INTEGRATED HEALTH SERVICES INC
424B3, 1997-09-09
SKILLED NURSING CARE FACILITIES
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                                            PROSPECTUS  SUPPLEMENT  RELATING  TO
                                            REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 333-31121
                                            FILED  PURSUANT  TO  RULE  424(B)(3)




                                   PROSPECTUS

                                 999,406 Shares

                                      IHS

                        INTEGRATED HEALTH SERVICES, INC.

                                  COMMON STOCK

       This Prospectus relates to 999,406 shares (the "Shares") of Common Stock,
par value $0.001 per share  (together with the Preferred  Stock Purchase  Rights
associated therewith,  the "Common Stock"), of Integrated Health Services,  Inc.
("IHS" or the  "Company")  which are being  offered for sale by certain  selling
stockholders  (the  "Selling  Stockholders").  See "Selling  Stockholders."  The
Company's  Common Stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange  ("NYSE") under
the symbol "IHS." On July 23, 1997,  the closing  price of the Common Stock,  as
reported in the consolidated reporting system, was $33.50 per share.


       The Company will not receive any of the proceeds from sales of the Shares
by the Selling Stockholders.  The Shares may be offered from time to time by the
Selling  Stockholders (and their donees and pledgees) through ordinary brokerage
transactions,   in  negotiated  transactions  or  otherwise,  at  market  prices
prevailing  at  the  time  of  sale  or  at  negotiated  prices.  See  "Plan  of
Distribution."

       The Selling Stockholders may be deemed to be "Underwriters" as defined in
the  Securities  Act  of  1933,  as  amended  (the  "Securities  Act").  If  any
broker-dealers  are used to effect sales, any commissions paid to broker-dealers
and, if  broker-dealers  purchase any of the Shares as  principals,  any profits
received by such broker-dealers on the resale of the Shares, may be deemed to be
underwriting discounts or commissions under the Securities Act. In addition, any
profits  realized by the Selling  Stockholders  may be deemed to be underwriting
commissions. All costs, expenses and fees in connection with the registration of
the  Shares  will  be  borne  by the  Company.  Brokerage  commissions,  if any,
attributable to the sale of the Shares will be borne by the Selling Stockholders
(or their donees and pledgees).

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         SEE "RISK FACTORS", WHICH BEGINS ON PAGE 6 OF THIS PROSPECTUS,
   FOR CERTAIN INFORMATION THAT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED BY PROSPECTIVE INVESTORS.

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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.


                  The date of this Prospectus is July 24, 1997



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                              AVAILABLE INFORMATION

         The  Company  is  subject  to  the  informational  requirements  of the
Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934,  as amended  (the  "Exchange  Act"),  and, in
accordance therewith, files reports, proxy statements and other information with
the Securities and Exchange  Commission (the "Commission").  The reports,  proxy
statements and other information filed by the Company with the Commission can be
inspected and copied at the public  reference  facilities  of the  Commission at
Room  1024,  450  Fifth  Street,  N.W.,  Washington,  D.C.  20549,  and  at  the
Commission's Regional Offices at 7 World Trade Center, 13th Floor, New York, New
York 10048, and Citicorp Center, 500 West Madison Street,  Suite 1400,  Chicago,
Illinois  60661.  Copies of such  material also may be obtained by mail from the
Public Reference Section of the Commission,  Room 1024, 450 Fifth Street,  N.W.,
Washington,  D.C.  20549,  at  prescribed  rates.  In addition,  reports,  proxy
materials and other  information  concerning the Company may be inspected at the
offices of the NYSE, 20 Broad Street,  New York,  New York 10005.  Additionally,
the Commission maintains a Web site on the Internet that contains reports, proxy
and information statements and other information regarding registrants that file
electronically with the Commission and that is located at http://www.sec.gov.

         This Prospectus  constitutes a part of a Registration Statement on Form
S-3 (herein,  together  with all  amendments  and  exhibits,  referred to as the
"Registration  Statement")  filed by the Company with the  Commission  under the
Securities  Act. This  Prospectus  does not contain all of the  information  set
forth in the  Registration  Statement,  certain  parts of which are  omitted  in
accordance  with the  rules  and  regulations  of the  Commission.  For  further
information  with  respect to the Company  and the Common  Stock,  reference  is
hereby  made  to  the  Registration   Statement.   Statements  contained  herein
concerning the  provisions of any contract,  agreement or other document are not
necessarily complete, and in each instance reference is made to the copy of such
contract,  agreement or other document  filed as an exhibit to the  Registration
Statement  or  otherwise  filed  with the  Commission.  Each such  statement  is
qualified  in its  entirety  by  such  reference.  Copies  of  the  Registration
Statement  together  with  exhibits  may  be  inspected  at the  offices  of the
Commission as indicated  above without charge and copies thereof may be obtained
therefrom upon payment of a prescribed fee.

