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                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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                                   FORM 10-K
(Mark One)
[X]              ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                        SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
                  FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1998

                                      OR

[ ]           TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                        SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
                 For the Transition Period from ____ to ____
                         Commission File Number 1-12306

                       INTEGRATED HEALTH SERVICES, INC.
            (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

                      DELAWARE                              23-2428312
           (State or other jurisdiction of               (I.R.S. employer
                incorporation or organization)         identification no.)

                 10065 RED RUN BLVD.
               OWINGS MILLS, MARYLAND                         21117
          (Address of principal executive offices)         (Zip code)


       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: 410-998-8400

          Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

                                                Name of each exchange
            Title of each class                 on which registered:
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          Common Stock, par value
              $.001 per share                  New York Stock Exchange

        10 1/4% Senior Subordinated
              Notes due 2006                   New York Stock Exchange

        9 1/2% Senior Subordinated
              Notes due 2007                   New York Stock Exchange

        9 1/4% Senior Subordinated
              Notes due 2008                   New York Stock Exchange

         5 3/4% Convertible Senior
        Subordinated Debentures due 2001       New York Stock Exchange


          Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
                                     None

     Indicate  by check mark  whether the  Registrant  (1) has filed all reports
required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of
1934  during  the  preceding  12 months  (or for such  shorter  period  that the
Registrant was required to file such reports),  and (2) has been subject to such
filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes [X] No [ ]

     Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent  filers pursuant to Item
405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the
best of Registrant's  knowledge,  in definitive proxy or information  statements
incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this
Form 10-K [ ].

     Aggregate   market  value  of  the   Registrant's   Common  Stock  held  by
non-affiliates  at March 22,  1999  (based on the  closing  sale  price for such
shares as reported by the New York Stock Exchange): $345,275,857.50

       Common Stock outstanding as of March 22, 1999: 52,613,464 shares.

                      Documents Incorporated by Reference:

     Portions  of  the  Registrant's  definitive  proxy  statement  for its 1999
Annual Meeting of  Stockholders  are  incorporated by reference into Part III of
this report.
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                                    PART I

ITEM 1. BUSINESS

GENERAL OVERVIEW

     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 and products  include (i)
inpatient  services,  including  subacute care,  skilled nursing  facility care,
contract  rehabilitation  and  hospice  services,  (ii) home  respiratory  care,
infusion and durable  medical  equipment,  (iii)  lithotripsy  services and (iv)
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.  IHS'
post-acute healthcare system is intended to provide cost-effective continuity of
care for its patients and enable payors to contract with one provider to provide
all of a patient's  needs following  discharge from acute care  hospitals.  IHS'
post-acute care network currently consists of over 1,700 service locations in 47
states and the District of Columbia.

     The Company's post-acute care network strategy is to provide cost-effective
continuity  of  care  for its  patients,  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  To
implement  its  post-acute  care  network  strategy,  IHS  has  focused  on  (i)
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; (ii)
expanding  the range of  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;
and (iii) developing subacute care units.

     IHS presently  operates 370 geriatric care  facilities (285 owned or leased
and 85 managed) and 17 specialty hospitals. The Company provides a wide range of
basic  medical and subacute care  services as well as a  comprehensive  array of
respiratory,  physical,  speech,  occupational and physiatric therapy in all its
geriatric  care  facilities.  The Company has over 10,000  contracts  to provide
services, primarily physical, occupational, speech and respiratory therapies, to
skilled nursing facilities,  subacute care centers,  assisted living facilities,
hospitals and other  locations.  IHS also provides  mobile  diagnostics  such as
portable  x-ray and EKG to  patients  in  geriatric  care  facilities  and other
settings,  lithotripsy  services on an outpatient  basis, as well as diversified
home respiratory care, home infusion therapy and other pharmacy-related services
and products and durable  medical  equipment  products  from  approximately  800
primarily non-urban locations in 44 states and the District of Columbia.

     In implementing its post-acute care network strategy,  IHS focused in 1996,
1997 and 1998 on expanding its services provided to take advantage of healthcare
payors'  increasing  focus on  having  healthcare  provided  in the  lowest-cost
setting   possible  and  recent  advances  in  medical   technology  which  have
facilitated the delivery of medical  services in alternative  sites.  Consistent
with the  Company's  strategy,  IHS in  October  1997  acquired  RoTech  Medical
Corporation  ("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 (the "RoTech Acquisition").
In October 1997,  IHS also acquired (the "Coram  Lithotripsy  Acquisition")  the
lithotripsy  division (the "Coram  Lithotripsy  Division")  of Coram  Healthcare
Corporation  ("Coram"),   which  provided  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. Following these acquisitions,  the Company continued
to  acquire  smaller  companies  providing  home  respiratory  care  and  mobile
diagnostic  services.  The Company is currently  exploring  the sale of its home
respiratory, infusion and durable medical equipment business.

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     IHS has also continued to expand its post-acute  care network by increasing
the number of facilities it operates or manages. In September 1997, IHS acquired
Community Care of America,  Inc.  ("CCA"),  which developed and operated skilled
nursing  facilities  in  medically   underserved  rural  communities  (the  "CCA
Acquisition").  CCA broadened IHS' post-acute care network to include more rural
markets,  which IHS believed would complement RoTech's business,  which has also
focused on non-urban locations. In addition, in December 1997, IHS acquired from
HEALTHSOUTH  Corporation  ("HEALTHSOUTH") 139 owned, leased or managed long-term
care facilities (13 of which were subsequently sold) and 12 specialty hospitals,
as well as a  contract  therapy  business  having  over 1,000  contracts  and an
institutional pharmacy business serving approximately 38,000 beds (the "Facility
Acquisition").

     In 1996 and 1997 the company also focused on providing  home health nursing
in order to meet patients'  desires to be treated at home.  Consistent with this
strategy,  IHS 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.  Following the  acquisition  the company
continued to acquire smaller  companies  providing home health nursing services.
Prior to  implementation  of an interim  payment system for home health nursing,
IHS intended 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  respiratory  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.

     However,  the delay in the  implementation of a prospective  payment system
("PPS") for  Medicare  home health  nursing  until after  October 1, 2000 at the
earliest and a reduction in current cost  reimbursement for Medicare home health
nursing pending  implementation of a prospective  payment system mandated in the
Balanced Budget Act of 1997 ("BBA"),  enacted in August 1997, adversely impacted
the Company's financial performance.  Accordingly,  in the third quarter of 1998
the  Company  determined  to exit the home  health  nursing  business,  and sold
substantially all of this business in the first quarter of 1999.

     In 1999, the Company  intends to focus  primarily on ensuring that its core
business is operating  efficiently  and  profitably  under PPS. The Company also
intends to take  advantage  of  attractive  acquisition  opportunities  which it
believes  will  occur  as  smaller   companies  have   difficulty  in  operating
successfully under PPS.

INDUSTRY BACKGROUND

     The healthcare  industry has undergone several significant changes over the
past 15 years,  primarily in response to governmental  and private payor efforts
to control the cost of providing healthcare services.

     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
of  payment  system  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

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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. As a result of the early discharge from hospitals of patients who are
not fully recovered and still require medical care and  rehabilitative  therapy,
IHS 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.

     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 resulted
in  a  trend  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.

     The BBA,  enacted in August 1997, made numerous changes to the Medicare and
Medicaid  programs  that are  significantly  affecting  the delivery of subacute
care,  skilled  nursing  facility  care and home  healthcare.  With  respect  to
Medicare, the BBA provides, among other things, for a prospective payment system
for skilled  nursing  facilities to be implemented  for cost  reporting  periods
beginning  on or after  July 1,  1998,  a  prospective  payment  system for home
nursing to be  implemented  for cost  reporting  periods  beginning  on or after
October 1, 1999  (subsequently  extended  to October 1, 2000),  a  reduction  in
current cost  reimbursement  for home nursing care pending  implementation  of a
prospective  payment system,  reductions in reimbursement  for oxygen and oxygen
equipment  for home  respiratory  therapy and a shift of the bulk of home health
coverage from Part A to Part B of Medicare. As a result, like hospitals, skilled
nursing  facilities and providers of subacute care and home  healthcare now bear
the cost risk of providing care inasmuch as they receive specified reimbursement
for each treatment regardless of actual cost. With respect to Medicaid,  the BBA
repealed the so-called Boren Amendment,  which required state Medicaid  programs
to reimburse  nursing  facilities for the costs that are incurred by efficiently
and  economically  operated  providers  in  order  to meet  quality  and  safety
standards. As a result, states now have considerable flexibility in establishing
payment  rates  and the  Company  believes  many  states  are  moving  toward  a
prospective payment type system for skilled nursing facilities.

COMPANY STRATEGY

     The Company's post-acute care network strategy is to provide cost-effective
continuity  of  care  for its  patients,  using  geriatric  care  facilities  as
platforms  to provide a wide  variety of subacute  medical  and  rehabilitative,
lithotripsy,  diagnostic,  respiratory  and  infusion  services  more  typically
delivered in the acute care hospital  setting.  IHS believes that the success of
its post-acute care network 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 the Company's
business strategy are:

     Offer Broad Range of Post-acute Care Services.  IHS offers a broad range of
inpatient,  diagnostic,  lithotripsy and home respiratory,  infusion and durable
medical  equipment  services to its patients directly in order to serve the full
spectrum of patient needs following acute hospitalization. In addition to

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subacute care, the Company is now able to offer directly to its patients, rather
than through  third-party  providers,  home  respiratory  care,  other  homecare
services,  rehabilitation  (physical,  occupational  and speech),  hospice care,
lithotripsy services 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.  IHS also  believes  that  offering  a broad  range of
services will allow it to better  control  certain  costs,  which is critical in
operating  successfully  under Medicare's new prospective  payment system and in
dealing with other third-party payors.

     Provide Subacute Care. The Company's strategy is designed to take advantage
of the need for early  discharge of many patients  from acute care  hospitals by
providing the  monitoring and  specialized  care still required by these persons
after discharge from 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. IHS offers specialized
subacute  care  programs at its  facilities,  including  complex care  programs,
ventilator programs,  wound management programs and cardiac care programs; other
programs  offered include  subacute  rehabilitation,  oncology and HIV. IHS also
emphasizes  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 inpatient facilities be a lower
cost alternative to acute care or rehabilitation  hospitalization of subacute or
medically complex patients.

     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.  IHS 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 1,700 service locations in 47 states and the District of Columbia,
including 370 geriatric care  facilities in 35 states (85 of which IHS manages),
with 45 service  locations,  including 10 geriatric  care  facilities  (eight of
which IHS manages), in California, 44 service locations,  including 12 geriatric
care facilities (one of which IHS manages), in Colorado,  127 service locations,
including 44 geriatric care facilities (16 of which IHS manages), in Florida, 38
service locations, including 10 geriatric care facilities, in Kansas, 51 service
locations,  including 19 geriatric care facilities (two of which IHS manages) in
Louisiana,  21 service  locations,  including 16 geriatric  care  facilities  in
Nebraska,  36 service locations,  including 14 geriatric care facilities (one of
which IHS manages), in Nevada, 67 service locations, including 27 geriatric care
facilities  (one of which IHS  manages),  in New Mexico,  84 service  locations,
including 35 geriatric care  facilities (17 of which IHS manages),  in Ohio, 101
service  locations,  including 15 geriatric care  facilities  (five of which IHS
manages),  in Pennsylvania,  and 266 service  locations,  including 53 geriatric
care facilities (17 of which IHS manages), in Texas.

     Expansion  Through  Acquisition.  IHS has grown  substantially  through the
acquisition of geriatric  care  facilities and related  service  providers,  and
expects to continue to expand its  business by  acquiring  additional  geriatric
care facilities in which to provide subacute care and  rehabilitation  services,
by expanding the services it offers directly to its patients rather than through
third-party  providers  and by expanding  the subacute  care and  rehabilitation
services in its  existing  geriatric  care  facilities.  From January 1, 1991 to
date,  IHS has  increased  the number of geriatric  care  facilities  it owns or
leases from 25 to 285 and has increased the number of facilities it manages from
18 to 85. In addition, the Company now offers certain related services,  such as
home  respiratory,  infusion  and  durable  medical  equipment,  rehabilitation,
lithotripsy,  x-ray and electrocardiogram,  directly to its patients rather than
relying on third-party  providers.  Although  expansion through  acquisitions is
part of the Company's  long-term  strategy,  during 1999 the  Company's  primary
focus will be making sure its existing operations are operating  efficiently and
profitably  under  PPS  before  once  again  focusing  on  acquiring  additional
facilities  and  service  companies.  See "--  Cautionary  Statements  --  Risks
Associated with Growth Through Acquisitions and Internal Development."

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INPATIENT SERVICES

     Inpatient  services is the largest  source of revenue for the Company.  IHS
operates 370 geriatric care  facilities (285 owned or leased and 85 managed) and
17  specialty  hospitals.  Inpatient  services  also  include  a wide  array  of
rehabilitative therapies.

     IHS 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.

     IHS offers specialized subacute care programs at its facilities,  including
complex  care  programs,  ventilator  programs,  wound  management  programs and
cardiac care programs;  other programs offered include subacute  rehabilitation,
oncology  and HIV.  IHS  initially  focused on the  provision  of subacute  care
through  Medical  Specialty  Units  ("MSUs"),  which were typically 20 to 75 bed
specialty units with physical  identities,  specialized  medical  technology and
staffs  separate from the geriatric care  facilities in which they were located.
Because of the high level of  specialized  care  provided,  the  Company's  MSUs
generated  substantially higher net revenue and operating profit per patient day
than traditional geriatric care facilities.  While IHS continues to focus on the
provision of subacute  care,  it is no longer  focusing on  providing  such care
through its MSUs.

     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.

     Rehabilitation

     IHS provides a comprehensive array of rehabilitative  services for patients
at all of its  geriatric  care  facilities  in order to enable those  persons to
return home. These services include respiratory therapy

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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.  Rehabilitation  services  are  instrumental  in lowering  the
overall cost of care by reducing the length of a patient's  stay and improving a
patient's  quality of life. A portion of the  rehabilitative  service  hours are
provided  by  independent  contractors.   In  order  to  reduce  the  number  of
rehabilitative services hours provided by independent contractors,  IHS 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.

     The  Company  also  offers  rehabilitation   services  to  skilled  nursing
facilities  not  operated  or managed by the  Company as well as  subacute  care
centers,  assisted living  facilities and other locations.  IHS believes that by
offering a comprehensive array of rehabilitative  services through one provider,
skilled nursing facilities can provide quality patient care more efficiently and
cost-effectively.  The Company  believes that demand for a single provider for a
comprehensive array of rehabilitative  services will increase as a result of the
prospective payment system being implemented under the BBA, which provides for a
fixed payment for these services.

     With the  implementation  of PPS,  with its fee  schedule  and  beneficiary
therapy caps for rehabilitation  services,  the Company has experienced  reduced
demand for, and reduced operating margins from, the  rehabilitation  services it
provides to third parties  because such  providers are admitting  fewer Medicare
patients and are reducing utilization of rehabilitative  services.  Beginning in
the fourth  quarter of 1998,  the Company  has  focused on reducing  its cost of
providing  rehabilitation  services by reducing staff and changing the method of
compensating its remaining therapists.

     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.
IHS  currently  offers  The  Renaissance  Program  at 12 of its  geriatric  care
facilities  with a total of 345 beds.  Patients pay a small  premium to IHS' per
diem rate for basic medical care to participate in this program.

     Hospice Services

     IHS 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.  IHS 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.  IHS currently manages 85
geriatric care  facilities  with 11,264  licensed  beds. 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.
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

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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.

     IHS 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 IHS having a right to renew in most  cases.  The  management
agreements  expire at various times between March 2000 and January 2012 although
all can be terminated earlier under certain circumstances. The Company generally
has a right of first  refusal in respect of the sale of each  managed  facility.
IHS 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.

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

LITHOTRIPSY SERVICES

     Lithotripsy  is  a   non-invasive   technique  that  uses  shock  waves  to
disintegrate kidney stones.  Depending on the particular  lithotripter used, the
patient is sedated using either  general  anesthesia  or a mild  sedative  while
seated in a bath or lying on a treatment table. The operator of the lithotripter
machine  locates the stone using  fluoroscopy and directs the shock waves toward
the stone. The shock waves then fragment the stone, thereby enabling the patient
to pass  the  fragments  through  the  urinary  tract.  Because  lithotripsy  is
non-invasive  and  is  provided  on  an  outpatient  basis,  lithotripsy  is  an
attractive  alternative  to other more  invasive  techniques  otherwise  used in
treating urinary tract stones.

     IHS currently owns a controlling interest in 11 lithotripsy partnerships as
well  as  five   wholly-owned   lithotripsy   partnerships  and  a  wholly-owned
lithotripter maintenance company. The Company's lithotripsy businesses currently
consist of an aggregate of 44 lithotripsy  machines that provide services in 166
locations  in 17 states.  The other  owners of the  partnerships  are  primarily
physicians,  many of whom  utilize the  partnership's  equipment  to treat their
patients.  Twenty of the 44  lithotripsy  machines are stationary and located at
hospitals or ambulatory surgery centers, while the other 24 machines are mobile,
allowing  them to be moved in order to meet  patient  needs and market  demands.
IHS' lithotripsy businesses typically lease the machine on a per procedure basis
to a hospital, ambulatory surgery center or other facility providing care to the
patient. In some cases, the lithotripsy businesses bill the patient directly for
the use of the  partnership's  machine.  The Company also  provides  maintenance
services to its own and third-party equipment.

     The  Company's   agreements   with  its  lithotripsy   physician   partners
contemplate that IHS will acquire the remaining  interest in each partnership at
a defined  price in the event  that  legislation  is passed or  regulations  are
adopted  that  would  prevent  the  physician  from  owning an  interest  in the
partnership and using the partnership's  lithotripsy equipment for the treatment
of his or her  patients.  While  current  interpretations  of  existing  law are
subject  to  considerable   uncertainty,   IHS  believes  that  its  partnership
arrangements with physicians in its lithotripsy  business are in compliance with
current law.  If,  however,  the Company  were  required to acquire the minority
interest of its physician partners in each of its lithotripsy partnerships,  the
cost in aggregate would not be material to IHS.

     In 1993,  the Health  Care  Financing  Administration  ("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.

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MOBILE DIAGNOSTIC SERVICES

     The Company provides on-call mobile x-ray and  electrocardiogram  services,
both to its own  facilities as well as to facilities  operated by others.  These
services  are provided  year round to over 9,100  facilities.  In providing  its
services  the Company  utilizes  sophisticated  computer  equipment  to transmit
digitized  x-ray  images  from  the  field  directly  to  the  radiologist.  The
technology  allows a facility  requesting a x-ray to receive  written results of
the diagnostic test within one hour of the patient test. The predominant  market
of the  Company's  diagnostic  services  include  patients  in  long  term  care
facilities,  including subacute and board and care type facilities. In addition,
services are provided in home health  settings,  correctional  institutions  and
agencies,  psychiatric hospitals,  industrial sites, dialysis centers and public
tuberculosis screening programs.

HOME RESPIRATORY, INFUSION AND DURABLE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT

     IHS  currently  provides  home  respiratory,  infusion and durable  medical
equipment services from 808 locations in 44 states and the District of Columbia,
primarily  in  the  respiratory  and  infusion  therapy  segments  of  the  home
healthcare market.

     Respiratory Therapy

     Respiratory therapy, which is the largest segment of the Company's homecare
services,  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 Company's home respiratory care product line
includes oxygen  concentrators,  portable liquid oxygen systems,  nebulizers and
ventilator care. Oxygen concentrators extract oxygen from room air and generally
provide  the least  expensive  supply  of  oxygen  for  patients  who  require a
continuous supply of oxygen, are not ambulatory and who do not require excessive
flow rates.  Liquid oxygen systems store oxygen under pressure in a liquid form.
The liquid oxygen is stored in a stationary  unit that can be easily refilled at
the  patient's  home  and can be used to fill a  portable  device  that  permits
greatly  enhanced  patient  mobility.  Nebulizers  are devices which  aerosolize
medications,  allowing them to be inhaled  directly  into the  patient's  lungs.
Ventilator  therapy is used for the  individual  that suffers  from  respiratory
failure by  mechanically  assisting  the  individual  to  breathe.  The  Company
provides  technicians who deliver and/or install the respiratory care equipment,
instruct  the patient in its use,  refill the high  pressure  and liquid  oxygen
systems as  necessary  and  provide  continuing  maintenance  of the  equipment.
Respiratory  therapy is monitored by licensed  respiratory  therapists and other
clinical staff under the direction of physicians.

     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.  The Company focuses on
providing   home  infusion   therapy  to  patients   prior  to  or  in  lieu  of
hospitalization,  which generally offers significant cost savings and preferable
logistics  for  patients,  their  families and  caregivers  over  hospital-based
treatments.  Home infusion  therapy is more  skilled-labor-intensive  than other
home healthcare segments.

     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.

DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS

     Home nursing,  is the largest,  the most  labor-intensive and generally the
least profitable segment of the home healthcare market. IHS exited this business
in late 1998.  Home  nursing  services  provided by IHS ranged from skilled care
provided by registered and other nurses, typically for those recently dis-

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charged from hospitals, to unskilled services delivered by home health aides for
those  needing  help with the  activities  of daily  living.  Home  nursing also
included  physical,  occupational  and speech therapy,  as well as social worker
services.  Although IHS substantially expanded its home nursing services through
acquisitions  in 1996 and 1997,  the delay in  implementation  of a  prospective
payment  system for  Medicare  home  nursing  until after  October 1, 2000 and a
reduction  in  current  cost  reimbursement  adversely  affected  the  Company's
financial  performance  and  resulted  in the  Company's  decision  in the third
quarter  of 1998 to  exit  the  home  health  nursing  business.  See  "Item  7.
Management's  Discussion  and  Analysis of  Financial  Condition  and Results of
Operations -- Acquisition and Divestiture History."

QUALITY ASSURANCE

     The Company has  developed a  comprehensive  Quality  Assurance  Program to
verify that high standards of care are  maintained at each facility  operated or
managed by IHS. 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 IHS'
standards.  A  quality  assurance  team  evaluates  each  facility  bi-annually,
reporting  directly  to  IHS'  Chief  Executive  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 IHS with an  early-warning  of problems  which may be developing at the
facility.

     IHS has also  developed a  specialized  Quality  Assurance  Program for its
subacute care programs.  IHS has begun a program to obtain  accreditation by the
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations ("JCAHO") for each
of its  facilities.  At March 1, 1999, 112 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  respiratory,  infusion and durable  medical  equipment
businesses are conducted  through  approximately  800 branches which are managed
through  two  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.

     IHS'  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 and
Medicaid programs of the state in which they are located.

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SOURCES OF REVENUE

     IHS  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
IHS'  patients  among the private  pay,  Medicare and  Medicaid  categories  can
significantly   affect   the   profitability   of  the   Company's   operations.
Historically,  the Company  derived higher  revenue from  providing  specialized
medical services than routine  inpatient care.  Generally,  private pay patients
are the most profitable and Medicaid patients are the least profitable. IHS also
contracts with private payors,  including health  maintenance  organizations and
other managed care  organizations,  to provide  certain  healthcare  services to
patients for a set per diem payment for each patient.  There can be no assurance
that the rates paid to IHS by these payors will be adequate to cover the cost of
providing services to covered  beneficiaries.  The BBA makes numerous changes to
the Medicare and Medicaid programs which will significantly impact the Company.

     During the years  ended  December  31,  1996,  1997 and 1998,  IHS  derived
approximately $442.70 million, $735.89 million and $1.60 billion,  respectively,
or 38%,  54% and 54%,  respectively,  of its patient  revenues  from private pay
sources and  approximately  $719.76 million,  $629.02 million and $1.34 billion,
respectively,  or 62%, 46% and 46%,  respectively,  of its patient revenues from
government  reimbursement programs, after giving effect to the discontinuance of
its home health  nursing  business,  which was  primarily  covered by government
reimbursement programs.  Patient revenues from government reimbursement programs
during these periods consisted of approximately $466.20 million, $331.46 million
and  $616.52  million,   or  40%,  24%  and  21%  of  total  patient   revenues,
respectively,  from Medicare and approximately $253.55 million,  $297.56 million
and  $723.42  million,  respectively,  or  22%,  22% and  25% of  total  patient
revenues, respectively, from Medicaid, after giving effect to the discontinuance
of its home health nursing  business.  The increase in the percentage of revenue
from  government  reimbursement  programs is due to the higher level of Medicare
and Medicaid patients in the facilities acquired in the Facility  Acquisition in
December 1997 and the higher level of such patients  serviced by the respiratory
therapy, rehabilitative therapy, home healthcare and mobile diagnostic companies
acquired beginning in 1994.

     Until the implementation of the prospective  payment system,  which will be
complete for IHS'  facilities on June 1, 1999,  Medicare  reimburses the skilled
nursing facility based on a reasonable cost standard.  With certain  exceptions,
payment for skilled nursing facility services is made  prospectively,  with each
facility  receiving  an  interim  payment  during  the  year  for  its  expected
reimbursable  costs.  The interim  payment is later  adjusted to reflect  actual
allowable  direct and indirect  costs of services  based on the submission of an
annual cost report. Each facility is also subject to limits on reimbursement for
routine costs. Exceptions to these limits are available for, among other things,
the provision of atypical services.  The Company's cost of care for its subacute
care patients generally exceeds regional  reimbursement limits established under
Medicare,  and IHS submits  waiver  requests to recover these excess costs.  The
Company's  final  rates  approved  by HCFA  represent  approximately  94% of the
requested rates as submitted in the waiver requests.  There can be no assurance,
however,  that IHS will be able to  recover  its excess  costs  under any waiver
requests which are relating to periods prior to the implementation of PPS.

     The BBA mandates the establishment of a prospective  payment system ("PPS")
for Medicare skilled nursing facility  services,  under which facilities will be
paid a fixed fee for virtually all covered services.  PPS will be phased in over
a four-year period,  effective January 1, 1999 for IHS' owned and leased skilled
nursing   facilities  other  than  the  facilities   acquired  in  the  Facility
Acquisition,  which  facilities  will  become  subject  to PPS on June 1,  1999.
Prospective  payment for  facilities  managed by IHS will be effective  for each
facility at the beginning of its first cost reporting period on or after July 1,
1998.  During the first three  years,  payments  will be based on a blend of the
facility's  historical costs and federal costs.  Thereafter,  the per diem rates
will be based 100% on federal costs.  Under PPS, each patient's  clinical status
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dictates the amount that the provider  will receive to care for the patient on a
daily  basis.  The per diem rate  will  cover (i) all  routine  inpatient  costs
currently paid under Medicare Part A, (ii) certain ancillary and other items and
services  currently covered separately under Medicare Part B on a "pass-through"
basis,  and (iii) certain  capital  costs.  The  Company's  ability to offer the
ancillary  services  required by higher  acuity  patients,  such as those in its
subacute  care  programs,  in a  cost-effective  manner  will be critical to the
Company's  success and will affect the  profitability of the Company's  Medicare
patients.  There can be no assurance  that PPS will not have a material  adverse
impact on IHS' results of operations or financial condition.

