restrictions  or  encumbrances
replacing those permitted by clause (b) or (c) which,  taken as a whole, are not
more  restrictive,  (e) the Indenture,  (f) any  restrictions  and  encumbrances
arising  in  connection  with  Refinancing   Indebtedness,   provided  that  any
restrictions and encumbrances of the type described in this paragraph that arise
under such Refinancing  Indebtedness are not, taken as a whole, more restrictive
than those under the agreement  creating or evidencing  the  Indebtedness  being
refunded or refinanced, (g) any restrictions with respect to a Subsidiary of the
Company imposed pursuant to an agreement that has been entered into for the sale
or other  disposition of all or substantially all of the Capital Stock or assets
of such Subsidiary,  (h) any agreement restricting the sale or other disposition
of property securing  Indebtedness if such agreement does not expressly restrict
the ability of a  Subsidiary  of the Company to pay  dividends  or make loans or
advances  and (i)  customary  restrictions  in  purchase  money  debt or  leases
relating to the property covered thereby.

     LIMITATIONS  ON CERTAIN  OTHER  SUBORDINATED  INDEBTEDNESS.  The  Indenture
provides that the Company shall not create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any
Indebtedness that is subordinate in right of payment to any Senior  Indebtedness
unless such Indebtedness by its terms or the terms of the instrument creating or
evidencing  such  Indebtedness  is  subordinate in right of payment to, or ranks
pari passu with, the 9 1/2% Notes.

     LIMITATIONS ON SUBSIDIARIES  AND UNRESTRICTED  SUBSIDIARIES.  The Indenture
provides that the Company may, by written  notice to the Trustee,  designate any
Subsidiary  (including a newly  acquired or a newly formed  Subsidiary) to be an
Unrestricted  Subsidiary;  provided,  however,  that (i) no  Default or Event of
Default shall have occurred and be  continuing  or would arise  therefrom,  (ii)
such  designation,  when  considered  as an  Investment as described in the next
sentence,  is  at  that  time  permitted  under  the  covenant  described  under
"Limitations on Restricted  Payments" and (iii)  immediately after giving effect
to such  designation,  the Company could incur $1.00 of additional  Indebtedness
pursuant  to  the  covenant   described   under   "Limitations   on   Additional
Indebtedness."  For purposes of the covenant  described  under  "Limitations  on
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have been  made at the time any  Subsidiary  is  designated  as an  Unrestricted
Subsidiary  in an  amount  (proportionate  to the  Company's  percentage  Equity
Interest in such  Subsidiary)  equal to the net worth of such  Subsidiary at the
time that such Subsidiary is designated as an Unrestricted  Subsidiary;  (ii) at
any date the aggregate  amount of all  Restricted  Payments made as  Investments
since May 15, 1996 shall exclude and be reduced by an amount  (proportionate  to
the Company's  percentage  Equity Interest in such Subsidiary)  equal to the net
worth  of any  Unrestricted  Subsidiary  from  and  after  the  date  that  such
Unrestricted  Subsidiary is designated a Subsidiary,  not to exceed, in the case
of any such  redesignation  of an Unrestricted  Subsidiary as a Subsidiary,  the
amount of Investments  previously  made by the Company and its  Subsidiaries  in
such  Unrestricted  Subsidiary (in the case of either clauses (i) or (ii) above,
"net worth" to be  calculated  based upon the fair market value of the assets of
such  Subsidiary  as of any such date of  designation);  and (iii) any  property
transferred to or from an  Unrestricted  Subsidiary  shall be valued at its fair
market  value at the time of such  transfer.  As of the date of  issuance of the
9 1/2% Notes, there shall exist no Unrestricted Subsidiaries.

     The Indenture  provides that  notwithstanding  the foregoing,  the Board of
Directors of the Company may not designate  any  Subsidiary of the Company to be
an Unrestricted  Subsidiary if, after such  designation,  (a) the Company or any
Subsidiary of the Company  provides  credit  support for, or a guarantee of, any
Indebtedness  or other  obligation  (contingent or otherwise) of such Subsidiary
(including any undertaking, agreement or instrument evidencing such Indebtedness
or  obligation) or is otherwise  subject to recourse or obligated  thereunder or
therefor,  (b) a default with  respect to any  Indebtedness  of such  Subsidiary
(including  any right  which the holders  thereof  may have to take  enforcement
action  against such  Subsidiary)  would permit (upon  notice,  lapse of time or
both) any holder of any other  Indebtedness  of the Company or any Subsidiary of
the Company to declare a default on such other Indebtedness or cause the payment
thereof to be  accelerated  or  payable  prior to its final  scheduled  maturity
(whether or not any such default had occurred or was  continuing  as of the time
of such designation),  (c) such Subsidiary owns any Equity Interests in, or owns
or holds any Lien on any property of, any  Subsidiary  which is not a Subsidiary
of the  Subsidiary to be so  designated,  (d) such  Subsidiary has any contract,
arrangement,  agreement or understanding with the Company,  or any Subsidiary of
the Company,  whether written or oral, other than a transaction  having terms no
less favorable to the Company or such Subsidiary of the Company than those which
might be  obtained  at the  time  from  persons  who are not  Affiliates  of the
Company,  or (e) the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company has any obligation
to  subscribe  for any Equity  Interest  in such  Subsidiary  or to  maintain or
preserve such  Subsidiary's  financial  condition or to cause such Subsidiary to
achieve specified levels of operating results.

     LIMITATIONS ON TRANSACTIONS  WITH AFFILIATES.  The Indenture  provides that
neither  the Company nor any of its  Subsidiaries  will make any loan,  advance,
guarantee  or capital  contribution  to, or for the benefit of, or sell,  lease,
transfer or otherwise  dispose of any of its properties or assets to, or for the
benefit of, or purchase or lease any property or assets  from,  or enter into or
amend any contract,  agreement or understanding with, or for the benefit of, any
Affiliate  of the  Company  or any of its  Subsidiaries  or any  Person  (or any
Affiliate  of such  Person)  holding  10% or more of the  Common  Equity  of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries (each an "Affiliate Transaction"), unless (i)
such  Affiliate   Transactions   are  between  or  among  the  Company  and  its
Subsidiaries,  (ii) such Affiliate  Transactions  are in the ordinary  course of
business and consistent  with past practice or (iii) the terms of such Affiliate
Transactions are fair and reasonable to the Company or such  Subsidiary,  as the
case may be, and are at least as  favorable as the terms which could be obtained
by the  Company  or  such  Subsidiary,  as the  case  may  be,  in a  comparable
transaction made on an arm's-length basis between  unaffiliated  parties. In the
event of any transaction or series of transactions  occurring  subsequent to the
date of the  Indenture  with an Affiliate of the Company  which is not permitted
under clauses (i) or (ii) above and involves in excess of $5 million,  the terms
of such  transaction  shall be in writing  and a majority  of the  disinterested
members  of the  Board of  Directors  shall by  resolution  determine  that such
business or transaction meets the criteria set forth in clause (iii) above.

     Limitations on Liens. The Indenture provides that the Company will not, and
will not permit any Subsidiary  to,  directly or  indirectly,  create,  incur or
affirm any Lien of any kind  securing  any  Indebtedness  which is pari passu or
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any  assumption,  guarantee  or other  liability  with  respect  thereto  by any
Subsidiary) upon any property or assets  (including any  intercompany  notes) of
the Company or any  Subsidiary  owned on the date of the  Indenture  or acquired
after the date of the Indenture, or any income or profits therefrom,  unless the
9 1/2% Notes are directly  secured  equally and ratably with (or, in the case of
subordinated  Indebtedness,  prior or  senior  thereto,  with the same  relative
priority  as the 9 1/2%  Notes  shall  have with  respect  to such  subordinated
Indebtedness)  the obligation or liability secured by such Lien except for Liens
(A)  securing  any  Indebtedness  which  became   Indebtedness   pursuant  to  a
transaction  permitted  under "- Limitations on Mergers and  Consolidations"  or
securing Acquired  Indebtedness  which, in each case, were created prior to (and
not created in connection with, or in  contemplation  of) the incurrence of such
pari passu  Indebtedness  or  subordinated  Indebtedness  by the  Company or any
Subsidiary  and  which   Indebtedness  is  permitted  under  the  provisions  of
"Limitations on Additional Indebtedness," (B) securing any Indebtedness incurred
in connection with any  refinancing,  renewal,  substitutions or replacements of
any such  Indebtedness  described  in clause (A), or (C) created in favor of the
Company;  provided,  however,  that in the case of clauses (A) and (B), any such
Lien only  extends to the assets that were  subject to such Lien  securing  such
Indebtedness   prior  to  the  related   acquisition   by  the  Company  or  its
Subsidiaries.


     Limitations  on Asset Sales.  The Indenture  provides that the Company will
not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries  to,  consummate any Asset Sale
unless (i) the Company or its Subsidiaries receive  consideration at the time of
such Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market value of the assets or Capital
Stock  included in such Asset Sale (as  determined in good faith by the Board of
Directors,  whose  determination  shall be  conclusive  and evidenced by a board
resolution) and (ii) not less than 50% of such  consideration  is in the form of
cash or Cash Equivalents (provided,  however, that this clause (ii) shall not be
applicable to a transaction involving assets acquired and designated as held for
sale,  which assets represent in aggregate since the date of the Indenture 5% or
less  of the  net  tangible  assets  previously  acquired  by the  Company  or a
Subsidiary  pursuant to  acquisitions  since the date of the Indenture and which
assets  are  disposed  of  no  later  than  one  year  following  their  initial
acquisition).  The  Indenture  further  provides  that the Net Proceeds of Asset
Sales shall, within 360 days of receipt thereof,  (i) be reinvested in the lines
of business of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries  immediately prior to such
investment; (ii) be applied to the payment of the principal of, and interest on,
Senior  Indebtedness;  (iii) be  utilized  to make any  Investment  in any other
Person permitted under the Indenture;  or (iv) be applied to an offer (an "Asset
Sale Offer") to purchase outstanding 9 1/2% Notes. In any such Asset Sale Offer,
the Company  shall  offer to  purchase 9 1/2% Notes on a pro rata basis,  unless
such  method  is  otherwise  prohibited  (in which  case the 9 1/2%  Notes to be
purchased  shall be selected by lot or in such other manner as the Trustee shall
deem fair and  equitable),  at a purchase  price equal to 100% of the  aggregate
principal  amount of the 9 1/2% Notes,  plus accrued and unpaid  interest to the
date of purchase, in the manner set forth in the Indenture. Any Asset Sale Offer
will be conducted in compliance  with applicable  tender offer rules,  including
Section  14(e) of the Exchange Act and Rule 14e-1  thereunder.  Any Net Proceeds
remaining  immediately  after the completion of any Asset Sale Offer may be used
by the Company or its  Subsidiaries  for any purpose not  inconsistent  with the
other provisions of the Indenture.  The Company's  ability to make an Asset Sale
Offer may be limited by the terms of the Company's  Senior  Indebtedness and the
subordination provisions of the Indenture.


     Notwithstanding the provisions of the immediately preceding paragraph,  the
Company and its  Subsidiaries  may, in the ordinary  course of business  (or, if
otherwise than in the ordinary  course of business,  upon receipt of a favorable
written opinion from an independent  financial advisor of national reputation as
to the fairness from a financial point of view to the Company or such Subsidiary
of the  proposed  transaction),  exchange  all  or a  portion  of its  property,
businesses or assets for  property,  businesses or assets that, or Capital Stock
of a Person all or  substantially  all of whose assets,  are of a type used in a
healthcare related business,  or a combination of any such property,  businesses
or  assets,  or  Capital  Stock of such a Person  and cash or Cash  Equivalents;
provided that (i) there shall not exist immediately prior or subsequent  thereto
a Default or an Event of Default,  (ii) a majority of the disinterested  members
of the Board of Directors of the Company shall have approved a resolution of the
Board of Directors that such exchange is fair to the Company or such Subsidiary,
as the case may be, and (iii) any cash or Cash 


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Equivalents  received  pursuant  to any such  exchange  shall be  applied in the
manner  applicable  to Net Proceeds of Asset Sales as set forth  pursuant to the
provisions of the immediately preceding paragraph;  and provided,  further, that
any Capital  Stock of a Person  received  in such an  exchange  pursuant to this
paragraph  shall be owned directly by the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company
and, when  combined  with the Capital Stock of such Person  already owned by the
Company and its  Subsidiaries,  shall  result in such  Person  becoming a Wholly
Owned Subsidiary of the Company.


     CHANGE IN CONTROL. If a Change in Control occurs, each Holder will have the
right to require that the Company repurchase (a "Change in Control  Repurchase")
such  Holder's  9 1/2% Notes at a  purchase  price  payable in cash in an amount
equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof,  plus accrued and unpaid interest
thereon,  if any, to the repurchase  date, in accordance with the procedures set
forth in the Indenture.

     Within 30 days after any Change in Control, the Company shall mail a notice
to each Holder  stating (i) that a Change in Control has  occurred and that such
Holder has the right to require the Company to  repurchase  such Holder's 9 1/2%
Notes in cash,  (ii) the date of  repurchase  (which shall be no earlier than 30
days nor  later  than 60 days from the date such  notice is  mailed),  (iii) the
purchase price for the repurchase,  and (iv) the instructions  determined by the
Company,  consistent  with this covenant,  that a Holder must follow in order to
have its 9 1/2% Notes  repurchased.  Any Change in  Control  Repurchase  will be
conducted in compliance with applicable  tender offer rules,  including  Section
14(e) of the Exchange Act and Rule 14e-1 thereunder.

     The Indenture  provides  that,  without the consent of Holders of 662/3% of
the aggregate  principal  amount of the outstanding 9 1/2% Notes,  the Indenture
may not be amended  to  adversely  affect  the right of  Holders to require  the
Company  to  repurchase  the 9 1/2% Notes  upon a Change in  Control.  A Default
resulting from a failure to comply with the Change in Control  provisions may be
waived  with the  consent of Holders of a majority  of the  aggregate  principal
amount of the 9 1/2% Notes outstanding. The Change in Control Repurchase may not
be modified or conditioned in any manner.

     A Change  in  Control  or a Change  in  Control  Repurchase  may  cause the
acceleration of other  indebtedness of the Company.  In the event of a Change in
Control Repurchase and a simultaneous  acceleration of other  indebtedness,  the
Company may not be able to meet all of its debt payment obligations.  Failure by
the Company to repurchase the 9 1/2% Notes when required will result in an Event
of Default with respect to the 9 1/2% Notes  whether or not such  repurchase  is
permitted  by the  subordination  provisions  of the  Indenture.  The  Company's
ability  to make a Change in Control  Repurchase  may be limited by the terms of
the  Company's  Senior  Indebtedness  and the  subordination  provisions  of the
Indenture.

     The Change in Control provisions described above may deter certain mergers,
tender offers and other takeover attempts involving the Company.  In determining
whether a sale,  lease,  conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially
all of the  Company's  assets as an  entirety  or  substantially  as an entirety
involves a Change in Control of the Company within the meaning of the Indenture,
several  considerations  may  be  relevant,  including  the  percentage  of  the
Company's assets being disposed of, the percentage of the Company's revenues and
income  generated  by such  assets  and the  effect of such  disposition  on the
Company's remaining operations.  Accordingly, in certain circumstances it may be
unclear as to whether a Change in Control has  occurred  and whether the Holders
are therefore entitled to require a Change in Control Repurchase.  Further,  the
term  Change in  Control  is limited  to  certain  specified  transactions  and,
depending on the  circumstances,  may not include other  events,  such as highly
leveraged  transactions,  reorganizations,  restructurings,  mergers  or similar
transactions, that might adversely affect the financial condition of the Company
or result in a downgrade in the credit rating of the 9 1/2% Notes. Additionally,
a change in control of the Board of Directors through a proxy contest would not,
in and of itself,  constitute a Change in Control. The Company does not have any
current intention to enter into a transaction which would constitute a Change in
Control.

     LIMITATIONS ON MERGERS AND CONSOLIDATIONS.  The Indenture provides that the
Company will not  consolidate or merge with or into, or sell,  lease,  convey or
otherwise  dispose of all or substantially  all of its assets,  or assign any of
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(i) the Person  formed by or surviving  such  consolidation  or merger (if other
than the Company), or to which such sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition
or assignment shall be made  (collectively,  the "Successor"),  is a corporation
organized and existing  under the laws of the United States or any State thereof
or the District of Columbia, and the Successor assumes by supplemental indenture
in a form  satisfactory  to the  Trustee all of the  obligations  of the Company
under the 9 1/2% Notes and the Indenture;  (ii) immediately  after giving effect
to such  transaction,  no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing;  (iii)  immediately  after giving effect to such transaction and the
use of any net proceeds  therefrom on a pro forma basis,  the  Consolidated  Net
Worth of the  Company or the  Successor,  as the case may be,  would be at least
equal to the  Consolidated  Net Worth of the Company  immediately  prior to such
transaction;  and (iv) the  Consolidated  Coverage  Ratio of the  Company or the
Successor,  as the  case  may  be,  immediately  after  giving  effect  to  such
transaction,  would,  on a pro  forma  basis,  be such that the  Company  or the
Successor,  as the case may be,  would be  entitled  to incur at least  $1.00 of
additional  Indebtedness  under  the  Consolidated  Coverage  Ratio  test in the
"Limitations on Additional Indebtedness" covenant.

     REPORTS.  The Indenture provides that, whether or not required by the rules
and regulations of the Commission,  so long as any 9 1/2% Notes are outstanding,
the Company will furnish to the Holders of 9 1/2% Notes all quarterly and annual
financial  information  that would be required to be  contained in a filing with
the  Commission on Forms 10-K and 10-Q if the Company were required to file such
Forms, including a "Management's  Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition
and Results of Operations" and, with respect to the annual  information  only, a
report thereon by the Company's certified public accountants.


EVENTS OF DEFAULT


     The following are Events of Default under the Indenture with respect to the
9 1/2% Notes: (a) default in the payment of principal of or any premium on any 9
1/2% Notes when due (even if such  payment is  prohibited  by the  subordination
provisions of the Indenture),  whether at Stated Maturity, upon redemption, upon
acceleration  or otherwise;  (b) default in the payment of any interest on any 9
1/2% Note when due, which default continues for 30 days (even if such payment is
prohibited by the subordination provisions of the Indenture); (c) default in the
performance  of any  covenant  of the  Company in the  Indenture  (other  than a
default  in the  performance  or breach of a  convenant  or  agreement  which is
specifically  dealt with in clause (a) or (b) above) continued for 45 days after
written  notice to the  Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee
by the Holders of at least 25% of the aggregate  principal  amount of the 9 1/2%
Notes then outstanding;  (d) acceleration of the maturity of Indebtedness of the
Company or its  Subsidiaries  having in the aggregate an  outstanding  principal
amount of at least $10  million  or a failure  to pay such  Indebtedness  at its
Stated Maturity,  provided that such acceleration or failure to pay is not cured
within 10 days after such acceleration or failure to pay; and (e) certain events
in bankruptcy,  insolvency or  reorganization  of the Company or any Significant
Subsidiary.

     If an Event of  Default  (other  than an Event of  Default  resulting  from
bankruptcy,  insolvency or reorganization involving the Company) with respect to
the 9 1/2% Notes  shall occur and be  continuing,  the Trustee or the Holders of
not  less  than 25% in  aggregate  principal  amount  of the 9 1/2%  Notes  then
outstanding  may  declare the  principal  of all such 9 1/2% Notes to be due and
payable.  The Company is required to furnish to the Trustee annually a statement
as to the  performance  by the Company of certain of its  obligations  under the
Indenture  and as to any  default  in such  performance.  If an Event of Default
results from bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization involving the Company, all
outstanding 9 1/2% Notes shall become due and payable without any further action
or notice.  Under certain  circumstances,  any declaration of acceleration  with
respect to the 9 1/2% Notes may be rescinded  and past defaults may be waived by
the Holders of a majority of the aggregate  principal amount of the 9 1/2% Notes
then outstanding. The Indenture provides that the Trustee may withhold notice to
the holders of any  continuing  default  (except a default in the payment of the
principal  of or premium,  if any, or interest on any 9 1/2% Notes or in respect
of the  Company's  obligation  to make a Change in  Control  Repurchase)  if the
Trustee considers it in the interest of Holders to do so.



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MODIFICATION, AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS


     Modifications  and  amendments  of the Indenture may be made by the Company
and the Trustee  without the consent of the Holders to: (a) cause the  Indenture
to be qualified  under the Trust  Indenture  Act; (b) evidence the succession of
another  Person to the Company and the  assumption by any such  successor of the
covenants  contained in the  Indenture  and in the 9 1/2% Notes;  (c) add to the
covenants of the Company for the benefit of the Holders or an  additional  Event
of Default,  or surrender  any right or power  conferred  upon the Company;  (d)
secure  the 9 1/2%  Notes  or  provide  for any  Guarantee  by a  Subsidiary  in
accordance with the covenant  described  under the caption "- Certain  Covenants
Limitations on Additional  Indebtedness";  (e) provide for the issuance of notes
identical in all material  respects to the 9 1/2% Notes  pursuant to an exchange
offer as contemplated by the  Registration  Rights  Agreement;  (f) evidence and
provide for the acceptance of appointment by a successor Trustee with respect to
the 9 1/2%  Notes;  and (g)  cure  any  ambiguity,  correct  or  supplement  any
provision which may be defective or inconsistent  with any other  provision,  or
make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the
Indenture which shall not be inconsistent  with the provisions of the Indenture,
provided,  however,  that no such modification or amendment may adversely affect
the interests of the Holders.

     Modifications  and  amendments  of the Indenture may be made by the Company
and the  Trustee  with the  consent of the  Holders of a majority  in  aggregate
principal amount of the 9 1/2% Notes then outstanding;  provided,  however, that
no such  modification or amendment may, (a) without the consent of the Holder of
each such 9 1/2% Note,  (i) change the Stated  Maturity of the  principal of, or
any  installment  of interest  on, such 9 1/2% Note,  (ii) reduce the  principal
amount of, or premium,  if any, or interest  on, such 9 1/2% Note,  (iii) change
the place or  currency  of payment  of  principal  of, or  premium,  if any,  or
interest on, such 9 1/2% Note,  (iv) impair the right to institute  suit for the
enforcement  of any such payment on or with respect to such 9 1/2% Note,  or (v)
reduce the percentage in principal amount of 9 1/2% Notes then outstanding,  the
consent of whose  Holders is  required  for  modification  or  amendment  of the
Indenture or for waiver of compliance  with certain  provisions of the Indenture
or for waiver of certain  defaults and (b) without the consent of the Holders of
at least 66 2/3% of the  aggregate  principal  amount of the  outstanding 9 1/2%
Notes, (i) alter the provisions of the Indenture relating to optional redemption
of the 9 1/2% Notes by the Company, (ii) amend, change or modify the obligations
of the Company with respect to a Change in Control  Repurchase  upon a Change in
Control or modify any of the provisions or definitions relating thereto or (iii)
modify or change any provision of the Indenture  affecting the  subordination or
ranking of the 9 1/2% Notes in a manner adverse to Holders of the 9 1/2% Notes.

     The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the 9 1/2% Notes
then outstanding may, on behalf of all Holders,  waive compliance by the Company
with certain restrictive provisions of the Indenture.  The Holders of a majority
in  aggregate  principal  amount of the 9 1/2% Notes then  outstanding  may,  on
behalf of all Holders, waive any Default or Event of Default under the Indenture
with  respect to the 9 1/2%  Notes,  except a Default or Event of Default in the
payment of principal of, or premium,  if any, or interest on the 9 1/2% Notes or
in respect of a  provision  which  under the  Indenture  cannot be  modified  or
amended without consent of the Holder of each 9 1/2% Note then outstanding.



SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE


     The Indenture  will permit the Company to terminate all of its  obligations
under the  Indenture,  other  than the  obligation  to pay  interest  on and the
principal  of  the  9  1/2%  Notes  and  certain  other  obligations  ("covenant
defeasance"),  at any time by (i)  depositing  in trust with the  Trustee  (or a
third party satisfactory to the Trustee),  under an irrevocable trust agreement,
money or U.S.  government  obligations in an amount  sufficient to pay principal
of,  premium,  if any,  and  interest  on the 9 1/2% Notes to their  maturity or
redemption,  as the case may be (provided  that (x) the Company  delivers to the
Trustee an  officer's  certificate  stating  that all  conditions  precedent  to
covenant  defeasance have been complied with, and, if any other  Indebtedness of
the  Company  shall  then  be  outstanding  or  committed,  that  such  covenant
defeasance  will not violate the  provisions of the  agreements  or  instruments
evidencing such Indebtedness and (y) such deposit does not result in a breach or
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default or event of default under, the Indenture or any other material agreement
or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound), and (ii)
complying with certain other conditions, including delivery to the Trustee of an
opinion of counsel to the effect that Holders will not recognize income, gain or
loss for federal  income tax purposes as a result of the  Company's  exercise of
such right,  and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amount and in
the same  manner and at the same time as would have been the case  otherwise  or
that the Company has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal
Revenue Service a ruling to the foregoing effect.


     In addition,  the Indenture will permit the Company to terminate all of its
obligations  under the Indenture  (including its  obligations to pay interest on
and the  principal of the 9 1/2% Notes and certain  other  obligations)  ("legal
defeasance"),  at any time by (i)  depositing  in trust with the  Trustee  (or a
third party satisfactory to the Trustee),  under an irrevocable trust agreement,
money or U.S.  government  obligations in an amount  sufficient to pay principal
of,  premium,  if any,  and  interest  on the 9 1/2% Notes to their  maturity or
redemption,  as the case may be (provided  that (x) the Company  delivers to the
Trustee an officer's  certificate stating that all conditions precedent to legal
defeasance have been complied with and, if any other Indebtedness of the Company
shall then be  outstanding  or committed,  that such legal  defeasance  will not
violate  the  provisions  of  the  agreements  or  instruments  evidencing  such
Indebtedness  and (y) such deposit does not result in a breach or violation  of,
or  constitute a default or event of default  under,  the Indenture or any other
material  agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it
is bound), and (ii) complying with certain other conditions,  including delivery
to the  Trustee of an opinion of  counsel to the effect  that  Holders  will not
recognize  income,  gain or loss for federal  income tax purposes as a result of
the Company's  exercise of such right and will be subject to federal  income tax
on the same  amount  and in the same  manner  and at the same time as would have
been the case otherwise,  which opinion of counsel is based upon either a ruling
by the  Internal  Revenue  Service,  controlling  precedent  or a change  in the
applicable federal tax law since the date of the Indenture.


Governing Law


     The  Indenture  and the 9 1/2% Notes will be governed by, and  construed in
accordance  with the laws of, the State of New York,  without  giving  effect to
such State's conflicts of laws principles. 

INFORMATION CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE


    The Company and its  Subsidiaries  may maintain deposit accounts and conduct
other banking  transactions with the Trustee in the ordinary course of business.
An affiliate  of the Trustee  acted as the  depositary  in  connection  with the
Company's  tender  offer for its 9 5/8%  Senior  Subordinated  Notes and 10 3/4%
Senior  Subordinated  Notes.  See "Recent  Developments  - Repurchase  of 9 5/8%
Senior Subordinated Notes and 10 3/4% Senior Subordinated Notes." 

CERTAIN DEFINITIONS

     Set forth  below is a summary of certain of the  defined  terms used in the
Indenture.  Reference is made to the  Indenture  for the full  definition of all
such terms used in the Indenture.

     "Acquired  Indebtedness" means (a) with respect to any Person (including an
Unrestricted Subsidiary) that becomes a Subsidiary of the Company after the date
of the Indenture,  Indebtedness of such Person and its Subsidiaries  existing at
the time such Person  becomes a Subsidiary  of the Company that was not incurred
in connection with, or in contemplation of, such Person becoming a Subsidiary of
the Company and (b) with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries,  any
Indebtedness  assumed by the Company or any of its  Subsidiaries  in  connection
with the  acquisition  of an asset from another  Person that was not incurred by
such other person in connection with, or in contemplation  of, such acquisition.
Acquired  Indebtedness  shall be deemed to be  incurred  on the date such person
becomes a Subsidiary or the date of the related asset acquisition.

     "Affiliate"  of any  specified  Person means any other  Person  directly or
indirectly controlling, controlled by or under direct or indirect common control
with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition,  "control" when
used with  respect  to any  specified  Person  means  the  power to  direct  the
management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly,  whether through
the  ownership of voting  securities,  by contract or  otherwise,  and the terms
"controlling" and "controlled" have meanings correlative to the foregoing.


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     "Asset  Sale" for any Person  means the sale,  lease,  conveyance  or other
disposition  (including,  without  limitation,  by merger or consolidation,  and
whether  by  operation  of law or  otherwise)  of any of  that  Person's  assets
(including,  without limitation,  the sale or other disposition of Capital Stock
of any Subsidiary of such Person, whether by such Person or by such Subsidiary),
whether  owned on the date of the  Indenture or  subsequently  acquired,  in one
transaction or a series of related transactions, in which such Person and/or its
Subsidiaries   sell,   lease,   convey  or  otherwise  dispose  of  (i)  all  or
substantially  all of the Capital  Stock of any of such  Person's  Subsidiaries,
(ii) assets which constitute  substantially all of an operating unit or business
of such Person or any of its  Subsidiaries,  or (iii) any  healthcare  facility;
provided,  however,  that the following shall not constitute  Asset Sales: (i) a
transaction  or series  of  related  transactions  that  results  in a Change in
Control,  (ii)  transactions  between the  Company  and any of its Wholly  Owned
Subsidiaries or among such Wholly Owned Subsidiaries,  or (iii) a transaction or
a series of related  transactions  in which  either (x) the fair market value of
the  asset(s)  disposed  of does not exceed  2.5% of the  Consolidated  Tangible
Assets of the Company or (y) the Consolidated  EBITDA of the company  associated
with the asset  disposed of does not exceed 2.5% of the  Consolidated  EBITDA of
the Company. 

     "Attributable  Indebtedness"  when  used  with  respect  to  any  Sale  and
Leaseback  Transaction  or an  operating  lease  with  respect  to a  healthcare
facility means, as at the time of  determination,  the present value (discounted
at a rate equivalent to the interest rate implicit in the lease, compounded on a
semi-annual  basis) of the total  obligations of the lessee for rental payments,
after  excluding all amounts  required to be paid on account of maintenance  and
repairs,  insurance,  taxes, utilities and other similar expenses payable by the
lessee  pursuant  to the terms of the lease,  during the  remaining  term of the
lease  included in any such Sale and  Leaseback  Transaction  or such  operating
lease or until the earliest  date on which the lessee may  terminate  such lease
without  penalty or upon payment of a penalty (in which case the rental payments
shall include such penalty);  provided that the Attributable  Indebtedness  with
respect  to a Sale and  Leaseback  Transaction  shall  be no less  than the fair
market value of the property subject to such Sale and Leaseback Transaction.

     "Bank Agent" means Citibank, N.A., as Administrative Agent under the Credit
Agreement, or any successor Administrative Agent thereunder.

     "Bank Debt" means all obligations of the Company and its Subsidiaries,  now
or  hereafter  existing  under the  Credit  Agreement,  whether  for  principal,
interest, reimbursement of amounts drawn under letters of credit issued pursuant
thereto, guarantees in respect thereof, fees, expenses,  premiums,  indemnities,
or  otherwise,  including  such  obligations  incurred  by  the  Company  or its
Subsidiaries in connection  with any extension,  refunding or refinancing of the
Credit Agreement.


     "Capital Stock" of any Person means any and all shares, rights to purchase,
warrants or options  (whether or not currently  exercisable),  participation  or
other equivalents of or interests in (however designated) the equity (including,
without  limitation,  common stock,  preferred  stock and  partnership and joint
venture interests) of such Person.  Solely for purposes of clause (ii)(2) of the
"Limitations on Restricted  Payments"  covenant,  "the Company's  Capital Stock"
shall  include  Capital  Stock  (other  than  Disqualified  Stock)  issued  by a
subsidiary  trust of the Company which is not  conducting  business  operations,
provided, that the calculation pursuant to clause (ii)(2) of the "Limitations on
Restricted  Payments" covenant shall not include (i) the subsequent  issuance of
Capital  Stock  of the  Company  in  exchange  for or  upon  conversion  of such
subsidiary trust's Capital Stock or (ii) any proceeds received by the subsidiary
trust  from  the sale of  Capital  Stock by such  trust  to the  Company  or any
Subsidiary or Affiliate of the Company,  and provided further that to the extent
the subsidiary  trust uses the proceeds of its sale of Capital Stock to purchase
debt  securities of the Company,  (i) such debt  securities are  subordinated in
right of payment to the 9 1/2% Notes and (ii) distributions on the Capital Stock
of the  subsidiary  trust may be  suspended  at the option of the Company or the
subsidiary  trust for a period  extending  up to the lesser of five years or the
maturity of the underlying debt security of the Company issued to the subsidiary
trust. 

     "Capitalized  Lease  Obligation" of any Person means the obligation of such
Person  to pay  rent or  other  amounts  under a lease  that is  required  to be
capitalized  for financial  reporting  purposes in accordance with GAAP, and the
amount of such obligation shall be the capitalized  amount thereof determined in
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     "Cash  Equivalents"  means,  at any time, (i) any evidence of  Indebtedness
with a maturity of 180 days or less issued or directly and fully  guaranteed  or
insured by the United States of America or any agency or instrumentality thereof
(provided  that the full  faith and  credit of the  United  States of America is
pledged in support  thereof);  (ii) certificates of deposit or acceptance with a
maturity of 180 days or less of any  financial  institution  that is a member of
the Federal  Reserve  System having  combined  capital and surplus and undivided
profits of not less than $500.0 million or (iii) commercial paper,  maturing not
more than 180 days  after  the date of  acquisition,  issued by any  corporation
(other than an Affiliate or  Subsidiary  of the Company)  organized and existing
under the laws of the United States of America with a rating,  at the time as of
which any investment  therein is made, of "P-1" (or higher) according to Moody's
Investor  Service,  Inc. or any successor  rating  agency,  or "A-1" (or higher)
according to Standard and Poor's Corporation or any successor rating agency.


     "Change in Control"  means any of the following:  (1) all or  substantially
all of the  Company's  assets are sold,  leased,  conveyed  or disposed of as an
entirety  or  substantially  as an  entirety  to any Person or related  group of
Persons (other than a Permitted Holder);  (ii) stockholders of the Company shall
approve any plan or proposal for the  liquidation or dissolution of the Company;
(iii) there shall be consummated any  consolidation or merger of the Company (A)
in which the Company is not the continuing or surviving  corporation (other than
a consolidation or merger with a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Company in which
all shares of Common Stock  outstanding  immediately  prior to the effectiveness
thereof  are  changed  into or  exchanged  for the  same  consideration)  or (B)
pursuant to which the Common Stock would be converted  into cash,  securities or
other property, in each case other than a consolidation or merger of the Company
in which the holders of the Common Stock  immediately prior to the consolidation
or merger have, directly or indirectly,  at least a majority of the common stock
of the continuing or surviving corporation  immediately after such consolidation
or merger;  or (iv) any  Person,  or any  Persons  acting  together  which would
constitute  a "group" for  purposes of Section  13(d) of the Exchange Act (other
than  a  Permitted  Holder),   together  with  any  affiliates  thereof,   shall
beneficially  own (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) at least 50%
of the  total  voting  power of all  classes  of  capital  stock of the  Company
entitled to vote generally in the election of directors of the Company.

     "Common  Equity" of any Person means all Capital  Stock of such Person that
is generally entitled to (i) vote in the election of directors of such Person or
(ii) if such Person is not a corporation,  vote or otherwise  participate in the
selection of the governing body, partners,  managers or others that will control
the management and policies of such Person.

     "Consolidated  Amortization Expense" of any Person for any period means the
amortization expense of such Person and its Subsidiaries for such period (to the
extent included in the  computation of Consolidated  Net Income of such Person),
determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.


     "Consolidated  Coverage  Ratio" with respect to the Company means the ratio
of (i)  Consolidated  EBITDA  of the  Company  to (ii) the  aggregate  amount of
Consolidated  Interest  Expense of the Company for the four full fiscal quarters
immediately  preceding  the date of the  transaction  giving rise to the need to
calculate the Consolidated Coverage Ratio and for which such quarters' financial
results have been reported;  provided,  however,  that if any calculation of the
Company's  Consolidated  Coverage Ratio requires the use of any quarter prior to
the date of the Indenture,  such calculation shall be made on a pro forma basis,
giving  effect  to the  issuance  of the 9 1/2%  Notes  and  the  use of the net
proceeds  therefrom  as if  the  same  had  occurred  at  the  beginning  of the
four-quarter period used to make such calculation;  and provided,  further, that
if any Asset Sale was  consummated  or any  acquisition  of a hospital  or other
healthcare  facility  or any assets  purchased  outside the  ordinary  course of
business was effected by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries during such four
quarter  period or on any later date on or prior to the date of the  transaction
giving rise to the need to  calculate  the  Consolidated  Coverage  Ratio,  such
calculation shall be made on a pro forma basis, giving effect to each such Asset
Sale or acquisition (including the Consolidated EBITDA relating to the hospital,
healthcare  facility or other assets acquired),  as the case may be, and the use
of any proceeds  therefrom,  as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the
four-quarter   period  used  to  make  such  calculation  (except  that  if  any
calculation of the  Consolidated  Coverage Ratio requires the use of any quarter
prior to the acquisition of First American Health Care of Georgia,  Inc. ("First
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American shall be reflected in such calculation from the date of the acquisition
of First American (on an annualized  basis for the four quarter period following
the  acquisition)  and pro forma  effect  shall not be given to such  results of
operations (but shall be given effect to any financing, including the incurrence
of Indebtedness,  in connection with such  acquisition) as if it had occurred at
the beginning of the  four-quarter  period used to make such  calculation).  The
calculation of the Consolidated  Coverage Ratio shall also give pro forma effect
to (i) the incurrence,  repayment or retirement of any other  Indebtedness,  and
the  issuance  or  redemption  of any  Preferred  Stock,  by the Company and its
Subsidiaries  and (ii) the  discontinuance  of any operations by the Company and
its  Subsidiaries,  in any case occurring  during such four quarter period or on
any later  date on or prior to the date of the  transaction  giving  rise to the
need to calculate the  Consolidated  Coverage Ratio as if such  Indebtedness was
incurred,  repaid or retired or such  Preferred  Stock was issued or redeemed at
the  beginning of such  four-quarter  period.  For purposes of  calculating  the
Consolidated  Coverage Ratio, (i) the Consolidated Interest Expense attributable
to interest on any Indebtedness  computed on a pro forma basis and (A) bearing a
floating  interest  rate  shall be  computed  as if the  average  rate  over the
applicable  period had been the  applicable  rate for the entire  period and (B)
which was not  outstanding  during the period for which the computation is being
made but which bears, at the option of the Company,  a fixed or floating rate of
interest,  shall be computed by applying at the option of the Company either the
fixed or floating  rate and (ii) in making such  calculation,  the  Consolidated
Interest  Expense of the Company  attributable  to interest on any  Indebtedness
under a  revolving  credit  facility  computed  on a pro  forma  basis  shall be
computed  based upon the average daily balance of such  Indebtedness  during the
applicable period.



     "Consolidated  Depreciation Expense" of any Person for any period means the
depreciation expense of such Person and its Subsidiaries for such period (to the
extent included in the  computation of Consolidated  Net Income of such Person),
determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.


     "Consolidated   EBITDA"  of  any  Person   means,   with   respect  to  any
determination  date,  Consolidated Net Income,  plus (i) Consolidated Income Tax
Expense,  plus (ii) Consolidated  Depreciation  Expense, plus (iii) Consolidated
Amortization  Expense,  plus (iv)  Consolidated  Interest Expense (to the extent
reducing  Consolidated  Net Income),  plus (v) all other non-cash items reducing
Consolidated  Net Income of such Person and its  Subsidiaries,  determined  on a
consolidated  basis  in  accordance  with  GAAP,  and less  all  non-cash  items
increasing  Consolidated  Net  Income  of  such  Person  and  its  Subsidiaries,
determined on a  consolidated  basis in accordance  with GAAP, in each case, for
such Person's prior four full fiscal quarters for which  financial  results have
been reported immediately preceding the determination date.


     "Consolidated Income Tax Expense" means, for any Person for any period, the
provision  for  taxes  based  on  income  and  profits  of such  Person  and its
Subsidiaries  to the extent such income or profits  were  included in  computing
Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period.


     "Consolidated  Interest  Expense"  of any Person  for any period  means the
Interest Expense of such Person and its Subsidiaries for such period, determined
on a consolidated  basis in accordance with GAAP, plus any dividends accrued for
such period on any Preferred  Stock of any Subsidiary not held by the Company or
any Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Company.