         Private  Securities  Litigation Reform Act Safe Harbor Statement.  This
Prospectus  (including the documents  incorporated by reference herein) contains
certain  forwardlooking  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  that
could cause actual results to differ materially from those  contemplated in such
forward-looking  statements,  including  those  discussed  under "Risk Factors."
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.

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                 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 incorporated by
reference in this Prospectus:

         (a) Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1996;

         (b) Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 1997;

         (c) 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;

         (d) 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  "Merger
     Agreement"),  as amended by Form 8-K/A filed April 11, 1997,  reporting the
     termination of the Merger Agreement;

         (e)  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 9 1/2% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2007;

         (f)  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 9
     1/2% Senior  Subordinated Notes due 2007 and (ii) the Company's  acceptance
     for payment of an aggregate of $114,975,000  principal amount of its 9 5/8%
     Senior   Subordinated  Notes  due  2002,  Series  A  and  an  aggregate  of
     $99,893,000  principal amount of its 10 3/4% Senior  Subordinated Notes due
     2004 pursuant to cash tender offers;

         (g)  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;

         (h) The  description of the Company's  Common Stock contained in Item 1
     of the  Company's  Registration  Statement  on Form 8-A dated  September 1,
     1993; and

         (i) The  description of the Company's  Preferred  Stock Purchase Rights
     contained  in Item 1 of the  Company's  Registration  Statement on Form 8-A
     dated September 28, 1995.

         All documents filed by the Company  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 filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all Shares offered
have been sold or which  deregisters  all Shares then remaining  unsold shall be
deemed to be  incorporated  by  reference  in this  Prospectus  and to be a part
hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained herein
or in a previously  filed document  incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by
reference  herein shall be deemed to be modified or  superseded  for purposes of
this Prospectus to the extent that a statement  contained herein or in any other
subsequently  filed document which also is or was deemed to be  incorporated  by
reference  herein modifies or supersedes such statement.  Any such statements 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  BY  REFERENCE  DOCUMENTS  WHICH ARE NOT
PRESENTED HEREIN OR DELIVERED  HEREWITH.  SUCH DOCUMENTS (OTHER THAN EXHIBITS TO
SUCH DOCUMENTS UNLESS SUCH EXHIBITS ARE SPECIFICALLY  INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE)
ARE AVAILABLE WITHOUT CHARGE TO ANY PERSON TO WHOM THIS PROSPECTUS IS DELIVERED,
UPON WRITTEN OR ORAL REQUEST.  REQUESTS FOR SUCH DOCUMENTS SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO
INTEGRATED  HEALTH  SERVICES,  INC.,  10065  RED RUN  BOULEVARD,  OWINGS  MILLS,
MARYLAND  21117,  ATTENTION:  MARC B. LEVIN,  EXECUTIVE VICE  PRESIDENT-INVESTOR
RELATIONS, TELEPHONE: (410) 998-8400.

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                                   THE COMPANY

         Integrated  Health  Services,  Inc.  is  one of  the  nation's  leading
providers of postacute 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 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  "preacute"  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  1,100  service  locations  in 41
states.

         The  Company's   post-acute   care  network   strategy  is  to  provide
cost-effective  continuity  of  care  for its  patients  in  multiple  settings,
including 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;  (iii)  developing  subacute  care
units;   and  (iv)  forming   strategic   alliances   with  health   maintenance
organizations,  hospital groups and physicians.  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.

         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.  IHS intends to use the home  healthcare
setting and the  delivery  franchise  of the 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 a referral base for IHS' other  services and  healthcare  capabilities;
and  (iii)  provide  a  cost-effective  site for  case  management  and  patient
direction.

         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.


                                       -4-

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         The Company presently operates 174 geriatric care facilities (118 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  traditional  basic nursing  services,  and  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.

         The  Company  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,  Integrated  Health  Services,  Inc.  and its
subsidiaries are referred to herein collectively as "IHS" or the "Company."