     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 BBA  also  contains  changes  to the  Medicaid  program,  the  most
significant of which is the repeal of the Boren  Amendment.  The Boren Amendment
required state  Medicaid  programs to pay rates that are reasonable and adequate
to meet the  costs  that must be  incurred  by a  nursing  facility  in order to
provide care and services in compliance with applicable standards.  By repealing
the Boren  Amendment,  the BBA eases the  impediments on the states'  ability to
reduce their Medicaid  reimbursement for such services and, as a result,  states
now have considerable  flexibility in establishing  payment rates. Texas has now
adopted a case-mix  prospective  payment system similar to the Medicare PPS, and
the Company expects additional states will move in this direction. IHS is unable
to predict what effect such  changes  will have on the Company.  There can be no
assurance  that any  changes to the  Medicaid  program  will not have a material
adverse impact on the Company.

     Medicare covers and pays for  rehabilitation  therapy services furnished in
facilities in various  ways.  For  rehabilitation  services  provided  directly,
specific  guide  lines  exist for  evaluating  the  reasonable  cost of physical
therapy,  occupational therapy and speech language pathology services.  Medicare
applies  salary  equivalency  guidelines in determining  the reasonable  cost of
physical  therapy  and  respiratory  services,  which is the cost that  would be
incurred if the therapist  were employed by a nursing  facility,  plus an amount
designed to  compensate  the  provider  for certain  general and  administrative
overhead costs. Until April 1, 1998, Medicare paid for occupational  therapy and
speech language  pathology  services on a reasonable cost basis,  subject to the
so-called  "prudent buyer" rule for evaluating the  reasonableness of the costs.
IHS'  gross  margins  for  services  reimbursed  under  the  salary  equivalency
guidelines are  significantly  less than services  reimbursed under the "prudent
buyer" rule.

     In January 1998,  HCFA issued rules applying salary  equivalency  limits to
certain speech and occupational  therapy services and revised existing  physical
and  respiratory  therapy  limits.  The new limits are  effective  for  services
provided on or after April 1, 1998.  The  revised  guidelines  will be in effect
until nursing  facilities  transition to PPS. Under PPS, the  reimbursement  for
these services  provided to nursing facility patients will be a component of the
total  reimbursement  to the nursing facility allowed per patient and the salary
equivalency  guidelines  will no longer  be  applicable.  Medicare  will pay the
skilled  nursing  facility  directly  for all  rehabilitation  services  and the
outside  suppliers of such services to residents of the skilled nursing facility
must collect payment from the skilled  nursing  facility.  Effective  January 1,
1999 a per  provider  limit of  $1,500  applies  to all  rehabilitation  therapy
services provided under Medicare Part B ($1,500 for physical and speech-language
pathology  services,  and a separate $1,500 for occupational  therapy services).
Additionally, effective January 1, 1999, Medicare Part B therapy services are no
longer  being  reimbursed  on a cost basis;  rather,  payment  for each  service
provided  is based on fee screen  schedules  published  in November  1998.  As a
result of the  implementation  of PPS,  the  Company has to date  experienced  a
substantial reduction in demand for, and reduced operating margins from, therapy
services it provides to third  parties,  because such  providers  are  admitting
fewer Medicare patients and are reducing utilization of rehabilitative services.
There  can be no  assurance  that  these fee  schedules  or caps will not have a
material adverse effect on the Company.

     The Medicare program  reimburses IHS' home respiratory  care,  infusion and
durable  medical  equipment  services under a charge-based  system,  pursuant to
which the Company  receives either a fixed fee for a specific service or product
or a fixed per diem amount for providing certain services. The BBA

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reduced Medicare payment amounts for oxygen and oxygen equipment furnished after
January 1, 1998 to 75 percent of the fee schedule amounts in effect during 1997.
Payment amounts for oxygen and oxygen equipment  furnished after January 1, 1999
and each  subsequent  year  thereafter  are  reduced  to 70  percent  of the fee
schedule amounts in effect during 1997. The BBA freezes the Consumer Price Index
(U.S.  urban average) update for covered items of durable medical  equipment for
each of the years 1998  through  2002 while  limiting  fees for  parenteral  and
enteral nutrients,  supplies and equipment to 1995 reasonable charge levels over
the  same  period.  The BBA  reduces  payment  amounts  for  covered  drugs  and
biologicals to 95 percent of the average  wholesale  price of such covered items
for each of the years 1998 through 2002.  The BBA  authorizes  the Department of
Health and Human  Services  ("HHS") to  conduct up to five  competitive  bidding
demonstration  projects for the  acquisition  of durable  medical  equipment and
requires that one such project be established  for oxygen and oxygen  equipment.
Each demonstration  project is to be operated over a three-year period and is to
be conducted in not more than three competitive  acquisition areas. The BBA also
includes provisions  designed to reduce healthcare fraud and abuse,  including a
surety bond requirement for durable medical equipment providers.

     The Medicare  program  reimbursed the Company's home nursing  services on a
cost-based  system,  under  which  IHS  was  reimbursed  at the  lowest  of IHS'
reimbursable costs (based on Medicare  regulations),  cost limits established by
HCFA or IHS'  charges.  The BBA  reduced  current  cost  reimbursement  for home
nursing care pending  implementation of a prospective payment system,  which the
BBA mandated be  implemented  for cost reporting  periods  beginning on or after
October 1, 1999 (which date was subsequently  extended to October 1, 2000). This
postponement of implementation of a prospective  payment system for home nursing
and the  reduction in cost  reimbursement  resulted in IHS' decision to exit the
home nursing  business.  See "Item 7.  Management's  Discussion  and Analysis of
Financial Condition and Results of Operations."

     The Company expects that both private third party and  governmental  payors
will continue to undertake cost containment  measures designed to limit payments
made to healthcare providers such as IHS.  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 IHS.  There can be no  assurance  that  payments  under
governmental  and  third-party  private  payor  programs  will  remain at levels
comparable to present levels or will, in the future,  be sufficient to cover the
operating and fixed costs allocable to patients  participating in such programs.
In addition,  there can be no assurance that facilities owned, leased or managed
by IHS 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.  In an
attempt to limit the Federal and state budget deficits, there have been, and IHS
expects  that there will  continue to be, a number of  additional  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 IHS. See "-- Government  Regulation" and "-- Cautionary
Statements -- Risk of Adverse Effect of Healthcare Reform."

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  IHS'
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.

     Most states in which IHS operates 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
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determination  that a need exists for such new or additional  beds, new services
or  capital  expenditures.  The CON  process  is  intended  to  promote  quality
healthcare at the lowest possible cost and to avoid the unnecessary  duplication
of services, equipment and facilities. 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
IHS: Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky,
Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire,
New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia,
Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

     The Company's facilities are also subject to licensure regulations. Each of
IHS'  geriatric  care  facilities  is licensed as a skilled  care  facility  and
substantially  all are  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.  IHS  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.

     IHS' geriatric care  facilities  must comply with certain  requirements  to
participate  either as a skilled  nursing  facility  under Medicare or a nursing
facility under Medicaid.  Regulations promulgated pursuant to the Omnibus Budget
Reconciliation  Act of 1987 obligate  facilities to demonstrate  compliance with
requirements relating to resident rights, resident assessment,  quality of care,
quality  of life,  physician  services,  nursing  services,  pharmacy  services,
dietary  services,   rehabilitation   services,   infection  control,   physical
environment  and  administration.  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.  Regulations adopted by
HCFA effective July 1, 1995 require that surveys focus on residents' outcomes of
care and state  that all  deviations  from  participation  requirements  will be
considered  deficiencies,  but  a  facility  may  have  deficiencies  and  be in
substantial   compliance  with  the   regulations.   The  regulations   identify
alternative remedies (meaning remedies other than termination of a facility from
the Medicare or Medicaid programs) against facilities and specify the categories
of  deficiencies  for  which  they will be  applied.  The  alternative  remedies
include, but are not limited to: civil money penalties of up to $10,000 per day;
facility closure and/or transfer of residents in emergencies;  denial of payment
for new or all admissions; directed plans of correction; and directed in-service
training.

     IHS 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 IHS. There can be no
assurance  that  the  Company  will be  able to  maintain  compliance  with  all
regulatory  requirements  or that it will not be required to expend  significant
amounts to do so.

     The  operations of the Company's  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,  renew or  maintain  any of the
required  regulatory  approvals or licenses could adversely affect the Company's
home healthcare business and could prevent the branch involved

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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.  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 IHS predict the effect of such
rules and regulations on these  arrangements in particular or on IHS' operations
in general.

     The Health  Insurance  Portability and  Accountability  Act of 1996 granted
expanded  enforcement  authority  to HHS  and the  U.S.  Department  of  Justice
("DOJ"),   and  provided  enhanced  resources  to  support  the  activities  and
responsibilities  of  the  Office  of  Inspector  General  ("OIG")  and  DOJ  by
authorizing  large  increases  in  funding  for  investigating  fraud  and abuse
violations  relating to healthcare  delivery and payment.  The BBA also includes
numerous  health  fraud  provisions,  including  new civil money  penalties  for
contracting  with an  excluded  provider,  and new surety  bond and  information
disclosure  requirements  for certain  providers  and suppliers  including  home
health agencies.

     In 1995,  a major  anti-fraud  demonstration  project,  "Operation  Restore
Trust,"  was  announced  by the OIG. A primary  purpose  for the  project was to
scrutinize the activities of healthcare providers which are reimbursed under the
Medicare and Medicaid programs. Investigative efforts focused on skilled nursing
facilities,  home health and hospice  agencies  and  durable  medical  equipment
suppliers,  as well as several  other types of  healthcare  services.  Operation
Restore Trust originally focused on California,  Florida, Illinois, New York and
Texas,  but has now been  expanded  to all  states.  This  effort is  focused on
problems  with claims for  services  not rendered or not provided as claimed and
claims falsified to circumvent  coverage  limitations on medical  supplies.  IHS
expects these types of efforts to continue.

     False  claims are  prohibited  pursuant  to  criminal  and civil  statutes.
Criminal  provisions  prohibit filing false claims or making false statements to
receive  payment or  certification  under  Medicare or  Medicaid,  or failing to
refund  overpayments or improper  payments;  offenses for violation are felonies
punishable  by up  to  five  years  imprisonment  and/or  $25,000  fines.  Civil
provisions  prohibit  the knowing  filing of a false claim or the knowing use of
false  statements to obtain  payment;  penalties for violations are fines of not
less than  $5,000 nor more than  $10,000,  plus treble  damages,  for each claim
filed.  Suits  alleging  false claims can be brought by  individuals,  including
employees  and  competitors.  In addition to qui tam actions  brought by private
parties,  the Company  believes that  governmental  enforcement  activities have
increased at both the federal and state levels. If it were found that any of the
Company's  practices  failed to  comply  with any of the  anti-fraud  provisions
discussed in the  paragraphs  above,  the Company could be materially  adversely
affected.

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     Management  is unable to  predict  the effect of future  administrative  or
judicial   interpretations  of  the  laws  discussed  above,  or  whether  other
legislation  or  regulations on the federal or state level in any of these areas
will be adopted,  what form such  legislation or regulations  may take, or their
impact on the Company. There can be no assurances that such laws will ultimately
be interpreted in a manner consistent with the Company's practices.

     President Clinton has announced initiatives designed to improve the quality
of care in nursing  homes and to reduce fraud in the Medicare  program.  On July
21,  1998,  the  President  directed  HCFA to ensure that  states  take  tougher
enforcement  measures in surveying  skilled  nursing  facilities,  including the
onsite  imposition of fines without grace  periods,  the imposition of fines per
violation  rather  than  per  day of  noncompliance,  and  increased  review  of
facilities'  systems to prevent resident neglect and abuse. On December 7, 1998,
the President announced that the Administration  would continue its crackdown on
providers  who  commit   Medicare   program  fraud  by  empowering   specialized
contractors  to track down Medicare  scams and program  waste,  and by requiring
providers  to report  evidence of fraud so  patterns of fraud can be  identified
early and stopped. HCFA is to develop a comprehensive plan to fight waste, fraud
and abuse in the Medicare program, and to report to the President in early 1999.

     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.  IHS'  operations  are also subject to  compliance  with
various other environmental laws, rules and regulations. Such compliance has not
materially  affected,   and  IHS  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 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. It is
not clear at this time what  proposals,  if any, will be adopted or, if adopted,
what effect such proposals  would have on IHS'  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 IHS. See "-- Sources of Revenue" and "-- Cautionary  Statements
- --  Uncertainty  of  Government  Regulation."  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 IHS, and
may similarly  affect the price of the Company's  securities in the future.  IHS
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.

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.  IHS 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.  IHS' 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
similar  institutions,  many of which have  significantly  greater financial and
other  resources  than IHS. 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 IHS. New service  introductions and  enhancements,  acquisitions,
continued industry consolidation and the development of strategic  relationships
by the Company's  competitors could cause a significant decline in sales or loss
of market acceptance of the Company's services or intense price competition,  or
make IHS'  services  noncompetitive.  Further,  technological  advances  in drug
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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 the Company will be able to compete  successfully against current or future
competitors  or that  competitive  pressures  will not have a  material  adverse
effect on the Company's 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.

     The inpatient facilities operated and managed by IHS primarily compete on a
local and  regional  basis with other  skilled  care  providers.  The  Company's
inpatient  facilities  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 IHS'
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,  IHS 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
IHS'  facilities  compete  primarily on a local and regional basis rather than a
national basis, the competitive position of IHS varies from facility to facility
depending  upon the types of services and quality of care provided by facilities
with which each of IHS'  facilities  compete,  the  reputation of the facilities
with which each of IHS'  facilities  compete,  and,  with respect to private pay
patients,  the cost of care at  facilities  with which  each of IHS'  facilities
compete.

     The home respiratory care, infusion and durable medical equipment 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. IHS 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.

EMPLOYEES

     As of March 15, 1999, IHS had  approximately  84,000  full-time and regular
part-time  employees.  Full-time and regular  part-time  service and maintenance
employees at 60 facilities,  totaling approximately 4,230 employees, are covered
by  collective  bargaining   agreements.   IHS'  corporate  staff  consisted  of
approximately 1,500 people at such date. The Company believes its relations with
its employees are good.

     IHS seeks the highest  quality of  professional  staff  within each market.
Competition  in the  recruitment  of  personnel  in the health care  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,  IHS  in the  future  may
experience   difficulty  in  hiring  and  retaining  nurses  and  rehabilitation
professionals. The Company believes that its future success 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 IHS' business, results of operations and financial condition.

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                             CAUTIONARY STATEMENTS

     This Annual Report on Form 10-K contains, and from time to time the Company
may  disseminate  materials  and make  statements  which  may  contain,  certain
forward-looking  statements  within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities
Act of  1933  and  Section  21E of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of  1934.  All
statements  regarding the Company's expected future financial position,  results
of operations,  cash flows,  financing  plans,  business  strategy,  competitive
position,  plans and  objectives  and  words  such as  "anticipate,"  "believe,"
"estimate,"  "expect,"  "intend,"  "plan"  and  other  similar  expressions  are
forward-looking  statements.  Such  forward-looking  statements  are  inherently
uncertain,  and  stockholders  must  recognize  that actual results could differ
materially  from  those   projected  or  contemplated  in  the   forward-looking
statements as a result of a variety of factors, including the following:

     Risks Related to Substantial  Indebtedness.  The Company's  indebtedness is
substantial in relation to its stockholders'  equity. At December 31, 1998, IHS'
total  long-term debt,  including  current  portion,  accounted for 71.7% of its
total capitalization. IHS also has significant lease obligations with respect to
the  facilities   operated  pursuant  to  long-term  leases,   which  aggregated
approximately  $878.0  million at December 31, 1998. For the year ended December
31, 1998 the  Company's  rent expense was $126.2  million.  In addition,  IHS is
obligated to pay an  additional  $155 million in respect of the  acquisition  of
First American Health Care of Georgia, Inc., a provider of home health services,
principally  home  nursing,  during  2000  to  2004,  of  which  $122.1  million
(representing the present value thereof) has been recorded at December 31, 1998.
The  Company  sold its home  health  nursing  business  in  February  1999.  The
Company's  strategy  of 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  securityholders,  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)
certain of IHS'  borrowings  bear, and will continue to bear,  variable rates of
interest,  which expose IHS to increases in interest rates,  and (iv) 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.  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 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 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 IHS.  See "--  Risks  Related  to  Capital
Requirements."

     In March 1999,  Standard & Poors ("S&P")  lowered the  Company's  corporate
credit and bank loan ratings from B+ to B- and subordinated  debt rating from B-
to CCC. S&P stated that it took this action in light of the Company's  high debt
leverage and the impact of PPS. IHS' debt remains on  CreditWatch  with negative
implications.

     Risks Related to Prospective  Payment  System.  The BBA,  enacted in August
1997,  made  numerous  changes to the Medicare and  Medicaid  programs  that are
significantly  affecting  the  Company's  operations.  The BBA  provides for the
phase-in  of a PPS  for  skilled  nursing  facilities  over a four  year  period
effective  January  1, 1999 for IHS owned and leased  facilities  other than the
facilities  acquired in the Facility  Acquisition,  which facilities will become
subject to PPS on June 1, 1999. Under PPS, Medicare

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will pay  skilled  nursing  facilities  a fixed fee per patient day based on the
acuity  level of the patient to cover all  post-hospital  extended  care routine
service  costs,  as  well as  substantially  all  items  and  services,  such as
rehabilitation therapy,  furnished during a covered stay for which reimbursement
was formerly made separately under Medicare. During the first three years of the
phase-in,  reimbursement  will be based on a blend of the facility's  historical
costs and federal  costs.  Thereafter,  the per diem rates will be based 100% on
federal costs. It is unclear what the impact of PPS will be on IHS. There can be
no assurance that the imposition of PPS will not have a material  adverse effect
on the results of  operations  and  financial  condition  of IHS.  To date,  the
implementation  of PPS has resulted in reduced demand for, and reduced operating
margins from, the  rehabilitation  services it provides to third parties because
such  providers  are  admitting   fewer  Medicare   patients  and  are  reducing
utilization of rehabilitative services.

     The  profitability of IHS inpatient  services segment will be significantly
affected by the federally  established  per diem rate and IHS' cost of providing
care.  There can be no assurance  that the per diem rate will cover IHS' cost of
providing  care,  particularly  with  respect to higher  acuity  patients.  As a
result,  there can be no assurance that IHS' financial  condition and results of
operations will not be materially and adversely affected.

     The BBA also reduced significantly  Medicare payment amounts for oxygen and
oxygen  equipment,  and froze fees for  durable  medical  equipment  and certain
infusion levels.  There can be no assurance that these fees will cover IHS' cost
of providing  such  services.  As a result,  there can be no assurance that IHS'
financial  condition  and  results  of  operations  will not be  materially  and
adversely affected.

     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 respiratory,  infusion and durable medical equipment
services  through the  acquisition of additional  providers and that the Company
acquire, or establish relationships with, third parties which provide post-acute
care  services  not  currently  provided  by the  Company  and that the  Company
acquire,  lease or acquire the right to manage for others additional facilities.
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 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,  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 "--
Competition."

     The  successful  integration  of acquired  businesses  is  important to the
Company's  future  financial  performance.  The  anticipated  benefits  from any
acquisition may not be achieved  unless the operations of the acquired  business
are  successfully  combined  with those of the Company in a timely  manner.  The
integration of the Company's  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.   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 other  material  adverse  effects of these
integration  efforts.  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.

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     IHS' current and anticipated future growth has placed, and will continue to
place,  significant  demands  on  the  management,   operational  and  financial
resources of IHS. The Company's  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  Capital  Requirements.  IHS'  growth  strategy  requires
substantial  capital for the  acquisition  of additional  service  providers and
geriatric care facilities. 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 limit the Company's  ability to incur
additional  indebtedness  unless certain  financial tests are met. See "-- Risks
Related to Substantial Indebtedness."

     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 inpatient  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.  The BBA makes
numerous changes to the Medicare and Medicaid programs which will  significantly
impact the Company. There can be no assurance that adequate reimbursement levels
will  continue  to be  available  for  services  to be provided by IHS which are
currently being reimbursed by Medicare,  Medicaid or private payors. Significant
limits on the scope of services  reimbursed and on reimbursement  rates and fees
could have a material adverse effect on the Company's  results of operations and
financial  condition.  See "-- Risk of  Adverse  Effect of  Healthcare  Reform."
During the years ended  December 31, 1996,  1997 and 1998,  the Company  derived
approximately  62%,  46% and 46%,  respectively,  of its patient  revenues  from
Medicare and Medicaid.

     The sources and amounts of the Company's  patient revenues derived from the
operation  of its  geriatric  care  facilities  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.  IHS also  contracts  with private
payors,  including  health  maintenance  organizations  and other  managed  care
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vide certain  healthcare  services to  patient's  for a set per diem payment for
each  patient.  There can be no  assurance  that the rates  paid to IHS by those
payors  will be  adequate  to cover the cost of  providing  services  to covered
beneficiaries.

     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.  In addition,  private payors,  including managed
care  payors,  increasingly  are  demanding  discounted  fee  structures  or the
assumption  by healthcare  providers of all or a portion of the financial  costs
through prepaid capitation.

     Risk of Adverse  Effect of  Healthcare  Reform.  In addition  to  extensive
existing government healthcare regulation, in recent years a number of laws have
been enacted which have effected  major changes in the healthcare  system,  both
nationally  and at the  state  level.  The BBA  makes  numerous  changes  to the
Medicare and Medicaid programs which will significantly  impact the Company. The
BBA provides,  among other things, for a prospective  payment system for skilled
nursing  facilities to be implemented for cost reporting periods beginning on or
after  July 1,  1998,  a  prospective  payment  system  for home  nursing  to be
implemented  for cost  reporting  periods  beginning on or after October 1, 1999
(subsequently  delayed  to  October  1,  2000),  a  reduction  in  current  cost
reimbursement  for home  nursing care pending  implementation  of a  prospective
payment system, reductions (effective January 1, 1998) in Medicare reimbursement
for oxygen and oxygen equipment for home respiratory  therapy and a shift of the
bulk of home health  coverage  from Part A to Part B of  Medicare.  The BBA also
instituted  consolidated  billing for skilled nursing facility  services,  under
which payments for  non-physician  Part B services for  beneficiaries  no longer
eligible for Part A skilled nursing  facility care will be made to the facility,
regardless  of whether the item or service was  furnished  by the  facility,  by
others  under   arrangement  or  under  any  other   contracting  or  consulting
arrangement, effective for items or services furnished on or after July 1, 1997.
The  inability of IHS to provide  inpatient  services  and/or home  respiratory,
infusion and durable medical equipment  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.  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 "-- 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.  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
Company's   securities  in  the  future.   See  "--  Uncertainty  of  Government
Regulation."

     Under the new  prospective  payment  system for Medicare  reimbursement  to
skilled nursing facilities, facilities will receive a pre-established daily rate
for each individual Medicare  beneficiary being cared for, based on the activity
level of the  patient.  The  pre-established  daily rate will cover all routine,
ancillary and capital costs.  It is anticipated  that this  prospective  payment
system   will  be  phased  in  over  four  years  on  a  blended   rate  of  the
facility-specific  costs and the new federal per diem.  The blended rate for the
first year of transition  will take 75% of the  facility-specific  per diem rate
and 25% of the federal per diem rate. In each  subsequent  transition  year, the
facility-specific  per diem rate  component will decrease by 25% and the federal
per diem rate  component  will increase by 25%,  ultimately  resulting in a rate
based 100% upon the federal  per diem.  The  facility-specific  per diem rate is
based upon the  facility's  1995 cost report for routine,  ancillary and capital
services,  updated using a skilled nursing market basket index.  The federal per
diem is  calculated  by the  weighted  average of each  facility's  standardized
costs,  based upon the  historical  national  average per diem for  freestanding
facilities. Prospective payment began January 1, 1999 for IHS' owned and

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leased  skilled  nursing  facilities  other than the  facilities  acquired  from
HEALTHSOUTH, which facilities will become subject to prospective payment on June
1, 1999.  Prospective  payment for  skilled  nursing  facilities  managed by IHS
becomes effective for each facility at the beginning of its first cost reporting
period  beginning on or after July 1, 1998. The new  prospective  payment system
will also cover  ancillary  service  provided  to  patients  at skilled  nursing
facilities.

     With respect to Medicaid,  the BBA repeals the so-called  Boren  Amendment,
which required state Medicaid programs to reimburse  nursing  facilities for the
costs that are incurred by efficiently and  economically  operated  providers in
order to meet  quality  and  safety  standards.  As a  result,  states  now have
considerable flexibility in establishing payment rates, and the Company believes
many states will move towards a prospective payment type system similar to PPS.

     While the Company has prepared  certain  estimates of the impact of PPS, it
is not  possible to fully  quantify  the effect of the recent  legislation,  the
interpretation or  administration of such legislation or any other  governmental
initiatives on the Company's  business.  Accordingly,  there can be no assurance
that  the  impact  of PPS will  not be  greater  than  estimated  or that  these
legislative  changes or any future  healthcare  legislation  will not  adversely
effect the business of the Company.

     The Company anticipates that federal and state governments will continue to
review  and  assess   alternative   healthcare   delivery  systems  and  payment
methodologies.  There can be no assurance that future healthcare  legislation or
other changes in the  administration or interpretation of government  healthcare
programs will not have an adverse effect on the operations of IHS.

     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  to assure  continued  compliance  with
various  standards,   their  continued  licensing  under  state  law  and  their
certification under the Medicare and Medicaid programs.

     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 IHS.  There can be no assurance that the Company will be
able to maintain compliance with all regulatory requirements or that it will not
be required to expend significant amounts to do so.

     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,

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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.  The BBA contains new civil  monetary
penalties  for  violations  of these  laws and  imposes an  affirmative  duty on
providers to insure that they do not employ or contract  with  persons  excluded
from the Medicare  program.  The BBA also  provides a minimum 10 year period for
exclusion from participation in Federal healthcare programs of persons convicted
of a prior  healthcare  violation.  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.

     In 1995,  a major  anti-fraud  demonstration  project,  "Operation  Restore
Trust,"  was  announced  by the OIG. A primary  purpose  for the  project was to
scrutinize the activities of healthcare providers which are reimbursed under the
Medicare and Medicaid programs. Investigative efforts focused on skilled nursing
facilities,  home health and hospice  agencies  and  durable  medical  equipment
suppliers,  as well as several  other types of  healthcare  services.  Operation
Restore Trust originally focused on California,  Florida, Illinois, New York and
Texas,  but has now been  expanded  to all  states.  This  effort is  focused on
problems  with claims for  services  not rendered or not provided as claimed and
claims falsified to circumvent  coverage  limitations on medical  supplies.  IHS
expects these types of efforts to continue.

     False  claims are  prohibited  pursuant  to  criminal  and civil  statutes.
Criminal  provisions  prohibit filing false claims or making false statements to
receive  payment or  certification  under  Medicare or  Medicaid,  or failing to
refund  overpayments or improper  payments;  offenses for violation are felonies
punishable  by up  to  five  years  imprisonment  and/or  $25,000  fines.  Civil
provisions  prohibit  the knowing  filing of a false claim or the knowing use of
false  statements to obtain  payment;  penalties for violations are fines of not
less than  $5,000 nor more than  $10,000,  plus treble  damages,  for each claim
filed.  Suits  alleging  false claims can be brought by  individuals,  including
employees  and  competitors.  In addition to qui tam actions  brought by private
parties,  the Company  believes that  governmental  enforcement  activities have
increased at both the federal and state levels. If it were found that any of the
Company's  practices  failed to  comply  with any of the  anti-fraud  provisions
discussed in the  paragraphs  above,  the Company could be materially  adversely
affected.