     "Consolidated Net Income" of any Person for any period means the net income
(or loss) of such Person and its  Subsidiaries  for such period  determined on a
consolidated  basis in accordance with GAAP,  without giving effect to dividends
on any series of preferred  stock of any  Subsidiary of such Person,  whether or
not in cash,  to the extent such  consolidated  net income was reduced  thereby;
provided  that  there  shall be  excluded  from such net  income  (to the extent
otherwise included therein),  without duplication:  (i) the net income (or loss)
of any Person  (other than a  Subsidiary  of the  referent  Person) in which any
Person other than the referent Person has an ownership  interest,  except to the
extent that any such income has actually been received by the referent Person or
any of its Subsidiaries in the form of dividends or similar distributions during
such period; (ii) except to the extent includible in the consolidated net income
of the referent Person pursuant to the foregoing  clause (i), the net income (or
loss) of any Person that accrued prior to the date that (a) such Person  becomes
a Subsidiary of the referent Person or is merged into or  consolidated  with the
referent Person or any of its Subsidiaries or 


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(b) the assets of such Person are acquired by the referent  Person or any of its
Subsidiaries;  (iii) the net income of any  Subsidiary  of the  referent  Person
(other than a Wholly Owned  Subsidiary)  to the extent that the  declaration  or
payment of dividends or similar  distributions by such Subsidiary of that income
is not  permitted  by  operation  of the terms of its charter or any  agreement,
instrument,  judgment,  decree, order, statute, rule or governmental  regulation
applicable  to that  Subsidiary  during  such  period;  (iv)  any  gain or loss,
together  with any  related  provisions  for  taxes  on any  such  gain or loss,
realized  during such period by the referent  Person or any of its  Subsidiaries
upon  (a)  the  acquisition  of any  securities,  or the  extinguishment  of any
Indebtedness, of the referent Person or any of its Subsidiaries or (b) any Asset
Sale by the referent Person or any of its  Subsidiaries;  (v) any  extraordinary
gain or  loss,  together  with  any  related  provision  for  taxes  on any such
extraordinary  gain or  loss,  realized  by the  referent  Person  or any of its
Subsidiaries  during  such  period;  (vi) any unusual or  nonrecurring  non-cash
charge  which  is  not,  under  generally  accepted  accounting  principles,  an
extraordinary  item;  and  (vii) in the case of a  successor  to such  Person by
consolidation,  merger or transfer of its assets,  any earnings of the successor
prior to such merger, consolidation or transfer of assets.

     "Consolidated   Net  Worth"  of  any  Person  as  of  any  date  means  the
stockholders' equity (including any preferred stock that is classified as equity
under GAAP, other than  Disqualified  Stock) of such Person and its Subsidiaries
(excluding any equity adjustment for foreign currency translation for any period
subsequent to the date of the Indenture) on a  consolidated  basis at such date,
as determined in accordance with GAAP, less all write-ups  (other than write-ups
in connection with acquisitions)  subsequent to the date of the Indenture in the
book value of any asset owned by such Person or any of its Subsidiaries.


     "Consolidated Tangible Assets" of any Person as of any date means the total
assets of such Person and its  Subsidiaries  (excluding any assets that would be
classified as "intangible  assets" under GAAP) on a  consolidated  basis at such
date,  as determined in  accordance  with GAAP,  less all write-ups  (other than
write-ups  in  connection  with  acquisitions)  subsequent  to the  date  of the
Indenture  in the book value of any asset  (except any such  intangible  assets)
owned by such Person or any of its Subsidiaries.


     "Credit  Agreement"  means the Revolving  Credit  Agreement,  dated May 15,
1996, among the Company,  the Bank Agent,  and the other financial  institutions
signatory  thereto,  together  with the related  documents  thereto,  including,
without  limitation,  any security  documents  and all  exhibits  and  schedules
thereto and any agreement or agreements  relating to any  extension,  refunding,
refinancing,  successor or  replacement  facility,  whether or not with the same
lenders,  and whether or not the principal amount or amount of letters of credit
outstanding  thereunder or the interest rate payable in respect thereof shall be
thereby increased, in each case as amended and in effect from time to time.



     "Credit  Facility"  means the Credit  Agreement  and one or more  borrowing
arrangements to be entered into by and between the Company and/or one or more of
its Subsidiaries and a commercial bank or other institutional lender,  including
any related notes,  security  documentation,  guarantees,  collateral documents,
instruments  and agreements  executed in connection  therewith,  in each case as
amended, modified,  supplemented,  restructured,  renewed,  restated,  refunded,
replaced or refinanced  or extended from time to time on one or more  occasions.



     "Default" means any event, act or condition that is, or after notice or the
passage of time or both would be, an Event of Default.



     "Disqualified  Stock" means any Capital  Stock that by its terms (or by the
terms  of  any  security  into  which  it is  convertible  or  for  which  it is
exchangeable),  or upon the  happening of any event,  matures or is  mandatorily
redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or is redeemable
at the option of the  holder  thereof,  in whole or in part,  on or prior to the
final maturity date of the 9 1/2% Notes for cash or debt  securities at any time
prior to any such final maturity,  or is convertible  into or  exchangeable  for
debt securities at any time prior to any such final maturity.



     "Eligible  Investments"  of any Person means  Investments of such Person in
(i)  securities  issued or fully  guaranteed  or insured  by the  United  States
Government or any agency  thereof and backed by the full faith and credit of the
United States maturing not more than one year from the date of acquisition; (ii)
certificates  of deposit,  time deposits,  Eurodollar  time  deposits,  bankers'
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counts  having in each case a  remaining  term to  maturity of not more than one
year,  which are  either  (A) fully  insured by the  Federal  Deposit  Insurance
Corporation or (B) issued by any lender or by any commercial bank under the laws
of any State or any national  banking  association that has combined capital and
surplus of not less than $500,000,000 and whose short-term  securities are rated
at least A-1 by S&P or P-1 by Moody's;  (iii)  commercial paper that is rated at
least A-1 by S&P or P-1 by  Moody's,  issued by a company  that is  incorporated
under the laws of the United States or of any State and directly  issues its own
commercial  paper,  and has a  remaining  term to  maturity of not more than one
year; (iv) a repurchase agreement with (A) any commercial bank that is organized
under the laws of any State or any  national  banking  association  and that has
total  assets  of at least  $500,000,000,  or (B) any  investment  bank  that is
organized  under the laws of any  State  and that has  total  assets of at least
$500,000,000,  which  agreement is secured by any one or more of the  securities
and  obligations  described in clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) of this  definition of
Eligible  Investments,  which shall have a market  value  (exclusive  of accrued
interest and valued at least monthly) at least equal to the principal  amount of
such  investment;  (v) any money market or other investment fund the investments
of which are limited to investments  described in clauses (i),  (ii),  (iii) and
(iv) of this  definition of Eligible  Investments  and which is managed by (A) a
commercial  bank that is  organized  under the laws of any State or any national
banking association and that has total assets of at least  $500,000,000,  or (B)
any investment  bank that is organized  under the laws of any State and that has
total assets of at least  $500,000,000;  (vi)  obligations,  debentures,  notes,
bonds or other evidences of  indebtedness  rated at least A- by Moody's or A3 by
S&P;  provided that the aggregate  amount of investments by any Person permitted
under this clause (vi) shall not exceed 25% of the total amount invested by such
Person in Eligible  Investments;  (vii)  investments in investment grade auction
rate and adjustable rate preferred  equities for issuers whose actual or implied
senior  long-term  debt is rated at least  A- by  Moody's  or A3 by S&P;  (viii)
investments in investment grade fixed rate preferred  equities for issuers whose
actual or implied senior long-term debt is rated at least A- by Moody's or A3 by
S&P;  provided that the aggregate  amount of investments by any Person permitted
under this clause  (viii) shall not exceed 10% of the total  amount  invested by
such  Person in  Eligible  Investments;  (ix)  adjustable  rate  mortgage-backed
securities  rated  at  least  AA by S&P or Aa by  Moody's;  and (x)  fixed  rate
mortgage-backed  securities rated at least AA by S&P or Aa by Moody's;  provided
that the aggregate  amount of  investments  by any Person  permitted  under this
clause (x) shall not exceed 25% of the total  amount  invested by such Person in
Eligible Investments.

     "Equity Interest" means, with respect to any Person,  any and all shares or
other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock,  partnership  interests
or any other participation,  right or other interests in the nature of an equity
interest  in such Person or any option,  warrant or other  security  convertible
into or exchangeable for the foregoing.

     "Existing  Indebtedness"  means all of the  Indebtedness of the Company and
its Subsidiaries that is outstanding on the date of the Indenture.

     "GAAP" means  generally  accepted  accounting  principles  set forth in the
opinions and  pronouncements of the Accounting  Principles Board of the American
Institute of Certified Public  Accountants and statements and  pronouncements of
the Financial  Accounting  Standards  Board or in such other  statements by such
other  entity as may be  approved  by a  significant  segment of the  accounting
profession of the United States, as in effect from time to time.

     "Guarantee" by any Person means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of
such Person  directly  or  indirectly  guaranteeing  any  Indebtedness  or other
obligation  of any other  Person and,  without  limiting the  generality  of the
foregoing, any obligation,  direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, of such
Person (i) to purchase or pay (or  advance or supply  funds for the  purchase or
payment of) such  Indebtedness  or other  purchase or other  obligation  of such
other  Person  (whether  arising  by  virtue  of  partnership  arrangements,  by
agreement to keepwell,  to purchase assets,  goods,  securities or services,  to
take-or-pay, or to maintain financial statement conditions or otherwise) or (ii)
entered into for the purpose of assuring in any other manner the obligee of such
Indebtedness  or other  obligation  of the  payment  thereof or to protect  such
obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part); provided that the
term Guarantee shall not include  endorsements  for collection or deposit in the
ordinary  course  of  business.  The  term  "Guarantee"  used  as a  verb  has a
corresponding meaning.


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     "Hedging  Obligations"  of any Person means the  obligations of such Person
pursuant  to  any  interest  rate  swap  agreement,  foreign  currency  exchange
agreement,  interest rate collar agreement,  option or futures contract or other
similar agreement or arrangements relating to interest rates or foreign exchange
rates.


     "Indebtedness" of any Person at any date means,  without  duplication:  (i)
all Bank Debt;  (ii) all other  indebtedness  of such Person for borrowed  money
(whether  or not  recourse  of the  lender is to the whole of the assets of such
Person  or only to a portion  thereof);  (iii) all  obligations  of such  Person
evidenced by bonds,  debentures,  notes or other similar  instruments;  (iv) all
obligations  of such  Person in respect  of  letters of credit or other  similar
instruments  (or  reimbursement  obligations  with  respect  thereto);  (v)  all
obligations of such Person with respect to Hedging Obligations (other than those
that fix the interest rate on variable rate indebtedness  otherwise permitted by
the  Indenture  or that  protect the  Company  and/or its  Subsidiaries  against
changes in foreign exchange  rates);  (vi) all obligations of such Person to pay
the deferred  and unpaid  purchase  price of property or services,  except trade
payables and accrued expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business; (vii)
all Capitalized  Lease  Obligations of such Person;  (viii) all  Indebtedness of
others  secured  by a Lien on any  asset  of such  Person,  whether  or not such
Indebtedness  is  assumed  by such  Person;  (ix)  all  Indebtedness  of  others
guaranteed  by  such  Person  to the  extent  of  such  guarantee;  and  (x) all
Attributable Indebtedness.  The amount of Indebtedness of any Person at any date
shall be the outstanding  balance at such date of all unconditional  obligations
as  described  above;  and in the case of  clauses  (iv) and (ix),  the  maximum
liability of such Person for any such  contingent  obligations at such date, and
in the case of clause (viii), the amount of the Indebtedness secured.


     "Interest  Expense" of any Person for any period means the aggregate amount
of interest which,  in accordance  with GAAP,  would be set opposite the caption
"interest  expense" or any like caption on an income  statement  for such Person
(including,  without  limitation or duplication,  imputed  interest  included in
Capitalized  Lease  Obligations,  all commissions,  discounts and other fees and
charges  owed  with  respect  to  letters  of  credit  and  bankers'  acceptance
financing,  the net costs associated with Hedging  Obligations,  amortization of
financing  fees and  expenses,  the  interest  portion of any  deferred  payment
obligation, amortization of discount and all other non-cash interest expense).


     "Investments" of any Person means (i) all investments by such Person in any
other Person in the form of loans, advances or capital contributions  (excluding
commission,  travel and similar  advances to officers and employees  made in the
ordinary  course of  business),  (ii) all  guarantees of  Indebtedness  or other
obligations  of any other Person by such Person,  (iii) all  purchases (or other
acquisitions for consideration) by such Person of Indebtedness, Capital Stock or
other  securities  of any other  Person  and (iv) all other  items that would be
classified as investments  (including,  without limitation,  purchases of assets
outside  the  ordinary  course of  business)  on a balance  sheet of such Person
prepared in accordance with GAAP.


     "Lien"  means,  with  respect to any asset,  any  mortgage,  lien,  pledge,
charge, security interest or other similar encumbrance of any kind in respect of
such  asset,  whether  or not  filed,  recorded  or  otherwise  perfected  under
applicable law (including,  without  limitation,  any conditional  sale or other
title  retention  agreement,  any  financing  lease in the nature  thereof,  any
agreement  to sell,  and any  filing of, or  agreement  to give,  any  financing
statement  (other than notice filings not perfecting a security  interest) under
the Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent statutes) of any jurisdiction).


     "Net  Proceeds"  with  respect  to any Asset  Sale  means (i) cash (in U.S.
dollars or freely  convertible into U.S. dollars) received by the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries from such Asset Sale (including,  without  limitation,  cash
received as  consideration  for the  assumption  or  incurrence  of  liabilities
incurred in connection with or in  anticipation  of such Asset Sale),  after (a)
provision for all income or other taxes measured by or resulting from such Asset
Sale or the transfer of the proceeds of such Asset Sale to the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries,  (b) payment of all brokerage commissions and the underwriting
and other fees and expenses  related to such Asset Sale and (c)  deduction of an
appropriate amount to be provided by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries as a
reserve,  in accordance with GAAP,  against any liabilities  associated with the
assets  sold or  otherwise  disposed  of in such Asset Sale and  retained by the
Company or any of its  Subsidiaries  after such Asset Sale  (including,  without
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other   post-employment   benefit   liabilities  and   liabilities   related  to
environmental  matters) or against any  indemnification  obligations  associated
with the sale or other  disposition of the assets sold or otherwise  disposed of
in such Asset Sale and (ii) all non-cash  consideration  received by the Company
or any of its  Subsidiaries  from  such  Asset  Sale  upon  the  liquidation  or
conversion of such consideration into cash.

     "Permitted Holder" means Robert N. Elkins and any group (within the meaning
of Section  13(d)(3) of the Exchange  Act) of which Mr.  Elkins is a member;  so
long as, with respect to any group,  Mr.  Elkins owns more than 20% of the total
voting power of all classes of capital stock of the acquiring entity entitled to
vote generally in the election of directors of the acquiring entity.


     "Permitted Investment" means (i) capital  contributions,  advances or loans
to the Company by any Subsidiary, by the Company to a Wholly Owned Subsidiary or
by a Subsidiary to a Wholly Owned Subsidiary; (ii) the acquisition or holding by
the  Company  or any  Subsidiary  of  receivables  owing to the  Company or such
Subsidiary,  if created or  acquired  in the  ordinary  course of  business  and
payable or  dischargeable  in accordance with customary  trade terms;  (iii) the
acquisition  or holding by the Company or any  Subsidiary  of cash and  Eligible
Investments;  (iv) the  Company and its  Subsidiaries  may make  Investments  in
Persons at least a majority of whose  revenues  result from  healthcare  related
businesses  or  facilities;  (v)  Investments  acquired or retained from another
Person  in  connection  with  any  sale,  conveyance,  transfer,  lease or other
disposition  of any  properties or assets to such Person in accordance  with the
covenant  described under "- Limitations on Asset Sales";  and (vi)  Investments
not otherwise  permitted by clauses (i) through (v) above in an aggregate amount
not exceeding $10 million.


     "Person" means any  individual,  corporation,  partnership,  joint venture,
incorporated  or  unincorporated   association,   joint-stock  company,   trust,
unincorporated   organization   or  government  or  other  agency  or  political
subdivision thereof or other entity of any kind.


     "Preferred  Stock"  means with  respect to any Person all Capital  Stock of
such Person which has a preference in liquidation  or a preference  with respect
to the payment of dividends.


     "Public Equity  Offering"  means a public offering by the Company of shares
of its common stock  (however  designated  and whether  voting or non-voting but
excluding  Disqualified  Stock) and any and all  rights,  warrants or options to
acquire such common stock pursuant to a registration  statement registered under
the Securities Act.



     "Refinancing  Indebtedness" means Indebtedness that refunds,  refinances or
extends any Existing Indebtedness or other Indebtedness permitted to be incurred
under  the  Indenture  (other  than  Existing   Indebtedness  under  the  Credit
Agreement); provided that: (i) the Refinancing Indebtedness is the obligation of
the same Person as was obligated on the Indebtedness  being refinanced and has a
ranking in priority  relative  to the 9 1/2%Notes  equal to or junior to that of
the Indebtedness  being refunded,  refinanced or extended;  (ii) the Refinancing
Indebtedness  is  scheduled  to mature no earlier  than the  Indebtedness  being
refunded,  refinanced  or extended;  (iii) the  Refinancing  Indebtedness  has a
Weighted Average Life to Maturity at the time such  Refinancing  Indebtedness is
incurred that is equal to or greater than the Weighted  Average Life to Maturity
of the portion of the Indebtedness being refunded,  refinanced or extended; (iv)
the Refinancing  Indebtedness  is secured only to the extent,  if at all, and by
the assets  that the  Indebtedness  being  refunded,  refinanced  or extended is
secured;  and (v) such  Refinancing  Indebtedness  is in an aggregate  principal
amount  that is  equal to or less  than  the  aggregate  principal  amount  then
outstanding  under the  Indebtedness  being  refunded,  refinanced  or  extended
(except for issuance costs and increases in Attributable Indebtedness due solely
to  increases  in the present  value  calculations  resulting  from  renewals or
extensions  of the terms of the  underlying  leases in effect on the date of the
Indenture).



     "Restricted  Payment" means with respect to any Person: (i) the declaration
of any  dividend  or the making of any other  payment or  distribution  of cash,
securities or other property or assets in respect of such Person's Capital Stock
(except that a dividend payable solely in Capital Stock (other than Disqualified
Stock) of such Person  shall not  constitute  a  Restricted  Payment);  (ii) any
payment on account of the purchase, redemption,  retirement or other acquisition
for value of such Person's Capital Stock or options, warrants or other rights to
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made in respect thereof, either directly or indirectly;  (iii) the making of any
payment of  principal,  premium or interest on, or any payment on account of the
purchase,  redemption,  retirement,  defeasance or other  acquisition  for value
(prior to any scheduled maturity,  scheduled  repayment,  scheduled sinking fund
payment or scheduled  interest payment date) of,  Indebtedness of the Company or
its Subsidiaries which is pari passu with or subordinated in right of payment to
the 9 1/2% Notes and has a scheduled maturity date subsequent to the maturity of
the 9 1/2% Notes;  or (iv) the making of any Investment in any Person other than
a Permitted Investment;  provided, however, that with respect to the Company and
its  Subsidiaries,  Restricted  Payments  shall  not  include  (I)  any  payment
described  (a) in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above made (1) to the Company or any
of its Wholly Owned Subsidiaries by any of the Company's  Subsidiaries or (2) by
the Company to any of its Wholly Owned Subsidiaries or (b) in clause (iii) above
made with the Net Proceeds from any Asset Sale remaining after completion of the
Asset Sale Offer made in connection  with such Asset Sale,  all as  contemplated
under  "Limitations  on Asset  Sales," (II) any payment  described in clause (i)
above made by a Subsidiary that is not a Wholly Owned  Subsidiary to all holders
of Capital Stock of such Subsidiary on a pro rata basis or (III) the purchase by
the Company of up to an aggregate of $50 million of the Company's  Capital Stock
pursuant  to  one  or  more  stock  repurchase  programs.   Notwithstanding  the
foregoing,  the following  shall not  constitute  Restricted  Payments:  (X) the
retirement,  repurchase,  redemption or other acquisition of Indebtedness of the
Company or any Subsidiary out of the net proceeds of a substantially  concurrent
sale (other than to a  Subsidiary  of the  Company) of new  Indebtedness  of the
Company;  provided (a) the principal  amount of such new  Indebtedness  does not
exceed the principal amount of Indebtedness so retired, repurchased, redeemed or
otherwise  acquired  (plus the  amount  of any  premium  required  to be paid in
connection with such retirement,  repurchase,  redemption or  acquisition),  (b)
such  Indebtedness has a ranking in priority  relative to the 9 1/2% Notes equal
to or junior to that of the  Indebtedness so retired,  repurchased,  redeemed or
otherwise  acquired,  (c) such  Indebtedness has a Stated Maturity for its final
scheduled  principal  payment  later  than the  Stated  Maturity  for the  final
scheduled  principal payment of the 9 1/2% Notes and (d) such Indebtedness has a
Weighted  Average  Life to  Maturity  equal to or  greater  than  the  remaining
Weighted  Average Life to Maturity of the 9 1/2% Notes;  and (Y) the retirement,
repurchase,  redemption or other  acquisition of shares of the Company's Capital
Stock or  Indebtedness  of the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company out of the
proceeds of a  substantially  concurrent sale (other than to a Subsidiary of the
Company) of shares of the  Company's  Capital  Stock  (other  than  Disqualified
Stock);  provided,  however,  that the proceeds of such a sale of Capital  Stock
shall not be included in the calculation of aggregate net cash proceeds from the
issuance and sale of the Company's  Capital Stock  pursuant to clause (ii)(2) of
the "Limitations on Restricted Payments" covenant above. 


     "Sale and  Leaseback  Transaction"  means,  with respect to any Person,  an
arrangement with any bank,  insurance  company or other lender or investor or to
which such  lender or  investor  is a party,  providing  for the leasing by such
Person or any of its Subsidiaries of any property or asset of such Person or any
of its  Subsidiaries  which  has been or is being  sold or  transferred  by such
Person or such  Subsidiary  to such  lender or investor or to any Person to whom
funds have been or are to be advanced by such lender or investor on the security
of such property or asset.



    "Senior  Indebtedness"  means the  principal  of and  premium,  if any,  and
interest on and other amounts due on or in connection  with any  Indebtedness of
the  Company  permitted  under  the  "Limitations  on  Additional  Indebtedness"
covenant   described  above  (including   without  limitation  all  Allowed  and
Disallowed   Post-Commencement   Interest   and  Expenses  in  respect  of  such
Indebtedness)  and any amounts with respect to Hedging  Obligations that fix the
interest  rate  on  variable  rate  indebtedness  otherwise  permitted  by  this
Indenture,   other  than  the  9  1/2%  Notes,  the  Company's  10  1/4%  Senior
Subordinated Notes due 2006, the Company's 9 5/8% Senior  Subordinated Notes due
2002,  Series A, the Company's 10 3/4% Senior  Subordinated  Notes due 2004, the
Company's  53/4%  Convertible  Senior  Subordinated  Debentures due 2001 and the
Company's 6% Convertible  Subordinated  Debentures due 2003, whether outstanding
on the date of the Indenture or thereafter created, incurred or assumed, unless,
in  the  case  of  any  particular  Indebtedness,  the  instrument  creating  or
evidencing  the same or  pursuant  to which  the same is  outstanding  expressly
provides that such Indebtedness shall not be senior in right of payment to the 9
1/2%  Notes;  provided  that  Senior  Indebtedness  will  not  include  (i)  any
Indebtedness,  liability  or  obligation  of  the  Company  to  (A)  any  of its
Subsidiaries, (B) trade creditors or (C) any 


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person arising out of any lawsuit against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
or any  settlement  thereof  (other  than  any  lawsuit  or  settlement  thereof
respecting  amounts  payable  with  regard  to  Senior  Indebtedness),  (ii) any
redemption or other payments on Preferred Stock, (iii) any Indebtedness incurred
in  violation of the  provisions  of the  Indenture or (iv) amounts  owing under
leases (other than Capitalized Lease Obligations).

     "Significant  Subsidiary" has the meaning ascribed to it under Regulation C
promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

     "Stated  Maturity"  means,  when used with  respect to any  security or any
installment  of interest  thereon,  that date  specified in such security as the
fixed  date on which the  principal  of such  security  or such  installment  of
interest is due and payable.

     "Subsidiary" of any Person means (i) any corporation of which Common Equity
having  ordinary  voting  power to elect a  majority  of the  directors  of such
corporation  is owned by such  Person  directly  or  through  one or more  other
Subsidiaries  of such  Person and (ii) any entity  other than a  corporation  in
which such  Person,  directly  or  indirectly,  owns at least a majority  of the
Common Equity of such entity.  Notwithstanding  the foregoing,  an  Unrestricted
Subsidiary  shall not be  deemed a  Subsidiary  of the  Company  other  than for
purposes of the definition of Unrestricted Subsidiary,  unless the Company shall
have designated such Unrestricted Subsidiary as a "Subsidiary" by written notice
to the Trustee. An Unrestricted  Subsidiary may be designated as a Subsidiary at
any time by the Company by written  notice to the  Trustee;  provided,  however,
that (i) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or
would arise therefrom and (ii) if such Unrestricted  Subsidiary is an obligor of
any Indebtedness, any such designation shall be deemed to be an incurrence as of
the date of such designation by the Company of such Indebtedness and immediately
after  giving  effect to such  designation,  the  Company  could  incur $1.00 of
additional Indebtedness pursuant to the covenant described under "Limitations on
Additional Indebtedness".

     "Unrestricted  Subsidiary"  means any Subsidiary of the Company which shall
have been  designated  as an  Unrestricted  Subsidiary  in  accordance  with the
Indenture.  An  Unrestricted  Subsidiary  may be designated as a Subsidiary at a
later date in the manner provided in the definition of "Subsidiary" above.


     "Weighted Average Life to Maturity" means, when applied to any Indebtedness
or portion thereof at any date, the number of years obtained by dividing (i) the
then outstanding  principal  amount of such  Indebtedness or portion thereof (if
applicable)  into (ii) the sum of the products  obtained by multiplying  (a) the
amount of each then  remaining  installment,  sinking fund,  serial  maturity or
other required  payment of principal,  including  payment at final maturity,  in
respect  thereof,  by (b)  the  number  of  years  (calculated  to  the  nearest
one-twelfth)  that will elapse between such date and the making of such payment.


     "Wholly  Owned  Subsidiary"  of any person means (i) a Subsidiary  of which
100% of the Common Equity  (except for director's  qualifying  shares or certain
minority  interests owned by other Persons solely due to local law  requirements
that there be more than one stockholder,  but which interest is not in excess of
what is required for such  purpose) is owned  directly by such Person or through
one or more other Wholly Owned  Subsidiaries  of such Person and (ii) any entity
other than a corporation in which such Person, directly or indirectly,  owns all
of the Common Equity of such entity.


BOOK-ENTRY; DELIVERY AND FORM

     The  certificates  representing  the New  Notes  will be  issued  in  fully
registered form without coupons. Except as set forth in the next paragraph,  the
New Notes initially will be represented by a single permanent global certificate
in definitive  fully  registered  form (the "Global Note") and will be deposited
with, or on behalf of, The Depository Trust Company,  New York, New York ("DTC")
and registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of DTC.

     Old  Notes  that were  issued  as  described  below  under "-  Certificated
Securities"  will be issued in the form of  registered  definitive  certificates
(the "Certificated  Securities").  Such Certificated  Securities may, unless the
Global Note has  previously  been  exchanged  for  Certificated  Securities,  be
exchanged for an interest in the Global Note  representing  the principal amount
of New Notes being transferred. 


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     DTC is a limited-purpose  trust company that was created to hold securities
for its participating  organizations  (collectively,  the "Participants" or "DTC
Participants") and to facilitate the clearance and settlement of transactions in
such securities between  Participants  through electronic  book-entry changes in
accounts of its Participants.  DTC's Participants include securities brokers and
dealers (including the Initial Purchasers),  banks and trust companies, clearing
corporations  and certain  other  organizations.  Access to DTC's system is also
available to other entities such as banks, brokers,  dealers and trust companies
(collectively,  the "Indirect  Participants"  or "DTC's Indirect  Participants")
that clear  through or maintain a  custodial  relationship  with a  Participant,
either directly or indirectly. Persons who are not Participants may beneficially
own securities  held by or on behalf of DTC only through DTC's  Participants  or
DTC's Indirect Participants.

     The  Company  expects  that  pursuant  to  procedures  established  by  DTC
ownership  of the New Notes  evidenced  by the Global Note will be shown on, and
the  transfer of  ownership  thereof  will be  effected  only  through,  records
maintained by DTC (with respect to the interests of DTC's  Participants),  DTC's
Participants  and DTC's  Indirect  Participants.  Neither  the  Company  nor the
Trustee will have any  responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records
of DTC or for maintaining,  supervising or reviewing any records of DTC relating
to the New Notes.  Holders are advised that the laws of some states require that
certain  persons take physical  delivery in definitive  form of securities  that
they own.  Consequently,  the ability to  transfer  New Notes  evidenced  by the
Global Note will be limited to such extent.

     So long as DTC or its nominee is the  registered  owner of the Global Note,
DTC or such nominee will be  considered  the sole holder under the  Indenture of
any New Notes  evidenced  by the  Global  Note.  Beneficial  owners of New Notes
evidenced  by the  Global  Note will not be  considered  the  owners or  holders
thereof  under the  Indenture  for any  purpose,  including  with respect to the
giving of any directions,  instructions or approvals to the Trustee  thereunder.
Accordingly, each person owning a beneficial interest in a Global Note must rely
on the  procedures  of DTC and,  if such  person  is not a  Participant,  on the
procedures of the  Participant  through which such person owns its interest,  to
exercise any rights of a holder  under the  Indenture.  The Company  understands
that under existing industry practices,  if it requests any action of holders or
if an owner of a  beneficial  interest in a Global Note  desires to give or take
any action which a holder is entitled to give or take under the  Indenture,  DTC
would authorize the Participants  holding the relevant  beneficial  interests to
give or take such  action,  and such  Participants  would  authorize  beneficial
owners through such Participants to give or take such actions or would otherwise
act upon the instructions of beneficial owners holding through them. Neither the
Company nor the Trustee will have any responsibility or liability for any aspect
of the records of DTC or for  maintaining,  supervising or reviewing any records
of DTC relating to the New Notes.

     Payments in respect of the principal of,  premium,  if any, and interest on
any New Notes  represented  by the Global Note and registered in the name of DTC
or its nominee on the  applicable  record date will be payable by the Trustee to
or at the  direction  of DTC or its nominee in its  capacity  as the  registered
holder under the Indenture.  Under the terms of the  Indenture,  the Company and
the Trustee may treat the persons in whose names New Notes,  including New Notes
represented  by the Global Note,  are  registered as the owners  thereof for the
purpose of receiving  such payments.  Consequently,  neither the Company nor the
Trustee has or will have any responsibility or liability for the payment of such
amounts to beneficial owners of New Notes. The Company believes,  however,  that
it is currently the policy of DTC to immediately credit accounts of the relevant
Participants  with such payments,  in amounts  proportionate to their respective
holdings  of  beneficial  interests  in the  relevant  security  as shown on the
records of DTC. Payments by DTC's  Participants and DTC's Indirect  Participants
to the beneficial owners of New Notes will be governed by standing  instructions
and customary  practice and will be the responsibility of DTC's Participants and
DTC's Indirect Participants.

     Neither the Company nor the Trustee  will be liable for any delay by DTC or
its nominee in identifying  the  beneficial  owners of New Notes and the Company
and the Trustee may  conclusively  rely on, and will be protected in relying on,
instructions from DTC or its nominees for all purposes.


CERTIFICATED SECURITIES

     Institutional "accredited investors" (within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1),
(2), (3) or (7) of the Securities Act) own Old Notes in the form of certificated
securities. Subject to certain conditions, any 


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person having a beneficial  interest in the Global Note may, upon request to the
Trustee,  exchange  such  beneficial  interest  for  New  Notes  in the  form of
certificated  securities.  Upon any such  issuance,  the  Trustee is required to
register such  certificated  securities in the name of, and cause the same to be
delivered to, such person or persons (or the nominee of any thereof). If (i) the
Company notifies the Trustee in writing that DTC is no longer willing or able to
act as a  depositary  and the Company is unable to locate a qualified  successor
within 90 days or (ii) the  Company,  at its  option,  notifies  the  Trustee in
writing  that it  elects  to  cause  the  issuance  of New  Notes in the form of
certificated securities under the Indenture,  then, upon surrender by the Global
Note  Holder of its Global  Note,  New Notes in such form will be issued to each
person  that the Global Note  Holder and DTC  identify  as being the  beneficial
owner of the related New Notes. 


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                      DESCRIPTION OF CERTAIN INDEBTEDNESS


    The following summarizes the material long-term  indebtedness of the Company
and its subsidiaries.  The Company's  indebtedness is substantial in relation to
its stockholders' equity. At June 30, 1997, IHS' total long-term debt, including
current portion, accounted for 67.7% of its total capitalization.  In connection
with the offering of the 9 1/4% Senior Notes, S&P confirmed its B rating of IHS'
other  subordinated  debt  obligations,  including  the Old  Notes,  but  with a
negative  outlook,  and assigned the same rating to the 9 1/4% Senior Notes, and
Moody's  downgraded the Company's debt obligations,  including the Old Notes, to
B2, but noted that the outlook for the rating was stable. See  "Capitalization,"
"Pro  Forma  Financial  Information"  and  "Risk  Factors  -  Risks  Related  to
Substantial  Indebtedness."  The summary is not a complete  description  of such
indebtedness.  Copies of the material  agreements  relating to such indebtedness
have been filed  with the  Commission  and the  description  set forth  below is
qualified  in its  entirety by  reference  to such  agreements.  See  "Available
Information." 


REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY


     On May 15, 1996, the Company entered into a $700 million  revolving  credit
facility, including a $100 million letter of credit subfacility,  with Citibank,
N.A.,  as   Administrative   Agent,  and  certain  other  lenders  (the  "Credit
Facility").  The Credit Facility consists of a $700 million revolving loan which
reduces to $560 million on June 30, 2000 and $315 million on June 30, 2001, with
a final maturity on June 30, 2002. The $100 million subcommitment for letters of
credit will remain at $100 million until final maturity.  The Credit Facility is
guaranteed by the Company's  subsidiaries (other than inactive subsidiaries) and
secured by a pledge of all of the stock of  substantially  all of the  Company's
subsidiaries. At the option of the Company, loans under the Credit Facility bear
interest  at a rate  equal to  either  (i) the sum of (a) the  higher of (1) the
bank's base rate or (2) one percent plus the latest overnight federal funds rate
plus (b) a margin  of  between  zero  percent  and one and  one-quarter  percent
(depending  on  certain  financial  ratios);  or (ii) in the case of  Eurodollar
loans,  the sum of between  three-quarters  of one percent and two and  one-half
percent  (depending  on certain  financial  ratios) and the interest rate in the
London interbank market for loans in an amount substantially equal to the amount
of borrowing and for the period of the borrowing selected by the Company. 

     The Credit Facility limits the Company's  ability to incur  indebtedness or
contingent  obligations,  to make  additional  acquisitions,  to create or incur
liens on assets, to pay dividends and to purchase or redeem the Company's stock.
In  addition,  the  Credit  Facility  requires  that the  Company  meet  certain
financial tests, and provides the banks with the right to require the payment of
all of the amounts outstanding under the Credit Facility if there is a change in
control of the  Company or if any person  other than Dr.  Robert N.  Elkins or a
group managed by Dr. Elkins owns more than 40% of the Company's  capital  stock.
Amounts repaid under the Credit Facility may be reborrowed  until June 30, 2002.
The $700 million credit facility  replaced the Company's $500 million  revolving
credit facility (the "Prior Credit Facility"). As a result, the Company recorded
a loss on extinguishment of debt, net of related tax benefits,  of approximately
$1.4  million  in the second  quarter  of 1996.  On May 15,  1996,  the  Company
borrowed $328.2 million under the Credit  Facility to repay amounts  outstanding
under the Prior Credit Facility.


     The Company used  approximately  $191.0  million of the net proceeds of the
sale of the Old Notes to pay down  borrowings  under  the  Credit  Facility.  At
September 5, 1997,  $319.5 million was  outstanding  under the Credit  Facility,
bearing interest at 7.19%.

     The  Company  has  obtained  commitments for a new credit facility for $750
million  in  term  loans and up to a $1 billion revolving credit facility, which
will  replace  the  Credit  Facility. See "Recent Developments - Proposed Credit
Facility."



5 3/4% CONVERTIBLE SENIOR SUBORDINATED DEBENTURES DUE 2001

     The Company has outstanding  $143,750,000 principal amount of the Company's
5 3/4%  Convertible  Senior  Subordinated   Debentures  due  2001  (the  "5 3/4%
Debentures").  Interest  on the 53/4%  Debentures  is payable  semi-annually  on
January 1 and July 1. The 53/4% Debentures are redeemable in whole or in


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part at the option of the Company at a price,  expressed as a percentage  of the
principal amount,  ranging from 103.29% in 1997 to 100.82% in 2000, plus accrued
interest.  The 53/4%  Debentures are  convertible  into Common Stock at any time
prior to  redemption or final  maturity,  initially at the  conversion  price of
$32.60 per share (the equivalent of 30.675 shares per $1,000 principal amount of
53/4% Debentures),  subject to adjustment upon the occurrence of certain events.
In the event of a change in control of the Company (as defined in the  indenture
under which the 53/4%  Debentures were issued),  each holder of 53/4% Debentures
may require the Company to repurchase such holder's 53/4%  Debentures,  in whole
or in part, at 100% of the principal  amount thereof,  plus accrued  interest to
the repurchase date.


6% CONVERTIBLE SUBORDINATED DEBENTURES DUE 2003

     The Company has outstanding  $115,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its
6% Convertible Subordinated Debentures due 2003 (the "6% Debentures").  Interest
on the 6%  Debentures is payable  semi-annually  on January 1 and July 1. The 6%
Debentures  are  redeemable  in whole or in part at the option of the Company at
any time at a price,  expressed as a percentage of the principal amount, ranging
from  103.6%  in 1997 to  100.6%  in  2002,  plus  accrued  interest.  Prior  to
redemption, the 6% Debentures are convertible into Common Stock at the option of
the  holder  at any  time at or  before  maturity  at  $32.125  per  share  (the
equivalent  of 31.128  shares per  $1,000  principal  amount of 6%  Debentures),
subject to adjustment upon the occurrence of certain  events.  In the event of a
change in control of the Company (as defined in the indenture under which the 6%
Debentures were issued), each holder of 6% Debentures may require the Company to
repurchase  such  holder's 6%  Debentures,  in whole or in part,  at 100% of the
principal amount thereof, plus accrued interest to the repurchase date.



9 1/4% SENIOR SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2008

    IHS has outstanding  $500,000,000  aggregate  principal amount of its 9 1/4%
Senior Subordinated Notes due 2008 (the "9 1/4% Senior Notes").  Interest on the
9 1/4% Senior  Notes is payable  semi-annually  on January 15 and July 15. The 9
1/4% Senior Notes are redeemable in whole or in part at the option of IHS at any
time on or after Janaury 15, 2003, at a price,  expressed as a percentage of the
principal  amount,  initially equal to 104.625% and declining to 100% on January
15,  2006,  plus accrued  interest  thereon.  In addition,  IHS may redeem up to
$166,667,000  aggregate  principal amount of 9 1/4% Senior Notes at any time and
from time to time prior to  January  15,  2001 at a  redemption  price  equal to
109.25%  of the  aggregate  principal  amount  thereof,  plus  accrued  interest
thereon, out of the net cash proceeds of one or more Public Equity Offerings (as
defined in the indenture under which the 9 1/4% Senior Notes were issued (the "9
1/4% Senior Notes  Indenture")).  In the event of a change in control of IHS (as
defined in the 9 1/4%  Senior  Notes  Indenture),  each  holder of 9 1/4% Senior
Notes may require IHS to repurchase  such holder's 9 1/4% Senior Notes, in whole
or in part, at 101% of the principal  amount thereof,  plus accrued  interest to
the  repurchase  date.  The 9  1/4%  Senior  Notes  Indenture  contains  certain
covenants,  including,  but  not  limited  to,  covenants  with  respect  to the
following  matters:  (i) limitations on additional  indebtedness  unless certain
coverage ratios are met; (ii)  limitations on other  subordinated  indebtedness;
(iii)  limitations on liens; (iv) limitations on the issuance of preferred stock
by IHS'  subsidiaries;  (v) limitations on transactions  with  affiliates;  (vi)
limitations on restricted  payments and  investments;  (vii)  application of the
proceeds  of  certain  asset  sales;   (viii)  limitations  on  restrictions  on
subsidiary dividends;  and (ix) restrictions on mergers,  consolidations and the
transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of IHS to another person.


10 1/4% SENIOR SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2006

    IHS HAS OUTSTANDING  $150,000,000  AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF ITS 10 1/4%
SENIOR SUBORDINATED NOTES due 2006 (the "10 1/4% Senior Notes"). Interest on the
10 1/4% Senior Notes is payable semi-annually on April 30 and October 30. The 10
1/4% Senior Notes are  redeemable  for cash at any time after April 30, 2001, at
IHS'  option,  in whole or in part,  initially  at a  redemption  price equal to
105.125% of the principal  amount,  declining to 100% of the principal amount on
April 30, 2004, plus accrued  interest thereon to the date fixed for redemption.
In the event of a change in control of IHS (as  defined in the  indenture  under
which the 10 1/4% Senior Notes were issued), each holder of 10 1/4% Senior Notes
may require IHS to repurchase such 


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holder's 10 1/4% Senior  Notes,  in whole or in part,  at 101% of the  principal
amount  thereof,  plus accrued  interest to the  repurchase  date. The indenture
under which the 10 1/4% Senior  Notes were issued  contains  certain  covenants,
including,  but not limited to, covenants with respect to the following matters:
(i) limitations on additional  indebtedness  unless certain ratios are met; (ii)
limitations  on other  subordinated  debt;  (iii)  limitations  on  liens;  (iv)
limitations  on the  issuance  of  preferred  stock  by IHS'  subsidiaries;  (v)
limitations  on  transactions  with  affiliates;  (vi)  limitations  on  certain
payments,  including  dividends;  (vii)  application  of the proceeds of certain
asset sales; (viii) restrictions on mergers,  consolidations and the transfer of
all or  substantially  all of the  assets  of IHS to  another  person;  and (ix)
limitations on investments and loans.