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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  purchasing  the shares of Common Stock  offered  hereby.  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 March 31, 1997, the
Company's total long-term debt, net of current  portion,  accounted for 65.3% of
its total capitalization  (66.7% on a pro forma basis after giving effect to the
issuance  of  $450  million  aggregate  principal  amount  of its 9 1/2%  Senior
Subordinated  Notes due 2007 and the use of  proceeds  therefrom  to  repurchase
approximately $214.9 million of its outstanding senior subordinated notes and to
repay  approximately  $191 million under its  revolving  credit  facility).  The
Company also has significant  lease  obligations  with respect to the facilities
operated pursuant to long-term  leases,  which aggregated  approximately  $224.0
million at March 31,  1997.  For the year ended  December 31, 1996 and the three
months  ended  March 31, 1996 and 1997,  the  Company's  rent  expense was $77.8
million  ($77.0  million  on a pro  forma  basis  after  giving  effect  to  the
acquisition of First American, the sale of IHS' pharmacy division and a majority
interest in its assisted living services division and certain other acquisitions
consummated  in  1996),  $17.7  million  and  $24.0  million,  respectively.  In
addition,  the Company 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.  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 stockholders,  including: (i)
the Company's 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 the Company's 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 the Company for its
operations; (iii) certain of the Company's borrowings bear, and will continue to
bear,  variable  rates of  interest,  which  expose the Company to  increases in
interest  rates;  and  (iv)  certain  of  the  Company's  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, the Company's leverage may also adversely affect the Company's ability
to respond to changing  business and economic  conditions or continue its growth
strategy. There can be no assurance that the Company's operating results will be
sufficient  for the  payment of the  Company's  indebtedness.  Both  Moody's and
Standard & Poors in May 1997  confirmed  their  ratings of IHS'  long-term  debt
obligations,  but with a negative  outlook.  Moody's  stated  that it retained a
negative  outlook  anticipating  that  IHS  will  continue  to be an  aggressive
acquirer  of  companies,  and that it would  view  negatively  any  increase  in
leverage.  Standard & Poors  stated that its  ratings  reflected  the  Company's
aggressive transition towards becoming a full service alternate-site  healthcare
provider  and its limited cash flow  relative to its heavy debt  burden.  If the
Company 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.  If additional
funds are raised by issuing equity  securities,  the Company's  stockholders may
experience   dilution.   Further,   such  equity  securities  may  have  rights,
preferences or privileges senior to those of the Common Stock. To the extent the
Company  finances its activities  with  additional  debt, the Company may become
subject to certain  additional  financial and other  covenants that may restrict
its ability to pursue its growth  strategy  and to pay  dividends  on the Common
Stock.  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 the Company. See "--Risks Related to Capital Requirements."

         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 

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various  risks  associated  with its  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 that
provide  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.  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,  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 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 the
Company to focus on obtaining  contracts with managed care  organizations and to
provide capitated services.  IHS believes that its home healthcare  capabilities
will  be an  important  component  of its  ability  to  provide  services  under
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alternate fee arrangements. However, to date 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 the Company  require  licensure as an insurance  company,
there  can be no  assurance  that the  Company  could  obtain  or  maintain  the
necessary  licensure,  or that the Company  would be able to meet any  financial
criteria  imposed  by a state.  If the  Company  was  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  subordinated
debt  securities  were issued limit the  Company's  ability to incur  additional
indebtedness  unless certain  financial  tests are met. See "--Risks  Related to
Substantial Indebtedness."

         Risks  Related  to  Recent  Acquisitions.  IHS has  recently  completed
several major  acquisitions,  including the First American  acquisition,  and is
still in the process of  integrating  those acquired  businesses.  The Company's
Board of Directors and senior  management face a significant  challenge in their
efforts to integrate the acquired  businesses,  including  First  American.  The
dedication of management  resources to such  integration  may detract  attention
from the  day-to-day  business of IHS. There can be no assurance that there will
not be substantial  costs associated with such activities or that there will not
be other material adverse effects of these integration efforts.  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.
On a pro forma basis,  after giving effect to the  acquisition of First American
(which derives substantially all its revenue from Medicare),  approximately 88%,
89% and 85% of IHS' home  healthcare  revenues were derived from Medi-

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care in the year ended  December  31, 1996 and the three  months ended March 31,
1996 and 1997,  respectively.  On a pro forma basis,  after giving effect to the
First American  acquisition,  home nursing services  accounted for approximately
97.6%, 97.3% and 92.9%, 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,  the Company  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. The inability of IHS to
realize operating efficiencies and 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
of Adverse Effect of Healthcare Reform."

         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  filing 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.

         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,  have  resulted in reduced  rates of  reimbursement  for services
provided  by IHS.  Aspects  of  certain  healthcare  reform  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.  See "--Risk of
Adverse Effect of Healthcare  Reform." During the years ended December 31, 1994,
1995 and 1996 and the three  months  ended March 31, 1996 and 1997,  the Company
derived approximately 56%, 55%, 60%, 57% and 67%,  respectively,  of its patient
revenues  from  Medicare and  Medicaid.  Substantially  all of First  American's
revenues are 

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derived from  Medicare.  On a pro forma basis after  giving  effect to the First
American  acquisition and the sale of a majority interest in its assisted living
division,  approximately 69%, 68%, 68% and 67% of the Company's patient revenues
would have been  derived  from  Medicare  and  Medicaid  during the years  ended
December  31, 1995 and 1996 and the three  months ended March 31, 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.