     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

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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 other home  respiratory  care,  infusion  and
durable medical equipment 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.

     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 has been significant  volatility
in the market price of the Common Stock,  and it is likely that the price of the
Common Stock will fluctuate in the future.  Quarterly  operating results of IHS,
changes in general  conditions  in the  economy,  the  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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EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE COMPANY

     The  following  table sets forth  certain  information  with respect to the
executive officers of the Company:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

               NAME                  AGE                             POSITION
- ---------------------------------   -----   ----------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                 <C>     <C>
Robert N. Elkins, M.D. ..........    55     Chairman of the Board,
                                            Chief Executive Officer and President
W. Bradley Bennett ..............    33     Executive Vice President -- Chief Accounting Officer
Stephen P. Griggs ...............    41     President of RoTech Medical Corporation
John Heller .....................    40     Executive Vice President and President of Long-Term Care
                                            Division
C. Taylor Pickett ...............    37     Executive Vice President -- Chief Financial
                                            Officer
Sally Weisberg ..................    51     Executive Vice President and President of Symphony Health
                                            Services Division
</TABLE>

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The  officers of the Company are elected  annually  and serve at the pleasure of
the Board of Directors.


     Robert  N.  Elkins, M.D. has been Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive
Officer  of the Company since March 1986 and President since March 1998 and also
served  as  President  from March 1986 to July 1994. From 1980 until co-founding
IHS  with  Timothy  F. Nicholson, a director of the Company, in 1986, Dr. Elkins
was  a co-founder and Vice President of Continental Care Centers, Inc., an owner
and  operator  of  long-term  healthcare facilities. From 1976 through 1980, Dr.
Elkins  was  a  practicing physician. Dr. Elkins is a graduate of the University
of  Pennsylvania,  received  his  M.D.  degree  from the Upstate Medical Center,
State  University of New York, and completed his residency at Harvard University
Medical  Center.  Dr.  Elkins  is the brother of Marshall Elkins, Executive Vice
President and General Counsel of the Company.

     W. Bradley  Bennett has been Executive  Vice President -- Chief  Accounting
Officer of the Company since  September 1996. From April 1996 to September 1996,
he served as Senior Vice President -- Chief  Accounting  Officer of the Company,
as Senior Vice  President -- Corporate  Controller  from  November 1995 to April
1996,  and as Vice  President  -- Corporate  Controller  from  December  1992 to
November  1995.  From October  1991,  when he joined IHS, to December  1992,  he
served as Assistant Corporate  Controller.  For five years prior to joining IHS,
Mr. Bennett was with KPMG Peat Marwick LLP,  Certified Public  Accountants.  Mr.
Bennett is a  Certified  Public  Accountant  and a Summa Cum Laude  graduate  of
Loyola College, receiving a B.A. in Accounting.

     Stephen  P.  Griggs  has served as President of RoTech Medical Corporation,
which  was  acquired by IHS in October 1997, since 1992. Prior to joining RoTech
in  1988,  where  he also was a director and Chief Operating Officer, Mr. Griggs
was  controller  for  Church  Street  Station.  Mr.  Griggs  received  a B.A. in
Business  Administration  from  East  Tennessee State University and a degree in
Accounting from the University of Central Florida.

     John F. Heller has been  Executive  Vice  President  and  President  of the
Long-Term Care Division of the Company since  September  1998.  From May 1997 to
September 1998, he served as Executive Vice President of Facility Operations, as
Senior Vice President -- Facility  Operations from November 1996 to May 1997 and
as Senior Vice President -- Medical  Specialty  Operations  from May 1994 to May
1997.  From  February  1991,  when he joined  IHS, to May 1994 he served as Vice
President of Medical  Specialty  Finance.  For seven years prior to joining IHS,
Mr. Heller was with the Management  Consulting  Services group of Ernst & Young,
in Columbus,  Ohio. Mr. Heller has a Master in Healthcare  Administration  and a
Master in  Public  Policy,  both  from the Ohio  State  University.  Mr.  Heller
received a BA in Economics from Denison University.

     C. Taylor  Pickett has been  Executive  Vice  President -- Chief  Financial
Officer  since  January  1998.  From  November 1996 to January 1998 he served as
Executive Vice President -- Symphony Health Services,  and from February 1995 to
November 1996 he served as Senior Vice  President -- Symphony  Health  Services.
Mr. Pickett joined IHS in September 1993 as Vice President of  Acquisitions  and
Taxes.

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Prior  to  joining  IHS,  Mr. Pickett was Director of Taxes for PHH Corporation.
Mr.  Pickett  is  a  Certified  Public  Accountant and received a B.S. degree in
Accounting  from  the  University  of Delaware and a J.D. from the University of
Maryland School of Law.

     Sally  Weisberg has been Executive Vice President and President of Symphony
Health  Services  Division  since  August  1997.  From  November 1994, when Mrs.
Weisberg's  rehabilitation  company,  the  Rehab  People, Inc., was purchased by
IHS,  to  August  1997, Mrs. Weisberg served as President of IHS' Rehabilitation
Division.  Mrs. Weisberg served as President of The Rehab People, Inc. from 1989
to  November  1994.  Prior  to  founding  The  Rehab People, Inc., Mrs. Weisberg
founded   Occupational   Therapy   Associates,   a   rehabilitation  contracting
organization.  Mrs.  Weisberg is a magna cum laude occupational therapy graduate
of Temple University.

ITEM 2. PROPERTIES

     The Company owns 76 geriatric  care  facilities  with 8,721  licensed beds,
leases 209 geriatric care  facilities  with 24,433  licensed beds and manages 85
geriatric care  facilities  with 11,264 licensed beds. The leases for the leased
facilities  have terms of four to 20 years,  expiring on various  dates  between
1999 and 2024. The leases generally can be renewed and the Company generally has
a right of first  refusal  to  purchase  the  leased  facility.  The  Company is
obligated with respect to many of the leased  facilities to pay additional  rent
in an  amount  equal to a  specified  percentage  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).  The  Company
leases its  headquarters  in Owings  Mills,  Maryland  under an eight year lease
expiring in May 2001.

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     The following table presents  certain  information  regarding the Company's
owned, leased and managed service locations as of March 15, 1999.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                       OWNED                  LEASED                  MANAGED
                               ---------------------- ----------------------- -----------------------     OTHER
                                             LICENSED               LICENSED                LICENSED     SERVICE
             STATE              FACILITIES     BEDS    FACILITIES     BEDS     FACILITIES     BEDS     LOCATIONS(1)
- ------------------------------ ------------ --------- ------------ ---------- ------------ ---------- -------------
<S>                            <C>          <C>       <C>          <C>        <C>          <C>        <C>
Alabama ......................                              5           562                                 36
Arizona ......................                                                                              37
Arkansas .....................                                                                              22
California ...................                              2           249         8         1,044         35
Colorado .....................       1           50        10         1,480         1           155         32
Connecticut ..................                                                      3           585          1
Delaware .....................                              1           153                                  1
District of Columbia .........                                                                               4
Florida ......................      15        2,025        13         1,656        16         1,900         83
Georgia ......................       2          304        25         3,080         2           222         52
Idaho ........................                              1           218                                  8
Illinois .....................       1          140         1            55         1           150         49
Indiana ......................                              1           145                                 24
Iowa .........................       2          221         5           352                                 24
Kansas .......................       4          328         6           654                                 28
Kentucky .....................                              1           100                                 32
Louisiana ....................       2          307        15         1,653         2           200         32
Maine ........................                                                                               3
Maryland .....................                                                                               7
Massachusetts ................                              6           900         1           122          2
Michigan .....................       3          449         4           559         1            99         40
Minnesota ....................                                                                              19
Mississippi ..................                                                      5           651         26
Missouri .....................       1          180         4           552         1           176         29
Montana ......................                                                                              18
Nebraska .....................      14          864         2           130                                  5
Nevada .......................       1          103        11         1,486         1           266         23
New Hampshire ................       1          112                                 2           136          3
New Jersey ...................                              1            58                                 14
New Mexico ...................       2          185        24         2,356         1            85         40
New York .....................                                                                              14
North Carolina ...............       2          275         9         1,092                                 58
North Dakota .................                                                                               3
Ohio .........................       1          100        17         1,648        17         1,729         49
Oklahoma .....................                              2           164         1           174         33
Oregon .......................                                                                               2
Pennsylvania .................       2          371         8         1,094         5           900         86
Rhode Island .................                                                                               1
South Carolina ...............       3          172        11         1,250                                 26
South Dakota .................                                                                               7
Tennessee ....................                              1           124                                 19
Texas ........................      18        2,424        18         1,993        17         2,670        213
Utah .........................                                                                               8
Virginia .....................                              1           114                                 13
Washington ...................                              1           210                                 20
West Virginia ................                              1           126                                  9
Wisconsin ....................       1          111                                                         16
Wyoming ......................                              2           220                                 19
</TABLE>

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(1) Represents  locations  within the state from which the  Company  offers home
    respiratory  services (808 service locations),  hospice services (17 service
    locations),  contract  rehabilitation and respiratory  services (385 service
    locations),  mobile diagnostic services (71 service locations,  including 13
    fixed  lithotripsy  service  locations)  and medical  products  services (27
    service  locations).  In  addition,  other  service  locations  includes  17
    specialty   hospitals.   The  majority  of  these   facilities  are  leased.
    Substantially  all of these service  locations are small  agencies which are
    administrative in function, with substantially all healthcare services being
    provided at the patient's home or in a geriatric care facility,  rather than
    the  service  location.  The only  exceptions  are the 13 fixed  lithotripsy
    centers, 17 specialty  hospitals and 17 hospice  facilities,  where services
    are provided at the locations.

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ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

     The Company is involved in various legal proceedings that are incidental to
the  conduct of its  business.  The  Company is not  involved  in any pending or
threatened  legal  proceedings  which the Company  believes could  reasonably be
expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company's financial condition,
liquidity or results of operations.

ITEM 4. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS

     None

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                                    PART II

 ITEM 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT'S COMMON EQUITY AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS


                           PRICE RANGE OF COMMON STOCK

     The Common stock is traded on the New York Stock  Exchange under the symbol
"IHS". The following table sets forth for the periods indicated the high and low
last reported sale prices for the Common Stock as reported by the New York Stock
Exchange.

                                     HIGH          LOW
                                  ----------   -----------
  CALENDAR YEAR 1997
  First Quarter ...............   $32 3/8      $23 3/4
  Second Quarter ..............    39           26 7/8
  Third Quarter ...............    39 1/8       32 11/16
  Fourth Quarter ..............    33 7/8       28 5/16

                                     HIGH          LOW
                                  ----------   -----------
  CALENDAR YEAR 1998
  First Quarter ...............   $39 5/16     $28 1/4
  Second Quarter ..............    39 3/8       35
  Third Quarter ...............    37 3/8       16 13/16
  Fourth Quarter ..............    17           9 1/2


     As of March 19, 1999, there were approximately  1,600 record holders of the
Common Stock.

     In 1996 and 1997 the Company  declared a cash  dividend of $0.02 per share.
The payment of any future  dividends  will be at the discretion of the Company's
Board of Directors and will depend upon,  among other things,  future  earnings,
operations,  capital  requirements,  the  general  financial  condition  of  the
Company, contractual restrictions and general business conditions. The Company's
term loan and  revolving  credit  facility  prohibits  the payment of  dividends
without the consent of the lenders, and the indentures under which the Company's
10 1/4% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2006, 9 1/2% Senior Subordinated Notes due
2007  and 9 1/4%  Senior  Subordinated  Notes  due 2008  limit  the  payment  of
dividends unless certain financial tests are met.

SALES OF UNREGISTERED SECURITIES

     On September  25, 1998,  the Company  purchased  all the assets of Accucare
Medical  Corporation,  a home  respiratory  care and durable  medical  equipment
business.  The  purchase  price  was $2.9  million  which was paid  through  the
issuance of 128,972 shares of the Company's Common Stock.

     On  November  11,  1998 the  Company  purchased  all the  assets of Indiana
Respiratory  Care, Inc., a home  respiratory care and durable medical  equipment
business.  The  purchase  price was $1.2  million of which $1.0 million was paid
through the issuance of 67,395 shares of the Company's Common Stock.

     On November 17, 1998,  the Company  issued 31,251 shares of Common Stock to
the stockholders of First Community Care, Inc., which was purchased in May 1998,
because the average  price of the 59,376  shares of Common  Stock  issued to the
First  Community  shareholders  at the time of closing of the  acquisition  (the
"Original  Shares") was higher than the average price of the Common Stock at the
time such shares were registered for resale under the Securities Act. The number
of additional shares is equal to the difference between (i) the number of shares
determined by dividing the merger  consideration  of $2.3 million by the average
closing  price of the Common Stock on the New York Stock  Exchange  ("NYSE") for
the 30 trading  days ending on the date  immediately  preceding  the date of the
registration  statement  covering the cost of the  Original  Shares was declared
effective  and (ii) the  number of shares  determined  by  dividing  the  merger
consideration  of $2.3 million by the average  closing price of the Common Stock
on the NYSE for the 30 trading day period  immediately  preceding the date which
was two trading days prior to the closing date of the acquisition.

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<PAGE>

     The  Common  Stock  issued by the  Company  in these  transactions  was not
registered  under the  Securities  Act of 1933,  as amended,  in  reliance  upon
exemptions  contained in Section  4(2)  thereof.  Each of the persons  acquiring
shares of Common  Stock made  representations  to the effect that (i) the shares
being  acquired  for its own  account  and not  with a view  to,  or for sale in
connection  with, any  distributions;  (ii)  acknowledging  that the shares were
restricted securities under Rule 144; (iii) that is had knowledge and experience
in  business  matters,  was  capable of  evaluating  the merits and risks of the
investment,  and was able to bear the risk of loss; and (iv) had the opportunity
to make inquiries of and obtain  information  from IHS. The Company is obligated
to register  the Common Stock for resale under the  Securities  Act of 1993,  as
amended.

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ITEM 6. SELECTED 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 elsewhere herein. The
selected  consolidated  financial  data set forth below for each of the years in
the five-year  period ended  December 31, 1998 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 LLP,  independent  certified  public
accountants.  The consolidated  financial statements as of December 31, 1997 and
1998 and for each of the years in the three year period ended December 31, 1998,
and the independent auditors' report thereon, are included elsewhere herein.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                       YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31,
                                                                     ---------------------------
                                                                          1994          1995
                                                                     ------------- -------------
                                                                     (IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT SHARE
                                                                       AND PER SHARE AMOUNTS)

<S>                                                                  <C>           <C>
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS DATA(1)(2):
Total revenues .....................................................   $ 709,049    $1,099,203
Cost and expenses:
 Operating, general and administrative expenses ....................     562,389       868,662
 Depreciation and amortization .....................................      26,315        38,963
 Rent ..............................................................      42,083        64,541
 Interest, net .....................................................      20,599        38,942
 Loss from impairment of long-lived assets and other non-
  recurring charges (income)(3) ....................................          --       132,960
                                                                       ---------    ----------
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations before equity in 
   earnings of affiliates, income taxes, extraordinary items
   and cumulative effect of accounting change ......................      57,663       (44,865)
Equity in earnings of affiliates ...................................       1,176         1,443
                                                                       ---------    ----------
  Earnings (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes,
    extraordinary items and cumulative effect of ac-
   counting change .................................................      58,839       (43,422)
Income tax provision (benefit) .....................................      22,065       (16,717)
                                                                       ---------    ----------
  Earnings (loss) from continuing operations before extraordi-
   nary items and cumulative effect of accounting change ...........      36,774       (26,705)
Earnings (loss) from discontinued operations (net of tax)(4) .......          88           716
                                                                       ---------    ----------
  Earnings (loss) before extraordinary items and cumulative
   effect of accounting change .....................................      36,862       (25,989)
Extraordinary items(5) .............................................       4,274         1,013
                                                                       ---------    ----------
  Earnings (loss) before cumulative effect of accounting change.....      32,588       (27,002)
Cumulative effect of accounting change(6) ..........................          --            --
                                                                       ---------    ----------
  Net earnings (loss) ..............................................   $  32,588    $  (27,002)
                                                                       =========    ==========
Per Common Share(7):
 Basic:
  Earnings (loss) from continuing operations before extraordi-
   nary items and cumulative effect of accounting change ...........   $    2.17    $    (1.24)
  Earnings (loss) before extraordinary items and cumulative
   effect of accounting change .....................................        2.18         (1.21)
  Earnings (loss) from continuing operations before cumula-
   tive effect of accounting change ................................        1.93         (1.26)
  Net earnings (loss) ..............................................   $    1.93    $    (1.26)
 Diluted:
  Earnings (loss) from continuing operations before extraordi-
   nary items and cumulative effect of accounting change ...........   $    1.76    $    (1.24)
  Earnings (loss) before extraordinary items and cumulative
   effect of accounting change .....................................        1.77         (1.21)
  Earnings (loss) before cumulative effect of accounting change ....        1.61         (1.26)
  Net earnings (loss) ..............................................   $    1.61    $    (1.26)
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding(7) ............
  Basic ............................................................      16,910        21,463
  Diluted ..........................................................      26,558        21,463
                                                                       =========    ==========
</TABLE>
<PAGE>

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                             YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31,
                                                                     -----------------------------------------
                                                                          1996          1997          1998
                                                                     ------------- ------------- -------------
                                                                     (IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT SHARE AND PER SHARE
                                                                                      AMOUNTS)
<S>                                                                  <C>           <C>           <C>
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS DATA(1)(2):
Total revenues .....................................................  $1,203,626    $1,402,628    $2,972,186
Cost and expenses:
 Operating, general and administrative expenses ....................     942,192     1,018,117     2,218,937
 Depreciation and amortization .....................................      37,223        56,162       156,719
 Rent ..............................................................      70,949        74,355       126,247
 Interest, net .....................................................      59,826        94,880       238,647
 Loss from impairment of long-lived assets and other non-
  recurring charges (income)(3) ....................................     (17,976)      123,456            --
                                                                      ----------    ----------    ----------
 Earnings (loss) from continuing operations before equity in
   earnings of affiliates, income taxes, extraordinary items
   and cumulative effect of accounting change ......................     111,412        35,658       231,636
Equity in earnings of affiliates ...................................         828            88           384
                                                                      ----------    ----------    ----------
  Earnings (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes, 
   extraordinary items and cumulative effect of ac-
   counting change .................................................     112,240        35,746       232,020
Income tax provision (benefit) .....................................      64,008        33,238        95,128
                                                                      ----------    ----------    ----------
  Earnings (loss) from continuing operations before extraordi-
   nary items and cumulative effect of accounting change ...........      48,232         2,508       136,892
Earnings (loss) from discontinued operations (net of tax)(4) .......        (467)      (13,631)     (204,870)
                                                                      ----------    ----------    ----------
  Earnings (loss) before extraordinary items and cumulative
   effect of accounting change .....................................      47,765       (11,123)      (67,978)
Extraordinary items(5) .............................................       1,431        20,552            --
                                                                      ----------    ----------    ----------
  Earnings (loss) before cumulative effect of accounting change ....      46,334       (31,675)      (67,978)
Cumulative effect of accounting change(6) ..........................          --         1,830            --
                                                                      ----------    ----------    ----------
  Net earnings (loss) ..............................................  $   46,334    $  (33,505)   $  (67,978)
                                                                      ==========    ==========    ==========
Per Common Share(7):
 Basic:
  Earnings (loss) from continuing operations before extraordi-
   nary items and cumulative effect of accounting change ...........  $     2.14    $     0.09    $     2.83
  Earnings (loss) before extraordinary items and cumulative
   effect of accounting change .....................................        2.12         (0.39)        (1.40)
  Earnings (loss) from continuing operations before cumula-
   tive effect of accounting change ................................        2.06         (1.12)        (1.40)
  Net earnings (loss) ..............................................  $     2.06    $    (1.19)   $    (1.40)
 Diluted:
  Earnings (loss) from continuing operations before extraordi-
   nary items and cumulative effect of accounting change ...........  $     1.84    $     0.33    $     2.56
  Earnings (loss) before extraordinary items and cumulative
   effect of accounting change .....................................        1.83         (0.02)        (1.08)
  Earnings (loss) before cumulative effect of accounting change.....        1.78         (0.55)        (1.08)
  Net earnings (loss) ..............................................  $     1.78    $    (0.60)   $    (1.08)
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding(7) ............
  Basic ............................................................      22,529        28,253        48,446
  Diluted ..........................................................      31,564        38,899    $   56,257
                                                                      ==========    ==========    ==========
</TABLE>

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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                    DECEMBER 31,
                                                      ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                          1994           1995           1996           1997           1998
                                                      ------------   ------------   ------------   ------------   ------------
                                                                                   (IN THOUSANDS)
<S>                                                   <C>            <C>            <C>            <C>            <C>
BALANCE SHEET DATA(4):
Cash and temporary investments ....................    $   63,181     $   38,499     $   37,530     $   68,375     $   44,219
Working capital ...................................        77,708        127,214         97,129         43,357        341,200
Total assets ......................................     1,250,972      1,423,749      1,792,677      5,002,152      5,393,128
Long-term debt, including current portion .........       549,954        769,948      1,032,529      3,219,481      3,382,937
Stockholders' equity ..............................       453,811        431,528        534,865      1,088,161      1,331,965
</TABLE>

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(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 (the "ILC Sale").  See "Item 7.
    Management's  Discussion and Analysis of Financial  Condition and Results of
    Operations -- Acquisition and Divestiture History."

(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 merger  have been  restated to include the results of
    IntegraCare.

(3) 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,  (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  and  (iv) a loss  of
    $83,321,000  resulting from the Company's election in December 1995 of early
    implementation of SFAS No. 121,  Accounting for the Impairment of Long-Lived
    Assets  and for  Long-Lived  Assets to Be  Disposed  Of.  In 1996,  consists
    primarily  of (i) a gain  of  $34,298,000  from  the  sale  of its  pharmacy
    division,  (ii) a loss of $8,497,000 from its sale of shares in its assisted
    living  services  subsidiary,  and (iii) a  $7,825,000  loss on write-off of
    accrued  management fees and loans resulting from the Company's  termination
    of its ten year  management  contract with All Seasons,  originally  entered
    into during  September 1994.  Because IHS' investment in the Capstone common
    stock  received in the sale of its  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. In 1997, consists primarily
    of (i) a gain of $7,580,000  realized on the shares of Capstone common stock
    received  in the  sale of its  pharmacy  division,  (ii)  the  write-off  of
    $6,555,000 of accounting,  legal and other costs resulting from the proposed
    merger  transaction with Coram, (iii) the payment to Coram of $21,000,000 in
    connection  with the  termination of the proposed  merger  transaction  with
    Coram, (iv) a gain of $3,914,000 from the ILC Sale, (v) a loss of $4,750,000
    resulting  from   termination   payments  in  connection   with  the  RoTech
    Acquisition and (vi) loss of $102,645,000 resulting from its plan to dispose
    of certain  non-strategic  assets to allow the  Company to focus on its core
    operations.  See "Item 7. Management's  Discussion and Analysis of Financial
    Condition and Results of Operations -- Acquisition and Divestiture  History"
    and "--  Results  of  Operations"  and Notes  1(g),  1(l) and 20 of Notes to
    Consolidated Financial Statements.

(4) In  October  1998,  the  Company's  Board  of  Directors  adopted  a plan to
    discontinue  its home health  nursing  business  segment.  Accordingly,  the
    operating  results of the home  health  nursing  business  of  approximately
    $35,903,000  (net of tax),  as well as the loss on disposal of  $168,967,000
    including  provisions  for  estimated  lease  termination  costs,   employee
    benefits  and losses  during  the  phase-out  period  (net of tax) have been
    segregated from  continuing  operations and reported as a separate line item
    on the  statement  of  operations.  The Company has  reclassified  its prior
    financial  statements  to present the  operating  results of the home health
    nursing business as a discontinued operation.  The assets and liabilities of
    such  operations  at  December  31,  1997  have  been  reflected  as  a  net
    non-current asset based substantially on the original classification of such
    assets  and  liabilities.  See  Note 8 of Notes  to  Consolidated  Financial
    Statements.

(5) 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, the Company  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 as an extraordinary loss of $1,431,000. In 1997, IHS
    recorded  a loss on  extinguishment  of debt  of  $33,692,000,  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)  $10,138,000 of deferred
    financing costs written off in connection with the early  extinguishment  of
    such debt and the Company's revolving credit facility. Such loss, reduced by
    the related income tax effect of $13,140,000,  is presented in the statement
    of operations for the year ended December 31, 1997 as an extraordinary  loss
    of $20,552,000.

(6) Represents  the  write-off,  net of income tax benefit,  of the  unamortized
    balance  of  costs  of  business  process   reengineering   and  information
    technology  projects.  See  Note  21  of  Notes  to  Consolidated  Financial
    Statements.

(7) The share and per share  information  for the years ended December 31, 1994,
    1995 and 1996 have been restated to reflect share and per share  information
    in  accordance  with  Statement of Financial  Accounting  Standards No. 128,
    "Earnings  per  Share,"  which was  required  to be adopted  by the  Company
    effective  with its  financial  statements  for the year ended  December 31,
    1997. See Notes 1(n) and 13 of Notes to Consolidated  Financial  Statements.
    The diluted  weighted  average number of common shares  outstanding  for the
    years ended  December 31, 1994 and 1996  includes the assumed  conversion of
    the convertible subordinated debentures into IHS Common Stock. Additionally,
    interest  expense and  amortization  of  underwriting  costs related to such
    debentures  are added,  net of tax, to income for the purpose of calculating
    diluted earnings per share. Such amounts aggregated $10,048,000, $9,888,000,
    $10,216,000 and $7,396,000 for the years ended December 31, 1994, 1996, 1997
    and 1998, respectively. The diluted weighted average number of common 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.

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ITEM  7. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS
         OF OPERATIONS

     Statements  in this Annual  Report on Form 10-K  concerning  the  Company's
business  outlook or future  economic  performance;  anticipated  profitability,
revenues,  expenses or other financial items; and product line growth,  together
with  other  statements  that are not  historical  facts,  are  "forward-looking
statements"   as  that  term  is  defined   under   Federal   Securities   Laws.
Forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors
which could cause actual results to differ  materially from those stated in such
statements.  Such risks,  uncertainties and factors include, but are not limited
to, the  Company's  substantial  indebtedness,  growth  strategy,  managed  care
strategy,  capital  requirements and recent acquisitions as well as competition,
government regulation,  general economic conditions and the other risks detailed
in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission,  including
this  Annual  Report  on  Form  10-K.   See  "Item  1.  Business  --  Cautionary
Statements."

INTRODUCTION

     In the past 15 years, the number of people over the age of 65 began to grow
significantly faster than the overall population.  At the same time, advances in
medical technology have increased the life expectancies of an increasingly large
number  of  medically   complex   patients.   This  trend,   combined  with  the
implementation  of healthcare cost containment  measures by private insurers and
government  reimbursement programs, has created a need for a more cost efficient
alternate  site for the provision of a wide range of medical and  rehabilitative
services which  traditionally  have been provided in an acute care hospital.  To
address this need, the Company began in the late 1980s to develop  subacute care
programs  within its geriatric care  facilities.  Beginning in 1993, the Company
began to expand the range of related services it offers to its patients directly
in order to serve the full  spectrum of  patients'  post-acute  care needs.  The
Company is now able to offer directly to its patients, rather than through third
party  providers,  a continuum of care  following  discharge  from an acute care
hospital.  IHS'  post-acute  services  include  subacute care,  skilled  nursing
facility  care,  home  respiratory  care and contract  rehabilitation,  hospice,
lithotripsy and diagnostic services.