    The 10 1/4% Senior Notes were sold to Smith Barney Inc., Donaldson, Lufkin &
Jenrette  Securities  Corporation  and  Citicorp  Securities,  Inc.,  as Initial
Purchasers (the "10 1/4% Initial  Purchasers").  The 10 1/4% Initial  Purchasers
sold the 10 1/4% Senior Notes to qualified  institutional buyers under Rule 144A
of the  Securities  Act and to a  limited  number  of  institutional  accredited
investors. Pursuant to an agreement with the 10 1/4% Initial Purchasers, IHS was
obligated to take certain  actions to effect an exchange offer within  specified
periods  whereby  each  holder of 10 1/4%  Senior  Notes  would be  offered  the
opportunity  to  exchange  such notes for new notes  identical  in all  material
respects  to the 10 1/4%  Senior  Notes  except  that  the new  notes  would  be
registered  under the Securities Act. IHS has not to date commenced the exchange
offer and, as a result,  beginning November 25, 1996 the interest rate on the 10
1/4% Senior  Notes  increased to 10.5%,  and will  continue to increase by 0.25%
each 90 days until the exchange offer is commenced. 


10 3/4% SENIOR SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2004

    The Company has outstanding  $107,000  aggregate  principal amount of its 10
3/4% Senior  Subordinated Notes due 2004 (the "10 3/4% Senior Notes").  Interest
on the 10 3/4% Senior Notes is payable  semi-annually on January 15 and July 15.
The 10 3/4% Senior Notes are redeemable in whole or in part at the option of the
Company  at any  time on or after  July 15,  1999,  at a price,  expressed  as a
percentage of the principal amount, initially equal to 105.375% and declining to
100% on July 15, 2002, plus accrued interest  thereon.  In the event of a change
in control of the Company (as defined in the  indenture  under which the 10 3/4%
Senior Notes were issued (the "10 3/4% Senior Notes Indenture")), each holder of
10 3/4% Senior Notes may require the Company to repurchase such holder's 10 3/4%
Senior Notes, in whole or in part, at 101% of the principal amount thereof, plus
accrued  interest to the  repurchase  date.  The 10 3/4% Senior Notes  Indenture
contains  certain  limited  covenants,  including a covenant with respect to the
application of the proceeds of certain asset sales.

    On May 30, 1997, the Company  repurchased  $99,893,000  aggregate  principal
amount  of the 10 3/4%  Senior  Notes  pursuant  to a cash  tender  offer.  As a
condition of the  Company's  obligation  to  repurchase  tendered 10 3/4% Senior
Notes,  tendering  holders  consented to  amendments to the 10 3/4% Senior Notes
Indenture  which  eliminated  or  modified  most  of the  restrictive  covenants
previously contained in such indenture.


9 5/8% SENIOR SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2002, SERIES A

    The Company has outstanding $25,000 aggregate principal amount of its 9 5/8%
Senior  Subordinated  Notes  due  2002,  Series A (the "9 5/8%  Senior  Notes").
Interest  on the 9 5/8%  Senior  Notes is  payable  semi-annually  on May 31 and
November 30. The 9 5/8% Senior Notes are not  redeemable  prior to maturity.  In
the event of a change in control of IHS (as defined in the indenture under which
the 9 5/8% Senior Notes were issued (the "9 5/8% Senior Notes Indenture")), each
holder of 9 5/8% Senior Notes may require IHS to repurchase such holder's 9 5/8%
Senior Notes, in whole or in part, at 101% of the principal amount thereof, plus
accrued  interest to the  repurchase  date.  The 9 5/8% Senior  Notes  Indenture
contains  certain  limited  covenants,  including a covenant with respect to the
application of the proceeds of certain asset sales.

    On May 30, 1997, the Company  repurchased  $114,975,000  aggregate principal
amount  of  the 9 5/8%  Senior  Notes  pursuant  to a cash  tender  offer.  As a
condition  of the  Company's  obligation  to  repurchase  tendered 9 5/8% Senior
Notes,  tendering  holders  consented to  amendments  to the 9 5/8% Senior Notes
Indenture  which  eliminated  or  modified  most  of the  restrictive  covenants
previously contained in such indenture.


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Certain Other Obligations

     IHS'  contingent   liabilities   (other  than  liabilities  in  respect  of
litigation  and  the  contingent  payments  in  respect  of the  First  American
Acquisition) aggregated  approximately $77.3 million as of June 30, 1997. IHS is
obligated to purchase its  Greenbriar  facility upon a change in control of IHS.
The net purchase price of the facility is  approximately  $4.0 million.  IHS has
guaranteed  approximately  $6.6  million of the  lessor's  indebtedness.  IHS is
required,  upon certain  defaults under the lease,  to purchase its Orange Hills
facility  at a  purchase  price  equal to the  greater  of $7.1  million  or the
facility's fair market value. IHS has guaranteed approximately $4.0 million owed
by Tutera  Group,  Inc.  and Sunset Plaza  Limited  Partnership,  a  partnership
affiliated with a partnership in which IHS has a 49% interest, to Finova Capital
Corporation.  IHS has established  several irrevocable standby letters of credit
with the Bank of Nova  Scotia to secure  certain of IHS'  self-insured  workers'
compensation  obligations,  health benefits and other  obligations.  The maximum
obligation  was $15.7 million at June 30, 1997. IHS has also  established  three
irrevocable standby letters of credit in the total amount of $10.7 million.  IHS
has  guaranteed  approximately  $539,000 owed by a managed  facility to National
Health  Investors Inc. and  approximately  $8.9 million owed by Litchfield Asset
Management  Corporation  to National  Health  Investors  Inc. IHS has guaranteed
approximately  $4.8  million owed by CCA, a related  party  company to which IHS
provides  certain  management  services,  to Daiwa  Healthco-2 LLC. IHS has also
guaranteed  approximately  $10.0  million  owed by CCA to Health and  Retirement
Properties Trust under a loan and lease financing  agreement.  In addition,  IHS
has  established an  irrevocable  standby line of credit with CCA with a maximum
amount of $5.0 million available to CCA at June 30, 1997. Subsequent to June 30,
1997, IHS established an additional $5.0 million credit  facility.  On August 7,
1997, IHS commenced a cash tender offer for all the outstanding  stock of CCA at
a price of $4.00 per share. See "Recent  Developments - Proposed  Acquisitions -
Community  Care of America,  Inc." IHS owns  warrants to purchase  approximately
13.5% of CCA's  Common  Stock,  and IHS'  Chairman and Chief  Executive  Officer
beneficially  owns  approximately   21.0%  of  CCA's  outstanding  common  stock
(excluding the warrants owned by IHS). In addition,  IHS has  obligations  under
operating leases aggregating  approximately  $212.1 million at June 30, 1997. In
addition,  with respect to certain acquired  businesses IHS is obligated to make
certain contingent  payments if earnings of the acquired  businesses increase or
earnings  targets are met. IHS is also obligated under certain  circumstances to
make contingent  payments of up to $155 million in respect of the First American
Acquisition. See "Recent Developments - First American Acquisition." 


     The Company leases ten facilities from Meditrust,  a  publicly-traded  real
estate  investment  trust.  With  respect  to all  the  facilities  leased  from
Meditrust, the Company is obligated to pay additional rent in an amount equal to
a  specified  percentage  (generally  five  percent)  of the amount by which the
facility's  gross revenues  exceed a specified  amount  (generally  based on the
facility's  gross revenues  during its first year of operation).  If an event of
default occurs under any Meditrust  lease or any other agreement the Company has
with  Meditrust,  Meditrust has the right to require the Company to purchase the
facility  leased from the partnership at a price equal to the higher of the then
current fair market value of the facility or the original  purchase price of the
facility paid by Meditrust plus the cost of certain  capital  expenditures  paid
for by  Meditrust,  an  adjustment  for the increase in the cost of living index
since the commencement of the lease and all rent then due and payable,  all such
amounts to be determined  pursuant to the  prescribed  formula  contained in the
lease. In addition, each Meditrust lease provides that a default under any other
Meditrust   lease  or  any  other  agreement  the  Company  has  with  Meditrust
constitutes  a default under such lease.  Upon such  default,  Meditrust has the
right to terminate the leases and to seek damages based upon lost rent.



                              PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION


     Each  broker-dealer that receives New Notes for its own account pursuant to
the  Exchange  Offer  must  acknowledge  that it will  deliver a  prospectus  in
connection  with any resale of such New  Notes.  This  Prospectus,  as it may be
amended or  supplemented  from time to time, may be used by a  broker-dealer  in
connection  with  resales of New Notes  received in exchange for Old Notes where
such Old Notes were


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acquired as a result of  market-making  activities or other trading  activities.
The Company has agreed that for a period of 90 days after the  Expiration  Date,
it will make this  Prospectus,  as amended  or  supplemented,  available  to any
broker-dealer for use in connection with any such resale.

     The Company will not receive any  proceeds  from any sales of the New Notes
by  broker-dealers.  New Notes received by broker-dealers  for their own account
pursuant  to the  Exchange  Offer  may be sold  from time to time in one or more
transactions on the New York Stock Exchange, in negotiated transactions, through
the  writing  of options on the New Notes or a  combination  of such  methods of
resale,  at market prices prevailing at the time of resale, at prices related to
such prevailing  market prices or at negotiated  prices.  Any such resale may be
made directly to purchasers or to or through  brokers or dealers who may receive
compensation   in  the  form  of  commissions  or  concessions   from  any  such
broker-dealer  and/or the  purchasers of any such New Notes.  Any  broker-dealer
that resells the New Notes that were received by it for its own account pursuant
to  the  Exchange  Offer  and  any  broker  or  dealer  that  participates  in a
distribution of such New Notes may be deemed to be an  "underwriter"  within the
meaning of the Securities Act and any profit on any such resale of the New Notes
and any commissions or concessions received by any such persons may be deemed to
be underwriting compensation under the Securities Act. The Letter of Transmittal
states that by acknowledging that it will deliver and by delivering a prospectus
a broker-dealer  will not be deemed to admit that it is an "underwriter"  within
the meaning of the Securities Act.

     For a period  of 90 days  after  the  Expiration  Date,  the  Company  will
promptly  send  additional  copies  of  this  Prospectus  and any  amendment  or
supplement to this Prospectus to any broker-dealer  that requests such documents
in the Letter of  Transmittal.  The Company  has agreed to pay certain  expenses
incident to the Exchange  Offer,  other than  commissions  or concessions of any
brokers or dealers,  and will indemnify the holders of the New Notes  (including
any broker-dealers) against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the
Securities Act.

     By acceptance of this Exchange Offer, each  broker-dealer that receives New
Notes for its own account  pursuant to the  Exchange  Offer  agrees  that,  upon
receipt of notice from the Company of the happening of any event which makes any
statement in this  Prospectus  untrue in any material  respect or which requires
the making of any  changes in this  Prospectus  in order to make the  statements
herein not misleading  (which notice the Company  agrees to deliver  promptly to
such  broker-dealer),  such  broker-dealer  will suspend use of this  Prospectus
until the Company has amended or  supplemented  this  Prospectus to correct such
misstatement or omission and has furnished copies of the amended or supplemented
Prospectus to such  broker-dealer.  If the Company shall give any such notice to
suspend the use of the Prospectus, it shall extend the 90-day period referred to
above by the number of days during the period from and including the date of the
giving of such notice to and including the date when  broker-dealers  shall have
received copies of the  supplemented or amended  Prospectus  necessary to permit
resales of the New Notes.



                                 LEGAL MATTERS

     The validity of the New Notes being offered  hereby will be passed upon for
the Company by  Fulbright & Jaworski  L.L.P.,  New York,  New York.  At July 31,
1997,  partners of Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.  owned an aggregate of 300 shares
of the Company's Common Stock.



                                    EXPERTS


     The consolidated  financial statements of Integrated Health Services,  Inc.
and  subsidiaries  as of December 31, 1995 and 1996 and for each of the years in
the   three-year   period  ended  December  31,  1996  have  been  included  and
incorporated by reference into this Prospectus and elsewhere in the Registration
Statement  in reliance  upon the report of KPMG Peat  Marwick  LLP,  independent
certified public accountants, included and incorporated by reference herein, and
upon the  authority  of said firm as experts in  accounting  and  auditing.  The
report of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP refers to changes in 


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accounting  methods,  in  1995,  to  adopt  Statement  of  Financial  Accounting
Standards No. 121 related to impairment of long-lived  assets and, in 1996, from
deferring  and  amortizing  pre-opening  costs  of  Medical  Specialty  Units to
recording them as expenses when incurred.


     The  consolidated  financial  statements of First  American  Health Care of
Georgia,  Inc. as of December 31, 1994 and 1995 and for each of the years in the
three-year  period ended December 31, 1995, have been  incorporated by reference
in this Prospectus and in the Registration Statement from IHS' Current Report on
Form 8-K/A,  as amended (dated October 17, 1996 and filed with the Commission on
July 11, 1997) in reliance upon the report of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP, independent
certified public  accountants,  incorporated by reference  herein,  and upon the
authority of said firm as experts in accounting and auditing. The report of KPMG
Peat Marwick LLP contains an  explanatory  paragraph  regarding the  uncertainty
with  respect  to  certain  contingent  payments  which may be  payable  under a
settlement agreement with the Health Care Financing Administration.



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                  INDEX TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS




<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                   PAGE
                                                                                  -----
<S>                                                                               <C>
     Independent Auditors' Report   .............................................  F-2
     Consolidated Balance Sheets at December 31, 1995 and 1996 and June 30, 1997
       (unaudited)   ............................................................  F-3
     Consolidated Statements of Operations for the years ended December 31, 1994,
       1995 and 1996 and the six months ended June 30, 1996 and 1997 (unaudited)
     F-4 Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity for the years ended
       December 31, 1994, 1995 and 1996 and the six months ended June 30, 1997
       (unaudited)   ............................................................  F-5
     Consolidated  Statements  of Cash Flows for the years  ended  December  31,
       1994,  1995 and  1996 and the six  months  ended  June 30,  1996 and 1997
       (unaudited) F-6
     Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements    ..............................  F-7
</TABLE>




                                      F-1
<PAGE>


                         INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT


The Board of Directors and Stockholders
Integrated Health Services, Inc.:

We have audited the accompanying consolidated financial statements of Integrated
Health  Services,   Inc.  and  subsidiaries  (the  Company)  as  listed  in  the
accompanying   index.   These   consolidated   financial   statements   are  the
responsibility of the Company's management.  Our responsibility is to express an
opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our audits.

We  conducted  our  audits  in  accordance  with  generally   accepted  auditing
standards.  Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain
reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material
misstatement.  An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting
the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements.  An audit also includes
assessing the  accounting  principles  used and  significant  estimates  made by
management,  as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation.
We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the consolidated  financial statements referred to above present
fairly, in all material  respects,  the financial  position of Integrated Health
Services, Inc. and subsidiaries at December 31, 1995 and 1996 and the results of
their  operations  and their cash flows for each of the years in the  three-year
period ended December 31, 1996, in conformity with generally accepted accounting
principles.

As discussed in notes 1(k) and 18 to the consolidated  financial statements,  in
1995 the Company  adopted the provisions of the Financial  Accounting  Standards
Board's Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 121, "Accounting for the
Impairment of Long-Lived  Assets and for  Long-Lived  Assets to Be Disposed Of."
Also,  effective January 1, 1996, the Company changed its accounting method from
deferring  and  amortizing  pre-opening  costs  of  medical  specialty  units to
recording them as an expense when incurred.



                                          KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP

Baltimore, Maryland
March 24, 1997     



                                      F-2
<PAGE>

               INTEGRATED HEALTH SERVICES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
                          CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
                            (DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS)






<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                         DECEMBER 31,          JUNE 30,
                                                                   ------------------------- ------------
                                                                       1995         1996         1997
                                                                   ------------ ------------ ------------
                                                                                              (UNAUDITED)
<S>                                                                <C>            <C>        <C>
                              ASSETS
Current Assets:
 Cash and cash equivalents ....................................... $  38,917      $   39,028 $  43,105
 Temporary investments  ..........................................     2,387           2,044     2,367
 Patient accounts and third-party payor settlements receivable,
   net (note 3)   ................................................   230,282         326,883   344,144
 Inventories, prepaid expenses and other current assets  .........    25,629          26,243    28,931
 Income tax receivable  ..........................................    16,517          20,992    30,617
                                                                   ----------    ----------- ----------
   Total current assets    .......................................   313,732         415,190   449,164
Property, plant and equipment, net (note 5)  .....................   758,127         864,335   910,772
Intangible assets (notes 2 and 6)   ..............................   288,033         572,159   633,206
Investments in and advances to affiliates (note 4)    ............    29,362          76,047    74,001
Other assets   ...................................................    44,476          65,376    75,504
                                                                   ----------    ----------- ----------
   Total assets   ................................................ $1,433,730     $1,993,107 $2,142,647
                                                                   ==========    =========== ==========
                LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Current Liabilities:
 Current maturities of long-term debt (note 8)  .................. $   5,404      $   16,547 $  13,161
 Accounts payable and accrued expenses (note 7)    ...............   172,013         341,094   276,961
                                                                   ----------    ----------- ----------
   Total current liabilities  ....................................   177,417         357,641   290,122
                                                                   ----------    ----------- ----------
Long-term debt (note 8):
 Convertible subordinated debentures   ...........................   258,750         258,750   258,750
 Other long-term debt less current maturities   ..................   506,507         779,450   946,337
                                                                   ----------    ----------- ----------
   Total long-term debt    .......................................   765,257       1,038,200 1,205,087
                                                                   ----------    ----------- ----------
Other long-term liabilities (note 9)   ...........................         -          33,851    35,315
Deferred income taxes (note 12)  .................................    52,279          22,283    25,073
Deferred gain on sale-leaseback transactions    ..................     7,249           6,267     5,731
Commitments and contingencies  (notes 4, 9, 10, 11 and 13) Stockholders'  equity
(note 11):
 Preferred stock, authorized 15,000,000 shares; no shares issued
   and outstanding   .............................................         -               -         -
 Common stock, $0.001 par value. Authorized 150,000,000 shares;
   issued 21,785,334 shares in 1995, 23,628,250 shares in 1996
   and 25,387,377 shares in 1997 .................................        22              24        25
 Additional paid-in capital   ....................................   410,345         445,667   492,892
 Retained earnings   .............................................    33,951          79,814    89,940
 Unrealized gain on available for sale securities  ...............         -           9,360         -
 Treasury stock, at cost (400,600 shares in 1995 and 41,900 shares
   in 1997) (note 11)   ..........................................   (12,790)              -    (1,538)
                                                                   ----------    ----------- ----------
   Total stockholders' equity    .................................   431,528         534,865   581,319
                                                                   ----------    ----------- ----------
   Total liabilities and stockholders' equity   .................. $1,433,730     $1,993,107 $2,142,647
                                                                   ==========    =========== ==========
</TABLE>


          See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.



                                      F-3

<PAGE>

               INTEGRATED HEALTH SERVICES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
                     CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
               (DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE AMOUNTS)






<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                                          SIX MONTHS ENDED
                                                                       YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31,               JUNE 30,
                                                                --------------------------------------- --------------------
                                                                   1994          1995          1996        1996      1997
                                                                ----------- -------------- ------------ ---------- ---------
                                                                                                            (UNAUDITED)
<S>                                                               <C>        <C>           <C>            <C>        <C>
Net revenues:
 Basic medical services    ....................................   $ 269,817  $  368,569    $ 389,773      $195,279   $176,810
 Specialty medical services   .................................     404,401     770,554      999,209       446,393    722,802
 Management services and other   ..............................      37,884      39,765       45,713        21,381     19,304
                                                                 ----------  ----------    ----------    ---------  ---------
   Total revenues    ..........................................     712,102   1,178,888    1,434,695       663,053    918,916
                                                                 ----------  ----------    ----------    ---------  ---------
Costs and expenses:
 Operating expenses:
   Salaries, wages, and benefits ..............................     332,812     549,766      694,137       315,949    447,231
   Other operating expenses   .................................     195,319     338,785      399,811       188,220    243,917
 Corporate administrative and general  ........................      37,041      56,016       60,976        29,947     36,151
 Depreciation and amortization   ..............................      26,367      39,961       41,681        16,779     30,844
 Rent (note 10)   .............................................      42,158      66,125       77,785        35,535     49,795
 Interest (net of investment income of $1,121 in 1994, $1,876
   in 1995, and $2,233 in 1996) (note 8)  .....................      20,602      38,977       64,110        30,102     44,645
 Loss on impairment of long-lived assets (note 18)    .........           -      83,321            -             -          -
 Other non-recurring charges (income), net (notes 6 and
   18)   ......................................................           -      49,639      (14,457)            -     20,047
                                                                 ----------  ----------    ----------    ---------  ---------
   Total costs and expenses   .................................     654,299   1,222,590    1,324,043       616,532    872,630
                                                                 ----------  ----------    ----------    ---------  ---------
   Earnings (loss) before equity in earnings of affiliates, in-
    come taxes and extraordinary items                               57,803     (43,702)     110,652        46,521     46,286
Equity in earnings of affiliates (note 4)    ..................       1,176       1,443          828           760         98
                                                                 ----------  ----------    ----------    ---------  ---------
   Earnings (loss) before income taxes and extraordinary
    items   ...................................................      58,979     (42,259)     111,480        47,281     46,384
Federal and state income taxes (note 12)  .....................      22,117     (16,270)      63,715        18,203     18,090
                                                                 ----------  ----------    ----------    ---------  ---------
   Earnings (loss) before extraordinary items   ...............      36,862     (25,989)      47,765        29,078     28,294
Extraordinary items (note 15)    ..............................       4,274       1,013        1,431         1,431     18,168
                                                                 ----------  ----------    ----------    ---------  ---------
   Net earnings (loss)  .......................................   $  32,588  $  (27,002)   $  46,334      $ 27,647   $ 10,126
                                                                 ==========  ==========    ==========    =========  =========
Per Common Share - primary:
 Earnings (loss) before extraordinary item   ..................   $    1.99  $    (1.21)   $    2.03      $   1.26   $   1.05
 Net earnings (loss)    .......................................        1.75       (1.26)        1.97          1.20       0.38
                                                                 ==========  ==========    ==========    =========  =========
Per Common Share - fully diluted:
 Earnings (loss) before extraordinary item   ..................   $    1.73  $    (1.21)   $    1.82      $   1.10   $   0.92
 Net earnings (loss)    .......................................        1.57       (1.26)        1.78          1.05       0.41
                                                                 ==========  ==========    ==========    =========  =========
</TABLE>


          See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.



                                      F-4


<PAGE>

               INTEGRATED HEALTH SERVICES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
                CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
                            (DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS)





<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                              ADDITIONAL
                                                         PREFERRED   COMMON    PAID-IN
                                                           STOCK     STOCK     CAPITAL
                                                        ----------- -------- ------------
<S>                                                         <C>       <C>     <C>
Balance at December 31, 1993   ........................     $-        $ 14    $ 187,294
 Issuance of 2,620,309 common shares in connec-
  tion with acquisitions                                     -           2       92,429
 Issuance of warrants in connection with acquisi-
  tions                                                      -           -        3,000
 Exercise of warrants for 113,848 common shares              -           -        2,508
 Issuance of 21,670 common shares in connection
  with employee stock purchase plan  ..................      -           -          551
 Issuance of 3,477,384 common shares in connec-
  tion with a public offering, less issuance costs .         -           4       98,634
 Exercise of employee stock options for 521,992
  common shares    ....................................      -           1        7,986
 Declaration of cash dividend, $0.02 per common
  share   .............................................      -           -            -
 Net earnings   .......................................      -           -            -
                                                            ---       -----   ---------
Balance at December 31, 1994   ........................      -          21      392,402
 Issuance of 385,216 common shares in connec-
  tion with acquisitions                                     -           1        9,794
 Issuance of warrants in connection with acquisi-
  tions                                                      -           -          339
 Issuance of 49,377 common shares in connection
  with employee stock purchase plan  ..................      -           -        1,339
 Acquisition of 400,600 common shares of trea-
  sury stock                                                 -           -            -
 Exercise of employee stock options for 340,244
  common shares    ....................................      -           -        5,676
 Exercise of warrants for 44,181 common shares .             -           -          795
 Declaration of cash dividend, $0.02 per common
  share   .............................................      -           -            -
 Net loss    ..........................................      -           -            -
                                                            ---       -----   ---------
Balance at December 31, 1995   ........................      -          22      410,345
 Issuance of 1,632,873 common shares in connec-
  tion with acquisitions and management agree-
  ments                                                      -           2       35,435
 Re-issuance of 400,600 common shares of trea-
  sury stock in payment of earn-out in connec-
  tion with prior acquisitions                               -           -       (3,592)
 Issuance of 68,661 common shares in connection
  with employee stock purchase plan  ..................      -           -        1,401
 Exercise of employee stock options for 141,382
  common shares    ....................................      -           -        2,078
 Unrealized gain on available for sale securities   .        -           -            -
 Declaration of cash dividend, $0.02 per common
  share   .............................................      -           -            -
 Net earnings   .......................................                  -            -
                                                                      -----   ---------
Balance at December 31, 1996   ........................      -          24      445,667
Issuance of 976,504 shares of common stock in
 payment of earn-out in connection with prior ac-
 quisition (unaudited)                                       -           1       26,438
Issuance of 322,472 shares of common stock in
 connection with acquisitions (unaudited)  ............      -           -       11,460
Issuance of 30,248 shares of common stock in con-
 nection with employee stock purchase plan (un-
 audited)                                                    -           -          647
Exercise of employee stock options for 471,803
 shares of common stock (unaudited)  ..................      -           -        8,680
Realized gains on available for sale securities (unau-
 dited)                                                      -           -            -
Acquisition of 41,900 common shares of treasury
 stock (unaudited) ....................................      -           -            -
Net earnings (unaudited) ..............................      -           -            -
                                                            ---       -----   ---------
Balance at June 30, 1997 (unaudited) ..................     $-        $ 25    $ 492,892
                                                            ===       =====   =========



<CAPTION>
                                                                       UNREALIZED
                                                                        GAIN ON
                                                                      AVAILABLE FOR
                                                          RETAINED        SALE        TREASURY
                                                          EARNINGS     SECURITIES      STOCK         TOTAL
                                                        ------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
<S>                                                     <C>            <C>          <C>           <C>
Balance at December 31, 1993   ........................ $  29,198      $       -    $       -     $ 216,506
 Issuance of 2,620,309 common shares in connec-
  tion with acquisitions                                        -              -            -        92,431
 Issuance of warrants in connection with acquisi-
  tions                                                         -              -            -         3,000
 Exercise of warrants for 113,848 common shares                 -              -            -         2,508
 Issuance of 21,670 common shares in connection
  with employee stock purchase plan  ..................         -              -            -           551
 Issuance of 3,477,384 common shares in connec-
  tion with a public offering, less issuance costs .            -              -            -        98,638
 Exercise of employee stock options for 521,992
  common shares    ....................................         -              -            -         7,987
 Declaration of cash dividend, $0.02 per common
  share   .............................................      (398)             -            -          (398)
 Net earnings   .......................................    32,588              -            -        32,588
                                                        ----------     ---------    ----------    ---------
Balance at December 31, 1994   ........................    61,388              -            -       453,811
 Issuance of 385,216 common shares in connec-
  tion with acquisitions                                        -              -            -         9,795
 Issuance of warrants in connection with acquisi-
  tions                                                         -              -            -           339
 Issuance of 49,377 common shares in connection
  with employee stock purchase plan  ..................         -              -            -         1,339
 Acquisition of 400,600 common shares of trea-
  sury stock                                                    -              -      (12,790)      (12,790)
 Exercise of employee stock options for 340,244
  common shares    ....................................         -              -            -         5,676
 Exercise of warrants for 44,181 common shares .                -              -            -           795
 Declaration of cash dividend, $0.02 per common
  share   .............................................      (435)             -            -          (435)
 Net loss    ..........................................   (27,002)             -            -       (27,002)
                                                        ----------     ---------    ----------    ---------
Balance at December 31, 1995   ........................    33,951              -      (12,790)      431,528
 Issuance of 1,632,873 common shares in connec-
  tion with acquisitions and management agree-
  ments                                                         -              -            -        35,437
 Re-issuance of 400,600 common shares of trea-
  sury stock in payment of earn-out in connec-
  tion with prior acquisitions                                  -              -       12,790         9,198
 Issuance of 68,661 common shares in connection
  with employee stock purchase plan  ..................         -              -            -         1,401
 Exercise of employee stock options for 141,382
  common shares    ....................................         -              -            -         2,078
 Unrealized gain on available for sale securities   .           -          9,360            -         9,360
 Declaration of cash dividend, $0.02 per common
  share   .............................................      (471)             -            -          (471)
 Net earnings   .......................................    46,334              -            -        46,334
                                                        ----------     ---------    ----------    ---------
Balance at December 31, 1996   ........................    79,814          9,360            -       534,865
Issuance of 976,504 shares of common stock in
 payment of earn-out in connection with prior ac-
 quisition (unaudited)                                          -              -            -        26,439
Issuance of 322,472 shares of common stock in
 connection with acquisitions (unaudited)  ............         -              -            -        11,460
Issuance of 30,248 shares of common stock in con-
 nection with employee stock purchase plan (un-
 audited)                                                       -              -            -           647
Exercise of employee stock options for 471,803
 shares of common stock (unaudited)  ..................         -              -            -         8,680
Realized gains on available for sale securities (unau-
 dited)                                                         -         (9,360)           -        (9,360)
Acquisition of 41,900 common shares of treasury
 stock (unaudited) ....................................         -              -       (1,538)       (1,538)
Net earnings (unaudited) ..............................    10,126              -            -        10,126
                                                        ----------     ---------    ----------    ---------
Balance at June 30, 1997 (unaudited) .................. $  89,940      $       -    $  (1,538)    $ 581,319
                                                        ==========     =========    ==========    =========
</TABLE>


          See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

                                      F-5
<PAGE>

               INTEGRATED HEALTH SERVICES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
                     CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
                            (DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS)






<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                                        SIX MONTHS ENDED
                                                                  YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31,                  JUNE 30,
                                                         ------------------------------------------ -------------------------
                                                             1994           1995          1996          1996         1997
                                                         ------------- -------------- ------------- ------------ ------------
                                                                                                           (UNAUDITED)
<S>                                                       <C>           <C>            <C>          <C>          <C>
Cash flows from operating activities:
 Net earnings (loss)   .................................  $   32,588    $  (27,002)    $   46,334   $  27,647    $  10,126
 Adjustments to reconcile net earnings (loss) to net
   cash provided by operating activities:   ............
   Extraordinary items    ..............................       6,839         1,647          2,327       2,327       29,784
   Loss on impairment of long-lived assets  ............           -        83,321              -           -            -
   Other non-recurring charges (income)  ...............           -        47,700        (14,457)          -       20,047
   Undistributed results of affiliates   ...............        (142)         (431)             2        (390)         328
   Depreciation and amortization   .....................      26,367        39,961         41,681      16,779       30,844
   Deferred income taxes and other non-cash items .            2,628       (22,920)         3,462       2,095        2,090
   Amortization of deferred gain on sale-leaseback   .          (680)       (1,018)          (982)       (516)        (536)
   Increase in patient accounts and third-party payor
    settlements receivable   ...........................     (42,998)      (62,512)       (44,232)    (31,399)     (10,109)
   (Increase) decrease in supplies, inventories, pre-
    paid expenses and other current assets                      (349)       (6,121)            82        (986)      (2,483)
   Increase (decrease) in accounts payable and ac-
    crued expenses                                             1,205         1,177          4,086     (16,716)     (59,439)
   (Increase) decrease in income taxes receivable    ...           -       (16,517)        (4,475)      1,800       (9,644)
   Increase (decrease) in income taxes payable    ......       1,681        (5,686)             -           -            -
                                                          ----------    ----------     ----------   ----------   ----------
    Net cash provided by operating activities  .........      27,139        31,599         33,828         641       11,008
                                                          ----------    ----------     ----------   ----------   ----------
Cash flows from financing activities:
 Proceeds from issuance of capital stock, net  .........     109,683         8,399          3,479       1,799        9,327
 Proceeds from long-term borrowings   ..................     308,467       510,659      1,087,175     627,675    1,083,219
 Repayment of long-term borrowings    ..................    (191,338)     (307,440)      (830,434)   (490,761)    (919,514)
 Payment of prepayment premiums and fees of debt
   extinquishment   ....................................           -             -              -           -      (23,598)
 Proceeds from sale-leaseback transactions, net   ......      28,210             -              -           -            -
 Deferred financing costs    ...........................     (11,156)       (5,512)       (10,251)     (8,090)     (13,840)
 Purchase of treasury stock  ...........................           -       (12,790)             -           -       (1,538)
 Dividends paid  .......................................           -          (398)          (435)       (435)        (471)
                                                          ----------    ----------     ----------   ----------   ----------
    Net cash provided by financing activities  .........     243,866       192,918        249,534     130,188      133,585
                                                          ----------    ----------     ----------   ----------   ----------
Cash flows from investing activities:
 Purchases of temporary investments   ..................     (48,909)         (401)        (5,645)          -         (442)
 Sales of temporary investments    .....................     102,498           672          5,988          97          119
 Business acquisitions    ..............................    (152,791)      (82,686)      (242,819)    (18,159)     (34,543)
 Payment of termination fees and other costs of ter-
   minated merger                                                  -             -              -           -      (27,555)
 Purchases of property, plant, and equipment   .........     (91,354)     (145,065)      (145,902)    (67,355)     (67,588)
 Disposition of assets    ..............................           -        33,153        136,709           -            -
 Intangible assets  ....................................      (7,201)      (14,183)             -           -            -
 Investment in affiliates and other assets  ............     (21,401)      (37,779)       (31,582)    (39,930)     (10,507)
                                                          ----------    ----------     ----------   ----------   ----------
    Net cash used by investing activities   ............    (219,158)     (246,289)      (283,251)   (125,347)    (140,516)
                                                          ----------    ----------     ----------   ----------   ----------
    Increase (decrease) in cash and equivalents   ......      51,847       (21,772)           111       5,482        4,077
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period    ......       8,842        60,689         38,917      38,917       39,028
                                                          ----------    ----------     ----------   ----------   ----------
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period    ............  $   60,689    $   38,917     $   39,028   $  44,399    $  43,105
                                                          ==========    ==========     ==========   ==========   ==========
</TABLE>


          See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

                                      F-6
<PAGE>

               INTEGRATED HEALTH SERVICES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
                  NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS


                 YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1994, 1995 AND 1996
               (DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE AMOUNTS)


(1) SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES


  (a) Organization and Basis of Presentation

     Integrated Health Services, Inc. (IHS), a Delaware corporation,  was formed
on March 25, 1986. The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of
IHS and  its  majority-owned  and  controlled  subsidiaries  (the  Company).  In
consolidation,  all significant intercompany balances and transactions have been
eliminated.  Investments  in  affiliates  in which  the  Company  has less  than
majority  ownership and control are accounted for by the equity method (see note
4).


  (b) Medical Services Revenues

     Medical  services  revenues are recorded at established  rates and adjusted
for  differences  between  such  rates and  estimated  amounts  reimbursable  by
third-party  payors when applicable.  Estimated  settlements  under  third-party
payor  retrospective rate setting programs (primarily Medicare and Medicaid) are
accrued in the period the related services are rendered.  Settlements receivable
and  related  revenues  under such  programs  are based on annual  cost  reports
prepared in  accordance  with Federal and state  regulations,  which reports are
subject to audit and retroactive adjustment in future periods. In the opinion of
management,  adequate  provision  has been made for such  adjustments  and final
settlements will not have a material effect on financial  position or results of
operations.  Basic medical services revenues represent routine service (room and
board) charges of geriatric and assisted living facilities, exclusive of medical
specialty units. Specialty medical services revenues represent ancillary service
charges of  geriatric  and assisted  living  facilities,  revenues  generated by
medical  specialty units and revenues of pharmacy,  rehabilitation,  diagnostic,
respiratory therapy, home health, hospice and similar service operations.


  (c) Cash Equivalents and Investments in Debt and Equity Securities

     Cash  equivalents  consist of highly liquid debt  instruments with original
maturities of three months or less at the date of investment by the Company. The
Company's temporary  investments,  consisting  primarily of preferred stocks and
municipal bonds, are classified as a trading security portfolio and are recorded
at their fair value,  with net unrealized  gains or losses included in earnings.
The Company  classifies its other investments in marketable equity securities as
available  for sale,  which are  reported  at fair  value,  with net  unrealized
holding  gains and  losses  excluded  from  income  and  reported  as a separate
component of  stockholders'  equity (see note 4).  Realized gains and losses are
recorded using the specific identification basis to determine cost.


  (d) Property, Plant and Equipment

     The  Company  capitalizes  costs  associated  with  acquiring  health  care
facilities and related interests therein. Pre-acquisition costs represent direct
costs of the  investigation  and  negotiation  of the  acquisition  of operating
facilities and ancillary  business units;  indirect and general expenses related
to such  activities are expensed as incurred.  Pre-construction  costs represent
direct costs incurred to secure control of the development  site,  including the
requisite certificate of need and other approvals,  and to perform other initial
tasks which are essential to the  development  and  construction  of a facility.
Pre-acquisition  and  pre-construction  costs are transferred to construction in
progress and depreciable  asset categories when the related tasks are completed.
Interest  cost  incurred  during  construction  is  capitalized.  Non-refundable
purchase  option fees related to operating  leases are  generally  classified as
leasehold  interests and treated as deposits  until (1) the option is exercised,
whereupon the deposit is applied as a credit against the purchase  price, or (2)
the option  period  expires,  whereupon  the  deposit  is  written  off as lease
termination expense.


                                      F-7

<PAGE>

                INTEGRATED HEALTH SERVICES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
             NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -(CONTINUED)

  (d) Property, Plant and Equipment -(CONTINUED)

     Total  costs  of   facilities   acquired  are   allocated  to  land,   land
improvements,  equipment and buildings (or leasehold interests therein) based on
their respective fair values determined generally by independent appraisal. Cost
in excess of such identified  fair values is classified as intangible  assets of
businesses acquired.


  (e) Depreciation

     Depreciation  is provided  on the  straight-line  basis over the  estimated
useful lives of the assets,  generally 25 years for land improvements,  10 years
for  equipment,  40 years for  buildings  and the term of the lease for costs of
leasehold interests and improvements.


  (f) Deferred Financing Costs

     The Company defers  financing  costs incurred to obtain  long-term debt and
amortizes such costs over the term of the related  obligation.  Debt discount is
amortized  using the debt  outstanding  (interest)  method  over the term of the
related debt.


  (g) Deferred Pre-opening Costs

     Through December 31, 1995,  direct costs incurred to initiate and implement
new medical  specialty  units (MSUs) at nursing  facilities  (e.g.,  respiratory
therapy,   rehabilitation  and  Alzheimers'  units)  were  deferred  during  the
pre-opening period and amortized on a straight-line basis over five years, which
corresponded to the period over which the Company  receives  reimbursement  from
Medicare.  Effective  January 1, 1996, the Company changed its policy to expense
such costs when incurred (see note 18).


  (h) Intangible Assets Acquired

     Intangible assets of businesses acquired (primarily goodwill) are amortized
by the straight-line  method primarily over 40 years, the period over which such
costs are recoverable through operating cash flows (see note 6).


  (i) Deferred Gains on Sale-Leaseback Transactions

     Gains on the sales of  nursing  facilities  which  are  leased  back  under
operating  leases are  initially  deferred and  amortized  over the terms of the
leases in proportion to and as a reduction of related rental expense.


  (j) Stock-Based Compensation

     The   Company   applies   Accounting   Principles  Board  Opinion  No.  25,
"Accounting  for  Stock  Issued  to Employees," ("APB No. 25") in accounting for
its  stock  options.  Additional  information required by Statement of Financial
Accounting  Standards No. 123, "Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation," ("SFAS
No. 123") is discussed in note 11.


  (k) Impairment of Long-Lived Assets

     Management  regularly  evaluates whether events or changes in circumstances
have  occurred  that could  indicate an  impairment  in the value of  long-lived
assets. In December 1995, the Company adopted SFAS No. 121,  "Accounting for the
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and for Long-Lived Assets to Be Disposed Of." In
accordance  with the provisions of SFAS No. 121, if there is an indication  that
the carrying  value of an asset is not  recoverable,  the Company  estimates the
projected undiscounted cash flows, excluding interest, of the related individual
facilities and business units (the lowest level for which there are identifiable
cash flows  independent of other groups of assets) to determine if an impairment
loss  should be  recognized.  The amount of  impairment  loss is  determined  by
comparing the historical


                                      F-8


<PAGE>

               INTEGRATED HEALTH SERVICES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
            NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -(CONTINUED)

  (k) Impairment of Long-Lived Assets -(CONTINUED)

carrying value of the asset to its estimated fair value. Estimated fair value is
determined  through an evaluation of recent financial  performance and projected
discounted  cash flows of its  facilities  and  business  units  using  standard
industry valuation techniques,  including the use of independent appraisals when
considered  necessary.  If an asset tested for  recoverability was acquired in a
business  combination  accounted  for using the  purchase  method,  the  related
goodwill is included as part of the  carrying  value and  evaluated as described
above in determining the recoverability of that asset.

     In addition to  consideration  of impairment  upon the events or changes in
circumstances  described  above,  management  regularly  evaluates the remaining
lives of its long-lived assets. If estimates are changed,  the carrying value of
affected assets is allocated over the remaining lives.

     Prior to  adoption  of SFAS No.  121 in 1995,  the  Company  performed  its
analyses of impairment of long-lived  assets by  consideration  of the projected
undiscounted  cash flows on an entity-wide  basis. The effect of the adoption of
SFAS 121 in December  1995  required the Company to perform  this  analysis on a
facility-by-facility  and individual  business unit basis.  This resulted in the
recognition  of a loss on impairment of long-lived  assets (see note 18). If the
facility-by-facility  and  individual  business  unit  analysis had been adopted
prior to December  1995, the Company may have incurred the loss on impairment of
long-lived assets prior to December 1995.