         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 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,
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.  Additionally,  the  May  1997  balanced  budget  agreement  between  the
President  and  Congress  contemplates  changing  Medicare  payments for skilled
nursing facilities and home nursing services from a cost-reimbursement system to
a prospective  payment  system.  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. See "--Risks Related to Recent
Acquisitions" and "--Reliance on Reimbursement by Third Party Payors." 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.  See  "--Uncertainty  of  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  

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existing  facilities,  construction of new  facilities,  acquisition of existing
facilities,   additions  of  new  services,  certain  capital  expenditures  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
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.

         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 strategy
of acquiring 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 the 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.

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         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
regulations.  Further changes in the regulatory  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 IHS' business, results of operations and financial condition.

         Effect  of  Certain  Anti-Takeover  Provisions.   IHS'  Third  Restated
Certificate  of  Incorporation  and  By-laws,  as well as the  Delaware  General
Corporation  Law (the "DGCL"),  contain  certain  provisions that could have the
effect of making it more difficult for a third party to acquire, or discouraging
a third party from attempting to acquire, control of IHS. These provisions could
limit the price that certain investors might be willing to pay in the future for
shares of Common Stock.  Certain of these provisions allow IHS to issue, without
stockholder  approval,  preferred  stock having voting rights senior to those of
the  Common  Stock.   Other  provisions  impose  various  procedural  and  other
requirements  that  could  make it more  difficult  for  stockholders  to effect
certain corporate actions. In addition, the IHS Stockholders' Rights Plan, which
provides  for  discount  purchase  rights to  certain  stockholders  of IHS upon
certain  acquisitions of 20% or more of the outstanding  shares of Common Stock,
may also inhibit a change in control of IHS. As a Delaware  corporation,  IHS is
subject to Section 203 of the DGCL,  which, in general,  prevents an "interested
stockholder"  (defined  generally  as  a  person  owning  15%  or  more  of  the
corporation's   outstanding   voting   stock)  from   engaging  in  a  "business
combination"  (as defined) for three years following the date such person became
an interested stockholder unless certain conditions are satisfied.

         Possible Volatility of Stock Price. There may be significant volatility
in the market price of the Common  Stock.  Quarterly  operating  results of IHS,
changes in general  conditions  in the  economy,  the

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financial markets or the healthcare  industry,  or other developments  affecting
IHS or its  competitors,  could  cause the market  price of the Common  Stock to
fluctuate  substantially.  In addition, in recent years the stock market and, in
particular,  the healthcare industry segment, has experienced  significant price
and volume  fluctuations.  This  volatility  has  affected  the market  price of
securities  issued by many  companies for reasons  unrelated to their  operating
performance. In the past, following periods of volatility in the market price of
a  company's  securities,  securities  class  action  litigation  has often been
initiated  against such company.  Such  litigation  could result in  substantial
costs and a diversion of management's attention and resources,  which could have
a material  adverse effect upon IHS' business,  operating  results and financial
condition.

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                                 USE OF PROCEEDS

         The Company will not receive any proceeds from the sale of Common Stock
by the Selling Stockholders.

                              SELLING STOCKHOLDERS

         The following  table sets forth certain  information as of July 1, 1997
(except as  otherwise  indicated)  and as  adjusted  to reflect  the sale of the
Common  Stock in the  offering,  as to the  security  ownership  of the  Selling
Stockholders.  Except as set forth below,  none of the Selling  Stockholders has
held any  position  or office or had any other  material  relationship  with the
Company or any of its predecessors or affiliates within the past three years.

                                                                     SHARES OF
                                         SHARES OF                     COMMON
                                       COMMON STOCK                    STOCK
                                       BENEFICIALLY                 BENEFICIALLY
                                        OWNED PRIOR      SHARES     OWNED AFTER
                                        TO OFFERING    BEING SOLD     OFFERING
DRIFTWOOD HEALTH CARE MANAGERS         -------------   ----------   ------------
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Driftwood Health Care Managers, Inc. (1)      3,000        3,000              0
                                                                              
SIGNATURE HOME CARE, INC. (2)
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Alvin R. Albe, Jr.                              234          234              0
Donald V. Barrett                               690          690              0
Peter E. Bennett                                548          548              0
Charles G. Berg                                 239          239              0
David Monte Blumberg                            847          847              0
Carmel Burke Bonesso                             10           10              0
Austin Broadhurst, Jr.                          156          156              0
Louis Church                                    580          580              0
Robert A. Day                                   626          626              0
James deVenny                                   783          783              0
Robert F. Doviak c/o                            313          313              0
  Dale L. McCullough, Special Master
Doviak Partners Ltd., Marla Reynolds, 
  Agent                                       1,409        1,409              0
Ian J. Dowie                                  1,566        1,566              0
Escrow Fund (3)                             166,251      166,251              0
Everen Clearing Corp. Cust.         
  FBO Terry Martin McGann IRA                   522          522              0
Everen Clearing Corp. Cust.   
  FBO Rhonda Rife McGann IRA                    261          261              0
FG-HS                                         3,915        3,915              0
Alan H. Fishman                                 391          391              0
Steven J. Gilbert                             6,500        6,500              0
Gary Gladstein                                  704          704              0
Clark Good                                       42           42              0
James E. Gordon                                 196          196              0
Ruth Ann Hardisty                                10           10              0
Steven D. Holzman                               234          234              0
Alex M. Jernigan                                391          391              0
Donna Kirk                                        9            9              0