     IHS presently  operates 370 geriatric care  facilities (285 owned or leased
and 85 managed) and 17 specialty hospitals. The Company provides a wide range of
basic  medical and subacute care  services as well as a  comprehensive  array of
respiratory,  physical,  speech,  occupational and physiatric therapy in all its
geriatric  care  facilities.  The Company has over 10,000  contracts  to provide
services, primarily physical, occupational, speech and respiratory therapies, to
skilled nursing facilities,  subacute care centers,  assisted living facilities,
hospitals and other  locations.  IHS also provides  mobile  diagnostics  such as
portable  x-ray and EKG to  patients  in  geriatric  care  facilities  and other
settings,  lithotripsy  services on an outpatient  basis, as well as diversified
home respiratory care, home infusion therapy and other pharmacy-related services
and  durable  medical  equipment   products  from  approximately  800  primarily
non-urban locations in 44 states and the District of Columbia.

     IHS initially  focused on the  provision of subacute  care through  Medical
Specialty Units ("MSUs"), which were typically 20 to 75 bed specialty units with
physical identities, specialized medical technology and staffs separate from the
geriatric care facilities in which they were located.  Because of the high level
of specialized care provided, the Company's MSUs generated  substantially higher
net revenue and operating profit per patient day than traditional geriatric care
facilities.  While IHS continues to focus on the provision of subacute  care, it
is no longer focusing on providing such care through its MSUs.

     IHS  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
IHS'  patients  among the private  pay,  Medicare and  Medicaid  categories  can
significantly   affect   the   profitability   of  the   Company's   operations.
Historically,  the Company  derived higher  revenue from  providing  specialized
medical services than routine  inpatient care.  Generally,  private pay patients
are the most profitable and Medicaid patients are the least profitable. IHS also
contracts with private payors,  including health  maintenance  organizations and
other managed care  organizations,  to provide  certain  healthcare  services to
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for a set per diem payment for each patient.  There can be no assurance that the
rates  paid to IHS by  these  payors  will be  adequate  to  cover  the  cost of
providing services to covered  beneficiaries.  The BBA makes numerous changes to
the Medicare and Medicaid programs which will significantly impact the Company.

     Until the implementation of the prospective  payment system,  which will be
complete for IHS'  facilities on June 1, 1999,  Medicare  reimburses the skilled
nursing facility based on a reasonable cost standard.  With certain  exceptions,
payment for skilled nursing facility services is made  prospectively,  with each
facility  receiving  an  interim  payment  during  the  year  for  its  expected
reimbursable  costs.  The interim  payment is later  adjusted to reflect  actual
allowable  direct and indirect  costs of services  based on the submission of an
annual cost report. Each facility is also subject to limits on reimbursement for
routine costs. Exceptions to these limits are available for, among other things,
the provision of atypical services.  The Company's cost of care for its subacute
care patients generally exceeds regional  reimbursement limits established under
Medicare,  and IHS submits  waiver  requests to recover these excess  costs.  To
date, the Company's final rates as approved by HCFA represent  approximately 94%
of the  requested  rates as  submitted in the waiver  requests.  There can be no
assurance,  however, that IHS will be able to recover its excess costs under any
waiver requests.

     The BBA mandates the establishment of a prospective  payment system ("PPS")
for Medicare skilled nursing facility  services,  under which facilities will be
paid a fixed fee for virtually all covered services.  PPS will be phased in over
a four-year period,  effective January 1, 1999 for IHS' owned and leased skilled
nursing   facilities  other  than  the  facilities   acquired  in  the  Facility
Acquisition,  which  facilities  will  become  subject  to PPS on June 1,  1999.
Prospective  payment for  facilities  managed by IHS will be effective  for each
facility at the beginning of its first cost reporting period on or after July 1,
1998.  During the first three  years,  payments  will be based on a blend of the
facility's  historical costs and federal costs.  Thereafter,  the per diem rates
will be based 100% on federal costs.  Under PPS, each patient's  clinical status
is evaluated and placed into a payment category.  The patient's payment category
dictates the amount that the provider  will receive to care for the patient on a
daily  basis.  The per diem rate  will  cover (i) all  routine  inpatient  costs
currently paid under Medicare Part A, (ii) certain ancillary and other items and
services  currently covered separately under Medicare Part B on a "pass-through"
basis,  and (iii) certain  capital  costs.  The  Company's  ability to offer the
ancillary  services  required by higher  acuity  patients,  such as those in its
subacute  care  programs,  in a  cost-effective  manner  will be critical to the
Company's  success and will affect the  profitability of the Company's  Medicare
patients.  There can be no assurance  that PPS will not have a material  adverse
impact on IHS' results of operations or financial condition.

     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 BBA  also  contains  changes  to the  Medicaid  program,  the  most
significant of which is the repeal of the Boren  Amendment.  The Boren Amendment
required state  Medicaid  programs to pay rates that are reasonable and adequate
to meet the  costs  that must be  incurred  by a  nursing  facility  in order to
provide care and services in compliance with applicable standards.  By repealing
the Boren  Amendment,  the BBA eases the  impediments on the states'  ability to
reduce their Medicaid  reimbursement for such services and, as a result,  states
now have considerable  flexibility in establishing  payment rates. Texas has now
adopted a case-mix  prospective  payment system similar to the Medicare PPS, and
the Company expects additional states will move in this direction. IHS is unable
to predict what effect such  changes  will have on the Company.  There can be no
assurance  that any  changes to the  Medicaid  program  will not have a material
adverse impact on the Company.

     Medicare covers and pays for  rehabilitation  therapy services furnished in
facilities in various  ways.  For  rehabilitation  services  provided  directly,
specific  guide  lines  exist for  evaluating  the  reasonable  cost of physical
therapy,  occupational therapy and speech language pathology services.  Medicare
applies  salary  equivalency  guidelines in determining  the reasonable  cost of
physical  therapy  and  respiratory  services,  which is the cost that  would be
incurred if the therapist  were employed by a nursing  facility,  plus an amount
designed to  compensate  the  provider  for certain  general and  administrative
overhead costs. Until April 1, 1998, Medicare paid for occupational  therapy and
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vices on a reasonable cost basis,  subject to the so-called "prudent buyer" rule
for evaluating the  reasonableness of the costs. IHS' gross margins for services
reimbursed under the salary  equivalency  guidelines are significantly less than
services reimbursed under the "prudent buyer" rule.

     In January 1998,  HCFA issued rules applying salary  equivalency  limits to
certain speech and occupational  therapy services and revised existing  physical
and  respiratory  therapy  limits.  The new limits are  effective  for  services
provided on or after April 1, 1998.  The  revised  guidelines  will be in effect
until nursing  facilities  transition to PPS. Under PPS, the  reimbursement  for
these services  provided to nursing facility patients will be a component of the
total  reimbursement  to the nursing facility allowed per patient and the salary
equivalency  guidelines  will no longer  be  applicable.  Medicare  will pay the
skilled  nursing  facility  directly  for all  rehabilitation  services  and the
outside  suppliers of such services to residents of the skilled nursing facility
must collect payment from the skilled  nursing  facility.  Effective  January 1,
1999 a per  provider  limit of  $1,500  applies  to all  rehabilitation  therapy
services provided under Medicare Part B ($1,500 for physical and speech-language
pathology  services,  and a separate $1,500 for occupational  therapy services).
Additionally, effective January 1, 1999, Medicare Part B therapy services are no
longer  being  reimbursed  on a cost basis;  rather,  payment  for each  service
provided  is based on fee screen  schedules  published  in November  1998.  As a
result of the  implementation  of PPS,  the  Company has to date  experienced  a
substantial  reduction in demand for and reduced operating margins from, therapy
services it provides to third  parties,  because such  providers  are  admitting
fewer Medicare patients and are reducing utilization of rehabilitative services.
There  can be no  assurance  that  these fee  schedules  or caps will not have a
material adverse effect on the Company.

     The Medicare program  reimburses IHS' home respiratory  care,  infusion and
durable  medical  equipment  services under a charge-based  system,  pursuant to
which the Company  receives either a fixed fee for a specific service or product
or a fixed per diem  amount for  providing  certain  services.  The BBA  reduced
Medicare payment amounts for oxygen and oxygen equipment furnished after January
1, 1998 to 75 percent of the fee schedule amounts in effect during 1997. Payment
amounts for oxygen and oxygen equipment furnished after January 1, 1999 and each
subsequent year thereafter are reduced to 70 percent of the fee schedule amounts
in effect  during  1997.  The BBA freezes the Consumer  Price Index (U.S.  urban
average) update for covered items of durable  medical  equipment for each of the
years  1998  through  2002  while  limiting  fees  for  parenteral  and  enteral
nutrients, supplies and equipment to 1995 reasonable charge levels over the same
period.  The BBA reduces payment amounts for covered drugs and biologicals to 95
percent of the average  wholesale  price of such  covered  items for each of the
years 1998 through 2002.  The BBA  authorizes the Department of Health and Human
Services  ("HHS")  to  conduct  up to  five  competitive  bidding  demonstration
projects for the acquisition of durable medical  equipment and requires that one
such project be established for oxygen and oxygen equipment.  Each demonstration
project is to be operated over a three-year period and is to be conducted in not
more than three competitive  acquisition areas. The BBA also includes provisions
designed  to  reduce  healthcare  fraud  and  abuse,  including  a  surety  bond
requirement for durable medical equipment providers.

     The Medicare  program  reimbursed the Company's home nursing  services on a
cost-based  system,  under  which  IHS  was  reimbursed  at the  lowest  of IHS'
reimbursable costs (based on Medicare  regulations),  cost limits established by
HCFA or IHS'  charges.  The BBA  reduced  current  cost  reimbursement  for home
nursing care pending  implementation of a prospective payment system,  which the
BBA mandated be  implemented  for cost reporting  periods  beginning on or after
October 1, 1999 (which date was subsequently  extended to October 1, 2000). This
postponement of implementation of a prospective  payment system for home nursing
and the  reduction in cost  reimbursement  resulted in IHS' decision to exit the
home nursing business.

     The Company expects that both private third party and  governmental  payors
will continue to undertake cost containment  measures designed to limit payments
made to healthcare providers such as IHS.  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 IHS.  There can be no  assurance  that  payments  under
governmental  and  third-party  private  payor  programs  will  remain at levels
comparable to present levels or will, in the future,  be sufficient to cover the
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participating  in such  programs.  In addition,  there can be no assurance  that
facilities  owned,  leased or managed by IHS 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.  In an attempt to limit the Federal and
state budget deficits, there have been, and IHS expects that there will continue
to be,  a  number  of  additional  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 IHS. See
"Item 1. Business -- Government  Regulation"  and "--  Cautionary  Statements --
Risk of Adverse Effect of Healthcare Reform."

ACQUISITION AND DIVESTITURE HISTORY

     Facility Acquisitions

     The Company commenced  operations on March 25, 1986. From inception to June
30, 1988, the Company  acquired seven  geriatric care facilities with a total of
900 beds and acquired  leasehold  interests in seven  geriatric care  facilities
having a total of 1,050  beds.  The Company  initiated  its MSU program in April
1988, in conjunction with HEALTHSOUTH Corporation ("HEALTHSOUTH"), with a 16 bed
unit serving patients with traumatic brain injury.

     During the fiscal year ended June 30, 1989 the Company  acquired  leasehold
interests in six geriatric care  facilities  having 974 beds and entered into an
agreement to manage one geriatric care facility  having 121 beds. One of the six
leased  facilities,  having 143 beds, was subject to a sublease to a third party
and was managed by the Company for such third  party.  The  sublease  terminated
February  2,  1991 and the  facility  was  treated  as a leased,  rather  than a
managed, facility. In addition, the Company opened two MSU programs totalling 35
beds.

     During  fiscal year ended June 30, 1990 the Company  acquired one geriatric
care facility  having 101 beds, a leasehold  interest in one facility having 210
beds,  and a 49% joint  venture  interest in a 160 bed  geriatric  care facility
which was managed by the Company until its purchase in September  1994. IHS also
entered into agreements to manage three other  geriatric care facilities  having
468 beds and  acquired  90%  (assuming  the  exercise of all options and related
exchange   rights)   of  the   stock  of   Professional   Community   Management
International,  Inc. ("PCM"),  which managed  residential  retirement  community
living units in Southern  California.  The Company sold PCM in 1994. The Company
also opened six MSU programs totalling 77 beds.

     In December 1990 the Company acquired leasehold interests in four geriatric
care facilities having 328 beds and received by assignment management agreements
covering 12 facilities  having 1,403 beds. On July 24, 1990, the Company assumed
the  management of 14 of these 16 facilities  and,  subsequent to July 24, 1990,
assumed the management of the remaining two facilities, pending the consummation
of the  acquisition.  In 1991 the  owners  of four of these  managed  facilities
terminated the Company's management  agreement for those facilities.  During the
six  months  ended  December  31,  1990 the  Company  opened  four MSU  programs
totalling 71 beds.

     In December 1991 the Company leased two geriatric care facilities  having a
total of 258 beds. The Company also opened six MSU programs totalling 106 beds.

     During  1992 the Company  expanded  its MSU focus by opening  thirteen  MSU
programs totaling 250 beds at its facilities, expanding seven MSU programs by 61
beds and  converting its  neuro-rehabilitation  MSU program for the treatment of
patients with traumatic  brain injury,  which was operated in  conjunction  with
HEALTHSOUTH,  to a 16 bed complex care MSU program. Also the Company expanded by
acquiring  one geriatric  care  facility with a total of 120 beds,  leasing five
facilities  having a total of 640 beds and  entering  into  thirteen  management
contracts  having a total of 1,481  beds.  The total cost of the  aforementioned
acquisitions was approximately $13.9 million, which includes all costs to secure
the facility or leasehold  interest.  None of the acquisitions were individually
significant  and all were financed with cash flow from operations and borrowings
under the Company's line of credit.

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     During 1993, the Company  expanded its MSU focus by opening 30 MSU programs
totaling 442 beds (including four MSU programs  totalling 84 beds at its managed
facilities)  and  expanding 24 MSU programs by 140 beds. On December 1, 1993 the
Company acquired  substantially  all of the United States  operations of Central
Park Lodges, Inc. ("CPL"),  consisting of 30 geriatric care facilities (24 owned
and 6 leased) and nine  retirement  facilities,  totaling 5,210 beds, a division
which provides pharmacy consulting services and supplies, prescription drugs and
intravenous  medications to geriatric care facilities through five pharmacies in
Florida,  Pennsylvania  and Texas,  and a  division  which  provides  healthcare
personnel and support  services to home  healthcare  and  institutional  markets
through five branch locations located in Florida and  Pennsylvania.  The Company
disposed  of  seven  retirement  facilities  and  five  of  the  geriatric  care
facilities acquired from CPL that the Company did not consider to fit within its
post-acute   care  strategy.   The  total  cost  of  the  CPL   acquisition  was
approximately   $185.3  million,   including  $20.1  million  in  assumption  of
indebtedness, warrants to purchase 100,000 shares of common stock of the Company
at a  purchase  price per share of $28.92  (valued at $1.4  million),  and other
direct  acquisition  costs.  The $163.8  million  cash paid to purchase  CPL was
financed using the Company's term loan and revolving credit facility. The number
of  shares  and  price  per  share  are  subject  to  adjustment  under  certain
circumstances. In addition, the Company agreed to provide consulting services to
Trizec for the development of subacute care programs at its Canadian facilities.
The Company  received a consulting  fee of $4.0 million and $3.0 million in 1994
and 1995, respectively.

     During 1993, the Company also acquired eight geriatric care facilities (two
of which had  previously  been leased by IHS),  leased one  facility and entered
into nine management contracts.

     During  1994,  the Company  continued to expand its MSU focus by opening 49
MSU programs  totalling 998 beds (including four MSU programs totalling 102 beds
at its managed facilities which includes 33 beds located at a facility no longer
managed by the Company as of August  1994) and  expanding 18 MSU programs by 100
beds.  During  the  same  period,  the  Company  acquired  five  geriatric  care
facilities (two of which had been previously  leased and three of which had been
managed by IHS),  leased 49 (three of which had been previously  owned and seven
of which had been previously  managed) and entered into 42 management  contracts
(five of which have become leased  facilities,  one of which has become an owned
facility and one of which was terminated).

     Effective  January 1, 1994, the Company entered into an agreement to manage
23 facilities in California,  consisting of 14 geriatric care facilities  having
1,875 beds and nine  psychiatric  facilities  having 1,265 beds (the  "Crestwood
Facilities"),   owned  by  certain   affiliated   partnerships  (the  "Crestwood
Partnerships")  and  leased by  Crestwood  Hospitals,  Inc.  ("Crestwood").  The
management  agreement  had a term of ten years and  provided for payments to IHS
based upon a  percentage  of the gross  revenues  of the  Crestwood  Facilities.
Pursuant  to this  transaction,  IHS had  agreed  to  loan  Crestwood  up to $11
million, including a $7 million line of credit. IHS was granted purchase options
whereby  it had the  option  upon  expiration  of its  management  agreement  to
purchase certain partnership interests of the partnerships which owned 19 of the
23  Crestwood  Facilities.  If IHS  elected to purchase  Crestwood  prior to the
expiration  of the  management  agreement,  it was  obligated to pay Crestwood a
break-up fee of $6 million.  The Company was obligated to purchase  Crestwood if
it elected to purchase the partnership  interests of the partnerships  which own
the   Crestwood   Facilities.   IHS  paid  the   stockholders   of  Crestwood  a
non-refundable  purchase  option  deposit  consisting  of $3 million in cash and
168,067  shares of IHS Common Stock.  This agreement was terminated in 1995 and,
as a result, the Company incurred a loss of $21.915 million.

     In February 1994 the Company entered into management  agreements to manage,
on an interim basis, eight geriatric care facilities, aggregating 1,174 beds, in
Delaware,  Massachusetts,  New Jersey and  Pennsylvania  previously  operated by
IFIDA Health Care Group Ltd.  ("IFIDA").  Upon the earlier of the  completion by
the owners of the eight facilities of the refinancing of certain debt or May 18,
1995, IHS was obligated to lease and operate these  facilities,  and was granted
an option to purchase any or all of these  facilities.  Five of these facilities
were  subsequently  leased  by the  Company  in July  1994  and  one  management
agreement  for a facility was  terminated  in August  1994.  The  remaining  two
facilities  were leased in 1995. The annual lease payments for these  facilities
currently  are $4.1  million.  The  purchase  price per facility is equal to the
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by the parties) of $59.5  million ($57 million if the option is exercised  prior
to the seventh year of the lease).  The Company has to date made purchase option
deposits  aggregating  $6.6  million with  respect to these  facilities,  and is
obligated to make  additional  purchase  option  deposits  aggregating  $500,000
during  each year of the  agreement.  IHS has  agreed to loan the  owners of the
eight  facilities  an  aggregate  of up to  $3.5  million  for  working  capital
purposes,  and  issued to the owners of the eight  facilities  an  aggregate  of
90,000 shares of Common Stock.

     In May 1994  the  Company  sold  its 49%  interest  in two  separate  joint
ventures formed with Sunrise  Terrace,  Inc.  ("Sunrise") to develop and operate
two  assisted  living  facilities.  Each  facility was to be managed by Sunrise;
Sunrise  had a 51%  interest  in, and the  Company  had a 49%  interest  in, the
venture's  capital,  earnings and losses.  Sunrise had an option to purchase the
Company's interest in either venture at any time, and the Company had a right to
require  Sunrise to purchase the  Company's  interest in the  Fairfax,  Virginia
venture.  The assisted  living  facility in Fairfax,  Virginia opened in October
1990; the second  facility was being  constructed in Bound Brook,  New Jersey at
the time of sale.

     In May 1990, a wholly owned subsidiary of IHS, Integrated of Amarillo, Inc.
("IAI"), purchased a geriatric care facility in Amarillo, Texas, and contributed
the  facility to a joint  venture in exchange for a 49%  interest  therein.  The
Company managed the facility, for which it received a management fee equal to 6%
of gross revenues.  The venturers shared in the venture's capital,  earnings and
losses in accordance with their respective  interests in the venture except that
net taxable operating losses were borne 100% by the other venturer. In September
1994, the Company purchased the remaining 51% interest in this joint venture.

     As of August 31,  1994 the Company  entered  into a  Facilities  Agreement,
Lease Agreement and certain other  agreements with Litchfield  Asset  Management
Corp.  ("LAM")  pursuant to which it leased,  effective  September 1, 1994, on a
triple net basis, 43 geriatric care facilities (consisting of 41 skilled nursing
facilities and two  retirement  centers),  including two  facilities  previously
leased  and  two  facilities  previously  managed  by the  Company  (the  "LPIMC
Facilities"),  aggregating  approximately  5,400 beds located in 12 states.  The
Company and Litchfield Investment Company, L.L.C., the successor to LAM ("LIC"),
subsequently  amended and restated these agreements  effective  October 1, 1997.
The Company's  current  annual lease payments are  approximately  $13.7 million,
based upon the annual debt service of monies  borrowed by LIC to  refinance  the
LPIMC  Facilities.  In addition,  the Company  made  refundable  lease  deposits
aggregating $37.4 million,  and will make additional  refundable deposits during
the initial term  (including  any extension  thereof) of the leases  aggregating
approximately  $4 million per annum.  Rent  payments  are subject to  escalation
commencing  October 1998 in an amount equal to two percent (three percent if the
Company elects to pay such increase in shares of the Company's  Common Stock) of
the net annual incremental  revenues of the LPIMC Facilities (subject to certain
maximums).  The leases have initial terms of eleven years, subject to renewal by
the  Company  for one  additional  period of seven  years  and three  additional
periods of five years each, and the Company has  guaranteed all lease  payments.
The Company has also received options to purchase each of the LPIMC  Facilities,
at any time after nine months prior to the end of the fourth  lease year,  for a
purchase  price that will  represent  (i) during the fourth  through tenth years
following the lease commencement date, such facility's  allocable  percentage of
the total amount of $343 million (to be increased  annually after the fifth year
by the rate of increase in the consumer  price index) and (ii)  beginning in the
twelfth year  following  the lease  commencement  date,  the greater of (a) fair
market value,  (b) 125% of the release cost of the monies  borrowed by LIC which
are  applicable  to such facility or (c) five times the  contribution  margin of
such facility.  The Company loaned LIC's principal  stockholders an aggregate of
$3 million.  In addition,  the Company  issued LAM warrants to purchase  300,000
shares of the Company's  Common Stock at an exercise  price of $31.33 per share,
and has granted LAM "piggy-back"  registration rights with respect to the shares
of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of such warrants.  The Company has agreed
to issue up to an  additional  50,000  shares of Common  Stock if the leases are
terminated  prior to October 1, 2006.  The agreement  with LAM requires that the
Company meet certain  financial tests. IHS has sublet two of these facilities to
Integrated Living Communities, Inc. ("ILC"), formerly the Company's wholly-owned
assisted living services subsidiary.

     In September 1994, the Company entered into a management agreement with All
Seasons to manage six  geriatric  care  facilities  with 872 beds located in the
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quarter of 1996 the Company terminated its management contract with All Seasons.
As a result of the termination,  the Company incurred a $7.8 million loss on the
termination. See Note 20 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

     In February 1995, the Company entered into a management agreement to manage
a 190 bed geriatric care facility located in Aurora, Colorado.

     In March 1995, the Company entered into a management agreement to manage 34
geriatric care facilities in Texas, California,  Florida, Nevada and Mississippi
(the "Preferred Care  Facilities").  The management  agreement has a term of ten
years and  provides  for  payments to the  Company  based upon a  percentage  of
adjusted  gross  revenues  and  adjusted   earnings  before   interest,   taxes,
depreciation and amortization of the Preferred Care Facilities.  The Company has
also been granted an option to purchase the Preferred Care  Facilities,  between
March 29, 1996 and the date of the termination of the management agreement,  for
$80 million net of purchase option deposits plus adjustments for inflation.  The
Company has a non-refundable purchase option deposit of $20.6 million which will
be applied  against  the  purchase  price if the  Company  elects to acquire the
facilities.

     During 1995, the Company  purchased five geriatric care  facilities (two of
which were previously leased). Also, the Company leased three facilities, all of
which  were  previously  managed.  The  total  cost of  these  acquisitions  was
approximately $30.6 million,  which includes legal fees and other costs incurred
to secure the facilities or leasehold interests in the facilities.

     During  1995,  the Company  continued to expand its MSU focus by opening 31
MSU programs totalling 691 beds (including two MSU programs totalling 63 beds at
its managed  facilities) and expanding  existing programs by 177 beds (including
17 beds at managed facilities).

     In January  1996,  the  Company  entered  into  agreements  to manage  four
assisted  living  facilities in California  and Ohio having a total of 234 beds.
The management agreements subsequently were transferred to ILC.

     In January 1996, the Company  purchased  Vintage Health Care Center,  a 110
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,
as well as in the assisted  living  portion of the Company's  Dallas at Treemont
and West Palm Beach  facilities,  were transferred as a capital  contribution to
ILC in June 1996.

     In May 1996,  the  Company  assumed  leases  for a 96 bed  skilled  nursing
facility and a 240 bed residential facility located in Las Vegas, Nevada.

     In July 1996, the Company assumed a lease for a skilled nursing facility in
Chicago, Illinois.

     In  October  1996, ILC completed its initial public offering, which reduced
IHS'  ownership in ILC to approximately 37%. IHS sold its remaining 37% interest
in ILC in July 1997. See "-- Divestitures."

     In  December  1996,  the Company  sold its  Palestine  facility  located in
Palestine, Texas. Total proceeds from the sale were $1.3 million.

     In  addition,  in  1996  the  Company  transferred  to  ILC,  as a  capital
contribution, ownership of three facilities.

     During 1996, the Company opened MSU programs  totalling 184 beds (including
one MSU program totalling 28 beds at a managed facility) and expanding  existing
programs by 199 beds.

     On September 25, 1997,  the Company  acquired,  through a cash tender offer
and subsequent  merger,  Community Care of America,  Inc. ("CCA") for a purchase
price of  approximately  $34.3 million in cash. In addition,  in connection with
the CCA  Acquisition  IHS repaid  approximately  $58.5  million of  indebtedness
assumed in the CCA Acquisition  (including  restructuring  fees of $4.9 million)
and assumed  approximately  $17.3  million of  indebtedness.  CCA  develops  and
operates skilled nursing facilities in medically  underserved rural communities.
CCA operated 53 licensed  long-term care facilities with 4,390 licensed beds (of
which nine facilities were subsequently  sold), one rural healthcare clinic, two
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tient rehabilitation centers (one of which was subsequently sold), one child day
care center and 124 assisted  living units within seven of the facilities  which
CCA operates. CCA operated in Alabama, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Kansas,
Louisiana, Maine, Missouri, Nebraska, Texas and Wyoming.