  (l) Income Taxes

     Deferred income taxes are recognized for the tax  consequences of temporary
differences  between  financial  statement  carrying amounts and the related tax
bases of assets and  liabilities.  Such tax  effects  are  measured  by applying
enacted  statutory tax rates applicable to future years in which the differences
are expected to reverse,  and the effect of a change in tax rates is  recognized
in the period the legislation is enacted.


  (m) Earnings Per Share

     Primary earnings per share is computed based on the weighted average number
of common and common equivalent shares  outstanding  during the periods.  Common
stock equivalents include options and warrants to purchase common stock, assumed
to be exercised  using the treasury  stock method.  Fully  diluted  earnings per
share is computed as described above, except that the weighted average number of
common equivalent shares is determined  assuming the dilution resulting from the
issuance of the aforementioned  options and warrants at the end-of-period  price
per share,  rather  than the  weighted  average  price for the  period,  and the
issuance  of  common  shares  upon the  assumed  conversion  of the  convertible
subordinated debentures.  An adjustment for interest expense and amortization of
underwriting  costs related to such debentures is added, net of tax, to earnings
for the purpose of calculating  fully diluted  earnings per share.  The weighted
average number of common and common equivalent  shares  outstanding for the year
ended  December  31,  1995  does  not  include  the  assumed  conversion  of the
convertible   subordinated  debentures  or  the  related  interest  expense  and
underwriting  costs, as such conversion would be anti-dilutive.  Such adjustment
and the weighted average number of common and common  equivalent  shares used in
the computations of earnings per share were as follows:





<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                                          SIX MONTHS ENDED
                                                                   YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31,                   JUNE 30,
                                                           ----------------------------------------- --------------------------
                                                               1994          1995          1996          1996          1997
                                                           ------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- ------------
<S>                                                          <C>           <C>           <C>           <C>           <C>
Weighted Average Shares:
Primary   ................................................    18,568,599    21,463,464    23,574,311    23,038,848    26,962,329
Fully diluted   ..........................................    27,154,153    21,463,464    31,652,620    31,028,123    36,232,591
Adjustment for interest on convertible debentures   ......   $    10,048   $         -   $     9,888   $     4,944   $     4,904
                                                            ============  ============  ============  ============  ============
</TABLE>


  (n) Business and Credit Concentrations

     The Company's medical services revenues are generated through 1,100 service
locations in 40 states,  including 174 owned,  leased and managed geriatric care
facilities. The Company generally does not 


                                      F-9

<PAGE>

               INTEGRATED HEALTH SERVICES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
            NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -(CONTINUED)

  (n) Business and Credit Concentrations -(CONTINUED)

require  collateral or other security in extending credit to patients;  however,
the  Company  routinely  obtains  assignments  of (or is  otherwise  entitled to
receive)  benefits  receivable  under the health  insurance  programs,  plans or
policies of patients (e.g., Medicare, Medicaid, commercial insurance and managed
care organizations) (see note 3).


  (o) Merger with IntegraCare, Inc.

     In August 1995, the Company merged with IntegraCare,  Inc.  (Integra) which
provides   physical,   occupational  and  speech  services  to  skilled  nursing
facilities,  hospitals,  outpatient clinics, home health agencies and schools in
Florida. The Company exchanged 681,723 shares of its Common Stock for all of the
outstanding stock of Integra.  The merger was accounted for using the pooling of
interests method and the consolidated financial statements and related notes for
1994 and 1995 have been  restated to combine the  financial  data of the Company
and Integra  for those  periods.  The  accounting  practices  of the Company and
Integra  were  comparable;  therefore,  no  adjustments  to net assets of either
enterprise were required to effect the combination.  The consolidated statements
of  operations  include  revenues of $29,650 in 1994 and $17,886 in 1995 and net
earnings of $1,648 in 1994 and $891 in 1995 related to the operations of Integra
prior to the date of the merger.


  (p) Management Agreements

     IHS manages  geriatric care facilities  under contract for others for a fee
which  generally is equal to 4% to 8% of the gross revenue of the geriatric care
facility.  Under the terms of the contract, IHS is responsible for providing all
personnel,  marketing,  nursing,  resident  care,  dietary and social  services,
accounting  and data  processing  reports  and  services  for these  facilities,
although  such  services  are  provided  at the  facility  owner's  expense.  In
addition,  certain management  agreements also provide IHS with an incentive fee
based on the amount of the facility's  operating  income in excess of stipulated
amounts.  Management  fee  revenues  are  recognized  when  earned  and  billed,
generally on a monthly  basis.  Incentive  fees are  recognized  when  operating
results of managed  facilities  exceed  amounts  required for incentive  fees in
accordance  with the terms of the management  agreement.  Management  agreements
generally have an initial term of ten years, with IHS having a right to renew in
most cases. Contract acquisition costs for legal and other direct costs incurred
by IHS to acquire long-term  management  contracts are capitalized and amortized
over the term of the related  contract.  Management  periodically  evaluates its
deferred   contract  costs  for   recoverability   by  assessing  the  projected
undiscounted cash flows,  excluding  interest,  of the managed  facilities;  any
impairment in the financial condition of the facility will result in a writedown
by IHS of its deferred contract costs.


  (q) Reclassifications

     Certain  amounts  presented  in 1994 and 1995  have  been  reclassified  to
conform with the presentation for 1996.


  (r) Interim Consolidated Financial Statements


     The consolidated  financial  statements as of June 30, 1997 and for the six
months  ended June 30,  1996 and 1997 (and  related  footnote  information)  are
unaudited,  have been  prepared  on a basis  substantially  consistent  with the
audited consolidated  financial  statements,  and, in the opinion of management,
include  all  adjustments  (consisting  of only  normal  recurring  adjustments)
necessary for fair presentation of the results of these interim periods. Related
footnote  information for such periods generally has been omitted as provided by
SEC regulation S-X concerning interim financial  statements.  The results of the
six months ended June 30, 1997 are not necessarily  indicative of the results to
be expected for the entire year. 


                                      F-10
<PAGE>

               INTEGRATED HEALTH SERVICES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
            NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -(CONTINUED)


  (s) Recent Accounting Pronouncements

     In February 1997, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Statement
No. 128,  "Earnings Per Share," ("SFAS 128"), which simplifies the standards for
computing  earnings per share  ("EPS").  SFAS 128 is effective for the Company's
fourth  quarter and year ending  December 31,  1997.  Early  application  is not
permitted and prior period EPS data will be restated.

     Under SFAS 128,  primary  EPS will be  replaced  with basic EPS.  Basic EPS
excludes the dilutive effect of common stock equivalents.  Also, under SFAS 128,
fully-diluted  EPS will be replaced by diluted  EPS.  Diluted EPS is  calculated
similarly to fully-diluted  EPS pursuant to Accounting  Principles Board Opinion
15. The change in calculation  method is not expected to have a material  impact
on previously reported earnings per common share data.


(2) BUSINESS ACQUISITIONS
ACQUISITIONS DURING THE SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 1997 (UNAUDITED)

     Acquisitions  for the six  months  ended  June 30,  1997 and the  manner of
payment are summarized as follows:







<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                 COMMON          ACCRUED        CASH
   MONTH         TRANSACTION DESCRIPTION       TOTAL COST     STOCK ISSUED     LIABILITIES      PAID
- -------------   ----------------------------   ------------   --------------   -------------   --------
<S>             <C>                              <C>             <C>             <C>           <C>
   January      Stock of In-Home Health
                        Care, Inc.               $ 3,450         $     -         $     250     $   3,200
   February       Assets of Professional
                  Health Services, Inc.              350               -               100           250
   February     Assets of Portable X-Ray
                        Labs, Inc.                 6,200               -             1,300         4,900
   March        Assets of Laboratory Cor-
                   poration of America                35               -                 -            35
   March        Assets of Doctor's Home
                   Health Agency, Inc.               445               -                95           350
   March        Payment of earnout in con-
                nection with Achievement
                Rehab acquisition in De-
                       cember 1993                26,439          26,439                 -             -
   April        Assets of Coastal Rehabili-
                       tation, Inc.                1,450               -               200         1,250
   April        Assets of Mobile Diagnos-
                        tics, Inc.                   225               -                75           150
   June         Stock of Health Care In-
                      dustries, Inc.               2,325               -               500         1,825
   June         Assets of The Nursing Con-
                         nection                     330               -                 -           330
   June         Assets of Rehab Dynamics,
                Inc. and Restorative Ther-
                        apy, Ltd.                 22,163          11,460             2,500         8,203
   Various      Cash payments of acquisi-
                tion costs accrued in 1996             -               -           (14,050)       14,050
                                                 -------         -------         ----------    ---------
                                                 $63,412         $37,899         $  (9,030)    $  34,543
                                                 =======         =======         ==========    =========
</TABLE>


                                      F-11


<PAGE>

               INTEGRATED HEALTH SERVICES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
            NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -(CONTINUED)

(2) Business Acquisitions-(CONTINUED)


     The  allocation  of the total cost of the 1997  acquisitions  to the assets
acquired and liabilities assumed is summarized as follows:







<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                               CURRENT   PROPERTY, PLANT   OTHER    INTANGIBLE     CURRENT      LONG-TERM    TOTAL
         TRANSACTION           ASSETS     AND EQUIPMENT    ASSETS     ASSETS     LIABILITIES   LIABILITIES    COST
- ----------------------------- --------- ----------------- -------- ------------ ------------- ------------- --------
<S>                             <C>          <C>            <C>      <C>          <C>           <C>         <C>
   In-Home Health Care, Inc.    $   989      $   229        $  7     $  3,856     $   (797)     $   (834)    $  3,450
   Professional Health Ser-
     vices, Inc.                      -           20           9          321            -             -          350
   Portable X-Ray Labs, Inc.      1,309            -          11        5,653         (297)         (476)       6,200
   Laboratory Corp. of
     America                          -           10           -           25            -             -           35
   Doctor's Home Health
     Agency, Inc.                     -            6           -          439            -             -          445
   Achievement Rehab
     (earnout)                        -            -           -       26,439            -             -       26,439
   Coastal Rehabilitation,
     Inc.                           257           85           -        1,764         (576)          (80)       1,450
   Mobile Diagnostics, Inc.           -           38           -          187            -             -          225
   Health Care Industries,
     Inc.                           805          204          41        2,505       (1,080)         (150)       2,325
   The Nursing Connection,
     Inc.                            14           62           -          254            -             -          330
   Rehab Dynamics, Inc. &
     Restorative Therapy,
     Ltd.                         4,140          954         107       21,478       (3,204)       (1,312)      22,163
                                -------      -------        ----     --------     --------      --------     --------
                                $ 7,514      $ 1,608       $ 175     $ 62,921     $ (5,954)     $ (2,852)    $ 63,412
                                =======      =======       =====     ========     ========      ========     ========
</TABLE>


                                      F-12
<PAGE>

               INTEGRATED HEALTH SERVICES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
            NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -(CONTINUED)
(2) Business Acquisitions-(CONTINUED)


ACQUISITIONS DURING THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1996

     Acquisitions in 1996 and the manner of payment are summarized as follows:







<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                                 COMMON
                                                                                                  STOCK       ACCRUED      CASH
MONTH                              TRANSACTION DESCRIPTION                         TOTAL COST   ISSUED(1)   LIABILITIES    PAID
- ----------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ ----------- ------------- ---------
<S>         <C>                                                                    <C>         <C>         <C>           <C>
January     Assets Of Vintage Healthcare Center, a 110 Bed Facility In Denton,
                                            Texas                                  $  6,900    $      -     $        -  $
                                                                                                                           6,900
January     Assets of two mobile x-ray service companies in Louisiana and Mis-
                                            souri                                       520           -              -
                                                                                                                             520
March       Stock of Rehab Management Systems, Inc., a multi-state operator
             of outpatient rehabilitative clinics and inpatient therapy centers      12,900       8,000          2,900
                                                                                                                           2,000
May         Assets of Hospice of the Great Lakes, Inc., an Illinois hospice ser-
                                        vice provider                                 9,200       8,200          1,000
                                                                                                                               -
May         Operating leases of Cheyenne Care Center, a 96 bed nursing facility,
            and Cheyenne Residential and Nursing Center, a 240 bed facil-
                                  ity in Las Vegas, Nevada                              110           -              -
                                                                                                                             110
May         Preferred Care, Inc. purchase option deposits in connection with 
                                    management agreements                            10,350       7,250              -
                                                                                                                           3,100
July        Operating lease of Sunset House, a 55 bed facility in Burbank, Illi-
                                            nois                                        100           -              -
                                                                                                                             100
August      Stock of J.R. Rehab Associates, Inc., a North Carolina provider of
            rehabilitative therapy services to nursing homes, hospitals and oth-
                                             ers                                      2,300           -            200
                                                                                                                           2,100
August      Assets of Colorado Portable X-Ray Inc., a mobile diagnostic ser-
                                       vices provider                                   390           -              -
                                                                                                                             390
August         Assets of Extendicare of Tennessee Inc., a home health provider        3,611           -            200
                                                                                                                           3,411
August      Assets of Edgewater Home Infusion Services Inc., a home infusion
                                      services provider                               8,274           -            300
                                                                                                                           7,974
September      Assets of Century Health Services Inc., a home health provider         4,192           -            200
                                                                                                                           3,992
September        Stock of Signature Home Care, Inc., a home health provider          13,672       4,725          2,500
                                                                                                                           6,447
October     Stock of First American Health Care of Georgia, Inc., a home health
                                      services provider                             176,084           -         22,000
                                                                                                                         154,084
Various     Litchfield Asset Management, Inc., purchase option deposits in con-
                                nection with operating leases                         4,018           -              -
                                                                                                                           4,018
November    Assets of Mediq Mobile X-Ray Services, Inc., a mobile diagnostic
                                      service provider                               15,642       5,200          5,500
                                                                                                                           4,942
November    Assets of Total Rehab Services, LLC and Total Rehab Services O2,
             LLC, a provider of contract rehabilitative and respiratory services     13,123       2,700          1,250
                                                                                                                           9,173
December    Stock, at carryover basis, of Lifeway, Inc., a provider of physician
                         management and disease management services                    (230)     (1,440)           275
                                                                                                                             935
Various     Contingent purchase price payments on prior acquisition of The
                                    Rehab People in 1994                             10,000      10,000              -
                                                                                                                               -
Various                              Other acquisitions                               1,511           -             65
                                                                                                                           1,446
                 Cash payments of acquisition costs accrued in 1995 and 1996              -           -        (31,177)
                                                                                   --------    ---------    ----------  -------
                                                                                                                          31,177
                                                                                                                        --------
                                                                                   $292,667    $ 44,635     $    5,213
                                                                                   ========    =========    ==========    =
                                                                                                                        $242,819
                                                                                                                        ========
</TABLE>



- ----------

(1) Represents  shares of IHS common stock as follows:  385,542  shares for RMS,
  304,822 shares for Hospice,  305,300 shares for Preferred Care, 196,374 shares
  for  Signature,  203,721  shares for Mediq,  106,559  shares for Total  Rehab,
  95,615 shares for Lifeway, and 435,540 shares for The Rehab People.



                                      F-13


<PAGE>

               INTEGRATED HEALTH SERVICES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
            NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -(CONTINUED)
(2) Business Acquisitions-(CONTINUED)


     The  allocation  of the total cost of the 1996  acquisitions  to the assets
acquired and liabilities assumed is summarized as follows:







<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                     PROPERTY,
                                          CURRENT    PLANT AND    OTHER     INTANGIBLE     CURRENT      LONG-TERM      TOTAL
                                           ASSETS    EQUIPMENT    ASSETS      ASSETS     LIABILITIES   LIABILITIES     COST
                                         ---------- ----------- ---------- ------------ ------------- ------------- -----------
<S>                                        <C>        <C>         <C>        <C>         <C>           <C>          <C>
Vintage   ..............................   $      -   $  6,900    $      -   $       -   $        -    $        -   $  6,900
Two mobile x-ray service companies   ...          -        114           -       1,186         (780)            -        520
Rehab Management Systems (RMS)    ......      1,644      1,021         165      12,832       (1,848)         (914)    12,900
Hospice of the Great Lakes (Hospice) .            -        144          25       9,031            -             -      9,200
Cheyenne Care Center and Cheyenne       .
Residential and Nursing Center    ......          -        110           -           -            -             -        110
Preferred Care  ........................          -     10,350           -           -            -             -     10,350
Sunset House    ........................          -        100           -           -            -             -        100
J.R. Rehab   ...........................        532        149           -       3,159       (1,540)            -      2,300
Colorado Portable X-Ray  ...............          -         50           -         372          (32)            -        390
Extendicare  ...........................      2,229         18           -       1,945         (581)            -      3,611
Edgewater    ...........................      1,789        160           1       7,685       (1,313)          (48)     8,274
Century   ..............................      5,628        139         202      12,140      (13,917)            -      4,192
Signature    ...........................     19,938      7,521          99      21,122      (18,077)      (16,931)    13,672
First American  ........................     44,608     22,438      73,226     227,406     (152,095)      (39,499)   176,084
Litchfield   ...........................          -      4,018           -           -            -             -      4,018
Mediq  .................................      4,518        431          21      15,600       (4,928)            -     15,642
Total Rehab  ...........................      5,505        128           -      11,982       (4,492)            -     13,123
Lifeway   ..............................        158        270          70           -         (728)            -       (230)
Rehab People    ........................          -          -           -      10,000            -             -     10,000
Other acquisitions    ..................          -      1,489           -          42          (20)            -      1,511
                                          ---------  ---------   ---------  ----------   ----------    ----------   ---------
 Totals   ..............................   $ 86,549   $ 55,550    $ 73,809   $ 334,502   $ (200,351)   $  (57,392)  $ 292,667
                                          =========  =========   =========  ==========   ==========    ==========   =========
</TABLE>




                                      F-14



<PAGE>

               INTEGRATED HEALTH SERVICES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
            NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -(CONTINUED)
(2) Business Acquisitions-(CONTINUED)


ACQUISITIONS DURING THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1995

     Acquisitions in 1995 and the manner of payment are summarized as follows:







<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
MONTH                               TRANSACTION DESCRIPTION
- ----------- --------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>         <C>
January     Assets of four ancillary service companies
February    Assets of ProCare  Group,  Inc., and its affiliated entities, a home
            health service provider  in  Broward,  Dade and Palm Beach counties,
            Florida
February    Assets of Epsilon  Medical  Equipment  Corporation,  a mobile  video
            flouroscopy company in Illinois
February    Management  agreement with Total Home Health Care,  Inc. and To- tal
            Health  Services,  Inc.,  private-duty  and Medicare  certified home
            health agencies in Dallas/Ft. Worth, Texas.
March       Management  agreement  to manage 34  geriatric  care  facilities  in
            Texas,  California,  Florida,  Nevada and Mississippi (known collec-
            tively as the "Preferred Care Facilities")
March       Stock of Samaritan  Management,  Inc., a hospice service provider in
            Michigan
March       Substantially  all the assets of Fidelity Health Care,  Inc., a home
            healthcare,  temporary  staffing and infusion  services  provider in
            Ohio
January-    Stock of five physician practices (acquisitions by IntegraCare, Inc.
 April      prior to that company's merger with IHS in August, 1995)
April       Assets of  Hometown  Nurses  Registry, a home healthcare provider in
            Tennessee
April       Assets of Bernard's X-Ray Mobile Service,  an x-ray service provider
            to long-term care and subacute care facilities in California
May         Assets of Stewart's  Portable X-Ray,  Inc. an x-ray service provider
            to long-term care and subacute care facilities in California
May         Stock of  Immediate  Care Clinic,  an emergency  clinic in Amarillo,
            Texas
June        Stock of three ancillary  service  companies  providing mobile x-ray
            and  electrocardiagram  services to long-term care and subacute care
            facilities
August      Stock  of Senior Life Care Enterprises, Inc. ("SLC"), a home health,
            supplemental staffing and management service provider
August      Stock of Avenel, a 120 bed facility in Plantation, Florida
August      Operating lease with Cherry  Creek, a nursing home facility in Colo-
            rado.
August      Hershey at Woodlands, a 213  bed  nursing and personal care facility
            in  Pennsylvania
September   Partnership  interest  in  Mobile  X-Ray  Limited  Partnership,   an
            electrocardiagram  service  service  provider in Maryland, West Vir-
            ginia, and the District of Columbia
September   Stock of Southern Nevada Physical Therapy Associates, an outpa-tient
            physical therapy provider
September   Operating lease with Mill Hill, a 110 bed facility, in Massachusetts
            and Winthrop, a 150 bed facility in Massachusetts
November    Stock of  Chesapeake  Health,  an electrocardiagram service provider
            in Maryland
November    Stock of  Governor's  Park, a 150 bed facility in Illinois  November
            Clara Burke, a 69 bed skilled nursing facility in Pennsylvania
December    Stock of Miller Portable X-Ray, a mobile x-ray provider in Florida

December    Stock of Carrington Pointe, an assisted living facility in Massachu-
            setts

Various     Litchfield Asset Management,  Inc., purchase option deposits in con-
            nection with operating leases
Various     Other acquisitions
            Cash payments of acquisition costs accrued in 1994 and 1995



<CAPTION>
                           COMMON
                            STOCK       ACCRUED      CASH
MONTH        TOTAL COST   ISSUED(1)   LIABILITIES    PAID
- ----------- ------------ ----------- ------------- ---------
<S>          <C>          <C>         <C>            <C>
January      $  3,624     $    300    $       -      $  3,324
February
                4,575        3,600          675           300
February
                1,661            -          500         1,161
February
                    -            -            -             -
March
               10,200            -            -        10,200
March
                6,500            -        1,000         5,500
March
                2,490            -          350         2,140
January-
 April          1,134          589            -           545
April
                  650            -          150           500
April
                  100            -            -           100
May
                2,000            -          100         1,900
May
                  355            -          130           225
June
                2,200            -            -         2,200
August
                6,700        6,000          700             -
August          6,360            -            -         6,360
August
                    -            -            -             -
August
                2,100            -            -         2,100
September
                1,400            -            -         1,400
September
                  610            -          110           500
September
                  405            -            -           405
November
                1,175            -           75         1,100
November       10,035            -            -        10,035
November          330            -            -           330
December          295            -            -           295
December
               11,800            -            -        11,800
Various
                4,018            -            -         4,018
Various          (355)        (355)           -             -
                    -            -      (16,248)       16,248
             --------     --------    ---------     ---------
             $ 80,362     $ 10,134    $ (12,458)     $ 82,686
             ========     ========    =========     =========
</TABLE>



- ----------

(1) Represents  shares of IHS common  stock as  follows:  7,935  shares for four
    ancillary service  companies,  95,062 shares for ProCare,  92,434 shares for
    the PCP earnout, and 189,785 shares of SLC.



                                      F-15

<PAGE>

               INTEGRATED HEALTH SERVICES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
            NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -(CONTINUED)
(2) Business Acquisitions-(CONTINUED)


     The  allocation  of the total cost of the 1995  acquisitions  to the assets
acquired and liabilities assumed is summarized as follows:







<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                  PROPERTY,
                                        CURRENT   PLANT AND     OTHER     INTANGIBLE     CURRENT      LONG-TERM     TOTAL
                                        ASSETS    EQUIPMENT    ASSETS       ASSETS     LIABILITIES   LIABILITIES     COST
                                       --------- ----------- ----------- ------------ ------------- ------------- ----------
<S>                                      <C>      <C>         <C>          <C>         <C>           <C>          <C>
Four ancillary service companies   ...   $     -  $    501    $     -      $  3,155    $       -     $     (32)   $ 3,624
ProCare ..............................        57       154         47         4,434            -          (117)     4,575
Epsilon ..............................       109        78       (140)        1,865         (251)            -      1,661
Preferred Care   .....................         -    10,200          -             -            -             -     10,200
Samaritan of Michigan  ...............       265         -          -         6,775         (540)            -      6,500
Fidelity   ...........................         8       183          -         2,299            -             -      2,490
Five physician practices  ............         -     1,134          -             -            -             -      1,134
Hometown Nursing .....................         3         1          -           646            -             -        650
Bernard's  ...........................         -        10          -            90            -             -        100
Stewart's  ...........................         -       190          -         1,810            -             -      2,000
Immediate Care   .....................         -        14          -           341            -             -        355
Diagnostics   ........................         -       176          -         2,458         (434)            -      2,200
Senior Life Care Enterprises (SLC) ...     4,314       103       (202)        5,638       (1,428)       (1,725)     6,700
Avenel  ..............................         -     6,360          -             -            -             -      6,360
Hershey ..............................         -     7,870          -             -            -        (5,770)     2,100
Mobile X of Md   .....................         -       230          -         1,770         (600)            -      1,400
Southern Nevada  .....................         -        81          -           529            -             -        610
Mill Hill and Winthrop Leases   ......         -       405          -             -            -             -        405
Chesapeake    ........................         -       110          -         1,065            -             -      1,175
Governor's Park  .....................       832     9,203          -             -            -             -     10,035
Clara Burke   ........................         -     6,830          -             -            -        (6,500)       330
Miller  ..............................         -        20          -           275            -             -        295
Carrington Pointe   ..................         -    11,800          -             -            -             -     11,800
Litchfield ...........................         -     4,018          -             -            -             -      4,018
Other acquisitions  ..................         -      (355)         -             -            -             -       (355)
                                        --------  --------    -------      ---------   ---------     ---------    --------
Totals  ..............................   $ 5,588  $ 59,316    $  (295)     $ 33,150    $  (3,253)    $ (14,144)   $ 80,362
                                        ========  ========    =======      =========   =========     =========    ========
</TABLE>


                                      F-16

<PAGE>

               INTEGRATED HEALTH SERVICES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
            NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -(CONTINUED)
(2) Business Acquisitions-(CONTINUED)


ACQUISITIONS DURING THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1994

     Acquisitions in 1994 and the manner of payment are summarized as follows:







<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
   MONTH                             TRANSACTION DESCRIPTION
- ----------- --------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>         <C>
February    Crestwood, Inc. purchase option deposit on a management agreement
April       Assets of Homestead, a geriatric care facility located in Denton, Md.
June        Assets of Treemont, a facility in Dallas, Texas which was previously
            leased
July        IFIDA, purchase option deposit in connection with operating leases.
July        Stock of Cooper Holding Corporation, a mobile x-ray and electrocar-
            diagram service provider to long-term care and subacute care facili-
            ties.
August      Substantially  all the  assets  of  Pikes  Peak  Pharmacy,  Inc.,  a
            pharmacy service provider to patients at nine facilities in Colorado
            Springs, Colorado.
August      Litchfield  Asset  Management,  Inc.,  purchase  option  deposit  in
            connection with operating leases
September   Substantially  all the assets of Pace  Therapy,  Inc.,  a  physical,
            occupational,  speech and  audiology  therapy  services  provider to
            approximately 60 facilities in Southern California and Nevada
September   Stock of Quail Creek of  Amarillo, a 160 bed  facility in  Amarillo,
            Texas
October     Stock  of  Amcare,  Inc.,  an  institutional   multi-state  pharmacy
            serving approximately 135 skilled nursing facilities.
October     Substantially all the assets of Pharmaceutical Dose Services of La.,
            Inc., ("PDS") an institutional pharmacy serving 14 facilities
November    Stock of CareTeam Management Services, Inc. ("CareTeam"), a
            multi- state provider of home healthcare services.
November    Stock of Therapy Resources, Inc., a physical,  occupational,  speech
            and audiology  services  provider to approximately 22 geriatric care
            facilities  and  the  operator  of  seven  outpatient rehabilitation
            facilities.
November    Stock of  The  Rehab  People,  Inc.  ("Rehab People"), a multi-state
            physicaloccupational,   and  speech  therapy services   provider  to
            to approximately 38 geriatric care facilities.
November    Substantially  all the  assets  of  Medserv  Corporation's  Hospital
            Service Division  ("Primedica"),  a multi-state  respiratory therapy
            service provider
December    Rights of Jules  Institutional  Supply,  Inc., under a management
            agreement  with  Samaritan Care, Inc.
December    Assets of Houston Hospital, a 60 bed facility in Texas
December    Stock of Partners Home Health, Inc. ("Partners"), a home infusion
            company operating in seven states
Various     Other acquisitions
            Cash payments of acquisition costs accrued in 1994 and 1993



<CAPTION>
                           COMMON
                            STOCK       ACCRUED      CASH
   MONTH     TOTAL COST   ISSUED(1)   LIABILITIES    PAID
- ----------- ------------ ----------- ------------- ---------
<S>           <C>          <C>        <C>            <C>
February      $ 10,984     $ 4,728    $       -      $  6,256
April            1,400           -            -         1,400
June
                 7,395           -            -         7,395
July             9,227       3,027            -         6,200
July
                79,058      19,890        7,400        51,768
August
                   646           -            -           646
August
                31,500       3,000            -        28,500
September
                 8,666       5,798        1,300         1,568
September          586           -            -           586
October
                24,700      10,500        3,700        10,500
October
                 5,565       3,896        1,375           294
November
                 6,576       5,221          675           680
November
                 1,900           -          300         1,600
November
                11,875      10,000        1,875             -
November
                25,600           -        4,600        21,000
December
                14,720      14,000          720             -
December        10,000           -            -        10,000
December
                13,428      12,403        1,025             -
Various          7,366       7,366            -             -
                     -           -       (4,398)        4,398
              ---------    --------   ---------     ---------
              $271,192     $99,829    $  18,572      $152,791
              =========    ========   =========     =========
</TABLE>



- ----------

(1) Represents shares of IHS common stock as follows: 593,953 shares for Cooper,
    181,882 shares for Pace, 291,101 shares for Amcare,  122,117 shares for PDS,
    147,068 shares for CareTeam,  318,471  shares for The Rehab People,  332,516
    shares for  Partners,  375,134  shares  for  Samaritan,  168,067  shares for
    Crestwood, and 90,000 shares for IFIDA.



                                      F-17

<PAGE>

               INTEGRATED HEALTH SERVICES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
            NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -(CONTINUED)
(2) Business Acquisitions-(CONTINUED)


     The  allocation  of the total cost of the 1994  acquisitions  to the assets
acquired and liabilities assumed is summarized as follows:







<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                     PROPERTY,
                           CURRENT   PLANT AND   OTHER    INTANGIBLE     CURRENT      LONG-TERM     TOTAL
                           ASSETS    EQUIPMENT   ASSETS     ASSETS     LIABILITIES   LIABILITIES    COST
                          --------- ----------- -------- ------------ ------------- ------------- ---------
<S>                         <C>       <C>       <C>        <C>         <C>           <C>            <C>
Crestwood ...............   $     -   $ 10,984  $   -      $      -    $       -     $       -      $ 10,984
Homestead ...............         -      1,400      -             -            -             -         1,400
Treemont  ...............         -     22,625      -             -            -       (15,230)        7,395
IFIDA  ..................         -      9,227      -             -            -             -         9,227
Cooper ..................     8,962        826    922        73,945       (1,364)       (4,233)       79,058
Pikes Peak   ............       139         41     50           432          (16)            -           646
Litchfield   ............     7,500     24,000      -             -            -             -        31,500
Pace   ..................     1,869          -    148         6,672          (23)            -         8,666
Amarillo  ...............     1,675     10,886    108             -       (1,547)      (10,536)          586
Amcare ..................     7,295      3,819   (261)       20,300       (5,656)         (797)       24,700
PDS .....................       549         90      -         5,696         (770)            -         5,565
CareTeam  ...............     2,094        472    628         7,651       (3,520)         (749)        6,576
Therapy Resources  ......       576        506     39         3,776       (2,997)            -         1,900
Rehab People ............     1,542        380    734        13,693       (3,978)         (496)       11,875
Primedica ...............     3,797      8,530     84        21,348       (8,159)            -        25,600
Samaritan ...............     1,106      1,028      -        18,632       (6,046)            -        14,720
Houston Hospital   ......       662     10,000     12             -         (674)            -        10,000
Partners  ...............       836      1,788  1,256        17,146       (5,422)       (2,176)       13,428
Other  ..................         -      4,124      -         3,642            -          (400)        7,366
                           --------  ---------  ------     ---------   ---------     ---------     ---------
Totals ..................   $38,602   $110,726  $3,720     $192,933    $ (40,172)    $ (34,617)     $271,192
                           ========  =========  ======     =========   =========     =========     =========
</TABLE>



     All business  acquisitions  described  above have been accounted for by the
purchase method.

     Unaudited pro forma  combined  results of operations of the Company for the
years ended  December  31,  1995 and 1996 are  presented  below.  Such pro forma
presentation  has been prepared  assuming that the acquisitions had been made as
of January 1, 1995. 






<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                             YEARS ENDED
                                                             DECEMBER 31,
                                                      --------------------------
                                                         1995          1996
                                                      ------------   -----------
<S>                                                   <C>            <C>
Revenues ..........................................   $1,823,024     $1,846,637
Earnings (loss) before extraordinary items   ......    (125,076)          6,396
Net earnings (loss)  ..............................    (126,089)          4,965
Per common share-primary:
 Earnings (loss) before extraordinary items  ......       (5.52)           0.26
 Net earnings (loss) ..............................       (5.56)           0.20
</TABLE>



     The  unaudited  pro forma results  include the  historical  accounts of the
Company and the  historical  accounts  for the acquired  businesses  adjusted to
reflect (1) depreciation and amortization of the acquired  identifiable tangible
and intangible assets based on the new cost basis of the  acquisitions,  (2) the
interest expense resulting from the financing of the  acquisitions,  (3) the new
cost basis for the allocation of corporate overhead expenses and (4) the related
income tax effects.  The pro forma  results are not  necessarily  indicative  of
actual results which might have occurred had the operations and management teams
of the Company and the acquired companies been combined in prior years. 


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<PAGE>

               INTEGRATED HEALTH SERVICES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
            NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -(CONTINUED)
(2) Business Acquisitions-(CONTINUED)


     In  connection   with  its  business   acquisitions,   the  Company  incurs
transaction  costs,  costs to exit certain  activities and costs to terminate or
relocate certain  employees of acquired  companies.  Liabilities  accrued in the
acquisition  cost  allocations  represent  direct costs of  acquisitions,  which
consist primarily of transaction costs for legal, accounting and consulting fees
of $3,376  in 1995 and  $16,299  in 1996,  as well as exit  costs  and  employee
termination  and relocation  costs of $414 in 1995 and $20,091 in 1996.  Accrued
acquisition  liabilities for exit costs and employee  termination and relocation
costs are recognized in accordance  with EITF 95-3,  "Recognition Of Liabilities
In  Connection  With A Purchase  Business  Combination"  and are  summarized  as
follows for the years ended December 31, 1995 and 1996: 






<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                               EMPLOYEE
                                                            TERMINATION AND
                                                EXIT          RELOCATION
                                                COSTS           COSTS           TOTAL
                                              -----------   ----------------   ----------
<S>                                           <C>              <C>             <C>
Acquired companies - 1995   ...............    $      -        $    414        $   414
Payments charged against liability   ......           -            (414)          (414)
Adjustments recorded to:
 Cost of acquisitions    ..................           -               -              -
 Operations  ..............................           -               -              -
                                               --------        --------        --------
Balance at December 31, 1995   ............           -               -              -
Acquired companies - 1996   ...............       8,203          11,888         20,091
Payments charged against liability   ......      (2,326)         (6,198)        (8,524)
Adjustments recorded to:
 Cost of acquisitions    ..................           -            (528)          (528)
 Operations  ..............................           -               -              -
                                               --------        --------        --------
Balance at December 31, 1996   ............    $  5,877        $  5,162        $11,039
                                               ========        ========        ========
</TABLE>



     The Company has not finalized its plans to exit activities (exit plans) and
to  terminate or relocate  employees  (termination  plans) of certain  companies
acquired in 1996.  Accordingly,  unresolved  issues could  result in  additional
liabilities  to  the  acquisition  cost.  These  adjustments  will  be  reported
primarily as an increase or decrease in goodwill.

     The  exit  plans  at  December   31,   1996   consist   primarily   of  the
discontinuation of certain activities of First American, including estimates for
costs related to the closure of duplicative  facilities,  lease termination fees
and other exit costs as defined in EITF 95-3.  Significant  exit  activities are
expected to be completed by December 31, 1997.  There were no  significant  exit
plans at December 31, 1995.

     The  termination  plans  at  December  31,  1996  relate  primarily  to the
following employee groups with the indicated  anticipated dates of completion of
termination/relocation:  First American by October 1997, Mediq by November 1997,
RMS by March 1997,  Signature by September  1997,  Total Rehab by November 1997,
Hospice of Great Lakes by May 1997, and Edgewater by August 1997.  Such plans at
December  31,  1995  related to SLC by August  1996,  and Epsilon and ProCare by
February 1996.

     In addition to the accrued  acquisition  liabilities  described  above, the
Company allocates the cost of its business acquisitions to the respective assets
acquired and liabilities assumed, including preacquisition contingencies, on the
basis of  estimated  fair values at the date of  acquisition.  Often the Company
must await  additional  information  for the resolution or final  measurement of
such contingencies  during the allocation period,  which usually does not exceed
one year from the date of acquisition. Accordingly, the effect of the resolution
or final  measurement  of  preacquisition  contingencies  during the  allocation
period is  treated  as an  acquisition  adjustment  primarily  to the  amount of
goodwill  recorded.  After  the  allocation  period,  such  resolution  or final
measurement is recognized in the  determination of net earnings.  Preacquisition
contingencies in connection with the Company's business  acquisitions  primarily
relate to 


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<PAGE>

               INTEGRATED HEALTH SERVICES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
            NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -(CONTINUED)
(2) Business Acquisitions-(CONTINUED)


Medicare  and  Medicaid  regulatory   compliance  matters,   claims  subject  to
intermediary audits, income tax matters and legal proceedings.  During the three
years ended  December 31,  1996,  the Company  resolved or  completed  the final
measurement  of  certain   preacquisition   contingencies  related  to  business
acquisitions. Accordingly, the Company adjusted the original allocation of these
businesses  by  increasing   goodwill,   decreasing  certain  third-party  payor
settlements receivable,  and increasing certain current liabilities.  Management
is aware  of  certain  adjustments  that  might  be  required  with  respect  to
acquisitions recorded at December 31, 1996; accordingly, the original allocation
could be adjusted to the extent that finalized amounts differ from the estimates
(see note 9).


(3) PATIENT ACCOUNTS AND THIRD-PARTY PAYOR SETTLEMENTS RECEIVABLE

     Patient accounts and third-party  payor settlements  receivable  consist of
the following as of December 31, 1995 and 1996:







<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                          1995        1996
                                                                        ----------   ---------
<S>                                                                     <C>          <C>
Patient accounts receivable   .......................................   $226,821     $340,803
Allowance for doubtful accounts  ....................................     18,128       41,527
                                                                        ---------    ---------
                                                                         208,693      299,276
Third party payor settlements, less allowance for contractual adjust-
 ments of $11,442 and $14,979                                             21,589       27,607
                                                                        ---------    ---------
                                                                        $230,282     $326,883
                                                                        =========    =========
</TABLE>



     Gross  patient  accounts   receivable  and  third-party  payor  settlements
receivable from the Federal  government  (Medicare) were $73,726 and $148,791 at
December 31, 1995 and 1996,  respectively.  Medicare receivables include pending
requests for exceptions to the Medicare established routine cost limitations for
the  reimbursement  of  costs  exceeding  these   limitations   (before  related
allowances for  contractual  adjustments)  of $7,611 and $15,640 at December 31,
1995 and 1996,  respectively.  Amounts receivable from various states (Medicaid)
were $57,723 and $61,675 respectively,  at such dates, which relate primarily to
the states of Ohio, Florida, Pennsylvania, Louisiana and Texas.


(4) INVESTMENTS IN AND ADVANCES TO AFFILIATES

     The  Company's  investments  in and advances to  affiliates at December 31,
1995 and 1996 are summarized as follows:







<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                   1995        1996
                                                  ---------   --------
<S>                                               <C>         <C>
Investments accounted for by the equity method:
 HPC    .......................................   $ 7,967     $ 8,003
 Tutera    ....................................     7,788       7,551
 Speciality   .................................     9,250       9,379
 Integrated Living Communities  ...............         -      24,531
 Other  .......................................       898         799
                                                  --------    --------
                                                   25,903      50,263
Other investments:
 Capstone Pharmacy Services, Inc.  ............         -      24,019
 Other  .......................................     3,459       1,765
                                                  --------    --------
                                                  $29,362     $76,047
                                                  ========    ========
</TABLE>


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<PAGE>

               INTEGRATED HEALTH SERVICES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
            NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -(CONTINUED)
(4) Investments in and Advances to Affiliates-(CONTINUED)


     Investments in significant unconsolidated affiliates are summarized below.


HPC AMERICA, INC. (HPC)

     In September 1995, a wholly owned subsidiary of IHS  (Southwood),  invested
$8,200 for a 40% interest in HPC America,  Inc. ("HPC"), a Delaware  corporation
that  operates  home  infusion  and home health care  companies,  in addition to
owning physician practices.  Subject to certain material transactions  requiring
the approval of Southwood,  the business is conducted under the direction of the
Chief  Executive  Officer and  President of HPC.  Southwood had a right of first
refusal to purchase the  remaining 60% interest in HPC at any time through March
1997 and has the  exclusive  right to purchase the remaining 60% interest in HPC
for the six  month  period  beginning  March  1997,  in each case  based  upon a
multiple of HPC's earnings.