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                                                                     SHARES OF
                                         SHARES OF                     COMMON
                                       COMMON STOCK                    STOCK
                                       BENEFICIALLY                 BENEFICIALLY
                                        OWNED PRIOR      SHARES     OWNED AFTER
                                        TO OFFERING    BEING SOLD     OFFERING
                                        -----------    ----------     --------

Michael Kluger                                  690          690              0
H. C. Kresge                                    861          861              0
Susan Kresge                                    113          113              0
Anthony J. LeVecchio                          1,384        1,384              0
Gary D. Markoff                                 234          234              0
Joseph Maturo                                    64           64              0
Joleen Moden                                     38           38              0
Cathy Nakashima                                   9            9              0
John H. Pinder                                  313          313              0
Steven B. Potter                                156          156              0
Robert D. Reed                                  783          783              0
Gerry M. Ritterman                              234          234              0
Samaritan Health System                       2,417        2,417              0
Barry A. Schwimmer                              234          234              0
Rick A. Short                                    48           48              0
Elliot Stein, Jr.                               234          234              0
Stern Family Partnership                         24           24              0
Mark Alexander Thompson                         313          313              0
Jerry L. Tomlinson                              115          115              0
Beatrice B. Trust, Marc I. Stern, Trustee       210          210              0
Stephen F. Wiggins                              239          239              0
Paul S. Wolansky                                234          234              0


MEDIQ MOBILE X-RAY SERVICES, INC. (4)
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MEDIQ Mobile X-Ray Services, Inc.           143,893      143,893              0

TOTAL REHAB SERVICES (5)
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Timothy H. Dacy                              18,271       18,271              0
Shari Kaplan                                  6,102        6,102              0
David S. Krause                              18,271       18,271              0
Bruce Paler                                   6,102        6,102              0
Ronald Paler                                  6,102        6,102              0
Total Rehab Services, LLC                     9,745        9,745              0
Total Rehab Services 02, LLC                  9,745        9,745              0


CAMBRIDGE (6)
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Bank  of  New  York,  Trustee  for
  Annuity  Trust under  Benefit Plan
  of Exxon Corp.  and  Participating
  Affiliates                                    285          285              0

LIFEWAY, INC. (7)
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Lifeway Partners LLC (8)                     75,936       75,936              0
Fred McCall-Perez                            19,679       19,679              0


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                                                                     SHARES OF
                                         SHARES OF                     COMMON
                                       COMMON STOCK                    STOCK
                                       BENEFICIALLY                 BENEFICIALLY
                                        OWNED PRIOR      SHARES     OWNED AFTER
                                        TO OFFERING    BEING SOLD     OFFERING
                                       -------------   ----------   ------------

RESTORATIVE THERAPY (9)
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Michael Favilla                              58,866       58,866              0
Beth Kessler                                117,732      117,732              0
David Nechas                                117,732      117,732              0
Synergy Two, Inc.                            37,049       37,049              0
ROBERT N. ELKINS (10)                     3,080,458      154,522      2,925,936
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(1)  The shares sold  hereunder  represent  shares  issuable  upon exercise of a
     Warrant to Purchase Shares of Common Stock issued to Driftwood  Health Care
     Managers,  Inc.  ("Driftwood")  on July  1,  1992 in  connection  with  the
     Company's lease of a skilled nursing home facility owned by Driftwood.

(2)  Shares are being sold  hereunder  by the former  stockholders  of Signature
     Home Care, Inc.  ("Signature").  The shares sold hereunder represent shares
     received  in  exchange  for the shares of  Signature  pursuant to the Stock
     Purchase  Agreement  dated as of August 23, 1996.  Pursuant to the terms of
     such  agreement,  additional  shares  of  Common  Stock  may be issued as a
     purchase price  adjustment  based on an audit of  Signature's  closing date
     balance sheet.

(3)  Represents shares held in escrow to secure any purchase price adjustment in
     favor of the Company,  any breach of the  representations,  warranties  and
     covenants of Signature  and the  indemnification  obligations  of Signature
     under the Stock Purchase Agreement.

(4)  The shares sold  hereunder  represent  shares  received in exchange for the
     assets of MEDIQ Mobile X-Ray Services, Inc., pursuant to the Asset Purchase
     Agreement  dated as of  November  6,  1996.  These  shares  are  pledged as
     collateral pursuant to a Credit Agreement dated as of October 1, 1996 among
     MEDIQ/PRN Life Support Services,  Inc. as borrower,  MEDIQ Incorporated and
     PRN Holdings, Inc. as parent guarantors, the initial lenders named therein,
     Banque  Nationale de Paris,  as  Administrative  Agent and initial  issuing
     bank, and NationsBank, N.A., as Documentation Agent.