     In  November  1997,  the  Company  acquired  the assets of Durham  Meridian
Limited  Partnership,  owner of  Treyburn  Nursing  Center,  a  skilled  nursing
facility,  for $4.8  million.  In  addition,  the Company  purchased a leasehold
interest in Shadow Mountain, a skilled nursing facility, for $4.0 million.

     On December 31, 1997, IHS acquired from  HEALTHSOUTH  139 owned,  leased or
managed  long-term  care  facilities (of which 12 facilities  were  subsequently
sold), 12 specialty  hospitals,  a contract  therapy  business having over 1,000
contracts and an institutional  pharmacy business serving  approximately  38,000
beds (the "Facility Acquisition").  IHS paid approximately $1.16 billion in cash
and assumed approximately $91 million in debt. IHS disposed of the institutional
pharmacy business in August 1998.

     During 1997,  the Company  extended  existing MSU programs by 185 beds, but
did not open any new MSU programs.

     In January  1998,  IHS formed  Lyric  Health Care LLC, a limited  liability
company  ("Lyric"),  and  transferred  five geriatric care  facilities to Lyric,
which  then  sold  the  five  facilities  to Omega  Healthcare  Investors,  Inc.
("Omega"),  a  publicly-traded  real estate  investment trust, for approximately
$44.5 million. Lyric immediately leased back the five facilities from Omega. IHS
manages  the  facilities  for Lyric,  pursuant  to which it  receives  4% of the
facilities'  revenues as well as an incentive fee equal to 70% of Lyric's excess
cash flow (which is generally  defined as Lyric's gross  revenues less operating
expenses  (including the base  management fee and debt  service)).  In a related
transaction  Lyric  in  February  1998  sold a 50%  membership  interest  to TFN
Healthcare Investors,  Inc. ("TFN Healthcare"),  an entity controlled by Timothy
Nicholson,  a director of the Company,  for $1.0 million.  As a result,  IHS now
owns a 50% interest in Lyric. Mr.  Nicholson is the Managing  Director of Lyric.
The Company  recorded a $2.5  million  loss on the sale of these  facilities  in
1997.  IHS  expects to sell  additional  facilities  to real  estate  investment
trusts,  which Lyric may then lease back, all of which IHS will manage. IHS also
expects that Lyric will also acquire facilities from third parties.

     In February 1998, the Company  leased a 100 bed skilled  nursing  facility,
and in March 1998 leased seven skilled nursing  facilities having a total of 816
beds.

     In April 1998, the Company sold five  additional  long-term care facilities
to Omega for $50.5  million,  which  facilities  were leased back by Lyric.  The
Company is managing these  facilities for Lyric pursuant to the  above-described
agreements.

     In April 1998, the Company  acquired the stock of Magnolia Group,  Inc., an
operator  of 12  skilled  nursing  facilities  in  South  Carolina.  The  merger
consideration was $15.1 million,  which was paid through the issuance of 447,419
shares of the Company's Common Stock.

     In June 1998, the Company merged with Premiere  Associates,  an operator of
27 leased and one owned skilled nursing  facilities in Georgia and Florida and a
manager of 18 skilled nursing facilities in South Carolina, Georgia and Florida.
The merger consideration was $50.8 million,  which was paid through the issuance
of 800,561  shares of the  Company's  Common  Stock,  a note  payable  for $15.0
million and a cash payment of $6.5 million.

     In October 1998, the Company leased a 114 bed skilled nursing facility, and
in November  1998,  the Company  purchased  the assets of Oakwood  Manor Nursing
Center, Inc., a skilled nursing facility, for $5.8 million.

     Effective   January  1,  1999,   the  Company  and  various   wholly  owned
subsidiaries  of the Company (the "Lyric  Subsidiaries")  sold 32 long-term care
facilities  to Monarch  Properties,  LP ("Monarch  LP"), a newly formed  private
company,  for approximately  $132.3 million in net cash proceeds plus contingent
earn-out payments of up to a maximum of $67.6 million.  The contingent  earn-out
payments  will be paid to the  Company by Monarch  LP upon a sale,  transfer  or
refinancing  of any or all of the  facilities or upon a sale,  consolidation  or
merger of Monarch LP, with the amount of the  earn-out  payments  determined  in
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dance with a formula  described in the Facilities  Purchase  Agreement among the
Company,  the Lyric Subsidiaries and Monarch LP. Dr. Robert N. Elkins,  Chairman
of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President of the Company, beneficially
owns 30% of Monarch LP and is the  Chairman  of the Board of Managers of Monarch
Properties,  LLP,  the  parent  company  of  Monarch  LP.  After the sale of the
facilities to Monarch LP, the Company transferred the stock of each of the Lyric
Subsidiaries to Lyric.  Monarch LP then leased all of the facilities back to the
Lyric Subsidiaries under a long-term master lease. The Company is managing these
facilities for Lyric  pursuant to the  above-described  agreements.  The Company
expects to record an immaterial gain on the transaction.

     In January 1999, the Company acquired SunCoast of Manatee,  Inc., a skilled
nursing facility in Florida.  The total purchase price was  approximately  $11.9
million.

     In addition,  at March 22, 1999, IHS has reached agreements in principal to
enter into 2 separate leases of 28 skilled nursing  facilities.  There can be no
assurance  that any of these pending  acquisitions  will be  consummated  on the
proposed terms, on different terms or at all.

     In March 1999,  the Company  sold three  facilities  to Monarch L.P for $33
million,  which purchase price was paid by a 10% Note due March 2000. Monarch LP
leased the  facilities to Lyric.  The Company is managing  these  facilities for
Lyric pursuant to the above-described agreements.

     Service Provider Acquisitions

     During 1993 the Company  began to implement  its strategy of expanding  the
range of related  services it offers  directly to its patients in order to serve
the full spectrum of patient needs following acute hospitalization. As a result,
the Company is now able to offer  directly to its patients,  rather than through
third-party  providers,   home  respiratory  care,   rehabilitation   (physical,
occupational and speech),  lithotripsy,  and mobile x-ray and  electrocardiogram
and similar services. See "Item 1. Business -- Company Strategy."

     In June 1993, the Company acquired all of the outstanding  stock of Patient
Care Pharmacy, Inc. ("PCP"), a California corporation engaged in the business of
providing  pharmacy  services to geriatric care facilities and other  healthcare
providers in Southern  California.  The Company  combined the  operations of PCP
with  CPL's  pharmacy  operations.  The  total  cost for PCP was  $10.4  million
including  $9.84  million  representing  the  issuance of 425,674  shares of the
Company's  Common Stock. In addition,  the Company had agreed to make contingent
payments in the shares of the Company's  Common Stock following each of the next
three  years based upon the  earnings of PCP. On March 3, 1995,  the Company and
the  PCP   stockholders   terminated  all  rights  to  contingent   payments  in
consideration  for a payment of $3.5 million in the form of 92,434 shares of IHS
Common Stock. IHS sold this business in July 1996. See "-- Divestitures."

     In July 1993,  Comprehensive Post Acute Services,  Inc.  ("CPAS"),  a newly
formed  subsidiary 80% owned by the Company and 20% owned by Chi Systems,  Inc.,
formerly Chi Group,  Inc.  ("Chi"),  acquired  joint  ventures and  contracts to
develop and manage  subacute  programs from Chi. Chi is a healthcare  consulting
company in which John  Silverman,  a director of the Company,  is President  and
Chief Financial Officer and an approximately 16% stockholder. The purchase price
was  $200,000  and IHS had made  available a loan  commitment  of  $300,000  for
working capital purposes, which loan bore interest at a rate equal to Citicorp's
base rate plus four  percent.  As of July 21, 1994,  the Company  purchased  the
remaining  20% of CPAS from Chi for 5,200  shares of IHS Common  Stock valued at
$159,900. In connection with this transaction, the Company engaged Chi to act as
consultant with respect to the Company's transitional care units. The consulting
agreement,  which expired June 30, 1997, provides for the payment, in four equal
installments, of a $100,000 annual consulting fee.

     In October 1993, the Company acquired,  effective as of September 30, 1993,
Health Care Systems,  Inc., which owns Health Care Consulting,  Inc. ("HCC") and
RMi, Inc., a  Rehabilitation  Company  ("RMI"),  for $1.85 million in cash and a
five-year  earnout,  up to a maximum of $3.75 million based upon  achievement of
pre-tax  earnings  targets.  HCC is a  specialty  reimbursement  and  consulting
company with expertise in subacute rehabilitation  programs. RMI provides direct
therapy services,  including physical therapy,  occupational  therapy and speech
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management and  consulting  services in the oversight and training of therapists
employed by geriatric care facilities to facilitate higher quality patient care.
In July 1996,  the Company issued  warrants to purchase  20,000 shares of Common
Stock at a purchase price per share of $37.88 to each of Scott  Robertson,  Gary
Kelso and  Grantly  Payne in  exchange  for  their  rights  under the  five-year
earn-out agreement.

     In  December  1993,  the  Company  purchased  all of the  capital  stock of
Associated Therapists  Corporation,  d/b/a Achievement Rehab ("Achievement"),  a
provider  of  rehabilitation  therapy  services  on a contract  basis to various
geriatric  facilities in Minnesota,  Indiana and Florida.  The purchase price of
$22.5 million  consisted of 839,865 shares of the Company's  Common Stock (based
on the  average  price  of the  stock of  $26.79),  plus a  contingent  earn-out
payment,  also  payable  in shares of Common  Stock,  based  upon  increases  in
Achievement's earnings in 1994, 1995 and 1996 over a base amount. The total cost
was  applied  primarily  to  intangible  assets.  The final  earn-out  amount of
approximately  $26.44  million was paid in March 1997  through  the  issuance of
976,504 shares of IHS Common Stock.

     On July 7, 1994, the Company acquired all the outstanding  capital stock of
Cooper Holding  Corporation  ("Cooper"),  a Delaware  corporation engaged in the
business of providing mobile x-ray and  electrocardiogram  services to long-term
care and subacute care  facilities in  California,  Florida,  Georgia,  Indiana,
Nebraska,  Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas and Virginia. The purchase price for Cooper was
approximately $44.5 million,  including $19.9 million  representing the issuance
of 593,953  shares of the Company's  Common Stock and options to acquire  51,613
shares of Common Stock (based on the average  closing  price of the Common Stock
of $30.81  over the 30 day period  prior to June 2, 1994,  the date on which the
Cooper  acquisition  was publicly  announced).  In addition,  the Company repaid
approximately $27.2 million of Cooper's debt.

     On August 8, 1994,  the Company  acquired  substantially  all the assets of
Pikes Peak  Pharmacy,  Inc.,  a company  which  provides  pharmacy  services  to
patients  at  nine  facilities  in  Colorado  Springs,  Colorado  which  have an
aggregate of 625 beds, for $646,000. The Company subsequently sold this business
as part of the sale of the pharmacy division. See "-- Divestitures."

     On September 23, 1994 the Company acquired  substantially all of the assets
of Pace Therapy, Inc., a company which provides physical,  occupational,  speech
and  audiology  therapy  services to  approximately  60  facilities  in Southern
California   and  Nevada.   The  purchase  price  for  Pace  was  $5.8  million,
representing  the issuance of 181,822 shares of the Company's  Common Stock.  In
addition, the Company repaid approximately $1.6 million of Pace's debt.

     On October 7, 1994 the Company  acquired  all of the  outstanding  stock of
Amcare,  Inc.,  an  institutional  pharmacy  serving  approximately  135 skilled
nursing facilities in California,  Minnesota,  New Jersey and Pennsylvania.  The
purchase   price  for  Amcare  was  $21.0  million,   including   $10.5  million
representing  the issuance of 291,101 shares of the Company's  Common Stock. The
Company  subsequently  sold this business in the sale of its pharmacy  division.
See "-- Divestitures."

     On October 11, 1994 the Company acquired substantially all of the assets of
Pharmaceutical  Dose Service of La., Inc., an institutional  pharmacy serving 14
facilities.  The purchase price for PDS was $4.2 million, including $3.9 million
representing  the issuance of 122,117 shares of the Company's  Common Stock. The
Company  subsequently  sold this business in the sale of its pharmacy  division.
See "-- Divestitures."

     On November 2, 1994 the Company  acquired all of the  outstanding  stock of
CareTeam  Management  Services,  Inc., a home health  company  serving  Arizona,
Kansas,  Missouri,  New Mexico,  North  Carolina  and Texas.  The  purchase  for
CareTeam was $5.9 million,  including $5.2 million  representing the issuance of
147,068 shares of the Company's Common Stock.

     On November 3, 1994 the Company  acquired all of the  outstanding  stock of
Therapy Resources, a company which provides physical,  occupational,  speech and
audiology  services to  approximately  22 geriatric care facilities and operates
seven  out-patient  rehabilitation  facilities.  The  purchase  price  was  $1.6
million.

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     On November 3, 1994 the Company  acquired all of the  outstanding  stock of
Rehab People,  Inc., a company which provides physical,  occupational and speech
therapy services to approximately 38 geriatric care facilities in Delaware,  New
York, North Carolina and  Pennsylvania.  The purchase price for Rehab People was
$10 million representing the issuance of 318,471 shares of Common Stock.

     On November 3, 1994, the Company  acquired certain assets of Portable X-Ray
Service of Rhode Island,  Inc., a mobile x-ray company,  for a purchase price of
$2.0 million  including  $700,000  representing the issuance of 19,739 shares of
the Company's Common Stock.

     On November 18, 1994 the Company acquired  substantially  all of the assets
of Medserv Corporation's Hospital Services Division,  which provides respiratory
therapy. The purchase price was $21.0 million.

     On December 9, 1994, the Company acquired all rights of Jule  Institutional
Supply, Inc. under a management  agreement with Samaritan Care, Inc. ("Samaritan
Care"), an entity which provides hospice services, for a purchase price of $14.0
million,  representing  the issuance of 375,134  shares of the Company's  Common
Stock. In addition,  the Company acquired the membership  interests in Samaritan
Care for no additional consideration.

     On December 23, 1994, the Company acquired all of the outstanding  stock of
Partners Home Health,  Inc., a home health infusion  company  operating in seven
states.  The  purchase  price was $12.4  million,  representing  the issuance of
332,516 shares of the Company's Common Stock.

     Between August 1994 and January 1995,  the Company  acquired six additional
radiology and diagnostic  service  providers for an aggregate  consideration  of
$3.8  million.  These  entities  provide  radiology and  diagnostic  services in
Indiana, Louisiana, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Texas.

     In January 1995,  the Company  acquired four ancillary  services  companies
which provide mobile x-ray and electrocardiogram  services to long-term care and
subacute care facilities.  The total purchase price was $3.6 million,  including
$300,000  representing  the  issuance of 7,935  shares of the  Company's  Common
Stock.

     In February 1995, the Company  acquired all of the assets of ProCare Group,
Inc. and its affiliated entities, which provide home health services in Broward,
Dade and Palm  Beach  counties,  Florida.  The  total  purchase  price  was $3.9
million,  including  $3.6  million  representing  the  issuance of 95,062 of the
Company's Common Stock.

     In March 1995, the Company  purchased  Samaritan  Management,  Inc.,  which
provides  hospice  services  in  Michigan,   for  $5.5  million,   and  acquired
substantially  all of the assets of Fidelity Health Care,  Inc., a company which
provides home  healthcare  services,  temporary  staffing  services and infusion
services in Ohio, for $2.1 million.

     In June 1995, the Company acquired three ancillary services companies which
provide  mobile x-ray and  electrocardiogram  services to long-term and subacute
care facilities. The total purchase price was $2.2 million.

     In August 1995, the Company acquired all of the outstanding stock of Senior
Life Care Enterprises,  Inc., which provides home health, supplemental staffing,
and management services.  The total purchase price was $6.0 million representing
the issuance of 189,785 shares of the Company's Common Stock.

     In   September   1995,   the   Company   merged  with   IntegraCare,   Inc.
("IntegraCare"),  which provides  physical,  occupational  and speech therapy to
skilled nursing facilities in Florida and operated seven physician practices, in
a transaction that was 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.  In
addition,  the  Company  incurred  $1.9  million  of costs  as a  result  of the
IntegraCare  merger.  This amount is included as a  non-recurring  charge in the
Company's  Statement of  Operations  for the year ended  December 31, 1995.  The
Company  subsequently  disposed  of the  physician  practices  acquired  in this
acquisition.

     During 1995,  the Company  acquired 12 companies  providing  primarily home
healthcare,  x-ray and electrocardiagram  services. The total purchase price for
these companies was $8.7 million,  and no single  acquisition had total costs in
excess of $2.0 million.

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     In March 1996, the Company  acquired all of the outstanding  stock of Rehab
Management Systems,  Inc., which operates outpatient  rehabilitative clinics and
inpatient therapy centers. The total purchase price was $10.0 million, including
$8.0 million representing the issuance of 385,542 shares of the Company's Common
Stock.

     In May 1996, the Company acquired all of the assets of Hospice of the Great
Lakes,  Inc., which provides  hospice  services in Illinois.  The total purchase
price was $8.2  million  representing  the  issuance  of  304,822  shares of the
Company's Common Stock.

     In   July   1996,   the   Company  sold  its  pharmacy  division.  See  "--
Divestitures."

     In August 1996, the Company  acquired all of the outstanding  stock of J.R.
Rehab Associates,  Inc., which provides rehab therapy services to nursing homes,
hospitals and other  healthcare  providers.  The total  purchase  price was $2.1
million.

     In  August  1996,  the  Company  acquired  the  assets  of  ExtendiCare  of
Tennessee,  Inc., which provides home healthcare services, for $3.4 million, and
the assets of Edgewater  Home  Infusion  Services,  Inc.,  which  provides  home
infusion services, for $8.0 million.

     In  September  1996,  the  Company  acquired  the assets of Century  Health
Services,  Inc., which provides home healthcare services,  for $2.4 million, and
all of the outstanding  stock of Signature Home Care,  Inc., which provides home
healthcare and  management  services,  for $9.2 million,  including $4.7 million
representing  the issuance of 196,374 shares of the Company's  Common Stock.  In
addition,  the Company repaid  approximately  $1.6 million of Century's debt and
$1.9 million of Signature's debt.

     In October 1996,  the Company  acquired,  through  merger,  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. The purchase price for First American was
$154.1  million in cash plus  contingent  payments  of up to $155  million.  The
contingent  payments were to become payable if (i)  legislation was enacted that
changed 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  increase  in the  seasonally  unadjusted
Consumer  Price Index for all Urban  Consumers for the Medical Care  expenditure
category  (the  "Medical  CPI") was less than 8% or, even if the Medical CPI was
greater  than 8% in  such  year,  in any  subsequent  year  prior  to  2004  the
percentage  increase  in the  Medical  CPI was less  than 8%. As a result of the
enactment of the BBA in August 1997,  which  required  the  implementation  of a
prospective  payment  system  for  home  nursing  services  starting  with  cost
reporting  periods  beginning  after  October 1, 1999  (subsequently  delayed to
October 1, 2000),  the  contingent  payments  became payable and 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
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.  IHS  discontinued  its home nursing  business in 1998 and
subsequently disposed of this business in 1999. See "-- Divestitures."

     In November  1996,  the Company  acquired  the assets of Mediq Mobile X-ray
Services,  Inc., which provides mobile diagnostic  services,  for $10.1 million,
including  $5.2  million  representing  the  issuance  of 203,721  shares of the
Company's  Common Stock,  and the assets of Total Rehab Services,  LLC and Total
Rehab Services 02, LLC, which provide  contract  rehabilitative  and respiratory
services, for $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 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

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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.

     During 1996,  the Company  acquired  seven  companies  providing  primarily
mobile x-ray services.  The total purchase price was $2.6 million, and no single
acquisition had total costs in excess of $2.0 million.

     In January  1997,  the Company  acquired  all of the  outstanding  stock of
In-Home  Healthcare,  Inc., which provides home healthcare  services.  The total
purchase price was $3.2 million.

     In February 1997,  the Company  acquired the assets of Portable X-Ray Labs,
Inc., which provides mobile x-ray services, for $4.9 million.

     In June 1997,  the Company  acquired all the  outstanding  capital stock of
Health  Care  Industries,  Inc.,  a home  health  company in  Florida,  for $1.8
million,  and  substantially  all  the  assets  of  Rehab  Dynamics,   Inc.  and
Restorative Therapy, Ltd., related contract rehab companies,  for $19.7 million,
including  $11.5  million  representing  the  issuance of 331,379  shares of the
Company's Common Stock.

     In August 1997, IHS acquired all the  outstanding  capital stock of Arcadia
Services,  Inc.,  a home health  company,  for $17.2  million  representing  the
issuance  of  581,451  shares  of  the  Company's  Common  Stock,  and  all  the
outstanding capital stock of Ambulatory  Pharmaceutical  Services,  Inc. and APS
American,  Inc.,  related home health  companies,  for $36.3 million,  including
$18.1  million  representing  the  issuance of 532,240  shares of the  Company's
Common Stock.

     In September 1997, the Company  acquired all the outstanding  capital stock
of Barton Creek Health Care,  Inc., a home health company.  Total purchase price
was $4.9 million.

     In October 1997, IHS acquired RoTech Medical Corporation ("RoTech") through
merger of a  wholly-owned  subsidiary of IHS into RoTech (the "RoTech  Merger"),
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. IHS issued approximately  15,598,400 shares of Common Stock in the RoTech
Merger, and reserved for issuance approximately 1,737,476 shares of Common Stock
issuable  upon  exercise  of RoTech  options.  The RoTech  Merger  consideration
aggregated approximately $506.6 million, substantially all of which was recorded
as  goodwill.  IHS repaid the $201.0  million of RoTech bank debt assumed in the
transaction   and   repurchased   $107.836   million  of  RoTech's   convertible
subordinated  debentures;  $2.026 million principal amount of RoTech debentures,
convertible  into   approximately   44,813  shares  of  Common  Stock,   remains
outstanding.

     In October 1997,  IHS acquired  substantially  all of the assets of Coram's
Lithotripsy  Division,  which  operated  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. IHS paid  approximately  $131.0 million in cash for
the Coram  Lithotripsy  Division,  including  the  payment  of $1.0  million  of
intercompany debt to Coram.

     In November  1997, IHS purchased the remaining 60% interest in HPC America,
Inc.,  an operator of home  infusion and home  healthcare  companies,  for $26.1
million.  IHS purchased a 40% interest in HPC America in September 1995 for $8.2
million. The Company also acquired the assets of Richards Medical Company,  Inc.
for $2.0 million,  Central  Medical  Supply  Company,  Inc. for $1.9 million and
Hallmark  Respiratory  Care  for $3.8  million,  which  are all home  healthcare
providers.

     In December  1997,  the Company  purchased  the assets of Sunshine  Medical
Equipment,  Inc., a home healthcare provider, for $3.3 million and the assets of
the Quest entities of Bradley  Medical,  Inc., home respiratory care businesses,
for $33.0 million.

     During 1997,  the Company  acquired 17 companies  providing  primarily home
healthcare and diagnostic services. The total purchase price for these companies
was $9.0 million,  and no single  acquisition  had total costs in excess of $2.0
million.

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     In January 1998, the Company acquired all the outstanding  capital stock of
Paragon  Rehabilitative  Service,  Inc.,  an  Ohio  corporation  which  provides
contract rehabilitation services to nursing homes, long-term care facilities and
other healthcare  facilities.  The merger consideration was $10.8 million, which
was paid through the issuance of 361,851 shares of the Company's Common Stock.

     In February 1998, the Company  acquired the assets of Health Star, Inc. for
$2.9  million,  the stock of Medicare  Convalescent  Aids of  Pinellas  for $4.5
million,  the stock of Michigan Medical Supply for $1.9 million,  and the assets
of Nutmeg Respiratory Homecare for $2.3 million,  which are all home respiratory
providers.  The Company issued  122,376 shares of the Company's  Common Stock in
connection with the Medicare Convalescent acquisition.

     In  March  1998,  the  Company  acquired  the  asset of  Chancy  Healthcare
Services, Inc., a provider of home respiratory services, for $5.3 million.

     In May 1998,  the Company  acquired  the assets of American  Mobile  Health
Systems,  Inc., a provider of diagnostic services.  The merger consideration was
$2.8  million,  which was paid  through  the  issuance  of 89,634  shares of the
Company's  Common  Stock.  The Company also  acquired the assets of Eastern Home
Care and Oxygen,  Inc. for $3.8 million and the assets of First  Community Care,
Inc. ("FCCI"), for $7.9 million, both of which are providers of home respiratory
services.  The  purchase  price for FCCI was paid through the issuance of 90,627
shares of the Company's Common Stock.

     In June 1998,  the Company  acquired the assets of certain  entities  which
provided office  facilities,  equipment and management  services to Metropolitan
Lithotripter  Associates,  which  is  a  professional  corporation  composed  of
approximately  200 urologists that provides renal lithotripsy and other services
in the Greater New York metropolitan  area. The consideration was $10.9 million,
which was paid through the issuance of 348,974  shares of the  Company's  Common
Stock and a cash payment of $3.1 million.

     In  June  1998, the Company acquired the assets of Apex Home Care, Inc. for
$2.7  million  and the assets of Osborne Medical, Inc. for $2.0 million, both of
which are providers of home respiratory services.

     In July 1998, the Company  acquired the stock of Collins  Rentals,  Inc., a
provider of home respiratory services, for $2.5 million.

     In August 1998, the Company acquired the assets of American Oxygen Services
of Tennessee,  a provider of home respiratory services. The merger consideration
was $2.0  million,  which was paid through the issuance of 61,061  shares of the
Company's  Common Stock. The Company also acquired the stock of Home Care Oxygen
Services,  Inc. for $3.7 million and the assets of  Tri-County  Medical  Oxygen,
Inc. for $2.1 million, both of which are home respiratory service providers.

     In September  1998,  the Company  acquired  the assets of Accucare  Medical
Corporation,  a provider of home respiratory services.  The merger consideration
was $2.9 million,  which was paid through the issuance of 128,972  shares of the
Company's  Common Stock.  The Company also purchased the assets of Valley Oxygen
and Medical  Equipment Inc., a provider of home respiratory  services,  for $2.5
million.

     In October 1998, the Company  purchased the assets of  Arrowhealth  Medical
Supply for $7.9 million,  the assets of Professional  Respiratory Care, Inc. for
$2.2 million and the stock of Acadia Home Care for $2.2  million,  which are all
providers of home respiratory services.

     In  November 1998, the Company acquired the assets of Norcare Home Medical,
Inc.  for  $2.5  million,  the stock of RespaCare, Inc. for $3.8 million and the
assets  of  Caremor  Health  Services,  Inc.  for  $2.2  million,  which are all
providers of home respiratory services.

     During  1998,  the  Company  acquired  71  additional  companies  providing
primarily home respiratory and diagnostic services. The total purchase price for
these companies was $57.0 million,  and no single acquisition had total costs in
excess of $2.0 million.  The Company issued  302,718  shares in connection  with
these acquisitions.

     In January  1999,  the  Company  acquired  seven home  respiratory  service
companies. The total purchase price was approximately $8.2 million.

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     In addition,  the Company has reached  agreements  in principle to purchase
nine home respiratory service companies for approximately  $35.5 million.  There
can be no assurance that any of these pending  acquisitions  will be consummated
on the proposed terms, different terms or at all.