TUTERA HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT, L.P. (TUTERA)


     In January,  1993, a  wholly-owned  subsidiary  of IHS,  Integrated  Health
Services of  Missouri,  Inc.  ("IHSM"),  invested  $4,650 for a 49%  interest in
Tutera  Health  Care  Management,   L.P.  (the  "Partnership"  or  "Tutera"),  a
partnership  newly formed to manage and operate  approximately  8,000  geriatric
care and assisted  retirement beds.  Cenill,  Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of
Tutera Group,  Inc., is the sole general  partner of the  Partnership and owns a
51% interest  therein.  Subject to certain material  transactions  requiring the
approval of IHSM,  the business of the  Partnership  is conducted by its general
partner.  IHSM has the right to become a 51% owner and sole  general  partner of
the  Partnership,  or to purchase the general  partner's  entire interest in the
Partnership, in each case for a price based upon a multiple of the Partnership's
earnings,  under the following  circumstances:  (a) if earnings  decline and the
general partner fails to implement  operational  changes recommended by IHS; (b)
if the general partner  discontinues its  relationship  with the partnership and
the general  partner fails to accept IHS' suggested  replacement;  or (c) if the
general  partner  defaults on its revolving  credit and security  agreement with
Continental  Bank and fails to pay obligations  within 36 months of the default.
Also, the Company has guaranteed the debt of the Partnership up to $4,200, which
bears interest at prime plus 1 3/4 % and matures in October 1998.



SPECIALITY CARE PLC (SPECIALITY)


     In April 1993, a wholly owned  subsidiary of IHS,  (Southwood),  acquired a
21.28%  interest in the common stock and a 47.64%  interest in the 6% cumulative
convertible  preferred  stock of  Speciality  Care PLC, an owner and operator of
geriatric  care  facilities  in  the  United  Kingdom.  The  total  cost  of the
investment was $748 for the common stock and $2,245 for the preferred stock. The
preferred  stock  contains  certain  preferences  as to  liquidation.  In  1994,
Southwood loaned an additional  $1,000 to Speciality  bearing interest at 9%. In
January 1995 Southwood  applied $627 of the loan to pay for additional shares of
common and preferred stock of Speciality subscribed for in November 1994.

     In June 1995 the Company loaned an additional $8,575 to Speciality  bearing
interest at 12%; this loan was  subsequently  repaid in August 1995. In addition
the Company  invested an  additional  $4,384 in  Speciality.  As a result of the
Company's additional investment, the Company has a 21.30% interest in the common
stock and a 63.65% interest in the 6% cumulative  convertible  preferred  stock.
Upon  conversion  of the  preferred  stock,  the Company will own  approximately
31.38% of Speciality (assuming no further issuances).


INTEGRATED LIVING COMMUNITIES, INC. (ILC)

     In November 1995,  the Company  formed ILC as a wholly-owned  subsidiary to
operate the Company's assisted living and other senior housing facilities owned,
leased and  managed by the  Company.  Following  formation  of ILC,  the Company
transferred to ILC as a capital contribution the Company's


                                      F-21


<PAGE>

               INTEGRATED HEALTH SERVICES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
            NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -(CONTINUED)
(4) Investments in and Advances to Affiliates-(CONTINUED)

ownership  interests  in  three  facilities,   condominium  interests  in  three
facilities  and  agreements  to  manage  nine  facilities  (five of  which  have
subsequently been terminated),  and sublet to ILC two facilities.  On October 9,
1996, ILC completed an initial public offering of its shares at $8.00 per share,
in which ILC sold  2,800,000  shares and  received  aggregate  net  proceeds  of
approximately  $19,100,  and the  Company  sold  1,400,000  shares and  received
aggregate net proceeds of approximately  $10,400. In addition, ILC repaid $7,400
owed to the Company. The Company continues to own 2,497,900 shares of ILC common
stock,  representing  37.3% of the outstanding  ILC common stock.  Following the
offering, the Company loaned ILC $3,400, which loan bears interest at 14% and is
being  repaid  in 24  equal  monthly  installments  of  principal  and  interest
beginning   December   1996.   ILC  currently   operates  23   residential-style
assisted-living communities.



CAPSTONE PHARMACY SERVICES, INC. (CAPSTONE)


     On July 30,  1996,  the  Company  sold its  pharmacy  division  to Capstone
Pharmacy Services, Inc. for a purchase price of $150,000,  consisting of cash of
$125,000  and  unregistered  shares of Capstone  common  stock having a value of
approximately  $25,000.  The  Company's  investment  in  Capstone  common  stock
represents  less  than 8% of the  total  Capstone  shares.  Such  investment  is
recorded at carryover  basis of $14,659 and  classified as securities  available
for sale. An unrealized gain of $9,360 is reflected in stockholders' equity with
respect to such  investment,  as the current market value of the Capstone shares
at December 31, 1996 was $24,019.  The Capstone  shares were registered with the
Securities and Exchange Commission in the first fiscal quarter of 1997.

     The Company's  equity in earnings  (loss) of affiliates for the years ended
December 31, 1994, 1995 and 1996 is summarized as follows:





<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                          1994        1995        1996
                                         --------   ----------   ---------
<S>                                      <C>         <C>          <C>
HPC  .................................   $   -       $ (185)      $   82
Tutera  ..............................   1,181          960          883
Integrated Living Communities   ......       -            -         (241)
Speciality    ........................     167          668          104
Other   ..............................    (172)           -            -
                                         ------      ------       ------
                                         $1,176      $1,443       $  828
                                         ======      ======       ======
</TABLE>


     At December 31, 1996 the  Company's  investment  in Tutera and HPC exceeded
its equity in the underlying net assets by $3,450 and $5,119 respectively, which
are being amortized over 15 years. The Company received cash  distributions from
its affiliates of $1,034 in 1994,  $1,012 in 1995 and $830 in 1996. During 1996,
the  Company's  250,000  common shares or $2,600  investment  in Hearing  Health
Services,  Inc. was repurchased for approximately  $2,600. The Company continues
to hold an investment in Hearing  Health  Services,  Inc.  preferred  stock.  In
addition,  during 1996 the Company made approximately $900 in other investments.


     Selected financial  information for the combined  affiliates  accounted for
under the equity method is as follows:





<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                           DECEMBER 31,     DECEMBER 31,
                               1995            1996
                           --------------   -------------
<S>                        <C>              <C>
Working capital   ......      $ 5,904         $  2,007
Total assets   .........       74,065          141,167
Long-term debt .........       34,000           19,399
Equity   ...............      $28,555         $ 82,707
                              ========        =========
</TABLE>

                                      F-22


<PAGE>


               INTEGRATED HEALTH SERVICES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
            NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -(CONTINUED)
(4) Investments in and Advances to Affiliates-(CONTINUED)


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                           YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31,
                       ---------------------------------
                        1994        1995        1996
                       ---------   ---------   ---------
<S>                    <C>         <C>         <C>
Revenues   .........   $25,906     $64,294     $118,995
Net earnings  ......     3,381       1,316        1,550
                       ========    ========    =========
</TABLE>

(5) PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

     Property,  plant and equipment at December 31, 1995 and 1996 are summarized
as follows:





<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                            1995        1996
                                                          ----------   ---------
<S>                                                       <C>          <C>
Land   ................................................   $ 39,158     $ 38,236
Buildings and improvements  ...........................    381,447      356,063
Leasehold improvements and leasehold interests   ......    172,025      218,107
Equipment .............................................    153,918      270,248
Construction in progress    ...........................     57,809       67,169
Pre-construction and pre-acquisition costs    .........     10,120       19,603
                                                          ---------    ---------
                                                           814,477      969,426
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization   ......     56,350      105,091
                                                          ---------    ---------
 Net property, plant and equipment   ..................   $758,127     $864,335
                                                          =========    =========
</TABLE>

     Included in leasehold  improvements  and  leasehold  interests are purchase
option  deposits  on 89  facilities  of $57,147 at  December  31,  1995 of which
$25,357 is  refundable  and  $74,131 at December  31,  1996 of which  $29,375 is
refundable.

(6) INTANGIBLE ASSETS

     Intangible assets are summarized as follows at December 31, 1995 and 1996:






<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                     1995      1996
                                                  ---------- ---------
<S>                                                 <C>        <C>
Intangible assets of businesses acquired   ......   $287,439   $570,651
Deferred financing costs.   .....................     17,461     26,842
                                                   ---------  ---------
                                                     304,900    597,493
Less accumulated amortization  ..................     16,867     25,334
                                                   ---------  ---------
 Net intangible assets   ........................   $288,033   $572,159
                                                   =========  =========
</TABLE>

     The  Company  amortizes  goodwill  primarily  over  40  years.   Management
regularly  evaluates  whether events or  circumstances  have occurred that would
indicate an impairment in the value or the life of goodwill.  In December  1995,
the Company  adopted SFAS No. 121,  "Accounting for the Impairment of Long-Lived
Assets and for  Long-Lived  Assets to Be Disposed  Of." In  accordance  with the
provisions of SFAS No. 121, if there is an indication that the carrying value of
an asset,  including  goodwill,  is not recoverable,  the Company  estimates the
projected  undiscounted cash flows,  excluding interest, of the related business
unit to determine if an impairment  loss should be recognized.  Such  impairment
loss is  determined  by comparing  the carrying  amount of the asset,  including
goodwill, to its estimated fair value. With its adoption of SFAS 121 in December
1995, the Company performed the impairment  analysis at the individual  facility
and business unit basis. Prior to the adoption of SFAS 121 the Company performed
the analysis on an entity-wide basis (see note 18).

     In  addition,  in the  fourth  quarter  of 1995 IHS  adopted  a  change  in
accounting  estimate and wrote-off  $25,785 of deferred  pre-opening  costs (see
note 18).  Effective  January 1, 1996, the Company changed its accounting method
from deferring and amortizing  pre-opening costs to recording them as an expense
when incurred.


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<PAGE>

               INTEGRATED HEALTH SERVICES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
            NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -(CONTINUED)

(7) ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND ACCRUED EXPENSES

     Accounts  payable  and  accrued  expenses at December 31, 1995 and 1996 are
summarized as follows:





<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                         1995        1996
                                                                       ----------   ---------
<S>                                                                    <C>          <C>
   Accounts payable ................................................   $102,999     $185,248
   Accrued salaries and wages   ....................................     32,093       53,572
   Accrued workers' compensation and other claims ..................     10,715       38,141
   Accrued interest ................................................     15,921       16,892
   Accrued acquisition liabilities (exit costs and employee termina-
     tion and relocation costs)                                               -       11,039
   Other accrued expenses ..........................................     10,285       36,202
                                                                       ---------    ---------
                                                                       $172,013     $341,094
                                                                       =========    =========
</TABLE>

(8) LONG-TERM DEBT
     Long-term debt at December 31, 1995 and 1996 is summarized as follows:





<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                              1995       1996
                                                                                           ---------- -----------
<S>                                                                                          <C>        <C>
Revolving credit facility notes due June 2002 (March 31, 2001 in 1995)  ..................   $220,500   $  342,650
10.125% mortgage note payable in monthly installments of $64, including interest, due
 August 1997   ...........................................................................      5,723        5,502
8.094% note payable, due December 2001 ...................................................      9,508        9,314
Prime plus 1.25% note payable (9.50% at December 31, 1996), due December 2000    .........      8,252        8,087
Mortgages payable in monthly installments of $62, including interest at rates ranging from
 9% to 14%  ..............................................................................     10,512        8,604
9.75% mortgage note payable in monthly installments of $107, including interest, with
  final
 payment of $13,087 in October 1998 ......................................................     14,845       13,332
Prime plus 1% (9.25% at December 31, 1996) note payable in monthly installments of $89,
 including interest, with final payment in January 2020  .................................      9,905        9,793
Seller notes, interest rates ranging from 10% to 14%, with final payment of $2,971 in July
 2000 ....................................................................................      3,585        3,710
LIBOR plus 1.75% (7.95% at December 31, 1996) mortgage note payable in monthly in-
 stallments of $51, including interest, with final payment due December 2000                    6,500        6,392
8.8% factored receivables note due December 8, 1998, interest payable monthly ............          -        5,000
Prime plus 1% note payable due May 1997 (9.25% at December 31, 1996) .....................          -        1,500
12.0% note payable in monthly installments of $153, including interest, with final payment
 due May 2000  ...........................................................................          -        5,130
Other ....................................................................................      7,581       11,983
Subordinated debt:
53/4% convertible senior subordinated debentures due January 1, 2001, with interest pay-
 able semi-annually on January 1 and July 1                                                   143,750      143,750
6% convertible subordinated debentures due December 31, 2003, with interest payable
 semi-annually on January 1 and July 1 ...................................................    115,000      115,000
10 3/4% Senior Subordinated Notes due July 15, 2004, with interest payable semi-annually on
 January 15 and July 15 ..................................................................    100,000      100,000
9 5/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due May 31, 2002, Series A, with interest payable semi-
 annually on May 31 and November 30 ......................................................    115,000      115,000
10 1/4% Senior Subordinated Notes due April 30, 2006, with interest payable semi-annually
 in April 30 and October 30   ............................................................          -      150,000
                                                                                            ---------  -----------
Total debt  ..............................................................................    770,661    1,054,747
Less current portion .....................................................................      5,404       16,547
                                                                                            ---------  -----------
 Total long-term debt, less current portion  .............................................   $765,257   $1,038,200
                                                                                            =========  ===========
</TABLE>

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               INTEGRATED HEALTH SERVICES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
            NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -(CONTINUED)
(8) Long-Term Debt -(CONTINUED)

REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY

     In May  1996,  IHS  entered  into a  $700,000  revolving  credit  facility,
including a $100,000  letter of credit  subfacility,  with  Citibank,  N.A.,  as
administrative agent, and certain other lenders (the "New Credit Facility"). The
New Credit  Facility  consists  of a $700,000  revolving  loan which  reduces to
$560,000 on June 30, 2000 and $315,000 on June 30, 2001,  with a final  maturity
on June 30, 2002. The $100,000  subcommitment  for letters of credit will remain
at $100,000 until final maturity.  The New Credit Facility is guaranteed by IHS'
subsidiaries and secured by a pledge of all of the stock of substantially all of
IHS'  subsidiaries.  At the option of IHS,  loans under the New Credit  Facility
bear interest at a rate equal to either (i) the sum of (a) the higher of (1) the
bank's base rate or (2) one percent plus the latest overnight federal funds rate
plus (b) a margin  of  between  zero  percent  and one and  one-quarter  percent
(depending  on  certain  financial  ratios);  or (ii) in the case of  Eurodollar
loans,  the sum of between  three  quarters of one percent and two and  one-half
percent  (depending  on certain  financial  ratios) and the interest rate in the
London interbank market for loans in an amount substantially equal to the amount
of borrowing and for the period of the borrowing selected by IHS.

     The New  Credit  Facility  limits  IHS'  ability to incur  indebtedness  or
contingent  obligations,  to make  additional  acquisitions,  to create or incur
liens on assets,  to pay  dividends  and to purchase  or redeem  IHS' stock.  In
addition,  the New Credit  Facility  requires  that IHS meet  certain  financial
tests,  and  provides  the banks with the right to require the payment of all of
the amounts  outstanding  under the New Credit  Facility if there is a change in
control  of IHS or if any  person  other  than Dr.  Robert N.  Elkins or a group
managed by Dr. Elkins owns more than 40% of IHS' capital  stock.  Amounts repaid
under the New Credit  Facility may be  reborrowed  until June 30, 2002.  The New
Credit  Facility  replaced IHS' $500,000  revolving  credit facility (the "Prior
Credit  Facility").  On May 15, 1996, IHS borrowed $328,200 under the New Credit
Facility to repay  amounts  outstanding  under the Prior Credit  Facility.  As a
result,  IHS  recorded a loss on  extinguishment  of debt,  net of  related  tax
benefits, of $1,431 in the second quarter of 1996.

     In May 1995, the Company entered into a $500,000  revolving credit and term
loan  agreement  with  Citicorp USA,  Inc.,  the agent and certain other lenders
which  replaced the $250,000  revolving  credit and term loan facility which the
Company entered into during 1994.  Amounts  outstanding under the revolving loan
on April 30, 1997 were to be converted to a term loan with a final maturity date
of March 31, 2001. The revolving credit and term loan agreement was secured by a
pledge of all of the stock of substantially  all of the Company's  subsidiaries.
Interest  was based  upon the LIBOR plus 1.5%  which was 6.94% at  December  31,
1995. The $500,000  revolving  credit and term loan facility was used to finance
the Company's working capital requirements, to make acquisitions and for general
corporate purposes.

     In 1994 the Company entered into a $250,000  revolving credit and term loan
agreement (the  "Facility") with Citicorp USA, Inc., as agent, and certain other
lenders.  The Facility,  which included a $50,000 letter of credit  subfacility,
initially consisted of a $250,000 three year revolving loan. Amounts outstanding
under the  revolving  loan on September  30, 1997 were to be converted to a term
loan with a final  maturity date of September 30, 2001. The Facility was secured
by a  pledge  of  all of  the  stock  of  substantially  all  of  the  Company's
subsidiaries.  Interest was based upon various market indices (7.97% at December
31, 1994).


SUBORDINATED DEBT

    The  Company's  $150,000  aggregate  principal  amount  of  10  1/4%  Senior
Subordinated  Notes (the "10 1/4% Senior  Notes") are due on April 30, 2006. The
10 1/4% Senior Notes were sold to certain initial  purchasers  which sold the 10
1/4%  Senior  Notes to  qualified  institutional  buyers  under Rule 144A of the
Securities Act and to a limited number of  institutional  accredited  investors.
Pursuant to an agreement


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               INTEGRATED HEALTH SERVICES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
            NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -(CONTINUED)
(8) Long-Term Debt -(CONTINUED)

with the initial purchasers,  IHS is obligated to take certain actions to effect
an exchange offer within specified periods whereby each holder of 10 1/4% Senior
Notes would be offered  the  opportunity  to  exchange  such notes for new notes
identical in all material respects to the 10 1/4% Senior Notes,  except that the
new notes would be  registered  under the  Securities  Act.  IHS has not to date
commenced the exchange offer and, as a result,  beginning  November 25, 1996 the
interest rate on the 10 1/4% Senior Notes increased to 10.5%,  and will continue
to increase by 0.25% each 90 days until the exchange offer is commenced.


    The  Company's  $115,000  aggregate   principal  amount  of  9  5/8%  Senior
Subordinated Notes, Series A (the "9 5/8% Series A Senior Notes") are due on May
31, 2002. The 9 5/8% Series A Senior  Subordinated  Notes were issued in October
1995 in exchange for, and are identical to the 9 5/8% Senior  Subordinated Notes
issued in May 1995,  except that the Series A Senior Notes have been  registered
under the Securities Act of 1933, and are listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
The net proceeds of the 9 5/8% Series A Senior Notes were used to repay  $78,000
of the credit facility among other things.


    The  Company's  $100,000  aggregate  principal  amount  of 10  3/4 %  Senior
Subordinated  Notes (the "10 3/4% Senior  Notes") are due on July 15, 2004.  The
net proceeds were used to repay the remaining outstanding balance under the term
loan facility and the revolving credit facility notes.


     The  Company's  $115,000  aggregate  principal  amount  of  6%  convertible
subordinated  debentures  (the "6%  Debentures")  are due December 31, 2003. The
Company's  53/4%  convertible   senior   subordinated   debentures  (the  "53/4%
Debentures")  in the aggregate  principal  amount of $143,750 are due January 1,
2001. At any time prior to redemption or final  maturity,  the 53/4%  Debentures
and the 6%  Debentures  are  convertible  into Common Stock of the  Company,  at
$32.60  per share and  $32.125  per  share,  respectively,  at the option of the
holder, subject to adjustment upon the occurrence of certain events.


     The subordinated  debt is redeemable for cash at the Company's  option,  in
whole or in part, plus accrued interest, as follows:





<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                          INITIAL REDEMPTION PRICE
                                                               EXPRESSED AS
                                           PERMITTED           A PERCENTAGE
                                             AFTER             OF PRINCIPAL
                                       ----------------- -------------------------
<S>                                    <C>               <C>
 53/4% Debentures   ..................  January 2, 1997           103.29 %
 6 % Debentures  .....................  January 1, 1996           104.2  %
10 3/4%  Senior Notes   ...............   July 15, 1999            105.375%
 9 5/8%  Series A Senior Notes   ......  Not redeemable                  -
10 1/4%  Senior Notes   ...............  April 30, 2001            105.125%
</TABLE>

     In the event of a change in control of IHS (as  defined),  each debt holder
may  require  the  Company  to  repurchase  the  debt,  in whole or in part,  at
redemption  prices  of 100% of the  principal  amount  in the case of the  53/4%
Debentures and the 6% Debentures and 101% of the principal amount in the case of
the 10 3/4% Senior Notes, 9 5/8% Series A Senior Notes and 10 1/4% Senior Notes.



    The  indentures  under  which each of the 10 1/4% Senior  Notes,  the 9 5/8%
Series A Senior Notes and the 10 3/4% Senior Notes were issued  contain  certain
covenants, including but not limited to, covenants with respect to the following
matters:  (i) limitations on additional  indebtedness  unless certain ratios are
met; (ii) limitations on other  subordinated  debt; (iii)  limitations on liens;
(iv)  limitations on the issuance of preferred stock by IHS'  subsidiaries;  (v)
limitations  on  transactions  with  affiliates;  (vi)  limitations  on  certain
payments,  including  dividends;  (vii)  application  of the proceeds of certain
asset sales; (viii) restrictions on mergers,  consolidations and the transfer of
all or  substantially  all of the  assets  of IHS to  another  person;  and (ix)
limitations on investments and loans. 


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               INTEGRATED HEALTH SERVICES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
            NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -(CONTINUED)
(8) Long-Term Debt -(CONTINUED)


9 1/2% SENIOR SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2007 (UNAUDITED)

    In May 1997, the Company issued $450,000 aggregate principal  amount of  its
9 1/2% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2007 (the "Senior Notes").  Interest on the
Senior Notes is payable  semiannually  on March 15 and September 15,  commencing
September 15, 1997.  The Senior Notes are  redeemable for cash at any time on or
after  September  15, 2002,  at the option of the Company,  in whole or in part,
initially  at the  redemption  price  equal  to  104.75%  of  principal  amount,
declining  to 100% of  principal  amount on  September  15,  2005,  plus accrued
interest thereon to the date fixed for redemption.  In addition,  IHS may redeem
up to $150,000  aggregate  principal amount of Senior Notes at any time and from
time to time prior to September 15, 2000 at a redemption  price equal to 108.50%
of the aggregate principal amount thereof, plus accrued interest thereon, out of
the net cash proceeds of one or more Public Equity  Offerings (as defined in the
indenture   under  which  the  Senior  Notes  were  issued  (the  "Senior  Notes
Indenture")).  In the event of a change in  control  of IHS (as  defined  in the
Senior  Notes  Indenture),  each  holder of  Senior  Notes  may  require  IHS to
repurchase  such  holder's  Senior  Notes,  in whole or in part,  at 101% of the
principal  amount  thereof,  plus accrued  interest to the repurchase  date. The
Senior  Notes  Indenture  contains  covenants,  including,  but not  limited to,
covenants with respect to the following  matters:  (1) limitations on additional
indebtedness  unless certain  coverage  ratios are met; (2) limitations on other
subordinated  debt; (3) limitations on liens; (4) limitations on the issuance of
preferred stock by the Company's  subsidiaries;  (5) limitations on transactions
with affiliates;  (6) limitations on restricted  payments and  investments;  (7)
application  of  the  proceeds  of  certain  asset  sales;  (8)  limitations  on
restrictions  on  subsidiary   dividends;   and  (9)  restrictions  on  mergers,
consolidations and the transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the
Company to another person.  The Company used  approximately  $247,200 of the net
proceeds  from the sale of the Senior Notes to repurchase  substantially  all of
its  9  5/8%  Senior  Subordinated  Notes  due  2002  and  its  10  3/4%  Senior
Subordinated  Notes due 2004,  to pay  pre-payment  premiums,  consent  fees and
accrued interest related to the repurchase, and used the remaining approximately
$191,000 to repay a portion of the $436,000 then outstanding under its revolving
credit  facility.  In connection  with the repurchase,  the Company  recorded an
extraordinary loss of $18,168 (net of tax) (See Note 15).

     At December 31, 1996,  the aggregate  maturities of long-term  debt for the
five years ending December 31, 2001 and thereafter are as follows:





<TABLE>
<S>                     <C>
   1997  ............   $   16,547
   1998  ............       31,242
   1999  ............        1,800
   2000  ............       10,611
   2001  ............      172,631
   Thereafter  ......      821,916
                        -----------
                        $1,054,747
                        ===========
</TABLE>



     Interest capitalized to construction in progress was $3,030 in 1994, $5,155
in 1995 and $3,800 in 1996.


(9) OTHER  LONG-TERM  LIABILITIES  AND  CONTINGENCIES  RELATED TO FIRST AMERICAN
 ACQUISITION

     AS INDICATED IN NOTE 2, THE COMPANY  ACQUIRED ALL OF THE OUTSTANDING  STOCK
OF FIRST  AMERICAN  HEALTH Care of Georgia,  Inc. in October 1996.  The purchase
price includes contingent payments,  certain of which have been determined to be
probable,  and  the  present  value  thereof  is  recorded  as  other  long-term
liabilities as of December 31, 1996.

     Prior  to  its  acquisition  by  the  Company,  First  American  was  under
protection of the U.S.  Bankruptcy Court, with which it had filed a petition for
reorganization under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code on February 21, 1996 (the
petition date) following its and its two principal shareholders' convic- 


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                                       -
               INTEGRATED HEALTH SERVICES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
            NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -(CONTINUED)
(9) Other  Long-Term  Liabilities  and  Contingencies  Related to First American
Acquisition -(CONTINUED)


tions on multiple counts of having made improper Medicare  reimbursement claims.
Immediately  preceding the Chapter 11 filing,  First  American and its principal
shareholders had entered into a merger agreement with the Company. In connection
with the  bankruptcy  proceedings  and the  establishment  and approval of First
American's  plan  of  reorganization,  the  merger  agreement  was  amended  and
confirmed by the Bankruptcy Court on October 4, 1996.

     Pursuant to the terms of the First American plan of reorganization  and the
amended merger agreement,  the purchase price included contingent payments of up
to $155,000.  The  contingent  payments  will be payable (1) if  legislation  is
enacted  that  changes the Medicare  reimbursement  methodology  for home health
services to a prospectively determined rate methodology, in whole or in part, or
(2) if, in respect to payments  contingently  payable for any year through 2003,
the percentage increase through 2004 in the seasonally unadjusted Consumer Price
Index for all Urban  Consumers  for the Medical Care  expenditure  category (the
Medical CPI) is less than 8%. If payable, the contingent payments will be due on
February  14 as  follows:  $10,000 in 2000;  $40,000  in 2001;  $51,000 in 2002;
$39,000 in 2003; and $15,000 in 2004.  The contingent  payments would be payable
to the Health  Care  Financing  Administration  (HCFA) for  $140,000  and to the
former shareholders of First American for $15,000.

     The  contingent  payments  to HCFA,  which  are due only if the  contingent
payments described above become payable,  and $95,000 of the cash purchase price
paid by the Company,  which was paid to HCFA,  are in full  settlement of HCFA's
claims  made to the  Bankruptcy  Court  related  to  First  American's  Medicare
reimbursement  claims  for all  periods  prior to the  petition  date and of any
claims by HCFA related to First American's  Medicare  reimbursement  claims made
after the petition date through December 31, 1996.

     The Company has accrued  the  present  value of the  payments  contingently
payable to HCFA and the former shareholders of First American of $10,000 in 2000
and $40,000 in 2001.  The present value of these payments of $33,851 at December
31, 1996 was determined using a discount rate of 10% per annum from the dates of
probable  payment.  Management  is  presently  studying  the  likelihood  of the
remaining contingent payments which, if payable,  will be due in the years 2002,
2003 and  2004.  The  entire  amount  is not  considered  probable  because  the
legislative  and/or regulatory changes which would trigger the full amount to be
payable cannot be considered  probable at this time. The contingent payments due
in 2000  and  2001 are  considered  probable  at this  time  because  management
believes the anticipated  Medical CPI in 1999 and 2000 will probably trigger the
required payments. However, management is unable to predict what the Medical CPI
will be in years  subsequent to 2000.  Management  will continue to evaluate the
likelihood  of the  contingencies  being met,  and will  accrue  the  additional
payments  within one year as a purchase  price  adjustment  or will expense such
amounts payable to HCFA if such probability is determined subsequent to one year
in accordance with SFAS No. 38, "Accounting for Preacquisition  Contingencies of
Purchased Enterprises."


(10) LEASES

     The Company has entered into  operating  leases as lessee of 77 health care
facilities and certain office facilities  expiring at various dates through June
2010. Minimum rent payments due under operating leases in effect at December 31,
1996 are summarized as follows: 




<TABLE>
<S>                                  <C>
       1997  .....................     $ 43,065
       1998  .....................       42,696
       1999  .....................       42,620
       2000  .....................       41,787
       2001  .....................       27,691
       Subsequent to 2001   ......       37,930
                                      ---------
        Total   ..................     $235,789
                                      =========
</TABLE>


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               INTEGRATED HEALTH SERVICES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
            NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -(CONTINUED)
(10) Leases-(CONTINUED)


     The Company also leases equipment under short-term  operating leases having
rentals of approximately $20,201 per year.

     The leases of health care  facilities  provide  renewal options for various
terms at fair market rentals at the  expiration of the initial term,  except for
leases of three facilities which have no renewal options.  The Company generally
has the option or right of first  refusal to  purchase  the  facilities  at fair
market value  determined by independent  appraisal (or by formula based upon the
cash flow of the facility,  as defined) or, with respect to certain leases, at a
fixed price  representing  the fair market value at the  inception of the lease.
Under certain conditions, the Company may be required to exercise the options to
buy the  facilities.  In connection with 55 leases the Company has paid purchase
option  deposits  aggregating  $53,581 at December 31, 1996, of which $29,375 is
refundable. In connection with one lease expiring September 30, 2002, the lessor
has the right to require two officers of the Company to  repurchase up to 13,944
shares of the Company's  Common Stock owned by the lessor at the original  issue
price  increased  at the annual  rate of 9%. The  Company  has  guaranteed  this
obligation of the officers and has also guaranteed  approximately  $6,600 of the
lessor's indebtedness.

     Minimum rentals are generally  subject to adjustment  based on the consumer
price index or the annual rate of five year U.S. Treasury securities.  Also, the
leases generally provide for contingent rentals,  based on gross revenues of the
facilities in excess of base year amounts, and additional rental obligations for
real estate taxes,  utilities,  insurance and repairs.  Contingent  rentals were
$2,596 in 1994, $2,777 in 1995 and $3,565 in 1996.

(11) CAPITAL STOCK

     The Company is authorized to issue up to 150,000,000 shares of Common Stock
and 15,000,000  shares of Preferred  Stock. The issuance of such preferred stock
may have the effect of delaying,  deferring or preventing a change in control of
the Company without further action by the  stockholders and may adversely affect
the voting and other rights of the holders of Common  Stock,  including the loss
of voting  control to others.  As of December  31, 1995 and 1996,  there were no
shares of Preferred Stock outstanding.

     The Company declared a $0.02 per share cash dividend in 1995 and 1996.

     At December 31, 1994 and 1995 the Company had outstanding  stock options as
follows:







<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                        1995          1996
                                                                      -----------   ----------
<S>                                                                   <C>           <C>
Stock options outstanding pursuant to:
 Equity Incentive Plan   ..........................................      14,969        13,169
 1990 Employee Stock Option Plan  .................................     889,956       832,906
 1992 Employee Stock Option Plan  .................................     905,120       903,715
 Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee Directors    ..................     300,000       200,000
 1994 Stock Incentive Plan  .......................................   1,439,080     2,316,355
 Senior Executives' Stock Option Plan   ...........................   2,100,000     1,800,000
 Stock Option Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors   ......     250,000       200,000
 1995 Board of Director's Plan ....................................     300,000       300,000
 1996 Employee Stock Option Plan  .................................           -     1,886,000
 Other options  ...................................................     178,429       297,954
                                                                      ----------    ----------
   Total stock options outstanding   ..............................   6,377,554     8,750,099
                                                                      ==========    ==========
</TABLE>



     The Equity  Incentive  Plan provides that options may be granted to certain
employees  at a price per share not less than the fair market  value at the date
of grant.  The 1990 Employee  Stock Option Plan,  the 1992 Employee Stock Option
Plan and the 1996 Employee Stock Option Plan provide for issuance of 


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               INTEGRATED HEALTH SERVICES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
            NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -(CONTINUED)
(11) Capital Stock -(CONTINUED)


options  with  similar  terms as well as  non-qualified  options.  In 1993,  the
Company  adopted  the Senior  Executives'  Stock  Option Plan and the 1994 Stock
Incentive  Plan which  provide for the issuance of options with terms similar to
the 1992 plan.  In addition,  the Company has adopted two Stock Option Plans for
Non-Employee  Directors and a Stock Option  Compensation  Plan for  Non-Employee
Directors.  The Board of Directors  has  authorized  the issuance of  10,428,571
shares of Common  Stock under the plans.  Such  options  have been  granted with
exercise  prices equal to or greater than the estimated fair market value of the
common  stock on the date of grant;  accordingly,  the Company  has  recorded no
compensation  expense  related to such grants.  The options'  maximum term is 10
years.  Vesting for the 1990,  1992,  and 1994  Employee  Stock Option Plans are
graded over six years. Vesting for the 1996 Plan is over four years. Vesting for
the directors' plans is one year after the date of grant. Vesting for the Senior
Executive's  Plan is  generally  over three  years.  In  addition,  the  Company
provides an Employee  Stock  Purchase Plan whereby  employees  have the right to
purchase the Company's  Common Stock at 90% of the quoted market price,  subject
to certain limitations.

     Stock option transactions are summarized as follows:







<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                 1994                    1995                    1996
                                        ----------------------- ----------------------- ----------------------
                                                      WEIGHTED                WEIGHTED                WEIGHTED
                                                      AVERAGE                 AVERAGE                 AVERAGE
                                                      EXERCISE                EXERCISE                EXERCISE
                                           SHARES      PRICE       SHARES      PRICE       SHARES      PRICE
                                        ------------ ---------- ------------ ---------- ------------ ---------
<S>                                      <C>           <C>       <C>           <C>       <C>           <C>
Options outstanding-beginning of period  5,658,789     $ 24.23   5,879,832     $ 25.98   6,377,554     $ 20.19
Granted  ..............................    873,300       32.90   1,059,146       28.81   3,096,500       22.14
Exercised   ...........................   (521,992)      18.95    (340,244)      19.61    (141,382)      14.55
Cancelled   ...........................   (130,265)      24.50    (221,180)      29.63    (582,573)      20.66
                                         ---------    --------   ---------    --------   ---------    --------
Options outstanding-end of period   ...  5,879,832       25.98   6,377,554       20.19   8,750,099       20.94
                                         ---------    --------   ---------    --------   ---------    --------
Options exercisable-end of period   ...  1,839,015     $ 24.19   2,731,876     $ 20.15   3,914,843     $ 20.18
                                         =========    ========   =========    ========   =========    ========
</TABLE>



     The following summarizes  information about stock options outstanding as of
December 31, 1996.






<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                               OPTIONS OUTSTANDING                  OPTIONS EXERCISABLE
                    ------------------------------------------   -------------------------
                                     WEIGHTED
                                      AVERAGE       WEIGHTED                     WEIGHTED
   RANGE OF           NUMBER         REMAINING       AVERAGE       NUMBER        AVERAGE
   EXERCISE         OUTSTANDING     CONTRACTUAL     EXERCISE     EXERCISABLE     EXERCISE
    PRICES          AT 12/31/96        LIFE          PRICE       AT 12/31/96      PRICE
- -----------------   -------------   -------------   ----------   -------------   ---------
<S>                   <C>              <C>            <C>          <C>             <C>
under $15  ......       182,931        3.44           $ 11.52        121,561       $ 11.23
$15 to $20 ......       781,393        5.19             17.86        501,185         17.72
$20 to $25 ......     7,735,128        8.54             21.37      3,287,097         20.88
over $25.........        50,647        8.74             36.61          5,000         26.00
                      ----------       ----          --------      ----------     --------
                      8,750,099        8.14           $ 20.94      3,914,843       $ 20.18
                      ==========       ====          ========      ==========     ========
</TABLE>




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<PAGE>


<PAGE>

                INTEGRATED HEALTH SERVICES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
            NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -(CONTINUED)
(11) Capital Stock -(CONTINUED)


     The  Company  applies  APB No. 25 and related interpretations in accounting
for  its stock options. Accordingly, no compensation expense has been recognized
in  connection  with  its  stock  options.  Had  compensation  expense  for  the
Company's  stock  options  been  determined  consistent  with  SFAS No. 123, the
Company's  net  earnings  (loss)  and  earnings (loss) per share would have been
reduced to the pro forma amounts indicated below:







<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                              1995                          1996
                                                   ---------------------------   --------------------------
                                                   AS REPORTED     PRO FORMA     AS REPORTED     PRO FORMA
                                                   -------------   -----------   -------------   ----------
<S>                                                <C>             <C>           <C>             <C>
Net earnings (loss)  ...........................    $ (27,002)     $(44,752)        $46,334        $43,082
Primary earnings (loss) per share   ............        (1.26)        (2.09)           1.97           1.91
Fully diluted earnings (loss) per share   ......        (1.26)        (2.09)           1.78           1.67
</TABLE>



     The fair value of the options  including the Employee  Stock  Purchase Plan
for  purposes of the above pro forma  disclosure  was  estimated  on the date of
grant or  modification  using the  Black-Scholes  option  pricing  model and the
following  assumptions:  a risk-free  interest rate of 5.40% to 6.74%,  weighted
average expected lives of 4 to 9 years for options and 6 months for the Employee
Stock Purchase Plan, 0.1% dividend yield and volatility of 26.3%. The effects of
applying SFAS No. 123 in the pro forma net earnings  (loss) and earnings  (loss)
per share for 1995 and 1996 may not be representative of the effects on such pro
forma  information  for future years.  In November  1995, the Board of Directors
authorized a modification to the options  outstanding under the Company's option
plans which resulted in the change of the exercise price to $20.875,  the market
price on the date of the modification,  for certain options with exercise prices
over $21.00.  Because no compensation  was recognized for the original  options,
the modified  options are treated as a new grant.  Under SFAS 123,  compensation
cost of $23,655 in 1995 is  recognized  immediately  for vested  options for the
fair  value of the new  options  on the  modification  date.  The effect of this
modification  has been  included  in the pro  forma  earnings  (loss)  per share
amounts above.


     Warrant transactions are summarized as follows:







<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                       WEIGHTED                WEIGHTED                WEIGHTED
                                                       AVERAGE                 AVERAGE                 AVERAGE
                                                       EXERCISE                EXERCISE                EXERCISE
                                            1994        PRICE        1995       PRICE        1996       PRICE
                                        ------------- ---------- ------------ ---------- ------------ ---------
<S>                                     <C>           <C>        <C>          <C>        <C>          <C>
Warrants outstanding-beginning of year     311,029      $ 24.65    497,181      $ 29.28    518,000      $ 31.30
Granted to sellers   ..................    300,000        31.33     65,000        37.95          -            -
Exercised   ...........................   (113,848)       22.03    (44,181)       18.35          -            -
Cancelled   ...........................          -            -          -            -    (20,000)       38.02
                                         ---------     --------   --------     --------   --------     --------
Warrants outstanding-end of year    ...    497,181      $ 29.28    518,000      $ 31.30    498,000      $ 31.03
                                         =========     ========   ========     ========   ========     ========
</TABLE>



     As  discussed  in  note  10,  the  Company  is  contingently  obligated  to
repurchase up to 13,944 shares of its Common  Stock,  aggregating  approximately
$353 at December 31, 1996.


     In 1995, the Company's Board of Directors  authorized the repurchase in the
open market of up to $50,000 of the Company's  Common Stock.  The purpose of the
repurchase  program was to have  available  treasury  shares of Common  Stock to
satisfy contingent earn-out payments under prior business combinations accounted
for by  the  purchase  method.  The  repurchases  were  funded  from  cash  from
operations and drawings under the Company's revolving credit facility.  In 1995,
the Company repurchased 400,600 shares of Common Stock for an aggregate purchase
price of  approximately  $12,790.  No  shares  were  repurchased  in  1996.  The
repurchase  program was discontinued in September 1996.  During 1996 the Company
reissued all 400,600 shares in partial satisfaction of earn-out payments. 