(5)  The shares sold  hereunder  represent  shares  received in exchange for the
     assets of Total  Rehab  Services,  LLC and Total  Rehab  Services  02,  LLC
     pursuant to the Asset Purchase  Agreement  dated as of October 23, 1996. Of
     the shares of Common Stock being registered hereunder, 25,653 are currently
     held in escrow to secure  indemnification  obligations  and purchase  price
     adjustments  pursuant  to the  Asset  Purchase  Agreement.  Purchase  price
     adjustments may be made based on a review of the closing date balance sheet
     of the sellers or on the inability of the Company to enter into a specified
     management  agreement within thirty days of the closing (or the termination
     of such  agreement),  all on the  terms  set  forth in the  Asset  Purchase
     Agreement.

(6)  Represents shares issuable upon exercise of stock options.

(7)  The shares sold  hereunder  represent  shares  received in exchange for the
     stock  of  Lifeway,   Inc.,   pursuant  to  the   Agreement   and  Plan  of
     Reorganization dated as of November 8, 1996.

(8)  Dr. Robert N. Elkins, the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of IHS, owns
     99% of Lifeway  Partners  LLC, and his wife owns the remaining 1%. Does not
     include shares beneficially owned by Dr. Elkins. See Note 10.

(9)  The shares sold  hereunder  represent  shares  received in exchange for the
     assets of Rehab Dynamics,  Inc. and Restorative Therapy Limited pursuant to
     the Asset  Purchase  Agreement  dated as of May 20,  1997.  294,330 of such
     shares were  originally  issued to Restorative  Therapy  Limited (which has
     since  changed its name to Synergy Two,  Inc.) and have  subsequently  been
     distributed to its shareholders and one employee, each of whom is a selling
     stockholder   hereunder  and  is  currently  employed  by  a  wholly  owned
     subsidiary  of the Company.  8,907 of the shares held by Synergy Two,  Inc.
     and registered  hereunder are currently in escrow to secure  purchase price
     adjustments.  Purchase price adjustments may be made based upon a review of
     the working  capital and  long-term  liabilities  relating to the purchased
     assets as of the  closing  date and based  upon  earnings  relating  to the
     purchased  assets in the year  following the closing,  all on the terms set
     forth in the Asset Purchase Agreement.    

(10) The  shares  beneficially  owned by Dr.  Elkins  include  2,850,000  shares
     issuable  upon  exercise  of  options  and 75,936  shares  owned by Lifeway
     Partners LLC, a Selling Stockholder hereunder. See Note 8 above. The shares
     sold hereunder represent shares acquired by Dr. Elkins in the open market.

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TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING SELLING STOCKHOLDERS

         On July 1,  1992,  the  Company  entered  into a Lease  Agreement  with
Driftwood  Health  Care  Managers,  Inc.  ("Driftwood"),  pursuant  to which the
Company  agreed to lease a 160-bed  skilled  nursing  home  facility  located in
Charleston,  South  Carolina  from  Driftwood.  The lease  runs for a term of 10
years, with two additional  five-year renewal periods. In addition,  the Company
acquired an option to purchase the facility from  Driftwood.  In connection with
the execution of the lease,  the Company issued a Warrant to Purchase  Shares of
Common Stock to  Driftwood.  The 3,000 shares of common stock  issuable upon the
exercise of such warrant are being offered hereby.

         On September  25,  1996,  the Company  acquired all of the  outstanding
stock of Signature Home Care, Inc., a Delaware  corporation  which provides home
nursing  services,  infusion  services,  respiratory  therapy  and home  medical
equipment  in  Arizona,  Florida,  Kansas,  New  Jersey  and  Texas  as  well as
management  services  to home  health  providers.  The  purchase  price was $9.2
million,  including  $4.7 million paid through the issuance of 196,374 shares of
the Company's Common Stock (the "Signature Shares").
The Signature Shares are being offered hereby.


         On November 6, 1996, the Company acquired substantially all the assets,
and assumed certain liabilities, of MEDIQ Mobile X-Ray Services, Inc. ("Mediq"),
which provides  portable  X-ray,  EKG and  nutritional  services to residents of
nursing  homes  and other  institutions  and home care  patients  and  ancillary
services  related thereto.  The purchase price was $10.1 million,  of which $5.2
million was paid through the issuance of 143,893 shares of the Company's  Common
Stock (the "Mediq Shares"). The Company is required to make a contingent payment
of up to $2.0 million through  February 2000 unless,  prior to February 1, 2000,
there is an  alteration,  modification  or other  change  in the  amount  of EKG
transportation  reimbursement paid to IHS which has the effect of eliminating or
reducing the reimbursement amount for such services.  The Mediq Shares are being
offered hereby.