     Divestitures

     On July 11, 1991, the Company sold its audiology business to Hearing Health
Services,  Inc., a newly-formed  affiliate of  privately-held  Foster Management
Company. The sale involved all customer lists, license agreements, store leases,
property and equipment,  accounts  receivable  and  merchandise  inventory.  The
Audiology  Division's  products  and  services,  which were offered at 34 retail
outlets  (of which 12 were  located  in  speech  pathologist/professional/doctor
offices)  in  Florida  and  Illinois,  included  hearing  aids,  protective  and
assistive  listening  devices,  and  hearing,  testing and aural  rehabilitation
services.  The Company received $5 million for  substantially  all the assets of
the  Audiology  Division as  follows:  $1 million in cash and a  combination  of
common and  preferred  stock  valued by  independent  financial  advisors  at $4
million. The common stock was repurchased for $2.6 million plus interest in July
1996 and the preferred stock is convertible  under certain  conditions and has a
liquidation  preference  of $2  million.  Approximately  $450,000  of  the  cash
proceeds were paid to NovaCare, Inc., an affiliate of Foster Management Company,
representing  amounts owed by IHS to NovaCare,  Inc. for services rendered.  The
Company determined to discontinue the audiology business in June 1990 because it
could not be integrated  effectively  into its primary  business.  A substantial
portion of the  audiology  business had been  acquired from Dr. Thomas F. Frist,
Jr., who was a director of the Company until June 1993.

     On April 27,  1994,  the  Company  sold its  approximate  92%  interest  in
Professional Community Management International, Inc. ("PCM") to PCM at its book
value of $4.3  million.  The  Company  accepted a  promissory  note for the full
amount of the  purchase  price,  which bears  interest at 6.36% per annum and is
payable by PCM in  installments  over a 40 year period.  The promissory  note is
secured by a pledge of PCM stock held by certain PCM stockholders and a security
interest in all tangible and intangible  assets of PCM. Certain  stockholders of
PCM also  executed  personal  guarantees  with  respect  to the  payment of $1.2
million  over a period of six years,  subject to reduction in an amount equal to
the  amortization of the principal  amount of the note. PCM manages  residential
condominium units in retirement communities in Southern California.

     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.
In connection with the sale of the pharmacy  division,  IHS agreed that prior to
July 2001 neither it nor any of its subsidiaries would be involved,  directly or
indirectly,  in the  operation,  management  or  conduct  of any  business  that
provides  institutional  pharmacy dispensing or consulting services to long-term
care facilities (including skilled nursing facilities) located within a 150 mile
radius of any IHS  long-term  care facility or any pharmacy sold to, or operated
by, Capstone,  except in certain limited  circumstances.  The Company's pharmacy
division operated institutional  pharmacies in eight states providing service to
over 40,000 beds within 379 facilities.  Approximately 17% of the beds were then
owned,  leased or managed by IHS. IHS' revenues for the year ended  December 31,
1996 included revenue generated by the pharmacy division of approximately  $63.6
million (of which $11.3  million was revenue from  services to IHS  facilities).
The Company's  earnings before income taxes for the year ended December 31, 1996
included  earnings  before  income taxes  generated by the pharmacy  division of
approximately $6.4 million.

     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 proceeds from
the offering to repay  outstanding  indebtedness  to IHS. 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
recorded a gain of approximately $3.9 million from the ILC

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Sale in 1997.  IHS'  revenues  for the year ended  December  31,  1996  included
revenue generated by ILC of approximately $17.1 million.  The Company's earnings
(loss)  before  income  taxes for the year  ended  December  31,  1996  included
earnings before income taxes generated by ILC of approximately $1.7 million.

     In February 1998,  the Company sold its  outpatient  clinics to Continucare
Rehabilitation  Services,  Inc. for $10.0 million.  During the fourth quarter of
1997,  the  Company  wrote  down its  basis  in its  outpatient  clinics  to net
realizable  value.  Accordingly,  no gain or loss was  recognized by the Company
during the first quarter of 1998.

     In  the  first half of 1998 the Company sold ten facilities to Omega, which
leased  such facilities to Lyric, which is 50% owned by IHS. The Company manages
these facilities for Lyric. See "-- Acquisitions -- Facility Expansion."

     In  June  1998,  the  Company  sold  11  long-term   care   facilities  for
approximately $56.7 million, which approximated the Company's basis. The Company
recognized no gain or loss on the transaction.

     In July 1998,  the Company  sold four of its  facilities  held for sale for
approximately  $1.0  million.  The  Company  recognized  no  gain or loss on the
transaction.

     In August 1998,  the Company sold  portions of its  institutional  pharmacy
division,  which was acquired by IHS as part of the Horizon/CMS  assets acquired
from  HEALTHSOUTH  Corporation in December 1997. The Company recorded no gain or
loss on the transaction.

     Effective January 1, 1999, the Company sold 32 facilities to Monarch, which
leased such  facilities  to Lyric.  In March 1999 the Company sold an additional
three  facilities to Monarch,  which then leased the  facilities  to Lyric.  The
Company  manages these  facilities for Lyric.  See "--  Acquisitions -- Facility
Expansion."

     In February  1999,  the Company  sold a portion of its Home Health  Nursing
segment to Medshares/ IHS Acquisition, Inc., an affiliate of Medshares, Inc. for
$12.7 million. The Company had previously adopted a plan of disposition for this
business  segment and recorded a $204.9  million loss (net of tax benefit)  from
discontinued  operations in 1998. In March 1999, the Company signed a definitive
agreement to sell the Company's  remaining  portion of this business,  for $13.6
million. The results of such transaction are included in the $204.9 million Loss
from Discontinued Operations.

     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,  assisted living services and home nursing divisions, and
may divest additional divisions or assets in the future.

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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 and the percentage  change in such items from
the prior corresponding fiscal periods.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                               PERIOD TO PERIOD
                                                            PERCENTAGE OF NET REVENUES       INCREASE (DECREASE)
                                                        ----------------------------------- ----------------------
                                                                                               YEAR        YEAR
                                                                                               ENDED      ENDED
                                                                                             DECEMBER    DECEMBER
                                                                                             31, 1997    31, 1998
                                                                                             COMPARED    COMPARED
                                                             YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31,         TO 1996    TO 1997
                                                        ----------------------------------- ---------- -----------
                                                            1996        1997        1998
                                                        ----------- ----------- -----------
<S>                                                     <C>         <C>         <C>         <C>        <C>
Total revenues ........................................     100.0%      100.0%      100.0%      16.5%      111.9%
                                                            -----       -----       -----    -------     -------
Costs and Expenses:
 Operating, general and administrative expenses .......      78.3        72.6        74.7        8.1       117.9
 Depreciation and amortization ........................       3.1         4.0         5.3       50.9       179.0
 Rent .................................................       5.9         5.3         4.2        4.8        69.8
 Interest, net ........................................       5.0         6.8         8.0       58.6       151.5
 Non-recurring charges (income) .......................     ( 1.5)        8.8          --          *     ( 100.0)
                                                            -----       -----       -----    -------     -------
  Earnings from continuing operations before equity in
   earnings of affiliates, income taxes, extraordinary
   items and cumulative effect of accounting change....       9.2         2.5         7.8    (  68.0)      549.6
Equity in earnings of affiliates ......................       0.1         0.0         0.0    (  89.4)      336.4
                                                            -----       -----       -----    -------     -------
  Earnings from continuing operations before income
   taxes, extraordinary items and cumulative effect of
   accounting change ..................................       9.3         2.5         7.8    (  68.2)      549.1
Federal and state income taxes ........................       5.3         2.3         3.2    (  48.1)      186.2
                                                            -----       -----       -----    -------     -------
  Earnings from continuing operations before extraor-
   dinary items and cumulative effect of accounting
   change .............................................       4.0         0.2         4.6    (  94.8)    5,358.2
Loss from discontinued operations .....................       0.0         1.0         6.9    2,818.8     1,403.0
  Earnings before extraordinary items and cumulative
   effect of accounting change ........................       4.0       ( 0.8)      ( 2.3)         *     ( 511.1)
Extraordinary items ...................................       0.1         1.5          --    1,336.2           *
                                                            -----       -----       -----    -------     -------
  Earnings (loss) before cumulative effect of account-
   ing change .........................................       3.9       ( 2.3)      ( 2.3)         *     ( 114.6)
Cumulative effect of accounting change ................        --         0.1          --          *           *
                                                            -----       -----       -----    -------     -------
  Net earnings (loss) .................................       3.9       ( 2.4)      ( 2.3)         *     ( 102.9)
                                                            =====       =====       =====    =======     =======
</TABLE>
- ----------
* Not meaningful.

YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1998 COMPARED TO YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1997

     The Company's 1998 results of operations were substantially affected by the
acquisition of 126 owned,  leased or managed  facilities  (excluding  facilities
subsequently  sold),  12 specialty  hospitals  and a contract  therapy  business
having over 1,000 contracts  acquired from  HEALTHSOUTH  Corporation on December
31, 1997 (the "Facility Acquisition") the acquisition of RoTech in October 1997,
a home respiratory, home medical equipment and infusion therapy company, and the
Company's  discontinuance  of its home  health  nursing  business  in the  third
quarter of 1998.

     Net  revenues  for the year ended  December  31, 1998  increased  $1,569.56
million, or 111.9% to $2,972.19 million from the comparable period in 1997. Such
increase was attributable to (i) $985.72 million from inpatient services,  which
includes inpatient facilities, contract services and management and other, which
were in operations  in both periods,  as well as,  inpatient  services  acquired
during 1997,  including certain business from HEALTHSOUTH which were acquired on
December 31,  1997,  (ii)  $467.86  million  from home  respiratory/infusion/DME
companies operating in both periods and home respiratory/infusion/DME  companies
acquired  during 1997,  including  RoTech,  which was acquired in October  1997,
(iii) $4.81 million from diagnostic  services in operation during 1997 and 1998,
as well as, diagnostic services,  acquired in 1997, and (iv) $34.04 million from
lithotripsy  services  businesses  acquired in 1997,  which  includes  the Coram
Lithotripsy  Acquisition.  Increases in recent business segments  resulting from
1998  acquisitions are as follows:  (i) $28.78 million from inpatient  services,
(ii) $40.45 million from home respiratory/infusion/DME,  and (iii) $7.90 million
from lithotripsy services.

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     Operating,  general and  administrative  expense (including rent) increased
$1,252.71 or 114.7%,  from the year ended  December 31, 1997.  Such increase was
attributable  to (i) $833.40  million from  inpatient  services,  which includes
inpatient facilities,  contract services and management and other, which were in
operations  in both periods,  as well as inpatient  services  business  acquired
during 1997,  including  certain business from HEALTHSOUTH which was acquired on
December  31,  1997 (ii)  $357.54  million  from  home  respiratory/infusion/DME
companies  acquired during 1997,  including RoTech acquired in October 1997, and
(iii) 18.32 million from lithotripsy  services  business acquired in 1997, which
includes  the Coram  Lithotripsy  Acquisition.  Increases  in  business  segment
expenses  resulting from 1998  acquisitions  are as follows:  (i) $12.89 million
from inpatient services, (ii) $29.06 million from home respiratory/ infusion/DME
and (iii) $5.02 million from lithotripsy services.

     Depreciation and amortization  increased to $156.72 million during the year
ended  December  31, 1998,  a 179.1%  increase as compared to $56.16  million in
1997. Of the $100.56 million increase,  $4.59 million, or 4.6%, was attributable
to depreciation and  amortization of businesses  acquired in 1998. The remaining
increase was primarily due to depreciation and amortization related to increased
routine and capital  expenditures at existing  facilities,  increased debt issue
costs  and  depreciation  and  amortization  of  inpatient   services  and  home
respiratory companies acquired during 1997.

     Net interest expense increased $143.77 million, or 151.5%,  during the year
ended  December 31, 1998 to $238.65  million.  The increase  was  primarily  the
result  of the full year  effect  of the $750  million  term  loan  borrowed  in
September 1997, the $400 million term loan borrowed in December 1997,  increased
borrowings   under  the  revolving   credit  facility  and  the  9  1/4%  Senior
Subordinated Notes due 2008 issued in September 1997.

     During 1997, the Company recorded non-recurring charges of $123.46 million,
consisting  primarily of; a $27.55 million  non-recurring  charge resulting from
the  termination of its proposed  merger with Coram; a $7.58 million gain on the
sale of shares  received on the sale of the pharmacy  division;  a $3.91 million
gain on the sale of its remaining  interest in ILC; and a $4.75  million  charge
resulting from termination  payments in connection with the RoTech  acquisition.
In addition,  in connection  with the  acquisitions  of CCA,  RoTech,  the Coram
Lithotripsy Division and certain businesses from HEALTHSOUTH,  the Company chose
to dispose of certain  business  activities,  including the Company's  physician
practices,  outpatient  clinics,  selected  nursing  facilities in  nonstrategic
markets,  as well as all  international  activities.  In  addition,  the Company
terminated  a national  purchasing  contract  and  wrote-off  a purchase  option
deposit on  certain  managed  facilities.  As a result  the  Company  recorded a
non-recurring charge of $103.41 million.

     Earnings from continuing  operations  before income taxes and extraordinary
items  increased  by 549.1% to $232.02  million for the year ended  December 31,
1998 from $35.75  million for the  comparable  period in 1997.  The increase was
primarily due to certain  non-recurring  charges discussed above.  Excluding the
non-recurring  charges,  earnings before income taxes and extraordinary items in
1998 increased  $72.82 million,  or 45.7%,  over 1997. Of this increase,  $24.06
million, or 33.0%, resulted from acquisitions consummated subsequent to December
31, 1997. The remaining increase was due to acquisitions consummated during 1997
(principally the Facility  Acquisition)  and improved  operations from inpatient
services and home respiratory  companies in operation  during both periods.  The
provision for state and federal  income taxes  increased  from $33.24 million in
1997 to $95.13  million in 1998.  This  increase was primarily the result of the
non-recurring charge in 1997.

     In  October  1998,  the  Company's  Board of  Directors  adopted  a plan to
discontinue  operations of the home health  nursing  segment.  Accordingly,  the
operating  results  of the  home  nursing  segment  have  been  segregated  from
continuing  operations  and reported as a separate line item on the statement of
operations. The operating loss through September 30, 1998 (the measurement date)
was $35.90 million,  net of the income tax benefit of $26.0 million. The loss on
the disposal of assets,  including  estimated loss from measurement date through
the expected disposal date (June 30, 1999) is $168.97 million, net of the income
tax benefit of $57.3 million.  The Company has  reclassified its prior financial
statements to present the operating  results of the home health nursing  segment
as a discontinued operation.

     Net  loss and diluted loss per share for 1998 were $67.98 million and $1.08
per  share,  respectively,  compared  to net loss and diluted loss per share for
1997 of $33.5 million and $0.60 per share. During

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1998 the Company incurred a $204.87 million loss from  discontinued  operations,
compared to $13.63 million in 1997. During the year ended December 31, 1997, the
Company  incurred a $20.55  million (net of tax benefit),  or 53 cents per share
(diluted), extraordinary loss on the extinguishment of debt and incurred a $1.83
million  (net  of tax  benefit),  or 5  cents  per  share  (diluted),  loss on a
cumulative effect of accounting change related to the Company's adoption of EITF
97-13, which required the Company to write-off the unamortized  balance of costs
of business process engineering and information technology projects.  There were
no  extraordinary  items or  cummulative  effect of  accounting  change in 1998.
Weighted  average  shares  increased  from  38,899,000   (diluted)  in  1997  to
56,257,000  (diluted) in 1998. The weighted average shares increased because the
approximately  $15.6 million shares issued in the RoTech  Acquisition in October
1997 were outstanding for all of 1998 and in June 1998 $114.80 million aggregate
principal  amount of the Company's 6%  Convertible  Subordinated  Debentures due
2003 were converted into approximately 3.57 million shares.

YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1997 COMPARED TO YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1996

     Net  revenues  for the year  ended  December  31,  1997  increased  $199.00
million, or 16.5%, to $1,402.63 million from the comparable period in 1996. Such
increase was attributable to (i) $52.93 million from inpatient  services,  which
includes inpatient facilities, contract services and management and other, which
were in operation in both periods, as well as inpatient services acquired during
1996,  partially  offset by the sale of its pharmacy  division,  which had $63.6
million   in   revenues   in   1996,    (ii)    $10.74    million    from   home
respiratory/infusion/DME  companies  operating  in both  periods,  (iii)  $24.71
million from diagnostic  services  operations  during 1996 and 1997 and (iv) and
revenues from the Company's  new,  Lithotripsy  business  segment,  entered into
through the  acquisition  of Coram  Lithotripsy  in 1997.  Increases in business
segment  revenue  resulting from 1997  acquisitions  are as follows:  (i) $52.17
million   from   inpatient   services,    (ii)   $102.54   million   from   home
respiratory/infusion/DME,  (iii) $5.43 million from diagnostic services and (iv)
$14.08 million from lithotripsy services.

     Operating,  general and administrative  expenses (including rent) increased
$79.3 million or 7.83% from the year ended December 31, 1997.  Such increase was
attributable  to (i) $47.15  million from  inpatient  services,  which  includes
inpatient facilities,  contract services and management and other, which were in
operation in both periods,  as well as, inpatient services acquired during 1996,
partially  offset by the sale of its pharmacy  division  (ii) $6.99 million from
home  respiratory/infusion/DME  companies  operating in both periods,  and (iii)
$25.99  million  from  diagnostic  services in  operation  during 1996 and 1997.
Increases in business segment operating,  general,  and administrative  expenses
(including  rent) resulting from 1997  acquisitions  are as follows;  (i) $40.45
million   from   inpatient    services,    (ii)   $67.17   million   from   home
respiratory/infusion/DME,  (iii) $4.43 million from diagnostic services and (iv)
$6.81 million from lithotripsy services.

     Depreciation and  amortization  increased to $56.16 million during the year
ended December 31, 1997, a 50.9% increase as compared to $37.22 million in 1996.
Of the $18.94 million  increase,  $10.71 million,  or 56.5%, was attributable to
depreciation  and amortization  from businesses  acquired in 1997. The remaining
increase was  primarily  due to the  amortization  and  depreciation  related to
increased  routine and capital  expenditures at existing  facilities,  increased
debt  issue  costs and  depreciation  and  amortization  relating  to  companies
acquired during 1996. Net interest expense  increased $35.05 million,  or 58.6%,
during the year ended  December  31, 1997 to $94.88  million.  The  increase was
primarily the result of the full year effect of the 10 1/4% Senior  Subordinated
Notes due 2006 issued in May 1996, the 9 1/2% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2007
issued in May 1997,  the 9 1/4%  Senior  Subordinated  Notes due 2008  issued in
September  1997 and the $750  million  term loan  borrowed  in  September  1997,
partially  offset  by  the  repurchase  of   substantially   all  the  Company's
outstanding  9 5/8%  Senior  Subordinated  Notes due 2002 and the 10 3/4% Senior
Subordinated  Notes due 2004, the payoff of the Company's $700 million revolving
credit facility and lower interest rates.

     During 1997 the Company recorded  non-recurring charges of $123.46 million,
consisting  primarily of; a $27.55 million  non-recurring  charge resulting from
the  termination of its proposed  merger with Coram; a $7.58 million gain on the
sale of shares  received on the sale of the pharmacy  division;  a $3.91 million
gain on the sale of its remaining  interest in ILC; and a $4.75  million  charge
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termination payments in connection with the RoTech acquisition.  In addition, in
connection with the acquisitions of CCA, RoTech, the Coram Lithotripsy  Division
and certain businesses from HEALTHSOUTH, the Company chose to dispose of certain
business  activities,  including the Company's physician  practices,  outpatient
clinics,  selected nursing  facilities in nonstrategic  markets,  as well as all
international  activities.  In  addition,  the  Company  terminated  a  national
purchasing  contract and wrote-off a purchase  option deposit on certain managed
facilities.  As a result the Company recorded a non-recurring  charge of $103.41
million.  In 1996, IHS had  non-recurring  income of $17.98 million,  consisting
primarily of a gain of $34.30  million  from the sale of the pharmacy  division,
partially  offset by a loss of $8.50 million from its sale of shares of ILC and,
a $7.82 million loss related to the termination of a management contract .

     Earnings from  continuing  operations  before  income taxes,  extraordinary
items and cumulative  effect of accounting  changes decreased by 68.2% to $35.75
million  for the year ended  December  31,  1997 from  $112.24  million  for the
comparable   period  in  1996.   The  decrease  was  primarily  due  to  certain
non-recurring  charges discussed above.  Excluding the non-recurring  income and
charges,   earnings  from   continuing   operations   before  income  taxes  and
extraordinary  items in 1997 increased $64.94 million,  or 68.9%,  over 1996. Of
this increase,  $34.0 million, or 52.4%, resulted from acquisitions  consummated
subsequent to December 31, 1996. The remaining  increase was due to acquisitions
consummated during 1996 and improved operations from inpatient services and home
respiratory  and  lithotripsy  companies in operation  during both periods.  The
provision for state and federal  income taxes  decreased  from $64.01 million in
1996 to $33.24  million in 1997.  This  decrease was primarily the result of the
non-recurring  charge  in  1997  and  the  disproportionately  high  income  tax
provision  related  to the  sale of the  Company's  pharmacy  division  in 1996.
Because the Company's investment in the common stock received in the sale of the
Company's  pharmacy division had a very small tax basis, the taxable gain on the
sale significantly  exceeded the gain for financial reporting purposes. Net loss
and diluted  loss per share for 1997 was $33.51  million and 60 cents per share,
respectively,  compared to net earnings and diluted  earnings per share for 1996
of $46.33 million and $1.78 per share.  During the year ended December 31, 1997,
the Company  incurred a $20.55  million  (net of tax  benefit),  or 53 cents per
share (diluted),  extraordinary  loss on the extinguishment of debt, as compared
to $1.43  million,  or 6 cents per share  (diluted),  in 1996.  During  1997 the
Company  incurred a $1.83  million  (net of tax  benefit),  or 5 cents per share
(diluted),  loss on a  cumulative  effect of  accounting  change  related to the
Company's  adoption of EITF 97-13,  which  required the Company to write-off the
unamortized  balance of costs of business  process  engineering  and information
technology  projects.  Weighted  average  shares in  increased  from  31,564,000
(diluted) in 1996 to 38,899,000 (diluted) in 1997.

LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

     At  December  31,  1998,  the  Company  had net  working  capital of $341.2
million,  as compared  with $43.4  million at December  31,  1997.  There are no
material  capital  commitments  for capital  expenditures as of the date of this
filing. Patient accounts receivable and third-party payor settlements receivable
increased  $119.27  million to $649.11 million at December 31, 1998, as compared
to $529.84 million at December 31, 1997. Of the $119.27 million increase, $31.90
million relates  primarily to acquisitions of inpatient  services  businesses in
1998 and $87.37  million  relates to activities in operation  during both years.
Gross patient  accounts  receivable were $735.17 million at December 31, 1998 as
compared  with  $610.22  million  at  December  31,  1997.   Third-party   payor
settlements  receivable from federal and state governments  (i.e.,  Medicare and
Medicaid cost reports) were $103.76  million at December 31, 1998 as compared to
$88.40 million at December 31, 1997.

     All remaining  balance sheet increases were due to acquisitions  and normal
growth in  operations  in both  years  which was  consistent  with the growth in
revenues of such operations in 1997.

     The  Company  recorded  deferred  tax assets in  connection  with  business
acquisitions of $32.09 million in 1997,  which, net of a valuation  allowance of
$24.40 million related thereto, has been applied as a reduction in goodwill. The
valuation  allowance  is  necessary  because it relates  to net  operating  loss
carryforwards  of acquired  companies  and therefore  realization  is subject to
various  limitations  under the  Internal  Revenue  Code.  In 1998,  the Company
recorded  deferred tax liabilities in connection  with business  acquisitions of
$25.88  million which has been applied as an increase in goodwill.  In addition,
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Company is still in the process of reviewing the acquired companies'  operations
in  connection  with  its  integration  plans  and  will  be  re-evaluating  its
assessment of  recoverability  in 1998 in accordance with Accounting  Principles
Board (APB) Opinion No. 16, Business  Combinations,  and SFAS No. 38, Accounting
for Preacquisition  Contingencies of Purchased Enterprises. Any reduction in the
valuation allowance will be recorded as a reduction of goodwill recorded on such
1997  acquisitions.  The  pre-acquisition  separate  company net operating  loss
carryforwards expire in years 1998 through 2009.

     The Company has outstanding  $500 million  aggregate  principal amount of 9
1/4%  Senior  Subordinated  Notes due 2008  (the "9 1/4%  Senior  Notes"),  $450
million aggregate  principal amount of 9 1/2% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2007
(the "9 1/2% Senior Notes"),  $150 million aggregate principal amount of 10 1/4%
Senior  Subordinated Notes due 2006 (the "10 1/4% Senior  Subordinated  Notes"),
$132,000  aggregate  principal  amount of other  senior  subordinated  notes and
$145.78  million   aggregate   principal  amount  of  subordinated   convertible
debentures.  The  indentures  under which the 10 1/4% Senior  Notes,  the 9 1/2%
Senior Notes and the 9 1/4% 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.

     On September 15, 1997, the Company  entered into a $1.75 billion  revolving
credit and term loan facility with Citibank,  N.A., as Administrative Agent, and
certain other  lenders (the "New Credit  Facility") to replace its existing $700
million  revolving credit facility.  The New Credit Facility  consists of a $750
million term loan  facility  (the "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 "Revolving  Facility").  The Term Facility,
all of which was borrowed on September 17, 1997,  matures on September 30, 2004.
As of December 31, 1998, $742.5 million was outstanding and will be amortized as
follows:  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 the maturity  date.  The Term
Facility bears interest at a rate equal to, at the option of IHS,  either (i) in
the case of  Eurodollar  loans,  the sum of (x) between  two and  three-quarters
percent  and  three  and one  quarter  percent  (depending  on the  ratio of the
Company's  Debt (as  defined  in the New 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 between one and one-half and two percent  (depending on the
Debt/EBITDAR Ratio). The Term Facility can be prepaid at any time in whole or in
part without penalty.

     In connection with the acquisition of certain  businesses from HEALTHSOUTH,
IHS and the  lenders  under  the New  Credit  Facility  amended  the New  Credit
Facility to provide for an  additional  $400  million  term loan  facility  (the
"Additional  Term  Facility") to finance a portion of the purchase price for the
acquisition  and to amend certain  covenants to permit the  consummation  of the
acquisition.  The Additional Term Facility, which was borrowed at the closing of
the  acquisition,  matures on December 31, 2005.  As of December 31, 1998,  $396
million was  oustanding  and will be amortized as follows:  each of 1999,  2000,
2001,  2002 and 2003 -- $4 million  (payable in equal  quarterly  installments);
2004 -- $176 million (payable in equal quarterly installments); and 2005 -- $200
million (payable in equal quarterly installments).  The Additional Term Facility
bears 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 percent and three and one-half
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
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of  between  one and three  quarters  percent  and two and  one-quarter  percent
(depending  on the Debt/ EBITDAR  Ratio).  The  Additional  Term Facility can be
prepaid at any time in whole or in part without penalty.

     The Revolving Facility will reduce to $800 million on January 1, 2001, $600
million on Janaury 1, 2002,  $500 million on September 30, 2002 and $400 million
on January 1, 2003,  with a final maturity on September 15, 2003;  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 Revolving  Facility bears interest at a rate equal to, at the option of IHS,
either (i) in the case of Eurodollar  loans,  the sum of (x) between two percent
and two 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  three  quarters of one percent and one and  one-half  percent
(depending  on the  Debt/EBITDAR  Ratio).  Amounts  repaid  under the  Revolving
Facility may be reborrowed prior to the maturity date. At December 31, 1998 $766
million was outstanding under the Revolving Facility.