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               INTEGRATED HEALTH SERVICES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
            NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -(CONTINUED)


(12) INCOME TAXES

     The  provision  for  income  taxes on  earnings  before  income  taxes  and
extraordinary items is summarized as follows:







<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                  YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31,
                           --------------------------------------
                             1994          1995          1996
                           ----------   -------------   ---------
<S>                          <C>         <C>             <C>
       Federal .........     $ 18,388    $ (13,341)     $ 55,577
       State   .........        3,729       (2,929)        8,138
                            ---------    ---------      ---------
                             $ 22,117    $ (16,270)     $ 63,715
                            =========    =========      =========
       Current .........     $ 19,905    $   7,732      $ 21,515
       Deferred   ......        2,212      (24,002)       42,200
                            ---------    ---------      ---------
                             $ 22,117    $ (16,270)     $ 63,715
                            =========    =========      =========
</TABLE>



     The amount  computed by applying the Federal  corporate  tax rate of 35% in
1994, 1995 and 1996 to earnings before income taxes and  extraordinary  items is
summarized as follows: 






<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                               1994          1995            1996
                                                             ----------   -------------   ------------
<S>                                                          <C>           <C>             <C>
   Income tax computed at statutory rates  ...............   $ 20,643      $ (14,791)      $ 39,018
   State income taxes, net of Federal tax benefit   ......     2,424          (1,904)         5,290
   Amortization of non-deductible intangibles    .........       993           1,975          2,293
   Basis difference on assets sold   .....................         -               -         16,136
   Valuation allowance adjustment ........................    (1,675)         (2,111)        (1,353)
   Other  ................................................      (268)            561          2,331
                                                             --------      ---------       --------
                                                             $ 22,117      $ (16,270)      $ 63,715
                                                             ========      =========       ========
</TABLE>



     Deferred  income tax (assets) liabilities at December 31, 1995 and 1996 are
as follows:






<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                         1995           1996
                                                                       -----------   -------------
<S>                                                                    <C>            <C>
   Excess of book over tax basis of assets  ........................   $ 76,097       $ 109,900
   Deferred pre-opening costs   ....................................        199              84
   Accrued workers compensation ....................................     (3,769)        (10,874)
   Deferred gain on sale-leaseback .................................     (2,775)         (2,413)
   Allowance for doubtful accounts .................................    (11,384)        (21,753)
   Accrued third-party payor settlements    ........................          -         (23,523)
   Accrued claims   ................................................          -          (7,354)
   Accrued vacation ................................................          -          (4,059)
   Other accrued expenses not yet deductible for tax    ............          -         (12,729)
   Pre-acquisition separate company net operating loss carryforwards     (7,612)         (4,679)
   Other   .........................................................        170            (317)
                                                                       ---------      ---------
                                                                       $ 50,926       $  22,283
   Valuation allowance .............................................      1,353               -
                                                                       ---------      ---------
                                                                       $ 52,279       $  22,283
                                                                       =========      =========
</TABLE>



     The decrease in the  valuation  allowance for deferred tax assets of $1,353
is  attributable  to the  utilization of  pre-acquisition  separate  company net
operating  loss  carryforwards  in the year ended  December 31, 1996.  Also, the
Company  recorded  deferred tax assets in connection with business  acquisitions
(primarily  First  American)  of  $70,843 in 1996,  which has been  applied as a
reduction of goodwill.

     At  December   31,   1996,   certain   subsidiaries   of  the  Company  had
pre-acquisition net operating loss carryforwards available for Federal and state
income tax purposes of approximately $12,154 which ex- 


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               INTEGRATED HEALTH SERVICES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
            NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -(CONTINUED)
(12) Income Taxes-(CONTINUED)


pire in the  years  1997  through  2008.  The  annual  utilization  of these net
operating  loss  carryforwards  is  subject  to  certain  limitations  under the
Internal Revenue Code.


(13) OTHER COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

     IHS'  contingent   liabilities   (other  than  liabilities  in  respect  of
litigation and the First American acquisition) aggregated  approximately $52,449
as of December 31, 1996.  IHS is obligated to purchase its  Greenbriar  facility
upon a change in control of IHS. The net price of the facility is  approximately
$4,014.  The lessor of this  facility  has the right to require  Messrs.  Robert
Elkins and Timothy Nicholson to purchase all or any part of 13,944 shares of IHS
Common  Stock  owned by it at a per  share  purchase  price  equal to the sum of
$12.25  per share plus 9% simple  interest  per annum from May 8, 1988 until the
date of such purchase.  IHS has agreed to purchase such shares if Messrs. Elkins
and  Nicholson  fail to do so.  This  amount  aggregated  approximately  $353 at
December  31,  1996.  IHS has  guaranteed  approximately  $6,600 of the lessor's
indebtedness.  IHS is  required,  upon  certain  defaults  under the  lease,  to
purchase its Orange Hills  facility at a purchase  price equal to the greater of
$7,130 or the  facility's  fair market  value.  IHS has  jointly  and  severally
guaranteed a $1,231  construction loan made to River City Limited Partnership in
which  IHS  has  a  30%  general  partnership   interest.   IHS  has  guaranteed
approximately  $4,020  owed by Tutera  Group,  Inc.  and  Sunset  Plaza  Limited
Partnership,  a partnership affiliated with a partnership in which IHS has a 49%
interest, to Finova Capital Corporation. IHS has guaranteed approximately $3,994
of a  construction  loan for  Trizec,  the entity from which IHS  purchased  the
Central Park Lodges facilities.  IHS has established several irrevocable standby
letters  of  credit  with the Bank of Nova  Scotia  to  secure  certain  of IHS'
self-insured  workers'  compensation  obligations,  health  benefits  and  other
obligations.  The maximum  obligation  was $15,670 at December 31, 1996. IHS has
guaranteed  approximately  $539 owed by a managed  facility to  National  Health
Investors Inc. IHS has guaranteed  approximately $8,898 owed by Litchfield Asset
Management  Corporation  to National  Health  Investors  Inc. In addition,  with
respect  to  certain  acquired  businesses  IHS is  obligated  to  make  certain
contingent  payments if earnings of the acquired  business  increase or earnings
targets are met.  IHS is also  obligated  under  certain  circumstances  to make
contingent  payments of up to $155,000 in respect of IHS'  acquisition  of First
American (see note 9). In addition,  IHS has obligations  under operating leases
aggregating approximately $235,789 at December 31, 1996. (See note 10).

     IHS leases ten facilities from  Meditrust,  a  publicly-traded  real estate
investment trust. With respect to all the facilities leased from Meditrust,  IHS
is obligated to pay additional rent in an amount equal to a specified percentage
(generally  five percent) of the amount by which the  facility's  gross revenues
exceed a specified  amount  (generally  based on the  facility's  gross revenues
during its first year of  operation).  If an event of default  occurs  under any
Meditrust lease or any other agreement IHS has with Meditrust, Meditrust has the
right to require IHS to purchase the facility  leased from the  partnership at a
price equal to the higher of the then  current fair market value of the facility
or the original  purchase  price of the facility paid by Meditrust  plus (i) the
cost of certain capital  expenditures paid for by Meditrust,  (ii) an adjustment
for the increase in the cost of living index since the commencement of the lease
and (iii) all rent then due and  payable  (all  such  amounts  to be  determined
pursuant to the prescribed  formula contained in the lease).  In addition,  each
Meditrust  lease provides that a default under any other  Meditrust lease or any
other  agreement IHS has with Meditrust  constitutes a default under such lease.
Upon such  default,  Meditrust has the right to terminate the leases and to seek
damages based upon lost rent.



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               INTEGRATED HEALTH SERVICES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
            NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -(CONTINUED)


(14) SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION

     See note 2 for information  concerning  significant  non-cash investing and
financing  activities  related  to  business  acquisitions  for the years  ended
December 31, 1994,  1995 and 1996.  Other  significant  non-cash  investing  and
financing activities are as follows:

   o The  sale  of  Professional  Community  Management,   Inc.,  which  manages
     residential  retirement community living units in Southern  California,  in
     1994 resulted in decreases in net current assets of $716,  property,  plant
     and  equipment  of $200,  other  assets  of $746 and  intangible  assets of
     $3,899,  net current  liabilities of $1,226 and debt of $31;  offset by the
     $4,304 purchase price paid in the form of a note receivable.

   o The Company declared cash dividends, which resulted in increases in current
     liabilities  offset by decreases in retained earnings of $398 in 1994, $435
     in 1995 and $471 in 1996.

   o The write off of the Crestwood  management  agreement in 1995 resulted in a
     decrease in current assets of $5,969,  a decrease in property of $2,322,  a
     decrease  in other  assets of $13,624,  and a non-cash  charge to income of
     $21,915 (see note 18).

   o In 1995, the write off of long lived assets in connection with SFAS No. 121
     resulted in a decrease in  property  of $81,788,  a decrease in  intangible
     assets of $1,533,  and a non-cash  charge to income of $83,321.  Also,  the
     write-off  of  deferred   pre-opening  costs  resulted  in  a  decrease  in
     intangible assets and a non-cash charge to income of $25,785 (see note 18).

   o The sale of the Pharmacy division in 1996 resulted in a decrease in current
     assets of  $25,901,  a  decrease  in  property  of $9,399,  a  decrease  in
     intangible  assets of $52,173,  an increase in investments in affiliates of
     $24,019,  an increase in current  liabilities of $17,888 and an increase in
     unrealized gain on available for sale  securities of $9,360.  Cash received
     for the sale of the Pharmacy division was $125,000 (see note 4).

   o The sale of a majority  interest in the  assisted  living  division in 1996
     resulted in a decrease in current assets of $1,716,  a decrease in property
     of  $48,375,  a decrease  in  intangible  assets of $1,667,  an increase in
     investments in affiliates of $24,772 and a decrease in current  liabilities
     of $8,073. Total cash received from the sale was $10,416 (see note 4).

   o The sale of certain  non-strategic  assets in 1996 resulted in decreases in
     net current assets of $449, property of $8,730,  other assets of $3,803, an
     increase  in net  current  liabilities  of $144 and a decrease in long term
     debt of $4,008. Total cash received from the sales was $1,293.

     Cash  payments  for  interest  were  $20,728  in 1994,  $49,863 in 1995 and
$56,883 in 1996. Cash payments for income taxes were $13,761 in 1994, $27,549 in
1995 and $38,193 in 1996.

(15) EXTRAORDINARY ITEMS

    In the  second  quarter of 1997,  the  Company  recorded  a pre-tax  loss of
approximately  $29,800  representing (1) approximately  $23,600 of cash payments
for  pre-payment  premium  and tender and  consent  fees  relating  to the early
extinguishment of debt resulting from the Company's  repurchase pursuant to cash
tender  offers  of  $99,893  principal  amount  of  the  Company's  $100,000  of
outstanding  10 3/4%  Senior  Subordinated  Notes due 2004 and  $114,975  of the
Company's $115,000 of outstanding 9 5/8% Senior  Subordinated Notes due 2002 and
(2) approximately  $6,200 relating to the write-off of deferred financing costs.
Such loss, reduced by the related income tax effect of approximately $11,600, is
presented in the statement of earnings as an extraordinary loss of $18,168.


     In the second quarter of 1996, the Company replaced its $500,000  revolving
credit and term loan facility with the $700,000  revolving  credit facility (see
note 8). This event has been accounted for as an  extinguishment of debt and the
Company  has  recorded  a loss on  extinguishment  of debt  of  $2,327  relating
primarily to the write-off of deferred  financing costs.  Such loss,  reduced by
the related income tax effect of $896, is presented in the statement of earnings
as an extraordinary item of $1,431.


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               INTEGRATED HEALTH SERVICES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
            NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -(CONTINUED)
(15) Extraordinary Items-(CONTINUED)

     In the second quarter of 1995, the Company replaced its $250,000  revolving
credit and term loan  facility  with a $500,000  revolving  credit and term loan
facility (see note 8). This event has been accounted for as an extinguishment of
debt and the  Company  has  recorded  a loss on  extinguishment  of debt of $826
representing the write-off of deferred financing costs. In the fourth quarter of
1995, the Company incurred  prepayment  penalties on debt in the amount of $821.
Such losses,  reduced by the related  income tax effect of $634, is presented in
the statement of earnings as an extraordinary item of $1,013.

     In September 1994, the Company  replaced its $260,000  revolving credit and
term loan facility with a $250,000  revolving credit and term loan facility (see
note 8). Such event has been accounted for as an  extinguishment of debt and the
Company has recorded a loss on  extinguishment  of debt of $6,839,  representing
the write-off of deferred  financing  costs.  Such loss,  reduced by the related
income tax effect of $2,565,  is  presented  in the  statement of earnings as an
extraordinary item of $4,274.


(16) DISCLOSURES ABOUT FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

     The  carrying  amount  of  cash  and  cash  equivalents,  patient  accounts
receivable,  other  current  assets,  accounts  payable,  and  accrued  expenses
approximates fair value because of the short-term maturity of these instruments.
The fair value of  temporary  investments  is estimated  based on quoted  market
prices for these or similar  investments.  The fair value of  third-party  payor
settlements receivable is estimated by discounting  anticipated cash flows using
estimated  market  discount  rates to reflect the time value of money.  The fair
value of the  Company's  long-term  debt is  estimated  based on  current  rates
offered  to  the  Company  for  similar  instruments  with  the  same  remaining
maturities.  Management of the Company believes the carrying amount of the above
financial  instruments  approximates  the estimated fair value.  The Company has
investments in unconsolidated affiliates described in note 4, which are untraded
companies and joint ventures. The Company has notes receivable from unaffiliated
individuals and untraded  companies totaling $26,115 and $28,102 at December 31,
1995 and 1996,  respectively.  Also, the Company has guaranteed the indebtedness
of two of its leased  facilities and has purchase option deposits of $57,147 and
$74,131 on 89 leased and  managed  facilities  of which  $25,357  and $29,375 is
refundable at December 31, 1995 and 1996, respectively. It is not practicable to
estimate the fair value of these  investments,  notes and guarantees  since they
are not traded,  no quoted values are readily  available  for similar  financial
instruments and the Company believes it is not cost-effective to have valuations
performed.  However,  management  believes  that  there  has  been no  permanent
impairment in the value of such  investments  and no indication of probable loss
on such guarantees.


(17) RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

     In December  1996,  the Company loaned $2,000 to Community Care of America,
Inc. ("CCA") and received a management  agreement and warrants to purchase up to
9.9% of  CCA's  common  stock  at a price of $3.25  per  share.  The loan  bears
interest  at the annual rate of interest  set forth in the  Company's  Revolving
Credit  Agreement plus 2% and is due on December 27, 1998. Dr. Robert N. Elkins,
Chairman and Chief Executive  Officer of the Company,  is a director of CCA, and
John Silverman, a director and employee of the Company, is Chairman of the board
of directors of CCA.

     In November  1996,  the Company  purchased  LifeWay,  Inc.,  ("LifeWay")  a
disease management company in Miami,  Florida for approximately $900 through the
issuance of 38,502  shares of common  stock.  Prior to the  purchase,  IHS owned
approximately  10% of LifeWay and Dr. Robert N. Elkins,  IHS' Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer,  beneficially owned approximately 65%. IHS also issued 48,129
shares of Common Stock to Mr. Elkins in payment of  outstanding  loans of $1,125
from Mr.  Elkins to LifeWay and 8,784 shares in partial  payment of a bonus to a
stockholder of LifeWay.


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               INTEGRATED HEALTH SERVICES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
            NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -(CONTINUED)
(17) Related Party Transactions -(CONTINUED)

     In October  1996,  the Company  loaned $3,445 to ILC. Dr. Robert N. Elkins,
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, is Chairman of the Board of
Directors of ILC and Lawrence P. Cirka, President and Chief Operating Officer of
the Company, is a director of ILC.

     In 1994,  the  Company  sold and leased  back three of its  geriatric  care
facilities in a transaction  with  affiliates  of Capstone  Capital  Corporation
("Capstone  Capital"),  at the time a newly formed real estate investment trust.
Robert N.  Elkins,  Chairman  of the Board and Chief  Executive  Officer  of the
Company, is a Director of Capstone Capital and Richard M. Scrushy, at the time a
director of the  Company,  is Chairman  of the Board of  Capstone  Capital.  The
proceeds received by the Company were $28,210.

     In April 1993, a wholly-owned  subsidiary of the Company  acquired a 21.28%
interest  in the  common  stock  and a  47.64%  interest  in  the 6%  cumulative
preferred  stock of Speciality Care PLC, an owner and operator of geriatric care
facilities in the United  Kingdom.  Robert N. Elkins,  Chairman of the Board and
Chief  Executive  Officer of the Company,  is a director of Speciality Care PLC,
and Timothy  Nicholson,  a director of the  Company,  is Chairman  and  Managing
Director of  Speciality  Care PLC. Mr.  Nicholson  was formerly  Executive  Vice
President of the Company.  In 1995 the Company invested an additional  $4,384 in
Speciality  Care PLC. As a result of the Company's  additional  investment,  the
Company has a 21.3% interest in the Common Stock and a 63.65% interest in the 6%
cumulative  convertible preferred stock. The Company's equity in Speciality Care
PLC was $9,379 at December 31, 1996 (see note 4).



(18) LOSS ON IMPAIRMENT OF LONG-LIVED ASSETS AND OTHER NON-RECURRING CHARGES



LOSS ON IMPAIRMENT OF LONG-LIVED ASSETS IN 1995

     In the fourth quarter of 1995, the Company,  as well as industry  analysts,
believed  that  Medicare and Medicaid  reform was  imminent.  Both the House and
Senate  balanced  budget  proposals  proposed a  reduction  in future  growth in
Medicare and Medicaid  spending  from 10% a year to  approximately  4-6% a year.
While  Medicare  and  Medicaid  reform  had been  discussed  prior to the fourth
quarter,  the Company came to believe  that a future  reduction in the growth of
Medicare and  Medicaid  spending  was now  virtually a  certainty.  Such reforms
include, in the near term, a continued freeze in the Medicare routine cost limit
(RCL),   followed  by  reduced   increases  in  later  years,   more   stringent
documentation requirements for Medicare RCL exception requests, reduction in the
growth in Medicaid  reimbursement in most states, as well as salary  equivalency
in  rehabilitative  services and, in the longer term (2-3 years),  a switch to a
prospective  payment system for home care and nursing  homes,  and repeal of the
"Boren  Amendment",  which  requires that states pay hospitals  "reasonable  and
adequate" rates. The Company estimated the effect of the aforementioned  reforms
on  each  nursing  and  subacute  facility,  as  well  as on its  rehabilitative
services,  respiratory  therapy,  home  care,  mobile  diagnostic  and  pharmacy
divisions  by reducing  (or in some cases  increasing)  the future  revenues and
expense  growth  rates  for the  impact of each of the  aforementioned  factors.
Accordingly,  these events and  circumstances  triggered  the early  adoption of
Statement of Financial  Accounting  Standards  No. 121 in the fourth  quarter of
1995.  In  accordance  with SFAS No. 121, the Company  estimated the future cash
flows expected to result from those assets to be held and used.

     In  estimating  the future cash flows for  determining  whether an asset is
impaired,  and if  expected  future  cash  flows  used in  measuring  assets are
impaired, the Company grouped its assets at the lowest level for which there are
identifiable cash flows independent of other groups of assets. These levels were
each of the individual nursing/subacute facilities, and each of the home health,
rehabilitative  therapy,  respiratory  therapy,  pharmacy and mobile diagnostics
divisions. The results of comparing future undiscounted cash flows to historical
carrying  value were that 12  individual  nursing  facilities  and one  assisted
living facility were identified for an impairment charge.  None of the remaining
facilities or


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               INTEGRATED HEALTH SERVICES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
            NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -(CONTINUED)
(18) Loss  On  Impairment  Of  Long-Lived Assets and Other Non-Recurring Charges
- -(CONTINUED)

business  units were  identified  since only those  facilities or business units
where the carrying  value  exceeded the  undiscounted  cash flows are considered
impaired. The business units having significant goodwill were not identified for
an impairment charge because  projected  undiscounted cash flows were sufficient
to recover  goodwill  over the remainder of the 40 year  estimated  useful life.
Prior to adoption of SFAS 121, the Company  evaluated  impairment  on the entity
level. Such an evaluation yielded no impairment as of September 30, 1995.

     After  determining the facilities  eligible for an impairment  charge,  the
Company  determined  the  estimated  fair value of such  facilities.  Also,  the
Company obtained valuation  estimates prepared by independent  appraisers or had
received offers from potential  buyers on 6 of the 12 facilities  identified for
impairment,  comprising 72% of the total charge.  Such valuation  estimates were
obtained to corroborate  the Company's  estimate of value.  The excess  carrying
value of  goodwill,  buildings  and  improvements,  leasehold  improvements  and
equipment above the fair value was $83,321 (of which $1,533 represented goodwill
and $81,788  represented  property  and  equipment),  which was  included in the
statement of operations for 1995 as loss on impairment of long-lived assets.



OTHER NON-RECURRING CHARGES (INCOME)







<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                    SIX MONTHS ENDED
                                                             YEARS ENDED DECEMBER       JUNE 30,
                                                                      31,                 1997
                                                               1995        1996        (UNAUDITED)
                                                            ---------- ------------ -----------------
<S>                                                           <C>       <C>            <C>
   Other non-recurring charges (income) are summarized
     as follows:
     Write-off of deferred pre-opening costs in connec-
      tion with change in accounting estimate                 $ 25,785  $       -       $      -
     Loss on management contract termination   ............     21,915      7,825              -
     IntegraCare merger costs   ...........................      1,939          -              -
     Gain on sale of Pharmacy division   ..................          -    (34,298)        (7,578)
     Loss on sale of majority interest in Integrated Living
      Communities, Inc.   .................................          -      8,497              -
     Loss on closure of redundant home health agencies
      and other  ..........................................          -      3,519             70
     Loss on termination of Coram acquisition  ............          -          -         27,555
                                                             ---------  ---------       --------
                                                              $ 49,639  $ (14,457)      $ 20,047
                                                             =========  =========       ========
</TABLE>


     During the fourth  quarter of 1995,  the Company  terminated  the Crestwood
management  contract,  a 10 year contract entered into in January 1994 to manage
23 long-term care and  psychiatric  facilities in California  owned by Crestwood
Hospital.  The terms of the contract required the payment of a management fee to
IHS  and a  preferred  return  to  the  Crestwood  owners.  IHS  terminated  the
management  contract  with  Crestwood  Hospital  due  primarily  to  changes  in
California  Medicaid rates which no longer provided  sufficient cash flow at the
facilities to support both IHS'  management fee and the preferred  return to the
owners.  As a result,  the Company incurred a $21,915 loss on the termination of
this contract. Such loss consists of the write-off of $8,496 of management fees,
$11,097 of loans made to Crestwood Hospital and the owners of Crestwood, as well
as the interest thereon, and $2,322 of contract acquisition costs.

     During the third quarter of 1995, the Company merged with IntegraCare, Inc.
in a transaction  accounted for as a pooling of  interests.  In connection  with
this  transaction,  the Company  incurred merger costs of $1,939 for accounting,
legal,  and other  costs.  These costs are  included  as an other  non-recurring
charge on the statement of operations.


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               INTEGRATED HEALTH SERVICES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
            NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -(CONTINUED)
(18) Loss  On  Impairment  Of  Long-Lived Assets and Other Non-Recurring Charges
- -(CONTINUED)

     In  connection  with the  adoption  of SFAS No. 121  described  above,  the
Company  adopted  a change  in  accounting  estimate  to  write-off  in 1995 all
deferred  pre-opening  costs of MSUs. This change was made in recognition of the
circumstances,  discussed above,  which raised doubt about and thereby triggered
the  assessment  of   recoverability   of  long-lived   assets  in  1995.  These
circumstances  also  raised  doubt  as  to  the  estimated  future  benefit  and
recoverability  of  deferred  pre-opening  costs,  resulting  in  the  Company's
decision to write-off $25,785 of deferred  pre-opening costs. In connection with
the  change  in  accounting   estimate   regarding   the  future   benefits  and
recoverability  of  deferred  pre-opening  costs,  the  Company  has changed its
accounting  method  beginning in 1996 from deferring and amortizing  pre-opening
costs to recording them as an expense when  incurred.  The effect of this change
in 1996 was to  decrease  amortization  expense by  approximately  $3,900 and to
increase operating expenses by approximately $3,900.


     On July 30,  1996,  the  Company  sold its  pharmacy  division  to Capstone
Pharmacy  Services,   Inc.  ("Capstone")  for  a  purchase  price  of  $150,000,
consisting  of cash of $125,000  and shares of Capstone  Common  Stock  having a
value of approximately $25,000. The Company had determined that its ownership of
pharmacy operations is not critical to the development and implementation of its
post-acute care network strategy.  As a result of the sale, the Company recorded
a $34,298 pre-tax gain ($298 gain after income taxes).  Because IHS's investment
in the  pharmacy  division  had a very small tax basis,  the taxable gain on the
sale significantly  exceeded the gain for financial reporting purposes,  thereby
resulting in a  disproportionately  higher income tax  provision  related to the
sale  (see  note 4).  At the date of the sale the  Company's  investment  in the
shares of Capstone's common stock was recorded at its carryover cost of $14,659.
During the first quarter of 1997,  the Company  recorded the  remaining  gain of
$7,578 on its  investment  in the  Capstone  shares.  Previously,  such gain was
accounted for as an unrealized gain on available for sale securities. 

     On October 9, 1996,  ILC, a wholly owned  subsidiary  of IHS,  completed an
initial public offering of ILC common stock. The Company had determined that the
direct  operation  of  assisted-living  communities  is  not  required  for  its
post-acute  care  network  strategy.  In  connection  with the ILC  offering the
Company sold 1,400,000 of ILC common stock and recorded a $8,497 loss. Following
the offering, the Company continues to own 2,497,900 shares of ILC Common Stock,
representing 37.3% of the outstanding ILC common stock (see note 4).

     The  Company's  strategy is to expand its home health care services to take
advantage of health care payors' increasing focus on having healthcare  provided
in the lowest-cost setting possible and patients' desires to be treated at home.
As a result,  during the fourth  quarter of 1996,  the  Company  acquired  First
American  Health Care of Georgia  Inc.  ("First  American"),  a provider of home
health services in 21 states, principally Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia,
Michigan,  Pennsylvania  and  Tennessee.  In addition,  the Company has acquired
other home care companies  during 1994,  1995 and 1996. In the fourth quarter of
1996, the Company,  as a large provider of home nursing service,  has recorded a
$3,519 non-recurring charge resulting from the closure of certain redundant home
care agencies in markets  where First  American  presently  provides home health
services.

     In  connection  with  the  acquisition  of  First  American,   the  Company
terminated the All Seasons management  contract, a 10 year contract entered into
in September 1994 to manage six geriatric care  facilities in Washington  State.
As a result of the lack of synergies with First American home care agencies,  as
well as changes to the reimbursement environment within the state of Washington,
the Company believed it was in its best interest to terminate such contract.  As
a result,  the  Company  incurred a $7,825  loss on the  termination.  Such loss
consists of the write-off of $3,803 of management  fees and $4,022 of loans made
to All Seasons.


     On October 19, 1996, the Company and Coram Healthcare Corporation ("Coram")
entered into a definitive  agreement and plan of merger (the "Merger Agreement")
providing for the merger of a  wholly-owned  subsidiary of IHS into Coram,  with
Coram becoming a wholly-owned subsidiary of IHS.



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               INTEGRATED HEALTH SERVICES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
            NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -(CONTINUED)
(18) Loss  On  Impairment  Of  Long-Lived Assets and Other Non-Recurring Charges
- -(CONTINUED)


Under the terms of the Merger  Agreement,  holders of Coram common stock were to
receive for each share of Coram common stock 0.2111 of a share of the  Company's
common stock, and IHS would have assumed approximately $375,000 of indebtedness.
On April 4,  1997,  IHS  notified  Coram  that it had  exercised  its  rights to
terminate the Merger  Agreement.  IHS also  terminated the March 30, 1997 letter
amendment,  setting forth  proposed  revisions to the terms of the merger (which
included  a  reduction  in the  exchange  ratio to 0.15 of a share of IHS common
stock for each share of Coram common  stock),  prior to the  revisions  becoming
effective  at the close of  business on April 4, 1997.  On May 5, 1997,  IHS and
Coram  entered  into a settlement  agreement  pursuant to which the Company paid
Coram  $21,000 in full  settlement  of all claims  Coram might have  against IHS
pursuant  to  the  Merger   Agreement,   which  the  Company   recognized  as  a
non-recurring  charge in the  second  quarter.  In  addition,  during  the first
quarter  the  Company  incurred a  non-recurring  charge of $6,555  relating  to
accounting, legal and other costs related to the merger.



(19) CERTAIN SIGNIFICANT RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES

     The  following  information  is  provided  in  accordance  with  the  AICPA
Statement  of  Position  No.  94-6, "Disclosure of Certain Significant Risks and
Uncertainties."

     The Company's strategy is to use geriatric care-facilities as a platform to
provide a wide variety of post-acute  medical and  rehabilitative  services more
typically  delivered  in the  acute  care  hospital  setting  and  to  use  home
healthcare  to provide those medical and  rehabilitative  services  which do not
require 24-hour monitoring.  Post-acute care includes subacute care,  outpatient
and home care, inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation,  diagnostic, respiratory
therapy and pharmacy  services.  The Company's  post-acute health care system is
intended to provide continuity of care for its patients following discharge from
acute care hospitals.  The Company also manages such operations for other owners
for a fee, which is generally  based on a percentage of the gross  revenue.  The
Company and others in the health care  business are subject to certain  inherent
risks, including the following:

   o Substantial  dependence  on  revenues  derived  from  reimbursement  by the
     Federal Medicare and state Medicaid programs;


   o Ability  to  obtain  per  diem  rate  approvals  for costs which exceed the
     Federal Medicare established per diem rates;


   o Government  regulations,  government  budgetary  constraints  and  proposed
     legislative and regulatory changes; and

     o Lawsuits alleging malpractice and related claims.

     Such inherent risks require the use of certain management  estimates in the
preparation of the Company's financial  statements and it is reasonably possible
that a change in such estimates may occur.


     The Company receives payment for a significant portion of services rendered
to patients from the Federal  government  under  Medicare and from the states in
which its  facilities  and/or  services are  provided  under  Medicaid.  Revenue
derived  from  Medicare  and  various  state  Medicaid   reimbursement  programs
represented 37.2% and 22.3%, respectively, of the Company's revenue for the year
ended December 31, 1996,  and the Company's  operations are subject to a variety
of other Federal, state and local regulatory  requirements.  Failure to maintain
required  regulatory  approvals and licenses  and/or changes in such  regulatory
requirements could have a significant adverse effect on the Company.  Changes in
Federal and state reimbursement funding mechanisms, related government budgetary
constraints and differences  between final settlements and estimate  settlements
receivable  under Medicare and Medicaid  retrospective  reimbursement  programs,
which are subject to audit and retroactive adjustment,  could have a significant
adverse  effect on the Company.  The Company's cost of care for its MSU patients



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               INTEGRATED HEALTH SERVICES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
            NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -(CONTINUED)
(19) Certain Significant Risks and Uncertainties -(CONTINUED)

generally exceeds regional  reimbursement limits established under Medicare. The
success of the  Company's  MSU  strategy  will  depend in part on its ability to
obtain per diem rate  approvals for costs which exceed the Medicare  established
per diem rate limits and by obtaining  waivers of these  limitations.  Also, the
Company  is from time to time  subject to  malpractice  and  related  claims and
lawsuits,  which arise in the normal  course of business  and which could have a
significant effect on the Company.  The Company believes that adequate provision
for  these  items  has  been  made in the  accompanying  consolidated  financial
statements and that their ultimate resolution will not have a material effect on
the consolidated financial statements.

     Since its  inception,  the  Company  has grown  through  acquisitions,  and
realization  of acquisition  costs,  including  intangible  assets of businesses
acquired,  is dependent  initially upon the consummation of the acquisitions and
subsequently  upon the Company's  ability to  successfully  integrate and manage
acquired operations. Also, the Company's development of post-acute care networks
is dependent upon successfully  effecting economics of scale, the recruitment of
skilled personnel and the expansion of services and related revenues.


(20) EVENTS SUBSEQUENT TO DECEMBER 31, 1996 (UNAUDITED)


PROPOSED MERGER WITH ROTECH MEDICAL CORPORATION (UNAUDITED):

     ON JULY 6, 1997,  THE COMPANY  AND ROTECH  MEDICAL  CORPORATION  ("ROTECH")
ENTERED INTO A DEFINITIVE  merger agreement  pursuant to which RoTech will merge
with the Company. RoTech provides comprehensive home healthcare and primary care
physician services, principally to patients in non-urban areas.

     Under the terms of the  agreement,  the Company will issue 0.5806 shares of
IHS common stock for each share of RoTech  common stock  currently  outstanding.
When the acquisition is consummated,  IHS will issue  approximately 15.3 million
shares of common stock.  The equity value of the  acquisition  is  approximately
$531,500, based on the exchange terms, and the Company will reserve for issuance
approximately   2.0  million   shares  upon  exercise  of  RoTech   options  and
approximately  2.4 million  shares for issuance  upon  conversion of $110,000 of
RoTech's convertible  debentures.  Following the merger, IHS may be obligated to
repurchase  such  debentures at face value.  The total value of the  transaction
including  the   assumption  of  RoTech's  debt  by  IHS  and  other   financial
obligations,  will be approximately $823,800, based on outstanding RoTech shares
of  26,387,666 at June 30, 1997 and a share price for IHS common stock of $34.69
(the closing price for such stock on August 11, 1997).

     The transaction, which will be accounted for under the purchase method, has
been unanimously approved by the Board of Directors of each company.  Completion
of the transaction is subject to various  conditions  including  approval by IHS
and RoTech stockholders, approval by IHS' senior lenders, and certain regulatory
approvals.  Each party may terminate the agreement if the average  trading price
of IHS Common  Stock over the ten trading  days ending on the fifth  trading day
prior to the RoTech  stockholders'  meeting to approve the merger is equal to or
less than $33.00. The merger agreement also provides for payment of breakup fees
under certain circumstances.


PROPOSED MERGER WITH COMMUNITY CARE OF AMERICA, INC. (UNAUDITED):

     On August 1, 1997 the Company and Community Care of America,  Inc.  ("CCA")
entered  into a  definitive  merger  agreement  for  IHS to  acquire  all of the
outstanding  shares  of CCA for  $4.00  per  share  in cash.  Community  Care of
America, Inc., based in Naples,  Florida,  develops and operates skilled nursing
facilities in medically underserved rural communities.  CCA's operations include
54  long-term  care  facilities,  one  physician  practice,  and one  outpatient
rehabilitation  center.  Pursuant  to the  agreement,  IHS  on  August  7,  1997
commenced a tender offer of $4.00 per share in cash for all outstanding 


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               INTEGRATED HEALTH SERVICES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
            NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -(CONTINUED)
(20) Events Subsequent to December 31, 1996 - (UNAUDITED)(CONTINUED)


shares of CCA's common stock. IHS' obligation to purchase the tendered shares is
subject to a number of  conditions,  including  there  being  tendered  at least
5,329,119  shares of CCA  (representing a majority of the outstanding CCA shares
on a  fully-diluted  basis).  IHS estimates the total cost for the  transaction,
including the assumption of approximately $62,000 of debt, will be approximately
$98,200.

     Dr. Robert N. Elkins,  Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company,
is a director of CCA, and beneficially  owns  approximately 21% of CCA's shares;
and John Silverman, a director and employee of the Company, is Chairman of CCA.


PROPOSED ACQUISITION OF CORAM LITHOTRIPSY DIVISION

     On August 21, 1997,  IHS, T2 Medical,  Inc., a  wholly-owned  subsidiary of
Coram,  Coram  Healthcare  Corporation  of  Greater  New  York,  a  wholly-owned
subsidiary  of  Coram,  and  Coram  entered  into  a  purchase   agreement  (the
"Lithotripsy   Purchase  Agreement")  providing  for  the  purchase  by  IHS  of
substantially all of the assets of Coram's Lithotripsy Division, which opeerates
20 mobile  lithortripsy units and 13 fixed-site  machines in 180 locations in 18
states.  The Lithotripsy  Purchase  Agreement  provides that IHS will pay $130.0
million in cash for the Coram Lithotripsy Division,  subject to reduction in the
event of adverse changes in the business of the Coram Lithotripsy Division prior
to the closing,  as described in the Lithotripsy  Purchase  Agreement.  IHS will
assume  $1.0  million  of  intercompany  debt to Coram in the  transaction.  The
closing of the Proposed Lithotripsy  Acquisition,  which is expected to occur in
the fourth quarter of 1997, is subject to customary conditions, including, among
others,  receipt of  required  regulatory  approvals  and third  party  consents
(including the other partners in the 13 partnerships which operate a substantial
portion of the Coram Lithotripsy Division's business).  The Lithotripsy Purchase
Agreement provides for the payment of break-up fees under certain circumstances.


(21) PROPOSED CORAM MERGER

     On October 19, 1996, IHS and Coram entered into a definitive  agreement and
plan  of  merger  (the  "Merger  Agreement")  providing  for  the  merger  of  a
wholly-owned  subsidiary of IHS into Coram,  with Coram  becoming a wholly-owned
subsidiary of IHS. On March 30, 1997, IHS and Coram agreed to amend the terms of
the merger  agreement,  effective the close of business on Friday April 4, 1997,
unless either party terminates the amendment prior to its  effectiveness.  Under
the amended agreement,  the exchange ratio will be reduced to 0.15 shares of IHS
Common Stock for each share of Coram  common  stock from the  original  exchange
ratio of 0.2111 shares of IHS Common Stock for each share of Coram common stock.
Based on the  closing  price of the IHS Common  Stock on the last  business  day
prior to execution of the amendment agreement,  IHS is paying $4.35 per share of
Coram Common Stock.  IHS expects to issue  approximately  7.11 million shares in
the merger,  and to reserve  approximately 2.35 million shares for issuance upon
exercise  of  outstanding  Coram  options  and  warrants.  IHS expects to assume
approximately  $375  million  of Coram's  indebtedness  in  connection  with the
transaction.  The  amendment is subject to approval by both Boards of Directors,
and may be  terminated  by  either  party  for any  reason  before  the close of
business on Friday April 4, 1997.

     In April 1997 IHS  terminated  the Merger  Agreement and on May 5, 1997 IHS
and Coram entered into a related settlement agreement (see note 18).



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                                    PART II
                    INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS


ITEM 20. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS

     Under the Delaware General  Corporation Law (the "DGCL"), a corporation may
include  provisions in its  certificate of  incorporation  that will relieve its
directors  of monetary  liability  for breaches of their  fiduciary  duty to the
corporation,  except  under  certain  circumstances,  including  a breach of the
director's duty of loyalty,  acts or omissions of the director not in good faith
or which  involve  intentional  misconduct  or a knowing  violation  of law, the
approval  of an improper  payment of a dividend  or an improper  purchase by the
corporation  of stock or any  transaction  from  which the  director  derived an
improper  personal  benefit.   The  Company's  Third  Restated   Certificate  of
Incorporation,  as amended, provides that the Company's directors are not liable
to the  Company or its  stockholders  for  monetary  damages for breach of their
fiduciary duty, subject to the described exceptions specified by the DGCL.

     Section 145 of the DGCL grants to the Company the power to  indemnify  each
officer and director of the Company against liabilities and expenses incurred by
reason of the fact that he is or was an officer or director of the Company if he
acted in good  faith  and in a manner  he  reasonably  believed  to be in or not
opposed to the best  interests of the Company and,  with respect to any criminal
action or  proceeding,  had no  reasonable  cause to  believe  his  conduct  was
unlawful. The Company's Third Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended,
and  By-laws,  as  amended,  provide  for  indemnification  of each  officer and
director  of the  Company  to the  fullest  extent  permitted  by the  DGCL.  In
addition,  IHS has entered into  indemnity  agreements  with its  directors  and
executive  officers,  a form of  which is  included  as  Exhibit  10.72 to IHS's
Registration Statement on Form S-1, No. 33-39339, effective March 31, 1992.

     Section 145 of the DGCL also  empowers the Company to purchase and maintain
insurance  on behalf of any person who is or was an officer or  director  of the
Company  against  liability  asserted  against  or  incurred  by him in any such
capacity,  whether or not the  Company  would have the power to  indemnify  such
officer or director  against such liability under the provisions of Section 145.
The Company has  purchased and  maintains a directors'  and officers'  liability
policy for such purposes.


ITEM 21. EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES.

     (a) List of Exhibits.




<TABLE>
<S>       <C>
 1.01     Purchase  Agreement,  dated  May 22,  1997,  among  Integrated  Health
          Services,  Inc.,  Smith  Barney Inc.,  Donaldson,  Lufkin and Jenrette
          Securities Corporation, Morgan Stanley & Co.
          Incorporated and Salomon Brothers Inc.(1)
 3.01     Third Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended.(2)
 3.02     Amendment to Third Restated Certificate of Incorporation, dated May 26, 1995.(3)
 3.03     Bylaws, as amended.(4)
 4.01     Indenture, dated as of May 30, 1997, between Integrated Health Services, Inc. and First
          Union National Bank, as Trustee.(1)
 4.02     Form of 9 1/2% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2007 and 9 1/2% Senior Subordinated Notes due
          2007, Series A (included as exhibits to 4.01).(1)
 5.01     Opinion of Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.
10.01     Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of May 22, 1997, among Integrated Health Services,
          Inc., Smith Barney Inc., Donaldson, Lufkin and Jenrette Securities Corporation, Morgan
          Stanley & Co. Incorporated and Salomon Brothers Inc.(1)
12.01     Statement re Computation of Ratios of Earnings to Fixed Charges.
23.01     Consents of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP.
23.02     Consent of Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. (included in their opinion filed as Exhibit 5.01).
</TABLE>


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<TABLE>
<S>       <C>
24.01     Powers of Attorney of certain officers and directors of Integrated Health Services, Inc. (in-
          cluded on the signature page).
25.01     Form T-1, Statement of Eligibility under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 of First Union
          National Bank.
99.01     Form of Letter of Transmittal and Consent.
99.02     Form of Notice of Guaranteed Delivery.
99.03     Form of Instructions to Registered Holder and/or Book-Entry Transfer Facility Participant
          from Beneficial Owner.
</TABLE>



- ----------

(1) Incorporated by reference to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for
    the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 1997.

(2) Incorporated  by  reference  to the Company's Registration Statement on Form
    S-3, No. 33-77754, effective June 29, 1994.

(3) Incorporated  by  reference to Company's Registration Statement on Form S-4,
    No. 33-94130, effective September 20, 1995.


(4)  Incorporated  by reference to the Company's  Annual Report on Form 10-K for
     the year ended December 31, 1994.




ITEM 22. UNDERTAKINGS.