         On November 8, 1996, the Company acquired  substantially all the assets
of Total Rehab  Services,  LLC and Total Rehab  Services 02, LLC, which provides
respiratory services and contract rehabilitation services,  including speech and
language  pathology,  occupational  therapy and physical  therapy  services,  in
Illinois  and New York.  The purchase  price was $8.0  million,  including  $2.7
million paid through the issuance of 74,338 shares of the Company's Common Stock
(the "Total Rehab Shares"). The Total Rehab Shares are being offered hereby.


         On  November  13,  1996,  the Company  acquired  the  remaining  90% of
Lifeway, Inc. ("Lifeway"), a physician management and disease management company
in Miami,  Florida. The purchase price was $900,000,  which was paid through the
issuance  of 38,502  shares of the  Company's  Common  Stock  (the  "Acquisition
Shares").  In  connection  with the  Lifeway  acquisition,  the  Company  repaid
outstanding loans to Lifeway from Dr. Robert N. Elkins,  the Company's  Chairman
and Chief  Executive  Officer,  aggregating  $1,125,000  through the issuance of
48,129  shares of the  Company's  Common Stock (the "Loan  Shares"),  and issued
8,984 shares of Common Stock in partial  payment of a bonus to Mr.  McCall-Perez
(the "Bonus  Shares"  and,  together  with the  Acquisition  Shares and the Loan
Shares,  the  "Lifeway  Shares").  Prior to the  acquisition,  IHS  owned 10% of
Lifeway,  which interest it acquired in August 1995, and Dr. Elkins beneficially
owned approximately 65% of Lifeway. The Lifeway Shares are being offered hereby.

         On June 20, 1997, the Company  acquired  substantially  all the assets,
and assumed certain liabilities, of Rehab Dynamics, Inc. and Restorative Therapy
Limited (which has since changed its name to Synergy Two,  Inc.),  which provide
contract  rehabilitation  services,  including  speech and  language  pathology,
occupational therapy and physical therapy services,  to patients in a variety of
settings.  The purchase price was $31.4 million,  of which $8.4 million was paid
in cash at the closing,  $11.8  million was paid through the issuance of 331,379
shares of the Company's Common Stock (the "Restorative  Therapy Shares") and the
remainder is to be paid after determination of any purchase price adjustment due
to earnings  relating to the purchased assets in the year following the closing.
The Restorative Therapy Shares are being offered hereby.

         Dr.  Robert N.  Elkins,  the  Company's  Chairman  and Chief  Executive
Officer,  acquired  148,465 shares of Common Stock in open market  purchases and
6,057 shares of Common  Stock as a gift from his spouse.  These shares of Common
Stock are being offered hereby.



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                              PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

         The  Company  is  registering  the  Shares  on  behalf  of the  Selling
Stockholders.  All costs,  expenses and fees in connection with the registration
of  the  Shares  offered  hereby  will  be  borne  by  the  Company.   Brokerage
commissions,  if any,  attributable  to the sale of Shares  will be borne by the
Selling Stockholders (or their donees and pledgees).

         Sales of  Shares  may be  effected  from  time to time in  transactions
(which  may  include  block  transactions)  on the New York Stock  Exchange,  in
negotiated  transactions,  or a  combination  of such methods of sale,  at fixed
prices which may be changed, at market prices prevailing at the time of sale, or
at negotiated  prices.  The Selling  Stockholders  have advised the Company that
they have not entered into any agreements,  understandings  or arrangements with
any underwriters or broker-dealers  regarding the sale of their securities.  The
Selling  Stockholders  may effect  such  transactions  by selling  Common  Stock
directly to purchasers or to or through  broker-dealers  which may act as agents
or  principals.  Such  broker-dealers  may receive  compensation  in the form of
discounts,  concessions or commissions from the Selling  Stockholder  and/or the
purchasers of Common Stock for whom such  broker-dealers may act as agents or to
whom they sell as  principal,  or both (which  compensation  as to a  particular
broker-dealer  might  be  in  excess  of  customary  commissions).  The  Selling
Stockholders and any broker-dealers  that act in connection with the sale of the
Common Stock might be deemed to be "underwriters"  within the meaning of Section
2(11) of the Securities  Act and any commission  received by them and any profit
on the resale of the shares of Common Stock as  principal  might be deemed to be
underwriting  discounts and  commissions  under the Securities  Act. The Selling
Stockholders  may agree to indemnify  any agent,  dealer or  broker-dealer  that
participates  in  transactions  involving  sales of the shares  against  certain
liabilities, including liabilities arising under the Securities Act. Liabilities
under the federal securities laws cannot be waived.