     The New  Credit  Facility  limits  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,  and to merge or
consolidate  with any other person and prohibits the repurchase of Common Stock.
In addition,  the New Credit Facility  requires that IHS meet certain  financial
ratios,  and  provides  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 New Credit Facility
is 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 New Credit  Facility  replaced the  Company's  $700  million  revolving
credit facility (the "Prior Credit Facility"). As a result, the Company recorded
an extraordinary  loss on extinguishment of debt of approximately  $2.39 million
(net of related tax benefit of approximately $1.52 million) in the third quarter
of 1997  resulting  from the  write-off  of  deferred  financing  costs of $3.91
million related to the Prior Credit Facility.

     Net cash provided by operating  activities  was $80.40 million for the year
ended  December  31,  1998 as compared to $73.4  million  provided by  operating
activities  for the  comparable  period  in 1997.  Cash  provided  by  operating
activities  for the year ended  December 31, 1998  increased from the comparable
period  in 1997  primarily  as a result  of an  increase  in net  earnings  from
continuing  operations,  partially offset by an increase in patient accounts and
third-party payor settlements  receivable and a decrease in accounts payable and
accrued expenses.

     Net cash provided by financing  activities was $249.57 million for the year
ended  December  31, 1998 as compared to  $1,688.83  million for the  comparable
period in 1997. In both periods,  the Company  received  proceeds from long-term
borrowings.  In 1997 the Company  repurchased 548,500 shares of its Common Stock
for approximately  $19.81 million. In addition,  in 1998 the Company reissued in
connection  with an acquisition  347,700 shares of its Common Stock in treasury,
which shares had been repurchased  during 1997. IHS also reissued 658,824 shares
of its Common Stock in treasury to fund its Key Employee Supplemental  Executive
Retirement Plans, which shares were repurchased in 1998. In 1998 IHS repurchased
1,060,500 shares of Common Stock for approximately $18.47 million.

     Net cash used by  investing  activities  was  $259.64  million for the year
ended  December  31, 1998 as compared  to  $1,721.04  million for the year ended
December 31, 1997.  Cash used for the purchase of property,  plant and equipment
was $222.27  million for the year ended December 31, 1998 and $126.86 million in
the comparable  period in fiscal 1997. Cash used for business  acquisitions  was
$206.93 million for 1998 as compared to $1,560.40  million for 1997. On December
31, 1997, the Company  consummated the Facility  Acquisition  for  approximately
$1.16 billion in cash.

     IHS'  contingent   liabilities   (other  than  liabilities  in  respect  of
litigation  and  the  contingent  payments  in  respect  of the  First  American
acquisition)  aggregated  approximately $122.60 million as of December 31, 1998.
IHS is required,  upon certain  defaults under the lease, to purchase its Orange
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chase price equal to the greater of $7.13 million or the facility's  fair market
value. IHS has established  several  irrevocable  standby letters of credit with
the Bank of Nova Scotia  totaling  $28.90 million at December 31, 1998 to secure
certain of the Company's self-insured workers' compensation obligations,  health
benefits and other obligations. In addition, IHS has several surety bonds in the
amount of $86.57  million to secure  certain of the Company's  health  benefits,
patient trust funds and other obligations.  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.  The
Company is also obligated to make contingent payments of $155 million in respect
of IHS'  acquisition of First American,  of which $122.05 million  (representing
its present  value) was recorded on the balance sheet at December 31, 1998.  The
Company is  obligated  to purchase the  remaining  interests in its  lithotripsy
partnerships  at  a  defined  price  in  the  event  legislation  is  passed  or
regulations  adopted 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.  See " -- Acquisition  and Divestiture
History --  Acquisitions."  In addition,  IHS has  obligations  under  operating
leases aggregating approximately $878.04 million at December 31, 1998.

     The  liquidity  of the  Company  will depend in large part on the timing of
payments by private third-party and governmental payors.

     The Company anticipates that working capital from operations and borrowings
under revolving  credit  facilities will be adequate to cover its scheduled debt
payments and future  anticipated  capital  expenditure  requirements  throughout
1999. The Company will fund future  acquisitions with a combination of cash flow
from operations, bank borrowings and debt and equity offerings.

YEAR 2000 COMPLIANCE

     The Company has conducted a comprehensive review of its computer systems to
identify  the  systems  that are  affected  by the  "Year  2000"  issue  and has
substantially completed an implementation plan to resolve this issue. This issue
affects computer systems that have date sensitive programs that may not properly
recognize the year 2000. Systems that do not properly recognize such information
could generate  erroneous data or cause a system to fail,  resulting in business
interruption.  As part of the  Company's  Year 2000  Project,  the  Company  has
completed  its initial  evaluation  of current  computer  systems,  software and
embedded technologies. IHS began implementation of its Year 2000 plan in January
1997 and all business segments have been examined. An inventory of all equipment
and  systems  supported  by IHS'  Information  Technology  department  has  been
compiled  and  compliance   has  been   verified.   The  Year  2000  Project  is
approximately  55%  complete  and it is  anticipated  that the  project  will be
substantially  implemented by June 1999.  Periodic  meetings are being held with
the Board of Directors and senior management to ensure that the project stays on
schedule.

     During the year ended December 31, 1998,  expenditures  related to the Year
2000 issue totaled  approximately $5.8 million.  The Company currently estimates
that an additional $5.2 million will be spent to complete the project,  although
additional  amounts may be required.  The costs will be funded through cash from
operations and borrowings under the Revolving Facility and are being expensed as
incurred.

     One of the biggest  risks to the Company is that  regulatory  payors (i.e.,
Medicare and Medicaid),  suppliers and other entities with which the Company has
a material  relationship will not be compliant by Year 2000 and therefore unable
to pay  claims.  The Company has  initiated a program to  determine  whether the
computer programs of its significant  payors and suppliers will be upgraded in a
timely  manner.  The Company has not  completed  this  review;  however  initial
responses indicate that no significant issues are expected to arise.

     The  failure to correct a material  Year 2000  problem  could  result in an
interruption  in,  or a  failure  of,  certain  normal  business  activities  or
operations.  The Company has not  established a formal  contingency  plan to put
into effect in the event of a failure to correct a material  Year 2000  problem.
Due to the general uncertainty  inherent in the Year 2000 problem,  resulting in
part from the  uncertainty  of the Year 2000 readiness of third party payors and
suppliers, there can be no assurance that the Company's assessment is correct or
that the assessment of materiality of any failure is correct. Completion of the

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Year 2000 Project is expected to  significantly  reduce the  Company's  level of
uncertainty  over the  Year  2000  issue  and the  Company  believes  that  upon
completion of the Project,  the  possibility  of  significant  interruptions  of
normal operations should be minimal.

RECENTLY ISSUED ACCOUNTING STANDARDS

     In June 1998 the Financial  Accounting Standards Board issued SFAS No. 133,
Accounting for Derivative  Instruments  and Hedging  Activities.  This statement
establishes  accounting  and  reporting  standards for  derivative  instruments,
including   certain   derivative   instruments   embedded  in  other  contracts,
(collectively  referred  to as  derivatives)  and  for  hedging  activities.  It
requires  that  an  entity   recognize  all  derivatives  as  either  assets  or
liabilities in the statement of financial position and measure those instruments
at fair value.  The  accounting  for  changes in the fair value of a  derivative
depends on the intended use of the derivative and the resulting designation.  If
certain conditions are met, a derivative may be specifically designated as (a) a
hedge of  exposure  to  changes  in the  fair  value  of a  recognized  asset or
liability or an  unrecognized  firm  commitment,  (b) a hedge of the exposure to
variable cash flows of a forecasted  transaction,  or (c) a hedge of the foreign
currency exposures. This Statement is effective for all fiscal quarters of 2000.
The adoption of this statement is not expected to have a material  impact on the
Company's financial statements.

     In March 1998 the Accounting  Standards Executive Committee ("ASEC") of the
American  Institute of Certified Public Accountants issued Statement of Position
98-1,  Accounting for the Costs of Computer  Software  Developed or Obtained for
Internal Use ("SOP  98-1").  SOP 98-1  provides  guidance as to whether  certain
costs for internal use software should be capitalized or expensed when incurred.
In addition,  in June 1998 the ASEC issued Statement of Position 98-5, Reporting
on the Costs of Start-up  Activities ("SOP 98-5"). SOP 98-5 provides guidance on
the  financial  reporting  of  start-up  costs.  It  requires  costs of start-up
activities to be expensed as incurred. SOP 98-1 and 98-5 are effective for 1999.
The Company does not expect the adoption of SOP 98-1 and 98-5 to have a material
impact on the financial statements.

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QUARTERLY RESULTS (UNAUDITED)

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

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                             THREE MONTHS ENDED
                                              ------------------------------------------------
                                                                    1997
                                              ------------------------------------------------
                                                MARCH 31     JUNE 30    SEPT. 30     DEC. 31
                                              ------------ ----------- ---------- ------------
                                                   (IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)
<S>                                           <C>          <C>         <C>        <C>
Total revenues ..............................   $314,042     323,385    323,159      442,042
Cost and expenses:
 Operating, general and administrative ex-
  penses ....................................    233,854     227,591    231,847      324,825
 Depreciation and amortization ..............     10,892      11,808     12,597       20,865
 Rent .......................................     17,350      18,587     18,592       19,826
 Interest (loss), net .......................     16,727      18,195     22,695       37,263
 Non-recurring charges (income)(1) ..........     (1,025)     21,072         --      103,409
                                                --------     -------    -------      -------
 Earnings (loss) from continuing operations
  before equity in earnings of affiliates,
  income taxes, extraordinary items and
  cumulative effect of accounting change.....     36,244      26,132     37,428      (64,146)
Equity (loss) in earnings of affiliates .....        181         (83)      (811)         801
                                                --------     -------    -------      -------
 Earnings (loss) from continuing  operations
  before income taxes,  extraordinary
  items and cumulative effect of account-
  ing change ................................     36,425      26,049     36,617      (63,345)
Federal and state income taxes ..............     14,388      10,289     14,464       (5,903)
 Earnings (loss) from continuing operations
  before extraordinary items and cumula-
  tive effect of accounting change ..........     22,037      15,760     22,153      (57,442)
Loss from discontinued operations(2) ........     (3,124)     (6,609)    (1,658)      (2,240)
 Earnings (loss) before extraordinary items
  and cumulative effect of accounting
  change ....................................     18,913       9,151     20,495      (59,682)
Extraordinary items(3) ......................         --      18,168      2,384           --
                                                --------     -------    -------      -------
 Earnings (loss) before cumulative effect of
  accounting change .........................     18,913      (9,017)    18,111      (59,682)
Cumulative effect of accounting change(4)....         --          --         --        1,830
                                                --------     -------    -------      -------
 Net earnings (loss) ........................   $ 18,913      (9,017)    18,111      (61,512)
                                                ========     =======    =======      =======
Per Common Share-basic(5):
 Earnings (loss) from continuing operations
  before extraordinary items and cumula-
  tive effect of accounting change ..........   $   0.93         0.63       0.87       (1.48)
 Earnings (loss) before extraordinary items
  and cumulative effect of accounting
  change ....................................       0.80         0.37       0.80       (1.54)
 Earnings (loss) before cumulative effect in
  accounting change .........................       0.80        (0.36)      0.71       (1.54)
 Net earnings (loss) ........................   $   0.80        (0.36)      0.71       (1.58)
                                                ========     ========   ========     =======
Per Common Share-Diluted(5):
 Earnings (loss) from continuing operations
  before extraordinary items and cumula-
  tive effect of accounting change ..........   $   0.72         0.51       0.67       (1.48)
 Earnings (loss) before extraordinary items
  and cumulative effect of accounting
  change ....................................       0.63         0.32       0.63       (1.54)
 Earnings (loss) before cumulative effect in
  accounting change .........................       0.63         0.18       0.56       (1.54)
 Net earnings (loss) ........................   $   0.63         0.18       0.56       (1.58)
                                                ========     ========   ========     =======
</TABLE>

<PAGE>

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                            THREE MONTHS ENDED
                                              -----------------------------------------------
                                                                   1998
                                              -----------------------------------------------
                                               MARCH 31    JUNE 30      SEPT. 30     DEC. 31
                                              ---------- ----------- ------------- ----------
                                                   (IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)

<S>                                           <C>        <C>         <C>           <C>
Total revenues ..............................  761,687     740,754       750,852    718,893
Cost and expenses:
 Operating, general and administrative ex-
  penses ....................................  569,501     541,755       547,603    560,078
 Depreciation and amortization ..............   35,601      36,595        39,456     45,067
 Rent .......................................   29,510      30,308        31,173     35,256
 Interest (loss), net .......................   60,658      58,187        59,820     59,982
 Non-recurring charges (income)(1) ..........       --          --            --         --
                                               -------     -------       -------    -------
 Earnings (loss) from continuing operations
  before  equity in  earnings  of affiliates,
  income taxes, extraordinary items and
  cumulative effect of accounting change.....   66,417      73,909        72,800     18,510
Equity (loss) in earnings of affiliates .....      270         184           161       (231)
                                               -------     -------       -------    -------
 Earnings (loss) from continuing  operations
  before income taxes,  extraordinary
  items and cumulative effect of account-
  ing change ................................   66,687      74,093        72,961     18,279
Federal and state income taxes ..............   27,342      30,378        29,914      7,494
 Earnings (loss) from continuing operations
  before extraordinary items and cumula-
  tive effect of accounting change ..........   39,345      43,715        43,047     10,785
Loss from discontinued operations(2) ........   (1,764)     (2,217)     (200,889)        --
 Earnings (loss) before extraordinary items
  and cumulative effect of accounting
  change ....................................   37,581      41,498      (157,842)    10,785
Extraordinary items(3) ......................       --          --            --         --
                                               -------     -------      --------    -------
 Earnings (loss) before cumulative effect of
  accounting change .........................   37,581      41,498      (157,842)    10,785
Cumulative effect of accounting change(4)....       --          --            --         --
                                               -------     -------      --------    -------
 Net earnings (loss) ........................   37,581      41,498      (157,842)    10,785
                                               =======     =======      ========    =======
Per Common Share-basic(5):
 Earnings (loss) from continuing operations
  before extraordinary items and cumula-
  tive effect of accounting change ..........     0.91         .95          0.82       0.21
 Earnings (loss) before extraordinary items
  and cumulative effect of accounting
  change ....................................     0.87        0.90         (3.02)      0.21
 Earnings (loss) before cumulative effect in
  accounting change .........................     0.87        0.90         (3.02)      0.21
 Net earnings (loss) ........................     0.87        0.90         (3.02)      0.21
                                               ========    ========     =========   ========
Per Common Share-Diluted(5):
 Earnings (loss) from continuing operations
  before extraordinary items and cumula-
  tive effect of accounting change ..........     0.77        0.80          0.77       0.21
 Earnings (loss) before extraordinary items
  and cumulative effect of accounting
  change ....................................     0.73        0.76         (2.72)      0.21
 Earnings (loss) before cumulative effect in
  accounting change .........................     0.73        0.76         (2.72)      0.21
 Net earnings (loss) ........................     0.73        0.76         (2.72)      0.21
                                               ========    ========     =========   ========
</TABLE>

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(1) In 1997, consists primarily of (i) a gain in the first quarter of $7,580,000
    realized on the shares of Capstone  common stock received in the sale of its
    pharmacy division,  (ii) the write-off in the first quarter of $6,555,000 of
    accounting,  legal  and  other  costs  resulting  from the  proposed  merger
    transaction with Coram,  (iii) the payment in the second quarter to Coram of
    $21,000,000  in  connection  with the  termination  of the  proposed  merger
    transaction with Coram,  (iv) a gain in the third quarter of $3,914,000 from
    the ILC Sale, (v) a loss in the third quarter of $4,750,000 from termination
    payments in connection  with the RoTech  acquisition  and (vi) a loss in the
    fourth quarter of $103,409,000 resulting from its plan to dispose of certain
    non-strategic  assets to allow the Company to focus on its core  operations.
    See Note 20 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

(2) Represents  loss from  operations in all periods and loss on  disposition in
    the third  quarter  of 1998 of its home  health  nursing  segment  which was
    discontinued  in  the  third  quarter  of  1998.  See  note  8 of  Notes  to
    Consolidated Financial Statements.

(3) Extraordinary  items  relate  to  extinguishment  of  debt.  See  Note 17 of
    Consolidated Financial Statements.

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(4) Represents the  write-off,  net of income tax benefits,  of the  unamortized
    balance of costs of business process engineering and information  technology
    projects. See Note 21 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

(5) The share and per share  information have been restated to reflect share and
    per share  information in accordance with Statement of Financial  Accounting
    Standards No. 128, "Earnings per Share," which was required to be adopted by
    the  Company  effective  with its  financial  statements  for the year ended
    December 31, 1997. See Notes 1(n) and 13 of Notes to Consolidated  Financial
    Statements. The diluted weighted average number of common shares outstanding
    for  each  quarter  includes  the  assumed  conversion  of  the  convertible
    subordinated  debentures  into  IHS  Common  Stock.  Additionally,  interest
    expense and  amortization of  underwriting  costs related to such debentures
    are added,  net of tax,  to income for the  purpose of  calculating  diluted
    earnings per share.

     From January 1, 1997 through  December  31, 1998,  the Company  acquired 97
geriatric  care  facilities  (including  2  facilities  which it had  previously
managed and 9 facilities which it has previously  leased),  leased 147 geriatric
care  facilities and entered into  management  agreements to manage 26 geriatric
care  facilities.  During  this  period,  the  Company  sold its  interest in 31
geriatric  care  facilities  (including  10 geriatric  care  facilities  that it
currently  manages) and  agreements  to manage 26  facilities  were  terminated.
During  this  period,  the  Company's  sold its  remaining  37%  interest in its
assisted living division and discontinued its home health nursing division.  See
"-- Acquisition and Divestiture History -- Divestitures."

ITEM 7A. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

     The Company utilizes  interest rate swap agreements to manage interest rate
exposure on its  floating  rate  revolving  credit and term loan  facility.  The
principal  objective  of such  contracts  is to minimize  the risks and/or costs
associated  with  financial  operating  activities.  Each  interest rate swap is
matched as a hedge against  existing  floating  rate debt.  The Company does not
hold derivatives  financial  instruments for trading or speculative purposes. At
December 31, 1998, the Company had outstanding  $1.05 billion notional amount of
floating to fixed interest rate swap agreements. These swap agreements expire at
various dates through 2004 and effectively convert an aggregate principal amount
of $1.05 billion of variable rate long-term debt into fixed rate borrowings. The
variable  interest  rates are based on the three  month  LIBOR  rate  (5.066% at
December  31,  1998).  The  weighted  average  fixed  interest  rate under these
agreements was 5.98% at December 31, 1998.

     The following table provides information as of December 31, 1998, about the
Company's  floating  rate debt and  derivative  financial  instruments  that are
sensitive to changes in interest  rates,  including  interest rate swaps and the
Company's Term and Revolving Credit Facilities. For debt obligations,  the table
presents principal cash flows and related interest rates by contractual maturity
dates. For interest rate swaps, the table presents  notional  principal  amounts
and weighted average fixed and floating  interest rates by contractual  maturity
dates.  Notional  amounts are used to calculate the  contractual  payments to be
exchanged  under the interest rate swaps.  All debt and swaps are denominated in
US dollars.

PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS AND INTEREST RATE DETAIL BY CONTRACTUAL MATURITY

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                             1999       2000         2001          2002
              (IN THOUSANDS)              --------- ------------ ------------ -------------
<S>                                       <C>       <C>          <C>          <C>
Floating Rate Debt:
 Revolving Credit Facility ..............  $    --   $       --   $       --    $ 266,000
 Floating Interest Rate(a)
 Term Loan Facility .....................    7,500        7,500        7,500        7,500
 Floating Interest Rate(b)
 Additional Term Loan Facility ..........    4,000        4,000        4,000        4,000
 Floating Interest Rate(c)

Floating to Fixed Interest Rate Swaps
 Notional Amounts .......................       --      250,000      150,000      350,000
 Weighted Average Fixed Rate Payment.....       --         5.89%        5.94%        5.88%
 Floating Rate Payment(d)
</TABLE>

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                      FAIR VALUE
                                                                                         AS OF
                                              2003     THEREAFTER       TOTAL          12/31/98
              (IN THOUSANDS)              ----------- ------------ -------------- ------------------
<S>                                       <C>         <C>          <C>            <C>
Floating Rate Debt:
 Revolving Credit Facility ..............  $      --   $ 500,000    $    766,000     $   766,000
 Floating Interest Rate(a)
 Term Loan Facility .....................    337,500     375,000         742,500         742,500
 Floating Interest Rate(b)
 Additional Term Loan Facility ..........      4,000     376,000         396,000         396,000
 Floating Interest Rate(c)

Floating to Fixed Interest Rate Swaps
 Notional Amounts .......................         --     300,000       1,050,000         (40,185)(e)
 Weighted Average Fixed Rate Payment.....         --        6.20%           5.98%
 Floating Rate Payment(d)

</TABLE>

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(a)  Floating  rates based on 90-day USD LIBOR plus  Revolving  Credit  Facility
     Borrowing Rate Margin. Margin was .50% at December 31, 1998

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(b)  Floating rates based on 90-day USD LIBOR plus Term Loan Facility  Borrowing
     Rate Margin. Margin was 1.75% at December 31, 1998.

(c)  Floating rates based on 90-day USD LIBOR plus Additional Term Loan Facility
     Borrowing Rate Margin. Margin was 2.25% at December 31, 1998.

(d)  Based on 90-day USD LIBOR plus 1.50%.

(e)  Due to  increases  in interest  rates  during the 1st quarter of 1999,  the
     negative  fair  value  of  the  existing   swap   portfolio  has  decreased
     substantially.

ITEM 8. CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA

INDEX TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                       PAGE
                                                                                      -----
<S>                                                                                   <C>
     Independent Auditors' Report .................................................     59
     Consolidated Balance Sheets at December 31, 1997 and 1998 ....................     60
     Consolidated Statements of Operations for the years ended December 31, 1996,
       1997 and 1998 ..............................................................     61
     Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss) for the years ended
       December 31, 1996, 1997 and 1998 ...........................................     62
     Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity for the years ended Decem-
       ber 31, 1996, 1997 and 1998 ................................................     63
     Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 1996,
       1997 and 1998 ..............................................................     64
     Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements ...................................     65
     Schedule II -- Valuation and Qualifying Accounts .............................    105

</TABLE>

     All  other  schedules  for  which  provision  is  made  in  the  applicable
accounting  regulations  of the  Securities  and Exchange  Commission  have been
omitted  because  they are not  required  under the  related  instructions,  are
inapplicable or the information has been provided in the Consolidated  Financial
Statements or the Notes thereto.

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                         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. In connection with our audits of the consolidated  financial
statements,  we also have audited the financial statement schedule listed in the
accompanying  index. These consolidated  financial  statements and the financial
statement  schedule are the  responsibility  of the  Company's  management.  Our
responsibility  is  to  express  an  opinion  on  these  consolidated  financial
statements and schedule 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, 1997 and 1998 and the results of
their  operations  and their cash flows for each of the years in the  three-year
period ended December 31, 1998, in conformity with generally accepted accounting
principles. Also, in our opinion, the related financial statement schedule, when
considered in relation to the basic consolidated financial statements taken as a
whole,  presents  fairly,  in all material  respects,  the information set forth
therein.