     The Registrant hereby undertakes:

       (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
    post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

          i) To  include  any  prospectus  required  by  section 10(a)(3) of the
Securities Act of 1933;

          ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the
       effective  date  of  the  registration  statement  (or  the  most  recent
       post-effective   amendment   thereof)  which,   individually  or  in  the
       aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in
       the registration statement;

          iii) To include any material  information  with respect to the plan of
       distribution not previously  disclosed in the  registration  statement or
       any material change to such information in the registration statement;

       (2)  That,  for the  purpose  of  determining  any  liability  under  the
    Securities Act of 1933, each such  post-effective  amendment shall be deemed
    to be a new  registration  statement  relating  to  the  securities  offered
    therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to
    be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

       (3) To remove from registration by means of post-effective  amendment any
    of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of
    the offering.

       (4) That, for purposes of determining  any liability under the Securities
    Act of 1933,  each  filing of the  registrant's  annual  report  pursuant to
    section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934 (and,
    where  applicable,  each filing of an employee  benefit plan's annual report
    pursuant to section  15(d) of the  Securities  Exchange Act of 1934) that is
    incorporated by reference in the  registration  statement shall be deemed to
    be a new registration  statement relating to the securities offered therein,
    and the offering of such  securities  at that time shall be the initial bona
    fide offering thereof.

       (5) That  prior to any public  reoffering  of the  securities  registered
    hereunder  through use of a prospectus which is a part of this  registration
    statement,  by any person or party who is deemed to be an underwriter within
    the  meaning of Rule  145(c),  the issuer  undertakes  that such  reoffering
    prospectus  will  contain  the  information  called  for by  the  applicable
    registration  form with respect to  reofferings by persons who may be deemed
    underwriters,  in addition to the information  called for by the other items
    of the applicable form.


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       (6) That every  prospectus:  (i) that is filed  pursuant to paragraph (1)
    immediately  preceding,  or (ii) that purports to meet the  requirements  of
    Section  10(a)(3) of the Act and is used in  connection  with an offering of
    securities  subject to Rule 415,  will be filed as a part of an amendment to
    the  registration  statement  and will not be used until such  amendment  is
    effective,  and that,  for purposes of determining  any liability  under the
    Securities Act of 1933, each such  post-effective  amendment shall be deemed
    to be a new  registration  statement  relating  to  the  securities  offered
    therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to
    be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

       (7)  Insofar  as  indemnification   for  liabilities  arising  under  the
    Securities  Act may be permitted  to  directors,  officers  and  controlling
    persons of the Company pursuant to the foregoing  provisions,  or otherwise,
    the  Company has been  advised  that in the  opinion of the  Securities  and
    Exchange  Commission  such  indemnification  is  against  public  policy  as
    expressed in the Securities  Act and is,  therefore,  unenforceable.  In the
    event that a claim for indemnification  against such liabilities (other than
    the  payment by the  Company of  expenses  incurred  or paid by a  director,
    officer or controlling  person of the Company in the  successful  defense of
    any action,  suit or proceeding)  is asserted by such  director,  officer or
    controlling  person in connection with the securities being registered,  the
    Company  will,  unless in the  opinion  of its  counsel  the matter has been
    settled  by  controlling  precedent,   submit  to  a  court  of  appropriate
    jurisdiction the question of whether such  indemnification  by it is against
    public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the
    final adjudication of such issue.

       (8) To  respond to  requests  for  information  that is  incorporated  by
    reference into the prospectus  pursuant to Items 4, 10(b),  11 or 13 of this
    Form,  within one business day of receipt of such  request,  and to send the
    incorporated  documents by first-class  mail or equally  prompt means.  This
    includes  information   contained  in  documents  filed  subsequent  to  the
    effective date of the registration  statement through the date of responding
    to the request.

       (9) To  supply by means of a  post-effective  amendment  all  information
    concerning a transaction,  and the company being acquired  involved therein,
    that was not the subject of and included in the registration  statement when
    it became effective.

                                      II-3

<PAGE>
                                   SIGNATURES



     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the
Registrant  has duly  caused  this  Registration  Statement  to be signed on its
behalf by the  undersigned,  thereunto  duly  authorized,  in the City of Owings
Mills, State of Maryland, on September 12, 1997.




                                     INTEGRATED HEALTH SERVICES, INC.



                                     By: /s/ Robert N. Elkins

                                         --------------------------------------



                                         Robert N. Elkins
                                         Chairman of the Board and

                                         Chief Executive Officer


     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS,  that each person whose  signature  appears
below constitutes and appoints Robert N. Elkins,  Lawrence P. Cirka,  Eleanor C.
Harding  and W.  Bradley  Bennett,  jointly and  severally,  his true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact   and  agents,  each  with  full  power  of  substitution  and
resubstitution,  for  him  and in his  name,  place  and  stead,  in any and all
capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments)
to this registration statement, and to file the same, with exhibits thereto, and
other  documents  in  connection  therewith,  with the  Securities  and Exchange
Commission,  granting unto said  attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them,
full power authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or
necessary  to be done in and about the  premises,  as fully to all  intents  and
purposes as he might or could do in person,  hereby ratifying and confirming all
that  each  of  said   attorneys-in-fact   and  agents,  or  his  substitute  or
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.


     Pursuant to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Act of 1933, as amended,
this  Registration  Statement has been signed below by the following  persons in
the capacities and on the dates indicated. 






<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
          SIGNATURE                               TITLE                           DATE
- -------------------------------   ---------------------------------------   -------------------
<S>                               <C>                                       <C>
      /s/ Robert N. Elkins        Chairman of the Board and Chief           September 12, 1997
- -----------------------------
        (Robert N. Elkins)        Executive Officer (Principal Executive
                                  Officer)

      /s/ Lawrence P. Cirka       President and Director                    September 12, 1997
- -----------------------------
       (Lawrence P. Cirka)

     /s/ Edwin M. Crawford        Director                                  September 12, 1997
- -----------------------------
      (Edwin M. Crawford)

      /s/ Kenneth M. Mazik        Director                                  September 12, 1997
- -----------------------------
       (Kenneth M. Mazik)

     /s/ Robert A. Mitchell       Director                                  September 12, 1997
- -----------------------------
      (Robert A. Mitchell)

  /s/ Charles W. Newhall, III     Director                                  September 12, 1997
- -----------------------------
   (Charles W. Newhall, III)
</TABLE>


                                      II-4

<PAGE>


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
         SIGNATURE                            TITLE                          DATE
- -----------------------------   ------------------------------------   -------------------
<S>                             <C>                                    <C>
   /s/ Timothy F. Nicholson     Director                               September 12, 1997
- -------------------------
    (Timothy F. Nicholson)

     /s/ John L. Silverman      Director                               September 12, 1997
- -------------------------
      (John L. Silverman)

     /s/ George H. Strong       Director                               September 12, 1997
- -------------------------
      (George H. Strong)

    /s/ W. Bradley Bennett      Executive Vice President - Chief       September 12, 1997
- -------------------------       Accounting Officer (Principal
      (W. Bradley Bennett)

                                
    /s/ Eleanor C. Harding      Accounting Officer)                    September 12, 1997
- -------------------------       Executive Vice President - Finance
       (Eleanor C. Harding)     (Principal Financial Officer)


</TABLE>


                                      II-5

<PAGE>

                               INDEX TO EXHIBITS



<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
EXHIBIT
NUMBER                                           DESCRIPTION                                            PAGE
- --------   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------   -----
<S>        <C>                                                                                          <C>
1.01      Purchase  Agreement,  dated  May 23,  1996,  among  Integrated  Health
          Services,  Inc.,  Smith  Barney Inc.,  Donaldson,  Lufkin and Jenrette
          Securities Corporation,  Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated and Salomon
          Brothers Inc.(1)
 3.01     Third Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended.(2)
 3.02     Amendment to Third Restated Certificate of Incorporation, dated May 26, 1995.(3)
 3.03     Bylaws, as amended.(4)
 4.01     Indenture,  dated  as of  May  30,  1997,  between  Integrated  Health
          Services, Inc. and First Union National Bank, as Trustee.(1)
 4.02     Form of 9 1/2%  Senior  Subordinated  Notes due 2007 and  9 1/2%  Senior
          Subordinated  Notes  due  2007,  Series A  (included  as  exhibits  to
          4.01).(1)
 5.01     Opinion of Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.
10.01     Registration  Rights  Agreement,  dated  as of  May  22,  1997,  among
          Integrated Health Services, Inc., Smith Barney Inc., Donaldson, Lufkin
          and  Jenrette   Securities   Corporation,   Morgan  Stanley  &  Co.
          Incorporated and Salomon Brothers Inc.(1)
12.01     Statement re Computation of Ratios of Earnings to Fixed Charges.
23.01     Consents of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP.
23.02     Consent of Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. (included in their opinion filed as Exhibit 5.01).
24.01     Powers of Attorney of certain officers and directors of Integrated Health Services, Inc.
          (included on the signature page).
25.01     Form T-1, Statement of Eligibility under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 of First Union
          National Bank.
99.01     Form of Letter of Transmittal and Consent.
99.02     Form of Notice of Guaranteed Delivery.
99.03     Form of Instructions to Registered Holder and/or Book-Entry Transfer Facility Participant
          from Beneficial Owner.
</TABLE>



- ----------

(1) Incorporated by reference to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for
the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 1997.

(2) Incorporated  by  reference  to the Company's Registration Statement on Form
S-3, No. 33-77754, effective June 29, 1994.

(3) Incorporated  by  reference to Company's Registration Statement on Form S-4,
No. 33-94130, effective September 20, 1995.

(4)  Incorporated  by reference to the Company's  Annual Report on Form 10-K for
the year ended December 31, 1994.



                              FULBRIGHT & JAWORSKI
                                     L.L.P.
                   A REGISTERED LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIP
                                666 FIFTH AVENUE
                         NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10103-3198

                                                                   HOUSTON
                                                               WASHINGTON, D.C.
                                                                   AUSTIN
                                                                 SAN ANTONIO
                                                                   DALLAS
  TELEPHONE: 212/318-3000                                         NEW YORK
  FACSIMILE: 212/752-5958                                        LOS ANGELES
                                                                   LONDON
                                                                  HONG KONG
WRITER'S DIRECT DIAL NUMBER:

                                 September 12, 1997



Integrated Health Services, Inc.
10065 Red Run Boulevard
Owings Mills, Maryland 21117

Dear Sirs:

          We refer to the Registration  Statement on Form S-4 (the "Registration
Statement") to be filed by Integrated Health Services, Inc. (the "Company") with
the  Securities  and Exchange  Commission  under the  Securities Act of 1933, as
amended,  relating to  $450,000,000  aggregate principal amount of the Company's
9 1/2%  Senior  Subordinated   Notes  due   2007,  Series A  (the  "New  Notes")
proposed to be issued under and pursuant to the  Indenture,  dated as of May 30,
1997,  between  the  Company  and First Union  National  Bank,  as Trustee  (the
"Indenture"),  in exchange for the Company's 9 1/2% Senior  Subordinated   Notes
due 2007.

         We assume that appropriate action will be taken, prior to the offer and
sale of the New Notes, to register and qualify such New Notes for sale under all
applicable state securities or "blue sky" laws.

         In our  examination  of the  foregoing  documents,  we have assumed the
genuineness of all signatures and the authenticity of all documents submitted to
us as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted
to us as certified or photostatic  copies, and the authenticity of the originals
of such latter documents.

         Based on the foregoing, we advise you that in our opinion the New Notes
being issued by the Company have been duly and validly  authorized  for issuance
by the Company, and, when duly executed and authenticated in accordance with the
terms of the Indenture and delivered as contemplated  in the Prospectus  forming
part of the  Registration  Statement,  the New Notes  will be  legal,  valid and
binding obligations of the Company (subject to bankruptcy,  insolvency and other
laws which affect the rights of creditors  generally,  including the laws of the
State of Delaware relating to compromises, arrangements and reorganizations).

         We  consent  to  the  filing  of  this  opinion  as an  exhibit  to the
Registration  Statement and the reference to this firm under the caption  "Legal
Matters" in the


<PAGE>


September 12, 1997
Page 2


Prospectus  contained  therein.  This  consent  is  not  to be  construed  as an
admission  that we are a person  whose  consent is required to be filed with the
Registration Statement under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933.


                                               Very truly yours,

                                               /s/ Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.





<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                                                     EXHIBIT 12.01
                                                    INTEGRATED HEALTH SERVICES, INC.
                                           COMPUTATION OF RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES


                                                                                                                          June 30,
                                                                                           1996     June 30,    June 30,    1997  
                                        1992      1993       1994      1995      1996    Pro Forma    1996        1997   Pro forma
                                      --------  --------   --------  --------  --------   --------  --------   --------  ---------
<S>                                    <C>       <C>        <C>       <C>        <C>        <C>       <C>        <C>       <C>    
Earnings from continuing                                                                                                          
 operations before income taxes                                                                                                   
 and extraordinary item                19,174    30,790     58,979   (42,259)   111,480     18,998    47,281     46,384    36,957 
                                                                                                                                  
Fixed charges:                                                                                                                    
 Interest expenses (1)                  3,831    10,082     25,374    46,653     71,600     98,490    33,654     48,364    51,955 
                                                                                                                                  
 Portion of rental expense                                                                                                        
  representative of interest                                                                                                      
  factor (2)                            6,503     7,719     14,053    22,042     25,928     26,179    11,845     16,598    16,781 
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
  Capitalized Interest                  (860)    (1,402)    (3,030)   (5,155)    (3,800)    (3,800)   (1,867)    (1,800)   (1,800)
                                                                                                                                  
  Equity earnings of less                                                                                                         
   than fifty percent owned                                                                                                       
   joint ventures                         36       (83)       (142)     (431)         2          2      (390)       328       328 
                                      ------    ------      ------    ------    -------    -------   -------    -------   -------
                                                                                                                                  
Earnings available for fixed 
 charges                              28,684    47,106      95,234    20,850    205,210    139,869    90,523    109,874   104,221 
                                      ======    ======      ======    ======    =======    =======   =======    =======   =======
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
Fixed charges:                                                                                                                    
 Interest expense (1)                   3,831    10,082     25,374    46,653     71,600     98,490    33,654     48,364    51,955 
                                                                                                                                  
 Portion of rental  expense                                                                                                       
  representative of interest                                                                                                      
  factor (2)                            6,503     7,719     14,053    22,042     25,928     26,179    11,845     16,598    16,781 
                                      -------    ------     ------    ------    -------    -------    --------   -------  -------
                                                                                                                                  
  Total fixed charges                  10,334    17,801     39,427    68,695     97,528    124,669    45,499     64,962    68,736 
                                      =======    ======     ======    ======    =======    =======    ======     ======   =======
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
Ratio of earnings to fixed 
 charges                                 2.78      2.65       2.42      0.30       2.10       1.12      1.99       1.69      1.52 
                                      =======    ======     ======    ======    =======    =======    ======     ======   =======
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
</TABLE>
(1)  Interest   expense   includes   expensed  and   capitalized   interest  and
     amortization of debt issuance costs

(2)  Represents  one  third  of  rental  expense,  the  portion  deemed  to be a
     reasonable approximation of the interest factor in rental expense


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Interest expense calculation:
                                                                                                                                   
<S>                                        <C>       <C>       <C>       <C>       <C>        <C>       <C>        <C>       <C>   
     Interest, net                         1,493     5,705     20,602    38,977    64,110     90,567    30,102     44,645    48,136
     Capitalized interest                    860     1,402      3,030     5,155     3,800      3,800     1,867      1,800     1,800
     Interest income                       1,300     2,669      1,121     1,876     2,233      2,233     1,045        799       799
                                        --------  --------   --------  --------  --------   --------  --------   --------  --------
                                                                                                                                   
       Interest exp                        3,653     9,776     24,753    46,008    70,143     96,600    33,014     47,244    50,735
                                                                                                                                   
     Def. financing amort (a)                178       306        621       645     1,457      1,890       640      1,120     1,220
                                        --------  --------   --------  --------  --------   --------  --------   --------  --------

     Interest exp per above                3,831    10,082     25,374    46,653    71,600     98,490    33,654     48,364    51,955
                                        ========  ========   ========  ========  ========   ========  ========   ========  ========
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                  
Note: amortization expense on  the fees related to the convertible debentures is
included  in the  interest,  net number (a)  Amortization  of line of credit and
senior notes fees.
</TABLE>





                                                                  Exhibit 23.01


              CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS



The Board of Directors and Stockholders
Integrated Health Services, Inc.:


     We consent to the use of our report dated March 24, 1997,  included  herein
and  incorporated  by reference  herein,  and our report dated October 17, 1996,
incorporated  by reference  herein,  and to the  reference to our firm under the
heading "Experts" in the registration statement.

     Our report dated March 24, 1997 refers to changes in accounting methods, in
1995, to adopt Statement of Financial  Accounting  Standards No. 121 relating to
impairment  of long-lived  assets and, in 1996,  from  deferring and  amortizing
pre-opening  costs of medical specialty units to recording them as expenses when
incurred.  Our report dated October 17, 1996 contains an  explanatory  paragraph
regarding the uncertainty with respect to certain contingent  payments which may
be  payable  under  a  settlement  agreement  with  the  Health  Care  Financing
Administration.



                                        KPMG PEAT MARWICK



Baltimore, Maryland
September 12, 1997




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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549



                                    FORM T-1




                   STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY AND QUALIFICATION
               UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939, AS AMENDED,
                  OF A CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE
         Check if an application to determine eligibility of a trustee
                      pursuant to Section 305(b) (2) _____


                            FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK

               (Exact name of Trustee as specified in its charter)

<TABLE>

 <S>                                          <C>           <C>    
230 SOUTH TRYON STREET, 9TH FL.
CHARLOTTE, NC                                28288-1179    56-0900030
(Address of principal executive office)     (Zip Code)     (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
</TABLE>

                       Patricia A. Welling, (804) 788-9663
                  901 E. Cary Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219


                        INTEGRATED HEALTH SERVICES, INC.
               (EXACT NAME OF OBLIGOR AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)

<TABLE>
<S>                                                                   <C>
Delaware                                                                       23-2428312
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)        (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)



10065 Red Run Boulevard
Ownings Mill, MD                                                               21117
(Address of principal executive offices)                                     (Zip Code)
</TABLE>

                              ---------------------

                 9 1/2% SENIOR SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 9/15/2007
                       (Title of the indenture securities)


================================================================================


<PAGE>



1.       GENERAL INFORMATION.

         (a)      The following are the names and addresses of each examining or
                  supervising authority to which the Trustee is subject:

                  The Comptroller of the Currency, Washington, D.C.
                  Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, Richmond, Virginia.
                  Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Washington, D.C.
                  Securities  and  Exchange  Commission,  Division   of   Market
                  Regulation, Washington, D.C.

         (b)      The Trustee is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.


2.       AFFILIATIONS WITH OBLIGOR.

                  The obligor is not an affiliate of the Trustee.


3.       VOTING SECURITIES OF THE TRUSTEE.

                  Not applicable.
                  (See answer to Item 13)


4.       TRUSTEESHIPS UNDER OTHER INDENTURES.

                  Not applicable.
                  (See answer to Item 13)


5.       INTERLOCKING DIRECTORATES AND SIMILAR RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE OBLIGOR OR
         UNDERWRITERS.

                  Not applicable.
                  (See answer to Item 13)


6.       VOTING SECURITIES OF THE TRUSTEE OWNED BY THE OBLIGOR OR ITS OFFICIALS.

                  Not applicable.
                  (See answer to Item 13)


7.       VOTING SECURITIES  OF  THE  TRUSTEE  OWNED  BY  UNDERWRITERS  OR  THEIR
         OFFICIALS.

                  Not applicable.
                  (See answer to Item 13)


8.       SECURITIES OF THE OBLIGOR OWNED OR HELD BY THE TRUSTEE.

                  Not applicable.
                  (See answer to Item 13)

                                        2

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9.       SECURITIES OF UNDERWRITERS OWNED OR HELD BY THE TRUSTEE.

                  Not applicable.
                  (See answer to Item 13)



10.      OWNERSHIP OR  HOLDINGS  BY  THE TRUSTEE OF VOTING SECURITIES OF CERTAIN
         AFFILIATES OR SECURITY HOLDERS OF THE OBLIGOR.

                  Not applicable.
                  (See answer to Item 13)


11.      OWNERSHIP OF HOLDERS  BY  THE  TRUSTEE  OF  ANY  SECURITIES OF A PERSON
         OWNING 50 PERCENT OR MORE OF THE VOTING SECURITIES OF THE OBLIGOR.

                  Not applicable.
                  (See answer to Item 13)


12.      INDEBTEDNESS OF THE OBLIGOR TO THE TRUSTEE.

                  Not applicable.
                  (See answer to Item 13)


13.      DEFAULTS BY THE OBLIGOR.

                  A. None
                  B. None


14.      AFFILIATIONS WITH THE UNDERWRITERS.

                  Not applicable.
                  (See answer to Item 13)


15.      FOREIGN TRUSTEE.

                  Trustee is a national banking association  organized under the
                  laws of the United States.


16.      LIST OF EXHIBITS.

         (1)      Articles of  Incorporation.  (Incorporated  by  reference from
                  Exhibit 25 to Registration 333-25575,  filed June 5, 1997.)

         (2)      Certificate  of  Authority of the Trustee to conduct business.
                  (Incorporated by reference  from  Exhibit  25  to Registration
                  333-25575, filed June 5, 1997.)

                                        3

<PAGE>



         (3)      Certificate of Authority of the Trustee to  exercise corporate
                  trust powers.   (Incorporated by reference from Exhibit 25  to
                  Registration 333-25575, filed June 5, 1997)

         (4)      By-Laws.   (Incorporated  by  reference  from  Exhibit  25  to
                  Registration 333-25575, filed June 5, 1997.)

         (5)      Inapplicable.

         (6)      Consent by the Trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Trust
                  Indenture Act of 1939.  Included at Page 5 of  this  Form  T-1
                  Statement.

         (7)      Report of condition of Trustee.

         (8)      Inapplicable.

         (9)      Inapplicable.












                                        4

<PAGE>


                                    SIGNATURE

         Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Trust  Indenture  Act of 1939, as
amended,  the  Trustee,  FIRST  UNION  NATIONAL  BANK,  a  national  association
organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America,  has duly
caused this  statement  of  eligibility  and  qualification  to be signed on its
behalf  by the  undersigned,  thereunto  duly  authorized,  all in the  City  of
Richmond, and Commonwealth of Virginia on the 4th day of September, 1997.


                                    FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK
                                    (Trustee)



                                    BY:     /s/ Patricia A. Welling
                                            -----------------------
                                    Name:   Patricia A. Welling
                                    Title:  Vice President





                                                                 EXHIBIT T-1 (6)

                               CONSENTS OF TRUSTEE

              Under  section  321(b) of the Trust  Indenture  Act of 1939 and in
connection with the proposed issuance by Integrated Health Services, Inc. of its
9 1/2% Senior  Subordinated Notes due 9/15/ 2007, First Union National Bank , as
the Trustee herein named,  hereby  consents that reports of examinations of said
Trustee by Federal, State,  Territorial or District authorities may be furnished
by such  authorities  to the Securities  and Exchange  Commission  upon requests
therefor.


                                    FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK



                                    BY:     /s/ John M. Turner
                                            ------------------------------------
                                    Name:   John M. Turner
                                    Title:  Vice President and Managing Director



Dated: September 4, 1997





                                        5



CONSOLIDATED REPORT OF CONDITION FOR INSURED COMMERCIAL
AND STATE-CHARTERED SAVINGS BANKS FOR JUNE 30, 1997

All  schedules  are to be reported in  thousands  of dollars.  Unless  otherwise
indicated,  report the amount  outstanding  as of the last  business  day of the
quarter.

SCHEDULE RC--BALANCE SHEET

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                                               C400
                                                                     Dollar Amounts in Thousands     RCFD    Bil Mil Thou
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ASSETS

<S>                                                                                                  <C>     <C>         <C>
 1.  Cash and balances due from depository institutions (from Schedule RC-A):
     a.  Noninterest-bearing balances and currency and coin(1)..................................     0081    4,473,562   1.a.
     b.  Interest-bearing balances(2)...........................................................     0081      159,113   1.b.
 2.  Securities:
     a.  Held-to-maturity securities (from schedule RC-B, column A).............................     1754    1,303,183   2.a.
     b.  Available-for-sale securities (from Schedule RC-B, column D)...........................     1773    7,934,740   2.b.
 3.  Federal funds sold and securities purchased under agreements to resell.....................     1350    2,305,347   3.
 4.  Loans and lease financing receivables:
     a.  Loans and leases, net of unearned income (from Schedule RC-C)  RCFD 2122     59,060,409                         4.a.
     b.  LESS:  Allowance for loan and lease losses..................   RCFD 3123        875,011                         4.b.
     c.  LESS:  Allocated transfer risk reserve......................   RCFD 3128              0                         4.c.
     d.  Loans and leases, net of unearned income,
         allowance, and reserve (item 4.a minus 4.b and 4.c)....................................     2125   58,185,398   4.d.
 5.  Trading assets (from Schedule RC-D)........................................................     3545    2,298,398   5.
 6.  Premises and fixed assets (including capitalized leases)...................................     2145    1,622,300   6.
 7.  Other real estate owned (from Schedule RC-M)...............................................     2160       48,538   7.
 8.  Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and associated companies (from Schedule RC-M)...     2130       74,680   8.
 9.  Customers' liability to this bank on acceptances outstanding...............................     2155      643,693   9.
10.  Intangible assets (from Schedule RC-M).....................................................     2143    1,469,446  10.
11.  Other assets (from Schedule RC-F)..........................................................     2160    3,381,292  11.
12.  Total assets (sum of items 1 through 11)...................................................     2170   83,899,690  12.

</TABLE>

- ---------------
(1)  Includes cash items in process of collection and unposted debits.
(2)  Includes time certificates of deposit not held for trading.

<PAGE>
SCHEDULE RC-- Continued
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                                     Dollar Amounts in Thousands            Bil Mil Thou
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
LIABILITIES
<S>                                                                                              <C>        <C>         <C>
13.  Deposits:
     a.   In domestic offices (sum of totals of columns A and C from Schedule RC-E,
          part I)..............................................................................  RCOM 2200  50,765,146  13.a.
          (1)  Noninterest-bearing(1)...............................    RCON 6631     12,218,938                        13.a.(1)
          (2)  Interest-bearing.....................................    RCON 6636     38,548,208                        13.a.(2)
     b.   In foreign offices, Edge and Agreement subsidiaries, and IRFs (from Schedule RC-E,
          part II).............................................................................  RCFN 2200   7,831,207  13.b.
          (1)  Noninterest-bearing.................................     RCFN 6631             0                         13.b.(1)
          (2)  Interest-bearing....................................     RCFN 6636      7,831,207                        13.b.(2)
14.  Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase................  RCFD 2800  10,011,148  14.
15   a. Demand notes issued to the U.S. Treasury...............................................  RCON 2840     211,051  15.a.
     b. Trading liabilities (from Schedule RC-D)...............................................  RCFD 3548   2,297,315  15.b.
16.  Other borrowed money (included mortgage indebtedness and obligations under
     capitalized leases):
     a.   With a remaining maturity of one year or less........................................  RCFD 2332   2,202,979  16.a.
     b.   With a remaining maturity of more than one year through three years..................  RCFD A547     524,062  16.b.
     c.   With a remaining maturity of more than three years...................................  RCFD A548      22,062  16.c.
17.  Not applicable
18.  Bank's liability on acceptances executed and outstanding..................................  RCFD 2920      643,693 18.
19.  Subordinated notes and debentures(2)......................................................  RCFD 3200    1,899,753 19.
20.  Other liabilities (from Schedule RC-G)....................................................  RCFD 2930    1,475,586 20.
21.  Total liabilities (sum of items 13 through 20)............................................  RCFD 2948   77,884,002 21.
22.  Not applicable
EQUITY CAPITAL
23.  Perpetual preferred stock and related surplus.............................................  RCFD 3838            0 23.
24.  Common Stock..............................................................................  RCFD 3230       82,795 24.
25.  Surplus (exclude all surplus related to preferred stock)..................................  RCFD 3839    3,709,471 25.
26.  a.   Undivided profits and capital reserves...............................................  RCFD 3632    2,191,664 26.a.
     b.   Net unrealized holding gains (losses) on available-for-sale securities...............  RCFD 8434       31,858 26.b.
27.  Cumulative foreign currency translation adjustments.......................................  RCFD 3284            0 27.
28.  Total equity capital (sum of items 23 through 27).........................................  RCFD 3210    6,015,688 28.
29.  Total liabilities and equity capital (sum of items 21 and 28).............................  RCFD 3300   83,899,690 29.

</TABLE>
<TABLE>
Memorandum
To be reported only with the March Report of Condition.

1.   Indicate in the box at the right the number of the statement below that best describes the
     most comprehensive level of auditing work performed for the bank by independent external
     auditors as of any date during 1996..........................................................RCFD 6724         N/A M.1.

<S>                                                                  <C>

1 *  Independent audit of the bank conducted in accordance            4 * Directors' examination of the bank performed by other
     with generally accepted auditing standards by a certified            external auditors (may be required by state chartering
     public accounting firm which submits a report on the bank            authority)
2. * Independent audit of the bank's parent holding company           5 * Review of the bank's financial statements by external
     conducted in accordance with generally accepted auditing              auditors
     standards by a certified public accounting firm which            6 * Compilation of the bank's financial statements by external
     submits a report on the consolidated holding company                 auditors
     (but not on the bank separately)                                 7 * Other audit procedures (excluding tax preparation work)
3 *  Directors' examination of the bank conducted in                  8 * No external audit work
     accordance with generally accepted auditing standards
     by a certified public accounting firm (may be required by
     state chartering authority)
</TABLE>

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(1)  Includes  total  demand  deposits and  noninterest-bearing time and savings
     deposits.
(2)  Includes limited-life preferred stock and related surplus.



                                                                   EXHIBIT 99.01



                             LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL


                        INTEGRATED HEALTH SERVICES, INC.

               To Tender 9 1/2% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2007
       In Exchange for 9 1/2% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2007, Series A





            THE EXCHANGE OFFER AND WITHDRAWAL RIGHTS WILL EXPIRE AT
             5:00 P.M., NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON __________ __, 1997,
                         UNLESS THE OFFER IS EXTENDED




<TABLE>
<S>                                          <C>                                   <C>
                                                       TO FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK (THE "EXCHANGE AGENT")
     BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL:            BY FACSIMILE TRANSMISSION               BY OVERNIGHT MAIL OR HAND:
         First Union National Bank           (FOR ELIGIBLE INSTITUTIONS ONLY):           First Union National Bank
 First Union Customer Information Center         First Union National Bank         First Union Customer Information Center
 Corporate Trust Operations NC1153                    (704) 590-7628                 Corporate Trust Operations NC1153
 1525 West W.T. Harris Boulevard - 3C3            Confirm: (704) 590-7408           1525 West W.T. Harris Boulevard - 3C3
 Charlotte, North Carolina 28288                   Attention: Mike Klotz            Charlotte, North Carolina 28262-1153
 Attention: Mike Klotz                                                                     Attention: Mike Klotz
</TABLE>


     Delivery of this  instrument to an address other than as set forth above or
transmission  of instructions  via a facsimile  number other than the one listed
above will not constitute a valid delivery.  The instructions  accompanying this
Letter of Transmittal should be read carefully before this Letter of Transmittal
is completed.


     The  undersigned  hereby  acknowledges  receipt  of  the  Prospectus  dated
___________ __, 1997 (the "Prospectus") of Integrated Health Services, Inc. (the
"Company") and this Letter of Transmittal (the "Letter of  Transmittal"),  which
together  constitute  the  Company's  offer (the  "Exchange  Offer") to exchange
$1,000 principal amount of its 9 1/2% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2007, Series
A (the "New Notes"),  which have been  registered  under the  Securities  Act of
1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), pursuant to a Registration Statement of
which  the  Prospectus  is a part,  for  each  $1,000  principal  amount  of its
outstanding 9 1/2% Senior  Subordinated  Notes due 2007 (the "Old  Notes").  The
terms  of the New  Notes  are  identical  in all  material  respects  (including
principal amount,  interest rate and maturity) to the terms of the Old Notes for
which they may be exchanged pursuant to the Exchange Offer,  except that (i) the
New Notes have been registered under the Securities Act and, therefore, will not
bear legends restricting the transfer thereof and (ii) holders of New Notes will
not be entitled to certain rights of holders of Old Notes under the Registration
Rights Agreement. The term "Expiration Date" shall mean 5:00 p.m., New York City
time,  on  __________  __,  1997,  unless the Company,  in its sole  discretion,
extends the  Exchange  Offer,  in which case the term shall mean the latest date
and time to which the Exchange Offer is extended. Capitalized terms used but not
defined herein have the meaning given to them in the Prospectus. 

     Holders who wish to tender their Old Notes must, at a minimum,  fill in the
necessary account information in the table below entitled "Account  Information"
(the "Account Information Table"), complete columns (1) through (3) in the table
below entitled  "Description of Old Notes Tendered" (the  "Description  Table"),
complete and sign in the box below entitled  "Registered  Holder(s) of Old Notes
Sign Here" and complete the  Substitute  Form W-9. If a holder  wishes to tender
less than all of such Old Notes delivered to the Exchange  Agent,  column (4) of
the Description Table must be completed in full. See Instruction 3.

     Holders of Old Notes  that are  tendering  by  book-entry  transfer  to the
Exchange Agent's account at The Depository Trust Company ("DTC") can execute the
exchange through the DTC Automated Tender Offer Program ("ATOP "), for which the
transaction will be eligible.  DTC participants  that are accepting the exchange
should  transmit  their  acceptance  to DTC,  which  will  edit and  verify  the
acceptance and execute a book-entry  delivery to the Exchange Agent's account at
DTC.  DTC will  then  send an  agent's  message  to the  Exchange  Agent for its
acceptance. Delivery of the agent's message by DTC will satisfy the terms of the
exchange  as to  execution  and  delivery  of a  Letter  of  Transmittal  by the
participant  identified in the agent's message. DTC participants may also accept
the exchange by submitting a notice of guaranteed delivery through ATOP.

     The  undersigned  has  completed,  executed  and  delivered  this Letter of
Transmittal to indicate the action the  undersigned  agrees to take with respect
to the Exchange Offer.  Holders who wish to tender their Old Notes must complete
this Letter of Transmittal in its entirety.

     PLEASE READ THE ENTIRE LETTER OF  TRANSMITTAL,  INCLUDING THE  ACCOMPANYING
INSTRUCTIONS, AND THE PROSPECTUS CAREFULLY BEFORE CHECKING ANY BOX BELOW.

     YOUR   BANK  OR  BROKER  CAN  ASSIST  YOU  IN  COMPLETING  THIS  FORM.  THE
INSTRUCTIONS  INCLUDED  WITH  THIS  LETTER  OF  TRANSMITTAL  MUST  BE  FOLLOWED.
QUESTIONS   AND  REQUESTS  FOR  ASSISTANCE  OR  FOR  ADDITIONAL  COPIES  OF  THE
PROSPECTUS  AND THIS LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE EXCHANGE AGENT
OR THE COMPANY. SEE INSTRUCTION 9.

     List below the Old Notes to which this Letter of  Transmittal  relates.  If
the space indicated below is inadequate,  the Certificate  Numbers and Principal
Amounts should be listed on a separately signed schedule affixed hereto.

<PAGE>

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                         DESCRIPTION OF OLD NOTES TENDERED
<S>                                                 <C>              <C>                     <C>
                                                                             (3)
                                                                     AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL             (4)
                      (1)                               (2)                AMOUNT             PRINCIPAL AMOUNT
NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES) OF REGISTERED HOLDER(S)     REGISTRATION       REPRESENTED BY             TENDERED
               (PLEASE FILL IN)                       NUMBERS*           OLD NOTES**         (IF LESS THAN ALL)**
                                                       Total
</TABLE>

 * Need not be completed by book-entry Holders.
** Unless  otherwise  indicated,  the holder will be deemed to have tendered the
   full aggregate  principal  amount  represented by such Old Notes. All tenders
   must be in integral multiples of $1,000.



     This Letter of Transmittal is to be used (i) if  certificates  of Old Notes
are to be  forwarded  herewith,  (ii) if  delivery of Old Notes is to be made by
book-entry  transfer  to an account  maintained  by the  Exchange  Agent at DTC,
pursuant  to the  procedures  set forth in "The  Exchange  Offer-Procedures  for
Tendering Old Notes" in the Prospectus or (iii) if tender of the Old Notes is to
be  made  according  to the  guaranteed  delivery  procedures  described  in the
Prospectus   under  the  caption   "The   Exchange   Offer-Guaranteed   Delivery
Procedures."  See Instruction 2. Delivery of documents to a book-entry  transfer
facility does not constitute delivery to the Exchange Agent.


     The term  "Holder"  with respect to the Exchange  Offer means any person in
whose  name Old Notes are  registered  on the books of the  Company or any other
person  who has  obtained a properly  completed  bond power from the  registered
holder.





                              ACCOUNT INFORMATION


 [ ] CHECK HERE IF TENDERED OLD NOTES ARE BEING DELIVERED BY BOOK-ENTRY TRANSFER
   MADE  TO AN  ACCOUNT  MAINTAINED  BY THE  EXCHANGE  AGENT  WITH A  BOOK-ENTRY
   TRANSFER FACILITY AND COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING:
     Name of Tendering Institution
                                   ---------------------------------------------


If delivered by book-entry transfer:


Account Number                   Transaction Code Number
               -----------------                         ----------------------


 Holders  whose Old Notes are not  immediately  available or who cannot  deliver
 their Old Notes and all other  documents  required hereby to the Exchange Agent
 on or prior to the Expiration Date must tender their Old Notes according to the
 guaranteed  delivery  procedure set forth in the  Prospectus  under the caption
 "The Exchange Offer-Guaranteed Delivery Procedures". See Instruction 2.


 [ ] CHECK HERE IF TENDERED OLD NOTES ARE BEING  DELIVERED  PURSUANT TO A NOTICE
   OF GUARANTEED DELIVERY AND COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING:

   Name of  Registered
   Holder(s) -------------------------------------------------------------------



Name of Eligible Institution that Guaranteed
Delivery -----------------------------------------------------------------------

If delivered by book-entry transfer:

Account Number------------------------ Transaction Code Number -----------------


 [ ] CHECK HERE IF YOU ARE A  BROKER-DEALER  AND WISH TO  RECEIVE 10  ADDITIONAL
   COPIES  OF THE  PROSPECTUS  AND 10 COPIES OF ANY  AMENDMENTS  OR  SUPPLEMENTS
   THERETO.

Name ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Address ------------------------------------------------------------------------


<PAGE>


                    NOTE: SIGNATURES MUST BE PROVIDED BELOW



              PLEASE READ THE ACCOMPANYING INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     Upon the terms and subject to the  conditions  of the Exchange  Offer,  the
undersigned  hereby tenders to the Company the principal amount of the Old Notes
indicated  above in  exchange  for a like  principal  amount  of the New  Notes.
Subject to, and effective  upon,  the  acceptance for exchange of such Old Notes
tendered hereby, the undersigned hereby exchanges,  assigns and transfers to, or
upon the order of, the Company all right,  title and interest in and to such Old
Notes as are being tendered  hereby,  including all rights to accrued and unpaid
interest  thereon as of the Expiration Date and any and all claims in respect of
or arising or having arisen as a result of the undersigned's  status as a holder
of,  all  Old  Notes  tendered  hereby.   The  undersigned   hereby  irrevocably
constitutes  and  appoints  the  Exchange  Agent the true and  lawful  agent and
attorney-in-fact  of the  undersigned  (with full  knowledge  that said Exchange
Agent acts as the agent of the Company in connection with the Exchange Offer) to
cause the Old Notes to be assigned,  transferred and exchanged.  The undersigned
represents  and  warrants  that (a) it has full power and  authority  to tender,
exchange,  assign and transfer  the Old Notes and to acquire New Notes  issuable
upon the exchange of such tendered Old Notes; and (b) when the same are accepted
for  exchange,  the Company  will  acquire  good and  unencumbered  title to the
tendered  Old Notes,  free and clear of all  liens,  restrictions,  charges  and
encumbrances and not subject to any adverse claim.

     The  undersigned is the registered  owner of all tendered Old Notes and the
undersigned  represents  that it has  received  from  each  beneficial  owner of
tendered Old Notes  ("Beneficial  Owners") a duly completed and executed form of
"Instructions  to  Registered   Holder  and/or   Book-Entry   Transfer  Facility
Participant  from  Beneficial  Owner"  accompanying  this Letter of Transmittal,
instructing  the  undersigned  to take the action  described  in this  Letter of
Transmittal.

     The undersigned  understands  that,  subject to the terms and conditions of
the  Exchange  Offer,  Old Notes  properly  tendered and not  withdrawn  will be
exchanged  for New Notes.  If any amount of tendered Old Notes is not  exchanged
for any  reason,  or if  certificates  are  submitted  that  evidence  a greater
principal  amount of Old Notes than the  principal  amount to be tendered,  such
unexchanged Old Notes or Old Notes for untendered  amounts,  as the case may be,
will be returned, without expense, to the undersigned,  either to the book-entry
transfer facility account from which tender was effected or to the address below
if Old Notes were tendered in physical form.