   
         The  Signature  Group has agreed not to sell in excess of 75,000 shares
of Common Stock during any thirty day period and to effect sales solely  through
Smith Barney Inc., Cowen & Co. or PaineWebber Incorporated. Mediq has agreed not
to sell in excess of  100,000  shares of Common  Stock  during  any  thirty  day
period,  until such time as at least 100,000 of the Mediq Shares have been sold,
and to effect sales solely  through  Smith Barney Inc. The Total Rehab Group has
agreed not to sell in excess of 50,000  shares of Common Stock during any thirty
day period and to effect  sales  solely  through  Smith  Barney Inc. The Lifeway
Group has agreed to effect sales  solely  through  Smith  Barney Inc.,  and Fred
McCall-Perez  has agreed not to transfer any of the Lifeway  Shares  received by
him for a  period  of one  year  following  the  issuance  of such  shares.  The
Restorative  Therapy Group has agreed not to sell in excess of 100,000 shares of
Common Stock  during any thirty day period and to effect  sales  solely  through
Smith Barney Inc.    

         Because the  Selling  Stockholders  may be deemed to be  "underwriters"
within  the  meaning  of  Section  2(11)  of the  Securities  Act,  the  Selling
Stockholders  will be  subject to  prospectus  delivery  requirements  under the
Securities Act.  Furthermore,  in the event of a  "distribution"  of the Shares,
such  Selling  Stockholder,  any  selling  broker or dealer and any  "affiliated
purchasers" may be subject to Regulation M under the Securities  Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, which Regulation would prohibit, with certain exceptions,  any
such person from bidding for or purchasing  any security which is the subject of
such distribution until his participation in that distribution is completed.  In
addition,   Regulation  M  under  the  Exchange  Act  prohibits,   with  certain
exceptions,  any "stabilizing bid" or "stabilizing  purchase" for the purpose of
pegging, fixing or stabilizing the price of Common Stock in connection with this
offering.

         The Selling  Stockholders may be entitled under agreements entered into
with the Company to  indemnification  against  liabilities  under the Securities
Act.

                                  LEGAL MATTERS

         Certain  legal matters with respect to the validity of the Common Stock
offered  hereby have been  passed  upon for the  Company by Marshall A.  Elkins,
Executive Vice President and General  Counsel of the Company.  Mr. Elkins is the
brother  of Robert N.  Elkins,  the  Company's  Chairman  of the Board and Chief
Executive  Officer.  Mr.  Marshall Elkins owns 17,299 shares of Common Stock and
options to purchase 161,535 shares of Common Stock.

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                                     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  incorporated  by
reference in the Registration Statement 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 refers to changes in  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
the Registration Statement from IHS' Current Report on Form 8-K/A (dated October
17, 1996 and filed with the  Commission on November 26, 1996),  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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         NO PERSON IS  AUTHORIZED  IN                                         
CONNECTION  WITH  ANY  OFFERING  MADE                                         
HEREBY TO GIVE ANY  INFORMATION OR TO                                         
MAKE ANY REPRESENTATION NOT CONTAINED                                         
IN THIS PROSPECTUS,  AND, IF GIVEN OR                                         
MADE,     SUCH     INFORMATION     OR                    999,406              
REPRESENTATION  MUST  NOT  BE  RELIED                    Shares               
UPON AS HAVING BEEN AUTHORIZED BY THE                                         
COMPANY.  THIS  PROSPECTUS  DOES  NOT                                         
CONSTITUTE  AN  OFFER  TO  SELL  OR A                                         
SOLICITATION  OF AN  OFFER TO BUY ANY                                         
SECURITY  OTHER THAN THE COMMON STOCK                                         
OFFERED    HEREBY,    NOR   DOES   IT                                         
CONSTITUTE  AN  OFFER  TO  SELL  OR A              INTEGRATED HEALTH          
SOLICITATION  OF AN  OFFER TO BUY ANY                SERVICES, INC.           
OF THE  SECURITIES  OFFERED HEREBY TO                                         
ANY  PERSON  IN ANY  JURISDICTION  IN                                         
WHICH IT IS  UNLAWFUL TO MAKE SUCH AN                                         
OFFER OR  SOLICITATION.  NEITHER  THE                                         
DELIVERY OF THIS PROSPEC- TUS NOR ANY                                         
SALE MADE  HEREUNDER  SHALL UNDER ANY                                         
CIRCUMSTANCES  CREATE ANY IMPLICATION                 Common Stock            
THAT THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN                                         
IS CORRECT AS OF ANY DATE  SUBSEQUENT                                         
TO THE DATE HEREOF.                                                           
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
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  Documents by Reference .......... 3                                         
The Company ....................... 4                                         
Risk Factors....................... 6                                         
Use of Proceeds................... 14                                         
Selling Stockholders...............14                July 24, 1997            
Plan of Distribution...............18                                         
Legal Matters .....................18                                         
Experts............................19                                         

                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
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