     The  undersigned  hereby  represents  to the Company that (i) the New Notes
acquired  pursuant to the  Exchange  Offer are being  obtained  in the  ordinary
course of business of the person  receiving such New Notes,  whether or not such
person is the  undersigned,  and (ii) neither the undersigned nor any such other
person has an arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in the
distribution of such New Notes.  If the undersigned or the person  receiving the
New Notes covered hereby is a broker-dealer  that is receiving the New Notes for
its own  account in  exchange  for Old Notes that were  acquired  as a result of
market-making   activities  or  other  trading   activities,   the   undersigned
acknowledges  that  it or  such  other  person  will  deliver  a  prospectus  in
connection with any resale of such New Notes;  however,  by so acknowledging and
by delivering a prospectus,  the undersigned will not be deemed to admit that it
is an  "underwriter"  within the meaning of the Securities  Act. The undersigned
and any such other person  acknowledge  that, if they are  participating  in the
Exchange Offer for the purpose of  distributing  the New Notes,  (i) they cannot
rely on the  position of the staff of the  Securities  and  Exchange  Commission
enunciated  in Exxon  Capital  Holdings  Corporation  (available  May 13, 1988),
Morgan Stanley & Co., Incorporated (available June 5, 1991) or similar no-action
letters  and, in the  absence of an  exemption  therefrom,  must comply with the
registration  and  prospectus  delivery  requirements  of the  Securities Act in
connection  with the resale  transaction  and (ii)  failure to comply  with such
requirements  in such instance could result in the undersigned or any such other
person  incurring  liability under the Securities Act for which such persons are
not indemnified by the Company.  If the undersigned or the person  receiving the
New Notes  covered by this letter is an affiliate  (as defined under Rule 405 of
the Securities Act) of the Company,  the  undersigned  represents to the Company
that the undersigned understands and acknowledges that such New Notes may not be
offered for resale,  resold or otherwise  transferred by the undersigned or such
other  person  without  registration  under the  Securities  Act or an exemption
therefrom.

     The  undersigned  also  warrants that it will,  upon  request,  execute and
deliver any additional  documents deemed by the Exchange Agent or the Company to
be necessary or desirable to complete the exchange,  assignment  and transfer of
tendered Old Notes or transfer  ownership of such Old Notes on the account books
maintained by a book-entry  transfer  facility.  The undersigned  further agrees
that acceptance of any tendered Old Notes by the Company and the issuance of New
Notes in exchange  therefor shall constitute  performance in full by the Company
of its obligations under the Registration  Rights Agreement and that the Company
shall have no further obligations or liabilities thereunder for the registration
of the Old Notes or the New Notes.

     The  Exchange  Offer is  subject  to  certain  conditions  set forth in the
Prospectus  under the caption "The Exchange Offer - Conditions." The undersigned
recognizes that as a result of these conditions  (which may be waived,  in whole
or in part, by the Company),  as more  particularly set forth in the Prospectus,
the Company may not be required to exchange any of the Old Notes tendered hereby
and,  in such  event,  the Old  Notes  not  exchanged  will be  returned  to the
undersigned at the address shown below the signature of the undersigned.

     TENDERS  OF OLD  NOTES  MADE  PURSUANT  TO THE  EXCHANGE  OFFER  MAY NOT BE
WITHDRAWN  AFTER  5:00 P.M.,  NEW YORK CITY  TIME,  ON THE  EXPIRATION  DATE.  A
PURPORTED  NOTICE OF  WITHDRAWAL  WILL BE  EFFECTIVE  ONLY IF  DELIVERED  TO THE
EXCHANGE  AGENT IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH THE  SPECIFIC  PROCEDURES  SET FORTH IN THE
PROSPECTUS UNDER THE HEADING "THE EXCHANGE OFFER - WITHDRAWALS OF TENDERS."

     All authority  herein conferred or agreed to be conferred shall survive the
death or incapacity of the undersigned  and every  obligation of the undersigned
hereunder shall be binding upon the heirs, personal representatives,  successors
and assigns of the undersigned.  Tendered Old Notes may be withdrawn at any time
prior to the Expiration Date only in accordance with the procedures set forth in
the Instructions contained in the Letter of Transmittal and the Prospectus.

     Unless  otherwise  indicated  in the  box  entitled  "Special  Registration
Instructions" or the box entitled "Special Delivery Instructions" in this Letter
of  Transmittal,  certificates  for all New  Notes  delivered  in  exchange  for
tendered Old Notes, and any Old Notes delivered herewith but not exchanged, will
be  registered  in the name of the  undersigned  and shall be  delivered  to the
undersigned  at the address shown below the signature of the  undersigned.  If a
New Note is to be issued  to a person  other  than the  person(s)  signing  this
Letter of Transmittal,  or if the New Note is to be mailed to someone other than
the person(s)  signing this Letter of  Transmittal  or to the person(s)  signing
this Letter of  Transmittal  at an address  different  than the address shown on
this Letter of Transmittal,  the appropriate boxes of this Letter of Transmittal
should be  completed.  IF OLD  NOTES  ARE  SURRENDERED  BY  HOLDER(S)  THAT HAVE
COMPLETED EITHER THE BOX ENTITLED "SPECIAL REGISTRATION INSTRUCTIONS" OR THE BOX
ENTITLED  "SPECIAL  DELIVERY   INSTRUCTIONS"  IN  THIS  LETTER  OF  TRANSMITTAL,
SIGNATURE(S)  ON THIS LETTER OF  TRANSMITTAL  MUST BE  GUARANTEED BY AN ELIGIBLE
INSTITUTION (DEFINED IN INSTRUCTION 2).

<PAGE>

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

SPECIAL REGISTRATION INSTRUCTIONS             SPECIAL DELIVERY INSTRUCTIONS

<S>                                           <C>
To  be  completed  ONLY  if  the New Notes    To   be   completed  ONLY  if  t he   New  Notes
delivered herewith b ut  not exchanged are    and   any   Old  Notes   delivered  herewith but
to be issued in the name  of someone other    not  exchanged  are  to be sent to someone other
than the undersigned or are to be returned    than  the  undersigned, or to the undersigned at
by  credit  to  an account maintained by a    an address other under "Description of Old Notes
book-entry transfer facility.                 Tendered."
</TABLE>


Name: --------------------------------       Name ------------------------------


Address: ------------------------------      Address: --------------------------

         ------------------------------      -----------------------------------
          (Please print or type)                 (Please print or type)

Credit  New   Notes  and  any  Old   Notes
delivered  herewith   but not exchanged to
the following book-entry transfer facility
account:


- ------------------------------------------
(Name of book-entry transfer facility)


- ------------------------------------------
            (Account number)


            REGISTERED HOLDER(S) OF OLD NOTES SIGN HERE (In addition,
                       complete Substitute Form W-9 Below)


X ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

X ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                     (Signature(s) of Registered Holder(s))


     Must be signed by registered  holder(s) exactly as name(s) appear(s) on the
Old Notes or on a security  position listing as the owner of the Old Notes or by
person(s)  authorized to become registered  holder(s) by properly completed bond
powers  transmitted  herewith.  If  signature is by  attorney-in-fact,  trustee,
executor,  administrator,  guardian,  officer of a  corporation  or other person
acting in a fiduciary capacity, please provide the following information (Please
print or type):


Name and Capacity (full title): ------------------------------------------------


Address (including zip code):  -------------------------------------------------


Area Code and Telephone Number:  -----------------------------------------------


Dated:--------------------------------------------------------


              SIGNATURE GUARANTEE (If required - See Instruction 4)


Authorized Signature:  ---------------------------------------------------------
                        (Signature of Representative of Signature Guarantor)


Name and Title:  ---------------------------------------------------------------


Name of Firm:  -----------------------------------------------------------------


Area Code and Telephone Number:  -----------------------------------------------
                                      (Please print or type)


Dated:-----------------------------------------------------------

<PAGE>


                                 INSTRUCTIONS

                         FORMING PART OF THE TERMS AND
                       CONDITIONS OF THE EXCHANGE OFFER


 1. DELIVERY OF THIS LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL AND OLD NOTES.

     All  physically  delivered  Old  Notes or  confirmation  of any  book-entry
transfer to the Exchange  Agent's account at a book-entry  transfer  facility of
Old Notes tendered by book-entry  transfer,  as well as a properly completed and
duly executed copy of this Letter of Transmittal or facsimile  thereof,  and any
other documents required by this Letter of Transmittal,  must be received by the
Exchange  Agent at any of its  addresses  set  forth  herein  on or prior to the
Expiration Date (as defined in the  Prospectus).  THE METHOD OF DELIVERY OF THIS
LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL, THE OLD NOTES AND ANY OTHER REQUIRED DOCUMENTS, INCLUDING
DELIVERY BY BOOK-ENTRY  TRANSFER AND ANY ACCEPTANCE OR AGENT'S MESSAGE DELIVERED
THROUGH  ATOP,  IS AT THE  ELECTION  AND  RISK OF THE  HOLDER,  AND,  EXCEPT  AS
OTHERWISE  PROVIDED  BELOW,  THE DELIVERY WILL BE DEEMED MADE ONLY WHEN ACTUALLY
RECEIVED BY THE EXCHANGE  AGENT.  IF SUCH  DELIVERY IS BY MAIL,  IT IS SUGGESTED
THAT REGISTERED MAIL WITH RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED,  PROPERLY INSURED,  BE USED.
IN ALL CASES, SUFFICIENT TIME SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO ENSURE TIMELY DELIVERY.

     No  alternative,  conditional,  irregular  or  contingent  tenders  will be
accepted.  All tendering Holders, by execution of this Letter of Transmittal (or
facsimile thereof), shall waive any right to receive notice of the acceptance of
the Old Notes for exchange.

     DELIVERY TO AN ADDRESS OTHER THAN AS SET FORTH HEREIN,  OR INSTRUCTIONS VIA
A FACSIMILE  NUMBER OTHER THAN THE ONE SET FORTH HEREIN,  WILL NOT  CONSTITUTE A
VALID DELIVERY.

 2. GUARANTEED DELIVERY PROCEDURES.

     Holders  who wish to tender  their Old  Notes,  but whose Old Notes are not
immediately  available and thus cannot  deliver  their Old Notes,  the Letter of
Transmittal  or any other  required  documents to the Exchange  Agent (or comply
with the procedures for book-entry  transfer) prior to the Expiration  Date, may
effect a tender if:

  (a) the  tender  is  made  through  a  member  firm of a  registered  national
      securities exchange or of the National  Association of Securities Dealers,
      Inc., a commercial bank or trust company having an office or correspondent
      in the United  States or an "eligible  guarantor  institution"  within the
      meaning  of  Rule   17Ad-15   under  the   Exchange   Act  (an   "Eligible
      Institution");

  (b) prior to the  Expiration  Date,  the  Exchange  Agent  receives  from such
      Eligible  Institution a properly  completed  and duly  executed  Notice of
      Guaranteed  Delivery (by facsimile  transmission,  mail or hand  delivery)
      setting  forth  the name  and  address  of the  Holder,  the  registration
      number(s)  of  such  Old  Notes  and the  principal  amount  of Old  Notes
      tendered,  stating that the tender is being made thereby and  guaranteeing
      that,  within  three  New York  Stock  Exchange  trading  days  after  the
      Expiration  Date,  the  Letter  of  Transmittal  (or  facsimile  thereof),
      together with the Old Notes (or a confirmation  of book-entry  transfer of
      such Old  Notes  into  the  Exchange  Agent's  account  at the  book-entry
      transfer  facility)  and any other  documents  required  by the  Letter of
      Transmittal,  will be  deposited  by the  Eligible  Institution  with  the
      Exchange Agent; and

  (c) such properly  completed and executed  Letter of Transmittal (or facsimile
      thereof),  as well as all  tendered  Old Notes in proper form for transfer
      (or a  confirmation  of  book-entry  transfer  of such Old Notes  into the
      Exchange  Agent's  account at the  book-entry  transfer  facility) and all
      other documents required by the Letter of Transmittal, are received by the
      Exchange Agent within three New York Stock Exchange trading days after the
      Expiration Date.

     Upon request to the Exchange Agent, a Notice of Guaranteed Delivery will be
sent to Holders who wish to tender their Old Notes  according to the  guaranteed
delivery  procedures set forth above.  Any holder who wishes to tender Old Notes
pursuant to the guaranteed delivery procedures  described above must ensure that
the Exchange Agent receives the Notice of Guaranteed  Delivery  relating to such
Old Notes  prior to the  Expiration  Date.  Failure to complete  the  guaranteed
delivery procedures  outlined above will not, of itself,  affect the validity or
effect a revocation of any Letter of  Transmittal  form  properly  completed and
executed by a Holder who attempted to use the guaranteed delivery procedures.

 3. PARTIAL TENDERS; WITHDRAWALS.

     Tenders of Old Notes will be accepted only in integral multiples of $1,000.
The aggregate  principal amount of all Old Notes delivered to the Exchange Agent
will  be  deemed  to  have  been  tendered  unless  otherwise  indicated  in the
Description  Table.  If less  than the  entire  principal  amount  of Old  Notes
evidenced by a submitted  certificate is tendered,  the tendering  Holder should
fill in the principal amount tendered in the column entitled  "Principal  Amount
Tendered (if less than all)" in the  Description  Table. A newly issued Old Note
for the principal amount of Old Notes submitted but not tendered will be sent to
such Holder as soon as practicable  after the Expiration Date,  unless otherwise
provided  in the  appropriate  box on this  Letter  of  Transmittal.  Book-entry
transfer to the Exchange Agent should be made in the exact  principal  amount of
Old Notes tendered.


     Old Notes  tendered  pursuant to the Exchange Offer may be withdrawn at any
time  prior to the  Expiration  Date,  after  which  tenders  of Old  Notes  are
irrevocable.  To be effective, a written,  telegraphic or facsimile transmission
notice of withdrawal  must be timely  received by the Exchange  Agent.  Any such
notice of withdrawal  must (i) specify the name of the person  having  deposited
the Old Notes to be withdrawn (the "Depositor"),  (ii) identify the Old Notes to
be withdrawn (including the registration  number(s) and principal amount of such
Old Notes, or, in the case of Old Notes transferred by book-entry transfer,  the
name and  number  of the  account  at the  book-entry  transfer  facility  to be
credited),  (iii) be signed by the  Holder  in the same  manner as the  original
signature  on this  Letter of  Transmittal  (including  any  required  signature
guarantees) or be  accompanied  by documents of transfer  sufficient to have the
Trustee  with  respect to the Old Notes  register the transfer of such Old Notes
into the name of the person  withdrawing the tender and (iv) specify the name in
which any such Old Notes are to be  registered,  if  different  from that of the
Depositor.  If Old Notes  have been  tendered  pursuant  to the  procedures  for
book-entry  transfer,  any  notice of  withdrawal  must also  comply  with DTC's
procedures.  All questions as to the validity,  form and eligibility  (including
time of  receipt) of such  notices  will be  determined  by the  Company,  whose
determination  shall be final  and  binding  on all  parties.  Any Old  Notes so
withdrawn  will be deemed not to have been validly  tendered for purposes of the
Exchange  Offer and no New Notes will be issued with respect  thereto unless the
Old Notes so  withdrawn  are validly  retendered.  Any Old Notes which have been
tendered but which are not accepted for exchange  will be returned to the Holder
thereof  without cost to such Holder as soon as  practicable  after  withdrawal,
rejection of tender or  termination  of the  Exchange  Offer,  unless  otherwise
provided in the appropriate box on this Letter of Transmittal.


<PAGE>

 4.   SIGNATURE   ON   THIS  LETTER  OF  TRANSMITTAL;  WRITTEN  INSTRUMENTS  AND
   ENDORSEMENTS; GUARANTEE OF SIGNATURES.

     If this Letter of Transmittal is signed by the registered  Holder(s) of the
Old Notes tendered  hereby,  the signature must  correspond  with the name(s) as
written on the face of the certificates without alteration or enlargement or any
change whatsoever. If this Letter of Transmittal is signed by a participant in a
book-entry transfer facility,  the signature must correspond with the name as it
appears on the security position listing as the owner of the Old Notes.

     If any of the Old Notes tendered  hereby are owned of record by two or more
joint owners, all such owners must sign this Letter of Transmittal.

     If a number of Old Notes  registered in different  names are  tendered,  it
will be necessary to complete,  sign and submit as many separate  copies of this
Letter of Transmittal as there are different registrations of Old Notes.

     Signatures on this Letter of Transmittal or a notice of withdrawal,  as the
case may be, must be guaranteed by an Eligible  Institution unless the Old Notes
tendered  hereby are tendered (i) by a registered  Holder who has not  completed
the box  entitled  "Special  Registration  Instructions"  or  "Special  Delivery
Instructions"  on the  Letter  of  Transmittal  or (ii)  for the  account  of an
Eligible Institution.

     If this Letter of Transmittal is signed by the registered Holder or Holders
of Old Notes (which term,  for the purposes  described  herein,  shall include a
participant in a book-entry  transfer  facility whose name appears on a security
listing  as the  owner  of  the  Old  Notes)  listed  and  tendered  hereby,  no
endorsements  of the  tendered  Old Notes or  separate  written  instruments  of
transfer or exchange are required.  In any other case, the registered Holder (or
acting Holder) must either properly  endorse the Old Notes or transmit  properly
completed bond powers with this Letter of Transmittal (in either case,  executed
exactly as the name(s) of the registered  Holder(s)  appear(s) on the Old Notes,
and, with respect to a participant in a book-entry  transfer facility whose name
appears on a security position listing as the owner of Old Notes, exactly as the
name of the participant  appears on such security  position  listing),  with the
signature on the Old Notes or bond power  guaranteed by an Eligible  Institution
(except  where  the Old  Notes  are  tendered  for the  account  of an  Eligible
Institution).

     Only a Holder in whose name tendered Old Notes are  registered on the books
of the  registrar  (or the  legal  representative  or  attorney-in-fact  of such
registered  Holder)  may execute and  deliver  this Letter of  Transmittal.  Any
Beneficial  Owner of tendered  Old Notes who is not the  registered  Holder must
arrange  promptly with the registered  Holder to execute and deliver this Letter
of  Transmittal  on his or her behalf  through the execution and delivery to the
registered  Holder of the  Instructions to Registered  Holder and/or  Book-Entry
Transfer  Facility  Participant  from Beneficial  Owner form  accompanying  this
Letter of Transmittal.

     If this  Letter  of  Transmittal,  any  certificates  or  separate  written
instruments  of  transfer  or  exchange  are  signed  by  trustees,   executors,
administrators, guardians, attorneys-in-fact, officers of corporations or others
acting  in a  fiduciary  or  representative  capacity,  such  persons  should so
indicate  when  signing,  and,  unless  waived by the Company,  proper  evidence
satisfactory to the Company of their authority so to act must be submitted.

 5. SPECIAL REGISTRATION AND DELIVERY INSTRUCTIONS.

     Tendering  Holders should  indicate,  in the  applicable  box, the name and
address (or account at a book-entry transfer facility) in which the New Notes or
substitute  Old Notes for  principal  amounts not  tendered or not  accepted for
exchange  are to be  issued  (or  deposited),  if  different  from the names and
addresses or accounts of the person signing this Letter of  Transmittal.  In the
case of issuance in a different  name,  the  employer  identification  number or
social  security  number of the  person  named  must also be  indicated  and the
tendering Holder should complete the applicable box.

     If no instructions are given, the New Notes (and any Old Notes not tendered
or not accepted)  will be issued in the name of and sent to the acting Holder of
the Old Notes or deposited  at such  Holder's  account at a book-entry  transfer
facility.

 6. TRANSFER TAXES.

     The Company shall pay or cause to be paid all security  transfer  taxes, if
any,  applicable  to the  transfer  and exchange of Old Notes to it or its order
pursuant  to the  Exchange  Offer.  If a transfer  tax is imposed for any reason
other than the  transfer  and  exchange of Old Notes to the Company or its order
pursuant to the Exchange  Offer,  the amount of any such transfer taxes (whether
imposed on the  registered  Holder or any other  person)  will be payable by the
tendering Holder. If satisfactory evidence of payment of such taxes or exception
therefrom is not submitted  herewith,  the amount of such transfer taxes will be
billed directly to such tendering Holder.

     Except as  provided in this  Instruction  6, it will not be  necessary  for
transfer  stamps  to be  affixed  to the Old  Notes  listed  in this  Letter  of
Transmittal.

 7. WAIVER OF CONDITIONS.

     The Company  reserves the absolute right to waive, in whole or in part, any
of the conditions to the Exchange Offer set forth in the Prospectus.

 8. MUTILATED, LOST, STOLEN OR DESTROYED OLD NOTES.

     Any Holder whose Old Notes have been mutilated,  lost,  stolen or destroyed
should  contact the Exchange  Agent at the address  indicated  above for further
instructions.

 9. REQUESTS FOR ASSISTANCE OR ADDITIONAL COPIES.

     Questions  relating to the  procedure for tendering as well as requests for
additional  copies  of the  Prospectus  and this  Letter of  Transmittal  may be
directed to the Exchange Agent at the address and telephone  number(s) set forth
above.  In addition,  all questions  relating to the Exchange  Offer, as well as
requests for  assistance or additional  copies of the Prospectus and this Letter
of  Transmittal,  may be  directed  to the  Company at 10065 Red Run  Boulevard,
Owings Mills, Maryland 21117 Attention:  Marc B. Levin, Executive Vice President
- - Investor Relations (telephone: (410) 998-8400).

<PAGE>


10. VALIDITY AND FORM.

     All  questions as to the validity,  form,  eligibility  (including  time of
receipt),  acceptance of tendered Old Notes and withdrawal of tendered Old Notes
will be determined by the Company in its sole  discretion,  which  determination
will be final and binding. The Company reserves the absolute right to reject any
and  all  Old  Notes  not  properly  tendered  or any Old  Notes  the  Company's
acceptance  of which  would,  in the  opinion of  counsel  for the  Company,  be
unlawful.   The  Company   also   reserves  the  right  to  waive  any  defects,
irregularities or conditions of tender as to particular Old Notes. The Company's
interpretation  of the terms and conditions of the Exchange Offer (including the
instructions  in this  Letter of  Transmittal)  will be final and binding on all
parties. Unless waived, any defects or irregularities in connection with tenders
of Old Notes must be cured  within  such time as the  Company  shall  determine.
Although the Company intends to notify Holders of defects or irregularities with
respect to tenders of Old Notes, neither the Company, the Exchange Agent nor any
other person shall incur any  liability  for failure to give such  notification.
Tenders of Old Notes will not be deemed to have been made until such  defects or
irregularities have been cured or waived. Any Old Notes received by the Exchange
Agent  that  are  not  properly   tendered  and  as  to  which  the  defects  or
irregularities  have not been cured or waived will be  returned by the  Exchange
Agent to the tendering  Holders as soon as practicable  following the Expiration
Date,  unless  otherwise  provided  in the  appropriate  box on this  Letter  of
Transmittal.

11. SUBSTITUTE FORM W-9.

     Federal  income tax laws  require  each  tendering  Holder to  provide  the
Company with a correct taxpayer  identification number ("TIN") on the Substitute
Form W-9 which is provided  under  "Important  Tax  Information"  below,  and to
indicate whether or not the Holder is subject to backup  withholding by checking
the box in Part 2 of the Form. Failure to provide the information on the Form or
to check the box in Part 2 of the Form may subject the  tendering  Holder to 31%
Federal income tax  withholding  on the payments made to the Holder.  The box in
Part 3 of the Form may be checked if the tendering  Holder has not been issued a
TIN and has applied for a TIN or intends to apply for a TIN in the near  future.
If the box in Part 3 is checked and the Holder does not provide the Company with
a TIN within sixty (60) days, the Company will withhold 31% on all such payments
thereafter until a TIN is provided to the Company.

12. CONFLICTS.

     In the event of any conflict  between the terms of the  Prospectus  and the
terms of this Letter of Transmittal, the terms of the Prospectus will control.

     IMPORTANT: THIS LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL OR A FACSIMILE THEREOF (TOGETHER WITH
OLD  NOTES  OR  CONFIRMATION  OF  BOOK-ENTRY  TRANSFER  AND ALL  OTHER  REQUIRED
DOCUMENTS) OR A NOTICE OF  GUARANTEED  DELIVERY MUST BE RECEIVED BY THE EXCHANGE
AGENT ON OR PRIOR TO THE EXPIRATION DATE.



                           IMPORTANT TAX INFORMATION
     The Federal  income tax  discussion set forth below is included for general
information only. Each Holder is urged to consult a tax advisor to determine the
particular  tax  consequences  to it (including  the  application  and effect of
foreign,  state and local tax laws) of the  offer.  Certain  Holders  (including
insurance  companies,  tax exempt  organizations  and foreign tax payors) may be
subject to special rules not discussed  below.  The discussion does not consider
the effect of any applicable  foreign,  state and local tax laws.  Under Federal
income tax law, a Holder tendering Old Notes is required to provide the Exchange
Agent with such  Holder's  correct  TIN on  Substitute  Form W-9 below.  If such
Holder is an individual,  the TIN is the Holder's  social security  number.  The
Certificate  of Awaiting Tax  Identification  Number  should be completed if the
tendering  Holder  has not been  issued a TIN and has  applied  for a number  or
intends to apply for a number in the near future.  If the Exchange  Agent is not
provided  with the  correct  TIN,  the Holder  may be  subject to a $50  penalty
imposed by the Internal Revenue Service. In addition,  payments that are made to
such  Holder  with  respect  to  tendered  Old  Notes may be  subject  to backup
withholding.

     Certain Holders  (including,  among others,  all  corporations  and certain
foreign  individuals  and  foreign  entities)  are not  subject to these  backup
withholding and reporting  requirements.  A corporation,  however, must complete
the Substitute Form W-9,  including  providing its TIN and indicating that it is
exempt from backup withholding,  in order to establish its exemption from backup
withholding.  In  order  for a  foreign  individual  to  qualify  as  an  exempt
recipient,  that holder must submit to the Exchange  Agent a properly  completed
Internal Revenue Service Form W-8, signed under penalties of perjury,  attesting
to that  Holder's  exempt  status.  Such forms can be obtained from the Exchange
Agent.

     If backup withholding  applies,  the Exchange Agent is required to withhold
31% of any amounts otherwise payable to the Holder. Backup withholding is not an
additional  tax.  Rather,  the  tax  liability  of  persons  subject  to  backup
withholding  will be  reduced  by the  amount of tax  withheld.  If  withholding
results in an  overpayment  of taxes, a refund may be obtained from the Internal
Revenue Service.

PURPOSE OF SUBSTITUTE FORM W-9

     To prevent  backup  withholding  on payments that are made to a Holder with
respect to Old Notes tendered for exchange, the Holder is required to notify the
Exchange  Agent  of  his or  her  correct  TIN by  completing  the  form  herein
certifying that the TIN provided on Substitute Form W-9 is correct (or that such
Holder is awaiting a TIN) and that (i) such Holder has not been  notified by the
Internal  Revenue  Service that he or she is subject to backup  withholding as a
result of failure to report  all  interest  or  dividends  or (ii) the  Internal
Revenue  Service has notified such Holder that he or she is no longer subject to
backup withholding.

WHAT NUMBER TO GIVE THE EXCHANGE AGENT

     Each  Holder is  required to give the  Exchange  Agent the social  security
number or  employer  identification  number of the record  Holder(s)  of the Old
Notes.  If Old  Notes  are in more  than  one name or are not in the name of the
actual Holder,  consult the  instructions on Internal  Revenue Service Form W-9,
which may be obtained from the Exchange Agent, for additional  guidance on which
number to report.

CERTIFICATE OF AWAITING TAX IDENTIFICATION NUMBER

     If the  tendering  Holder has not been  issued a TIN and has  applied for a
number or  intends  to apply for a number in the near  future,  check the box in
Part 3 on  Substitute  Form W-9, sign and date the form and the  Certificate  of
Awaiting Taxpayer  Identification  Number and return them to the Exchange Agent.
If such certificate is completed and the Exchange Agent is not provided with the
TIN within 60 days,  the Exchange  Agent will  withhold 31% of all payments made
thereafter until a TIN is provided to the Exchange Agent.

<PAGE>

     THE FOREGOING  DISCUSSION OF CERTAIN FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSIDERATIONS DOES
NOT CONSIDER THE PARTICULAR FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES OF ANY HOLDER'S SITUATION OR
STATUS.  THE  SUMMARY  IS  BASED ON THE  PROVISIONS  OF THE  CODE,  REGULATIONS,
PROPOSED REGULATIONS, RULINGS AND JUDICIAL DECISIONS NOW IN EFFECT, ALL OF WHICH
ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE,  POSSIBLY ON A  RETROACTIVE  BASIS.  HOLDERS OF OLD NOTES
(INCLUDING  HOLDERS  OF OLD  NOTES WHO DO NOT  EXCHANGE  THEIR OLD NOTES FOR NEW
NOTES)  SHOULD   CONSULT  THEIR  OWN  TAX  ADVISORS  WITH  RESPECT  TO  THE  TAX
CONSEQUENCES TO THEM, INCLUDING THE TAX CONSEQUENCES UNDER STATE, LOCAL, FOREIGN
AND OTHER  LAWS,  OF THE  EXCHANGE  OF OLD NOTES FOR NEW NOTES.  FOR  ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION, SEE "CERTAIN FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES" IN THE PROSPECTUS.




                    PAYOR'S NAME: FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK
             THIS SUBSTITUTE FORM W-9 MUST BE COMPLETED AND SIGNED

     Please provide your social security number or other taxpayer identification
number on the following Substitute Form W-9 and certify therein that you are not
subject to backup withholding.



      PART        1 - PLEASE PROVIDE YOUR TIN IN THE BOX AT RIGHT AND SUBSTITUTE
                  CERTIFY BY SIGNING AND DATING BELOW.
                                --------------
                                    FORM W-9
                                 SOCIAL SECURITY
                           DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

      PART        2 - CHECK THE BOX IF YOU ARE NOT  SUBJECT  TO BACKUP  INTERNAL
                  REVENUE SERVICE NUMBER OR WITHHOLDING  UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF
                  SECTION  3406(a)(1)(C)  OF EMPLOYER THE INTERNAL  REVENUE CODE
                  BECAUSE (1) YOU HAVE NOT BEEN IDENTIFICATION NOTIFIED THAT YOU
                  ARE  SUBJECT  TO  BACKUP  WITHHOLDING  AS A NUMBER  RESULT  OF
                  FAILURE  TO  REPORT  ALL  INTEREST  OR  DIVIDENDS  OR (2)  THE
                  INTERNAL  REVENUE  SERVICE  HAS  NOTIFIED  YOU THAT YOU ARE NO
                  LONGER     SUBJECT    TO    BACKUP     WITHHOLDING.     [    ]
                  --------------------------------------------------------------


                  CERTIFICATION:  UNDER THE PENALTIES OF PERJURY, I CERTIFY THAT

       THE INFORMATION PROVIDED ON THIS FORM IS TRUE, CORRECT AND PART 3
                  COMPLETE.
                                AWAITING TIN [ ]
                          PAYER'S REQUEST FOR TAXPAYER
                  SIGNATURE: ------------------  DATED: -------
                          IDENTIFICATION NUMBER ("TIN")
NOTE: FAILURE  TO COMPLETE AND RETURN THIS FORM MAY RESULT IN BACKUP WITHHOLDING
       OF 31% OF ANY CASH PAYMENTS MADE TO YOU.

      YOU MUST COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING CERTIFICATE IF YOU CHECKED THE BOX IN PART
      3 OF SUBSTITUTE FORM W-9.






               CERTIFICATE OF AWAITING TAX IDENTIFICATION NUMBER


I CERTIFY UNDER PENALTIES OF PERJURY THAT A TAXPAYER  IDENTIFICATION  NUMBER HAS
NOT BEEN ISSUED TO ME, AND EITHER (A) I HAVE MAILED OR DELIVERED AN  APPLICATION
TO RECEIVE A TAXPAYER  IDENTIFICATION NUMBER TO THE APPROPRIATE INTERNAL REVENUE
SERVICE CENTER OR SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION OFFICE, OR (B) I INTEND TO MAIL
OR DELIVER AN  APPLICATION  IN THE NEAR FUTURE.  I  UNDERSTAND  THAT IF I DO NOT
PROVIDE A TAXPAYER  IDENTIFICATION  NUMBER WITHIN 60 DAYS, 31% OF ALL REPORTABLE
PAYMENTS MADE TO ME THEREAFTER WILL BE WITHHELD UNTIL I PROVIDE A NUMBER.


- -----------------------------------------------   ------------ , 1997
           SIGNATURE                                 DATE




                                                                  EXHIBIT 99.02



                       INTEGRATED HEALTH SERVICES, INC.

                         NOTICE OF GUARANTEED DELIVERY
                    (NOT TO BE USED FOR SIGNATURE GUARANTEE)



     As set forth in the Prospectus dated ------------ , 1997 (the "Prospectus")
in the section  entitled  "The  Exchange  Offer - Procedures  for  Tendering Old
Notes"  and  in  the   accompanying   Letter  of  Transmittal  (the  "Letter  of
Transmittal")  and  Instruction  2  thereto,  this  form  or  one  substantially
equivalent  hereto  must be used to accept the  Exchange  Offer if  certificates
representing  9 1/2% Senior  Subordinated  Notes due 2007 of  Integrated  Health
Services,  Inc. (the "Old Notes") are not immediately available or time will not
permit such holder's Old Notes or other required documents to reach the Exchange
Agent,  or  complete  the  procedures  for  book-entry  transfer,  prior  to the
Expiration Date (as defined in the Prospectus) of the Exchange Offer.  This form
may be delivered by hand or sent by overnight courier, facsimile transmission or
registered or certified  mail to the Exchange  Agent and must be received by the
Exchange Agent prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time on , 1997.



                         TO FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK
                             (THE "EXCHANGE AGENT")




<TABLE>
<S>                                            <C>
        BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL:
            First Union National Bank                BY OVERNIGHT MAIL OR HAND:
   First Union Customer Information Center           First Union National Bank
   Corporate Trust Operations NC1153           First Union Customer Information Center
   1525 West W.T. Harris Boulevard - 3C3         Corporate Trust Operations NC1153
   Charlotte, North Carolina 28288              1525 West W.T. Harris Boulevard - 3C3
   Attention: Mike Klotz                          Charlotte, North Carolina 28288
                Attention: Mike Klotz
                            BY FACSIMILE TRANSMISSION
                        (FOR ELIGIBLE INSTITUTIONS ONLY):
Confirm: (704) 590-7408
First Union National Bank
(704) 590-7628
Attention: Mike Klotz
</TABLE>


DELIVERY  OF  THIS  INSTRUMENT  TO  AN  ADDRESS OTHER THAN AS SET FORTH ABOVE OR
TRANSMISSION  VIA  FACSIMILE OTHER THAN AS SET FORTH ABOVE WILL NOT CONSTITUTE A
                                VALID DELIVERY.


     This form is not to be used to  guarantee  signatures.  If a signature on a
letter of transmittal is required to be guaranteed by an "Eligible  Institution"
under the  instructions  thereto,  such  signature  guarantee must appear in the
applicable space provided in the signature box on the Letter of Transmittal.



<PAGE>

donna ---
                                       -

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     The undersigned  hereby tender(s) to Integrated  Health Services,  Inc. the
principal amount of the Old Notes listed below, upon the terms of and subject to
the conditions set forth in the Prospectus and the related Letter of Transmittal
and the instructions  thereto (which together  constitute the "Exchange Offer"),
receipt of which is hereby  acknowledged,  pursuant to the  guaranteed  delivery
procedures set forth in the Prospectus, as follows:



<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                         AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL           PRINCIPAL AMOUNT
                          AMOUNT REPRESENTED     TENDERED (MUST BE IN INTEGRAL
  CERTIFICATE NOS.        BY CERTIFICATE(S)          MULTIPLES OF $1,000)
- ----------------------   ---------------------   ------------------------------
<S>                      <C>                     <C>

- ------------------       -----------------         -----------------

- ------------------       -----------------         -----------------

- ------------------       -----------------         -----------------

- ------------------       -----------------         -----------------
</TABLE>

     This Notice of Guaranteed  Delivery must be signed by the Holder(s) exactly
as their name(s) appear on certificates for Old Notes or on a security  position
listing  as the  owner  of Old  Notes,  or by  person(s)  authorized  to  become
Holder(s)  by  endorsements  and  documents  transmitted  with  this  Notice  of
Guaranteed Delivery.



  The  Book-Entry  Transfer  Facility  Account  Number (if the Old Notes will be
  tendered by book-entry transfer)


     --------------------------------------------


     --------------------------------------------
     Sign Here


     --------------------------------------------
     Account Number


     --------------------------------------------
     Principal Amount Tendered
     (must be in integral multiples of $1,000)


     --------------------------------------------
     Number and Street or P.O. Box



     --------------------------------------------
     City, State, Zip Code



     --------------------------------------------
     Signatures(s)



     Dated: -------------- , 1997


<PAGE>


                                   GUARANTEE
                   (NOT TO BE USED FOR SIGNATURE GUARANTEE)

  The undersigned, a member firm of a registered national securities exchange, a
  member  of  the  National  Association  of  Securities  Dealers,  Inc.,  or  a
  commercial  bank or trust company  having an office in the United  States,  or
  otherwise  an  "eligible  guarantor  institution"  within the  meaning of Rule
  17Ad-15  under the  Securities  Exchange Act of 1934,  as amended,  guarantees
  that,  within three (3) New York Stock Exchange  trading days from the date of
  this Notice of Guaranteed  Delivery, a properly completed and validly executed
  Letter  of  Transmittal  (or a  facsimile  thereof),  together  with Old Notes
  tendered hereby in proper form for transfer (or confirmation of the book-entry
  transfer of such Old Notes into the Exchange Agent's account at The Depository
  Trust Company pursuant to the procedures for book-entry  transfer set forth in
  the Prospectus under the caption "The Exchange  Offer-Procedures for Tendering
  Old  Notes")  and  all  other  required  documents  will be  deposited  by the
  undersigned with the Exchange Agent at its address set forth above.

  The Institution that completes this form must communicate the guarantee to the
  Exchange Agent and must deliver the Letter of Transmittal and Old Notes to the
  Exchange  Agent  within the time period shown  herein.  Failure to do so could
  result in a financial loss to the undersigned.



  ---------------------------------         ---------------------------------
             Name of Firm                           Authorized Signature

  ---------------------------------         ---------------------------------
             Address                                        Title

  ---------------------------------
          Zip Code

  ---------------------------------
       Area Code and Tel. No.             Name ---------------------------
                                                  Please Type or Print

                                
                                          Name ---------------------------

                                          Dated -------------------    , 1997



     NOTE: DO NOT SEND CERTIFICATES REPRESENTING OLD NOTES WITH THIS FORM.
         CERTIFICATES REPRESENTING OLD NOTES SHOULD BE SENT ONLY WITH
                            A LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL.



                                                                   EXHIBIT 99.03


                                  INSTRUCTIONS

                          TO REGISTERED HOLDER AND/OR
         BOOK-ENTRY TRANSFER FACILITY PARTICIPANT FROM BENEFICIAL OWNER
                                       OF

                        INTEGRATED HEALTH SERVICES, INC.
                    9 1/2% SENIOR SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2007


     To   Registered  Holder  and/or  Participant  of  the  Book-Entry  Transfer
Facility:

     The undersigned hereby acknowledges receipt of the Prospectus, dated , 1997
(the "Prospectus") of Integrated Health Services,  Inc., a Delaware  corporation
(the  "Company"),  and the  accompanying  Letter of Transmittal  (the "Letter of
Transmittal"),  that  together  constitute  the Company's  offer (the  "Exchange
Offer"). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the
meanings ascribed to them in the Prospectus.


     This will instruct you, the registered  holder and/or  book-entry  transfer
facility  participant,  as to action to be taken by you relating to the Exchange
Offer with  respect to the 9 1/2% Senior  Subordinated  Notes due 2007 (the "Old
Notes") held by you for the account of the undersigned. 

     The  aggregate  face amount of the Old Notes held by you for the account of
the undersigned is (fill in amount):


     $_______ of the 9 1/2% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2007


     With respect to the Exchange Offer,  the undersigned  hereby  instructs you
(CHECK APPROPRIATE BOX):

       [  ] TO TENDER the following Old Notes held by you for the account of the
          undersigned  (INSERT  PRINCIPAL  AMOUNT  OF  NOTES  TO BE TENDERED, IF
          ANY): $___________

       [ ] NOT TO  TENDER  any Old  Notes  held by you  for the  account  of the
   undersigned.

     If the  undersigned  instructs  you to tender the Old Notes held by you for
the account of the undersigned,  it is understood that you are authorized (a) to
make, on behalf of the undersigned (and the undersigned, by its signature below,
hereby makes to you), the representations and warranties contained in the Letter
of  Transmittal  that  are to be  made  with  respect  to the  undersigned  as a
beneficial owner,  including but not limited to the representations that (i) the
undersigned's  principal  residence is in the state of ________ (FILL IN STATE),
(ii) the  undersigned  is  acquiring  the New  Notes in the  ordinary  course of
business of the undersigned,  (iii) the undersigned is not  participating,  does
not  participate,  and has no  arrangement or  understanding  with any person to
participate  in  the  distribution  of  the  New  Notes,  (iv)  the  undersigned
acknowledges that any person participating in the Exchange Offer for the purpose
of distributing  the New Notes must comply with the  registration and prospectus
delivery requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities
Act"),  in  connection  with a  secondary  resale  transaction  of the New Notes
acquired  by such  person and cannot  rely on the  position  of the Staff of the
Securities  and  Exchange  Commission  set forth in  no-action  letters that are
discussed in the section of the  Prospectus  entitled "The Exchange Offer Resale
of New Notes," and (v) the undersigned is not an "affiliate," as defined in Rule
405 under the  Securities  Act, of the Company;  (b) to agree,  on behalf of the
undersigned,  as set forth in the  Letter of  Transmittal;  and (c) to take such
other action as necessary  under the  Prospectus or the Letter of Transmittal to
effect the valid tender of such Old Notes.

       [  ]  Check  this  box  if  the  Beneficial  Owner  of  the  Notes  is  a
          Participating   Broker-Dealer  and  such  Participating  Broker-Dealer
          acquired   the  Old  Notes  for  its  own   account  as  a  result  of
          market-making activities or other trading activities.



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