                                          KPMG LLP

Baltimore, Maryland
March 30, 1999

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

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                          DECEMBER 31,
                                                                                 -------------------------------
                                                                                      1997             1998
                                                                                 --------------   --------------
<S>                                                                              <C>              <C>
                                   ASSETS
Current Assets:
 Cash and cash equivalents ...................................................     $   60,333       $   31,391
 Temporary investments .......................................................          8,042           12,828
 Patient accounts and third-party payor settlements receivable, net (note
   3) ........................................................................        529,837          649,106
 Inventories, prepaid expenses and other current assets ......................         45,831           75,945
 Income tax receivable .......................................................             --           39,320
 Net assets of discontinued operations (note 8) ..............................             --           12,500
                                                                                   ----------       ----------
   Total current assets ......................................................        644,043          821,090
Property, plant and equipment, net (note 5) ..................................      1,280,960        1,469,122
Assets held for sale (note 2) ................................................        111,629            7,500
Intangible assets (notes 2 and 6) ............................................      2,687,107        2,970,163
Investments in and advances to affiliates (note 4) ...........................         19,527           16,343
Other assets .................................................................         77,173          108,910
Net assets of discontinued operations (note 8) ...............................        181,713               --
                                                                                   ----------       ----------
   Total assets ..............................................................     $5,002,152       $5,393,128
                                                                                   ==========       ==========

                     LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

Current Liabilities:
 Current maturities of long-term debt (note 9) ...............................     $   34,533       $   16,760
 Accounts payable and accrued expenses (note 7) ..............................        563,727          463,130
 Income tax payable ..........................................................          2,426               --
                                                                                   ----------       ----------
   Total current liabilities .................................................        600,686          479,890
                                                                                   ----------       ----------
Long-term debt (note 9):
 Revolving credit and term loan facility less current maturities .............      1,673,500        1,893,000
 Mortgages and other long-term debt less current maturities ..................        150,402          227,269
 Subordinated debt ...........................................................      1,361,046        1,245,908
                                                                                   ----------       ----------
   Total long-term debt ......................................................      3,184,948        3,366,177
                                                                                   ----------       ----------
Other long-term liabilities (note 10) ........................................        123,042          169,099
Deferred income taxes (note 14) ..............................................             --           41,355
Deferred gain on sale-leaseback transactions .................................          5,315            4,642
Commitments and contingencies (notes 11, 12, 15 and 22)
Stockholders' equity (note 12): ..............................................
 Preferred stock, authorized 15,000,000 shares; no shares issued and out-
   standing in 1997 and 1998 .................................................             --               --
 Common stock, $0.001 par value. Authorized 150,000,000 shares; issued
   43,098,373 shares in 1997 and 52,416,527 shares in 1998 (including
   548,500 treasury shares in 1997 and 602,476 treasury shares in 1998) .                  43               53
 Additional paid-in capital ..................................................      1,062,436        1,370,049
 Retained earnings (deficit) .................................................         45,495          (22,483)
 Treasury stock, at cost (548,500 shares in 1997 and 602,476 shares in
   1998) .....................................................................        (19,813)         (15,654)
                                                                                   ----------       ----------
   Net stockholders' equity ..................................................      1,088,161        1,331,965
                                                                                   ----------       ----------
   Total liabilities and stockholders' equity ................................     $5,002,152       $5,393,128
                                                                                   ==========       ==========

</TABLE>

          See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                           YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31,
                                                                                 ---------------------------------------------
                                                                                      1996            1997            1998
                                                                                 -------------   -------------   -------------
<S>                                                                              <C>             <C>             <C>
Total revenues ...............................................................    $1,203,626      $1,402,628      $2,972,186
                                                                                  ----------      ----------      ----------
Costs and expenses:
 Operating, general and administrative expenses ..............................       942,192       1,018,117       2,218,937
 Depreciation and amortization ...............................................        37,223          56,162         156,719
 Rent (note 11) ..............................................................        70,949          74,355         126,247
 Interest (net of investment income of $2,233 in 1996, $7,629 in 1997
   and $1,183 in 1998) (note 9) ..............................................        59,826          94,880         238,647
 Non-recurring charges (income), net (note 20) ...............................       (17,976)        123,456              --
                                                                                  ----------      ----------      ----------
   Total costs and expenses ..................................................     1,092,214       1,366,970       2,740,550
                                                                                  ----------      ----------      ----------
   Earnings from continuing  operations before equity in earnings of
    affiliates,  income taxes, extraordinary items and cumulative effect 
    of accounting change .....................................................       111,412          35,658         231,636
Equity in earnings of affiliates (note 4) ....................................           828              88             384
                                                                                  ----------      ----------      ----------
   Earnings from continuing operations before income taxes, extraordi-
    nary items and cumulative effect of accounting change ....................       112,240          35,746         232,020
Federal and state income taxes (note 14) .....................................        64,008          33,238          95,128
                                                                                  ----------      ----------      ----------
   Earnings from continuing operations before extraordinary items and
    cumulative effect of accounting change ...................................        48,232           2,508         136,892
Loss from discontinued operations (net of tax) (note 8) ......................           467          13,631         204,870
                                                                                  ----------      ----------      ----------
 Earnings (loss) before extraordinary items and cumulative effect of ac-
   counting change ...........................................................        47,765         (11,123)        (67,978)
Extraordinary items (note 17) ................................................         1,431          20,552              --
                                                                                  ----------      ----------      ----------
   Earnings (loss) before cumulative effect of accounting change .............        46,334         (31,675)        (67,978)
Cumulative effect of accounting change (note 21) .............................            --           1,830              --
                                                                                  ----------      ----------      ----------
   Net earnings (loss) .......................................................    $   46,334      $  (33,505)     $  (67,978)
                                                                                  ==========      ==========      ==========
Per Common Share -- basic:
 Earnings from continuing operations before extraordinary items and cu-
   mulative effect of accounting change ......................................    $     2.14      $     0.09      $     2.83
 Earnings (loss) before extraordinary items and cumulative effect of ac-
   counting change ...........................................................          2.12         (  0.39)          (1.40)
 Earnings (loss) before cumulative effect of accounting change ...............          2.06         (  1.12)          (1.40)
 Net earnings (loss) .........................................................    $     2.06      $    (1.19)     $    (1.40)
                                                                                  ==========      ==========      ==========
Per Common Share -- diluted:
 Earnings from continuing operations before extraordinary items and cu-
   mulative effect of accounting change ......................................    $     1.84      $     0.33      $     2.56
 Earnings (loss) before extraordinary items and cumulative effect of ac-
   counting change ...........................................................          1.83         (  0.02)          (1.08)
 Earnings (loss) before cumulative effect of accounting change ...............          1.78         (  0.55)          (1.08)
 Net earnings (loss) .........................................................    $     1.78      $    (0.60)     $    (1.08)
                                                                                  ==========      ==========      ==========

</TABLE>

          See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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               INTEGRATED HEALTH SERVICES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
             CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)
                            (DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS)

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                              YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31,
                                                                     ------------------------------------------
                                                                        1996           1997            1998
                                                                     ----------   -------------   -------------
<S>                                                                  <C>          <C>             <C>
Net earnings (loss) ..............................................    $46,334       $ (33,505)      $ (67,978)
Other comprehensive earnings (loss), net of tax:
 Unrealized gain (loss) on available for sale securities .........      5,756          (5,756)             --
                                                                      -------       ---------       ---------
Comprehensive earnings (loss) ....................................    $52,090       $ (39,261)      $ (67,978)
                                                                      =======       =========       =========
</TABLE>

          See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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               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, 1995 .....................................     $--        $22    $  410,345
 Issuance of 1,632,873 common shares in connection with
  acquisitions and management agreements (note 2) ................      --          2        35,435
 Re-issuance of 400,600 common shares of treasury stock
  in payment of earn-out in connection with prior ac-
  quisitions .....................................................      --         --        (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 common shares in payment of earn-
  out in connection with prior acquisition (note 2) ..............      --          1        26,438
 Issuance of 16,993,217 common shares in connection with
  acquisitions (note 2) ..........................................      --         17       553,385
 Issuance of 81,434 common shares in connection with em-
  ployee stock purchase plan .....................................      --         --         1,757
 Exercise of employee stock options for 1,418,968 common
  shares .........................................................      --          1        28,169
 Tax benefit arising from exercise of employee stock op-
  tions ..........................................................      --         --         7,020
 Reversal of unrealized gain on available for sale securities           --         --            --
 Acquisition of 548,500 common shares of treasury stock
  (at cost) ......................................................      --         --            --
 Declaration of cash dividend, $0.02 per common share.............      --         --            --
 Net loss ........................................................      --         --            --
                                                                       ---        ---    ----------
Balance at December 31, 1997 .....................................      --         43     1,062,436
                                                                       ---        ---    ----------
 Exercise of employee stock options for 3,511,717  common  shares, 
   less 498,407 shares tendered therefor at a value
  of $16,286......................................................      --          3        56,683
 Issuance of 51,186 common shares in connection with em-
  ployee stock purchase plan .....................................      --         --         1,079
 Issuance of 2,456,746 common shares in connection with
  acquisitions (note 2) ..........................................      --          3        80,764
 Re-issuance of 347,700 common shares of treasury stock
  in connection with acquisitions ................................      --         --          (351)
 Re-issuance of 658,824 common shares of treasury stock
  to fund Key Employee Supplemental Executive Retire-
  ment Plan ......................................................      --         --        (2,569)
 Acquisition of 1,060,500 common shares of treasury stock
  (at cost) ......................................................      --         --            --
 Issuance of 223,466 common shares in connection with
  debt payments ..................................................      --         --         8,554
 Value of 1,841,700 options issued in connection with ac-
  quisition of Rotech Medical Corporation ........................      --         --        32,743
 Tax benefit arising from exercise of employee stock op-
  tions ..........................................................      --         --        21,332
 Issuance of 3,573,446 common shares in connection with
  the conversion of the Company's 6% convertible subor-
  dinated debentures, less issuance costs of $5,417...............      --          4       109,378
 Net loss ........................................................      --         --            --
                                                                       ---        ---    ----------
 Balance at December 31, 1998 ....................................     $--        $53    $1,370,049
                                                                       ===        ===    ==========
</TABLE>
<PAGE>
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                   UNREALIZED
                                                                                     GAIN ON
                                                                      RETAINED    AVAILABLE FOR
                                                                      EARNINGS        SALE         TREASURY
                                                                     (DEFICIT)     SECURITIES       STOCK         TOTAL
                                                                   ------------- -------------- ------------- -------------
<S>                                                                <C>           <C>            <C>           <C>
Balance at December 31, 1995 .....................................   $  33,951     $      --      $ (12,790)   $  431,528
 Issuance of 1,632,873 common shares in connection with
  acquisitions and management agreements (note 2) ................          --            --             --        35,437
 Re-issuance of 400,600 common shares of treasury stock
  in payment of earn-out in connection with prior ac-
  quisitions .....................................................          --            --         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 common shares in payment of earn-
  out in connection with prior acquisition (note 2) ..............          --            --             --        26,439
 Issuance of 16,993,217 common shares in connection with
  acquisitions (note 2) ..........................................          --            --             --       553,402
 Issuance of 81,434 common shares in connection with em-
  ployee stock purchase plan .....................................          --            --             --         1,757
 Exercise of employee stock options for 1,418,968 common
  shares .........................................................          --            --             --        28,170
 Tax benefit arising from exercise of employee stock op-
  tions ..........................................................          --            --              -         7,020
 Reversal of unrealized gain on available for sale securities               --        (9,360)            --        (9,360)
 Acquisition of 548,500 common shares of treasury stock
  (at cost) ......................................................          --            --        (19,813)      (19,813)
 Declaration of cash dividend, $0.02 per common share.............        (814)           --             --          (814)
 Net loss ........................................................     (33,505)           --             --       (33,505)
                                                                     ---------     ---------      ---------    ----------
Balance at December 31, 1997 .....................................      45,495            --        (19,813)    1,088,161
                                                                     ---------     ---------      ---------    ----------
 Exercise of employee stock options for 3,511,717  common  shares, 
  less 498,407  shares tendered therefor at a value
  of $16,286......................................................          --            --             --        56,686
 Issuance of 51,186 common shares in connection with em-
  ployee stock purchase plan .....................................          --            --             --         1,079
 Issuance of 2,456,746 common shares in connection with
  acquisitions (note 2) ..........................................          --            --             --        80,767
 Re-issuance of 347,700 common shares of treasury stock
  in connection with acquisitions ................................          --            --         13,059        12,708
 Re-issuance of 658,824 common shares of treasury stock
  to fund Key Employee Supplemental Executive Retire-
  ment Plan ......................................................          --            --          9,569         7,000
 Acquisition of 1,060,500 common shares of treasury stock
  (at cost) ......................................................          --            --        (18,469)      (18,469)
 Issuance of 223,466 common shares in connection with
  debt payments ..................................................          --            --             --         8,554
 Value of 1,841,700 options issued in connection with ac-
  quisition of Rotech Medical Corporation ........................          --            --             --        32,743
 Tax benefit arising from exercise of employee stock op-
  tions ..........................................................          --            --             --        21,332
 Issuance of 3,573,446 common shares in connection with
  the conversion of the Company's 6% convertible subor-
  dinated debentures, less issuance costs of $5,417...............          --            --             --       109,382
 Net loss ........................................................     (67,978)           --             --       (67,978)
                                                                     ---------     ---------      ---------    ----------
 Balance at December 31, 1998 ....................................   $ (22,483)    $      --      $ (15,654)   $1,331,965
                                                                     =========     =========      =========    ==========

</TABLE>

          See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                  YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31,
                                                                         -------------------------------------------
                                                                              1996           1997           1998
                                                                         ------------- --------------- -------------
<S>                                                                      <C>           <C>             <C>
Cash flows from operating activities:
 Net earnings (loss) ...................................................  $   46,334    $    (33,505)   $  (67,978)
 Adjustments to reconcile net earnings (loss) to net cash provided
   by operating activities: ............................................
   Extraordinary items .................................................       2,327          33,690            --
   Non-recurring charges (income) ......................................     (17,976)        123,456            --
   Cumulative effect of accounting change ..............................          --           3,000            --
   Loss from discontinued operations ...................................         467          13,631       204,870
   Undistributed results of affiliates .................................           2             157            33
   Depreciation and amortization .......................................      37,223          56,162       156,719
   Deferred income taxes and other non-cash items ......................       3,325         (31,411)       42,630
   Amortization of deferred gain on sale-leaseback .....................        (982)         (1,046)         (673)
   Increase in patient accounts and third-party payor settlements
    receivable .........................................................     (24,504)        (62,296)     (142,897)
   (Increase) decrease in supplies, inventories, prepaid expenses
    and other current assets ...........................................       6,327         (19,095)      (19,848)
   Decrease in accounts payable and accrued expenses ...................     (12,157)        (41,553)     (147,973)
   (Increase) decrease in income taxes receivable ......................      (4,182)         29,781        57,941
   (Decrease) increase in income taxes payable .........................          --           2,426        (2,426)
                                                                          ----------    ------------    ----------
    Net cash provided by operating activities ..........................      36,204          73,397        80,398
                                                                          ----------    ------------    ----------
    Net cash used by discontinued operations ...........................      (3,113)        (16,342)      (99,272)

Cash flows from financing activities:
 Proceeds from issuance of capital stock, net ..........................       3,479          29,927        57,765
 Proceeds from long-term borrowings ....................................   1,087,175       3,280,565     1,097,341
 Repayment of long-term borrowings .....................................    (830,434)     (1,532,276)     (884,897)
 Deferred financing costs ..............................................     (10,251)        (45,500)       (1,355)
 Payment of prepayment premiums and fees on debt extinguish-
   ment ................................................................          --         (23,598)           --
 Purchase of treasury stock ............................................          --         (19,813)      (18,469)
 Dividends paid ........................................................        (435)           (471)         (814)
                                                                          ----------    ------------    ----------
    Net cash provided by financing activities ..........................     249,534       1,688,834       249,571
                                                                          ----------    ------------    ----------

Cash flows from investing activities:
 Purchases of temporary investments ....................................      (5,645)       (828,505)      (74,525)
 Sales of temporary investments ........................................       5,988         822,507        69,739
 Business acquisitions .................................................    (242,819)     (1,560,396)     (206,926)
 Purchases of property, plant, and equipment ...........................    (145,902)       (126,860)     (222,265)
 Disposition of assets .................................................     136,709          54,137       175,807
 Payment of termination fees and other costs of terminated merger                 --         (27,555)           --
 Payments of severance fees related to acquisition and other costs.               --         (10,492)           --
 Investment in affiliates and other assets .............................     (31,582)        (43,878)       (1,469)
                                                                          ----------    ------------    ----------
 Net cash used by investing activities .................................    (283,251)     (1,721,042)     (259,639)
                                                                          ----------    ------------    ----------
 Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents ......................        (626)         24,847       (28,942)
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period .........................      36,112          35,486        60,333
                                                                          ----------    ------------    ----------
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period ...............................  $   35,486    $     60,333    $   31,391
                                                                          ==========    ============    ==========
</TABLE>

          See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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

                 YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1996, 1997 AND 1998
               (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  significant
influence but less than majority  ownership and control are accounted for by the
equity  method  (see note 4). As  discussed  in note  (1)(r)  and in note 8, the
Company's home health nursing segment is presented as a discontinued operation.

  (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.  Revenues  represent  routine  service  (room and board)  charges of
geriatric and assisted living facilities, ancillary service charges of geriatric
and assisted living  facilities,  revenues  generated by medical specialty units
and  revenues of  pharmacy,  rehabilitation,  diagnostic,  respiratory  therapy,
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.
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.

  (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.

     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.

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            NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (Continued)


  (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  using the debt
outstanding (interest) method.

  (g) Deferred Pre-opening Costs

     Effective January 1, 1996, all pre-opening costs of medical specialty units
have been expensed when incurred.

  (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) Investments in and advances to affiliates

     Investments in which the Company has significant  influence and has a 20% -
50% ownership  interest are accounted for using the equity method of accounting.
The  investments  are carried at the cost of the  investment  plus the Company's
equity in undistributed earnings (losses). Investments in which the Company does
not  exercise  significant  influence  (generally  less  than  a  20%  ownership
interest) are accounted for using the cost method of accounting for investments.

  (j) 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.

  (k) 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  and  warrants  issued  to employees. Additional information
required  by  Statement  of  Financial Accounting Standards No. 123, "Accounting
for Stock-Based Compensation," ("SFAS No. 123") is discussed in note 12.

  (l) 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  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
busi-

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

  (l) Impairment of Long-Lived Assets -- (Continued)

ness 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.

     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 groups 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
respiratory/infusion/DME,    rehabilitation   therapy,    respiratory   therapy,
lithotripsy and mobile diagnostics divisions.

  (m) 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.

  (n) Earnings Per Share

     The  Company  adopted  Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 128,
"Earnings  Per  Share"  ("SFAS  No.  128") during the fourth quarter of the year
ended  December  31,  1997.  SFAS  No.  128  establishes  revised  standards for
computing   and   presenting   earnings   per  share  ("EPS")  data.  Additional
information required by SFAS No. 128 is discussed in note 13.

  (o) Business and Credit Concentrations

     The Company's  revenues are generated through  approximately  1,700 service
locations in 47 states and the District of Columbia, including 374 owned, leased
and managed  geriatric care facilities.  The Company  generally does not 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).

  (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

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            NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (Continued)

  (p) Management Agreements -- (Continued)

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) Assets held for Sale

     In 1997,  assets held for sale  represent  the assets of 19 geriatric  care
facilities and one outpatient clinic acquired in connection with the acquisition
of Community  Care of America,  Inc., 20 geriatric care  facilities  acquired in
connection  with  the  acquisition  of  certain   businesses  from   HEALTHSOUTH
Corporation  and 26 physician  practices  acquired in the  acquisition of RoTech
Medical Corporation which are intended to be sold within the next year (see note
2). Such amounts are carried at estimated net realizable  value,  less estimated
carrying costs to be incurred during the holding period.

  (r) Discontinued operations

     In  October  1998,  the  Company's  Board of  Directors  adopted  a plan to
discontinue  its home  health  nursing  segment.  Accordingly,  the  Company has
reclassified its prior financial  statements to present the operating results of
the home health  nursing  segment as a  discontinued  operation.  The  operating
results of home health nursing include interest expense (allocated based on debt
specifically  identified  with  acquisition  financing)  of $4,284,  $20,321 and
$25,678 in 1996, 1997 and 1998, respectively.

  (s) Derivative Financial Instruments

     The Company  utilizes  interest rate swap agreements to manage market risks
and reduce its exposure  resulting from fluctuations in interest rates.  Amounts
currently  due to or from  interest  rate swap  counterparties  are  recorded as
adjustments  to interest  expense in the period in which they  accrue.  Gains or
losses on  terminated  agreements  are included in accounts  payable and accrued
expenses and amortized to interest expense over the shorter of the original term
of the  agreements  or the life of the financial  instruments  to which they are
matched.

  (t) Reclassifications

     Certain  amounts  presented  in 1996 and 1997  have  been  reclassified  to
conform with the presentation for 1998.

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

(2) BUSINESS ACQUISITIONS

ACQUISITIONS DURING THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1998

     Acquisitions in 1998 and the manner of payment are summarized as follows:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

MONTH                             TRANSACTION DESCRIPTION
- ----------- -------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>         <C>

January     Stock of Paragon Rehabilitative Service, Inc.
February    Assets of Health Star, Inc.
February    Stock of Medicare Convalescent Aids of Pinellas d/b/a
            Medaids,  RxStat,  Prime Medical Services
February    Stock of Michigan Medical Supply
February    Assets of Nutmeg  Respiratory  Homecare March Assets of
            Chancy Healthcare Serice, Inc.
            Chancy Oxygen Services, CHS Home Infusion Company,
            Inc., Chancy Healthcare Services of Waynesboro
April       Stock of Magnolia Group, Inc.
May         Assets of American Mobile Health Systems, Inc.
May         Assets of Eastern Home Care & Oxygen, Inc., Mira Associates,
            Altoona Medox Enterprises, Professional Home Care, Keystone Home
            Oxygen Services
May         Assets of First Community Care, Inc.
June        Assets of Metropolitan Lithotripter Associates
June        Stock of Premiere Associates, Inc.
June        Assets of Apex Home Care, Inc.
June        Assets of Osborne Medical, Inc.
July        Stock of Collins Rentals, Inc.
August      Stock of Home Care Oxygen Services, Inc.
August      Assets of Tri-County Medical Oxygen, Inc.
August      Assets of American Oxygen Services of Tennessee
September   Assets of Accucare Medical Corporation
September   Assets of Valley Oxygen & Medical Equipment, Inc.
October     Assets of Mark-Daniel Enterprises, Inc. d/b/a Arrowhealth Medical
            Supply
October     Assets of Professional Respiratory Care, Inc.
October     Stock of Acadia Home Care
November    Assets of Oakwood Manor Nursing Center, Inc.
November    Assets of Norcare Home Medical, Inc.
November    Stock of RespaCare, Inc.
November    Assets of Caremor Health Services, Inc.
Various     71 acquisitions,  each with total costs of less than $2,000 Various
            Cash payments of acquisition costs accrued in 1997 and 1998


<PAGE>
<CAPTION>
                                      NOTES PAYABLE
                          COMMON       AND OTHER
                CASH       STOCK         ACCRUED        TOTAL
MONTH           PAID     ISSUED(1)   LIABILITIES(2)     COSTS
- ----------- ----------- ----------- ---------------- ----------
<S>         <C>         <C>         <C>              <C>
January      $     --     $10,758      $     425      $ 11,183
February        2,855          --            310         3,165
February          830       3,654            216         4,700
February        1,900          --            265         2,165
February        2,340          --            217         2,557
March           5,335          --            355         5,690
April              --      15,118          1,000        16,118
May                --       2,800             --         2,800
May             3,820          --            405         4,225
May             5,630       2,282            988         8,900
June            3,099       7,802            281        11,182
June            6,500      29,264         20,127        55,891
June            2,666          --            270         2,936
June            1,960          --            135         2,095
July            2,484          --            411         2,895
August          3,650          --            267         3,917
August          2,075          --            161         2,236
August             --       1,981            137         2,118
September          --       2,854             84         2,938
September       2,464          --            386         2,850
October         7,915          --            765         8,680
October         2,180          --            177         2,357
October         2,180          --            198         2,378
November        5,818          --             --         5,818
November        2,486          --            203         2,689
November        3,783          --            302         4,085
November        2,219          --             69         2,288
Various        40,038      16,962          5,031        62,031
Various        92,699          --        (92,699)           --
            ---------   ---------   ------------     ---------
             $206,926     $93,475      $ (59,514)     $240,887
            =========   =========   ============     =========
</TABLE>

- ----------
(1) Represents shares of IHS Common Stock as follows: 361,851 shares for Paragon
    Rehabilitive;  122,376 shares for Medicare  Convalescence  Aids of Pinellas;
    447,419 shares for Magnolia Group;  89,634 shares for American Mobile Health
    Systems;  90,627  shares  for  First  Community  Care;  348,974  shares  for
    Metropolitan Lithotriper Associates; 800,561 shares for Premiere Associates;
    61,061 shares for American Oxygen Services of Tennessee;  128,972 shares for
    Accucare Medical Corporation; and 302,718 shares for other acquisitions each
    with  total  cost less than  $2,000.  During  1998,  the  Company  issued an
    additional 50,253 shares to shareholders of Arcadia Services.

(2) Amounts  include  note  payable  of  $15.0  million  to  the shareholders of
    Premiere Associates.


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

(2) BUSINESS ACQUISITIONS --(Continued)

     The  allocation of the total costs of the 1998  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     COSTS
- --------------------------------------- --------- ----------------- -------- ------------ ------------- ------------- ----------
<S>                                     <C>       <C>               <C>      <C>          <C>           <C>           <C>
Paragon Rehabilitative Service, Inc.     $ 1,505       $     85      $    4    $ 13,036     ($  3,427)    ($     20)   $ 11,183
Health Star, Inc.                            323            110          --       2,732            --            --       3,165
Medicare Convalescent Aids of Pinellas
 d/b/a Medaids, RxStat, Prime Medi-
 cal Services                                913            366          --       3,698          (277)           --       4,700
Michigan Medical Supply                      215            295          --       1,801          (131)          (15)      2,165
Nutmeg Respiratory Homecare                  469            146          --       1,942            --            --       2,557
Chancy Healthcare Serice, Inc. Chancy
 Oxygen Services, CHS Home Infu-
 sion Company, Inc., Chancy Health-
 care Services of Waynesboro                 575             40          --       5,075            --            --       5,690
Magnolia Group, Inc.                       4,962         29,101         734          --        (8,989)       (9,690)     16,118
American Mobile Health Systems, Inc.       1,112             --           1       2,575          (888)           --       2,800
Eastern Home Care & Oxygen, Inc.,
 Mira Associates, Altoona Medox
 Enterprises, Professional Home
 Care, Keystone Home Oxygen Serv.            483            859          --       2,883            --            --       4,225
First Community Care, Inc.                 1,998            639         661       7,102            --        (1,500)      8,900
Metropolitan Lithotripter Associates       2,485          1,860         431      18,846       (11,500)         (940)     11,182
Premiere Associates, Inc.                  2,986         91,990          --      39,030       (35,819)      (42,296)     55,891
Apex Home Care, Inc.                         360            393          --       2,483            --          (300)      2,936
Osborne Medical, Inc.                          6            142          --       1,947            --            --       2,095
Collins Rentals, Inc.                        234            400          --       2,261            --            --       2,895
Home Care Oxygen Services, Inc.              266            369          --       3,282            --            --       3,917
Tri-County Medical Oxygen, Inc.              206             47          --       1,983            --            --       2,236
American Oxygen Services of Tennes-
 see                                         303             19          --       1,915          (119)           --       2,118
Accucare Medical Corporation                 423            195          --       2,966          (646)           --       2,938
Valley Oxygen & Medical Equipment,
 Inc.                                        500             46          --       2,304            --            --       2,850
Mark-Daniel Enterprises, Inc. d/b/a
 Arrowhealth Medical Supply                1,578          1,299          --       7,043        (1,240)           --       8,680
Professional Respiratory Care, Inc.          178            216          --       1,963            --            --       2,357
Acadia Home Care                             199             49          --       2,130            --            --       2,378
Oakwood Manor Nursing Center, Inc.            --          9,720          --          --            --        (3,902)      5,818
Norcare Home Medical, Inc.                   144            141          --       2,404            --            --       2,689
RespaCare, Inc.                              622            207          --       4,506            --        (1,250)      4,085
Caremor Health Services, Inc.                286            245          --       1,757            --            --       2,288
Other acquisitions                         3,664          5,140       5,258      50,090        (1,164)         (957)     62,031
                                         -------       --------      ------    --------      --------      --------    --------
                                         $26,995       $144,119      $7,089    $187,754      $(64,200)     $(60,870)   $240,887
                                         =======       ========      ======    ========      ========      ========    ========
</TABLE>

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

(2) BUSINESS ACQUISITIONS --(Continued)

ACQUISITIONS DURING THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1997

     Acquisitions in 1997 and the manner of payment are summarized as follows:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
MONTH                              TRANSACTION DESCRIPTION
- ----------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>         <C>
January     Stock of In-Home Health Care, Inc., a home healthcare services
            provider
February    Assets of Portable X-Ray Labs, Inc., a mobile x-ray services pro-
            vider
March       Payment of earnout in connection with Achievement Rehab acqui-
            sition in December 1993
June        Stock of Health Care Industries, Inc., a home healthcare services
            provider
June        Assets of Rehab Dynamics, Inc. and Restorative Therapy, Ltd.,
            contract rehabilitation companies(2)
August      Stock of Ambulatory Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. and APS Amer-
            ican, Inc., home healthcare services providers
August      Stock of Arcadia Services, Inc., a home healthcare services provid-
            er
September   Stock and assets of Barton Creek Healthcare, Inc., a home
            healthcare services provider
September   Stock of Community Care of America, Inc., an operator of skilled
            nursing facilities
October     Assets of Coram Lithotripsy Division, an operator of lithotripsy
            units
October     Stock of RoTech Medical Corporation, a respiratory therapy com-
            pany
November    Assets of Durham Meridian Limited Partnership (Treyburn)
November    Stock of HPC America, Inc., an operator of home infusion and
            home healthcare companies
November    Assets of Richards Medical Company, Inc., a respiratory therapy
            company
November    Assets of Central Medical Supply Company, Inc., a respiratory ther-
            apy company
November    Assets of Hallmark Respiratory Care, a respiratory therapy com-
            pany
November    Leasehold  interest in Shadow  Mountain,  a skilled  nursing  facility
December    Assets of certain businesses owned by HEALTHSOUTH Corpora-
            tion
December    Assets of Sunshine Medical Equipment, Inc., a respiratory therapy
            company
December    Assets of Quest,  Inc.,  a  respiratory  therapy  company
Various     17 acquisitions, each with total costs of less than $2,000 
Various     Cash payments of acquisition costs accrued in 1996 and 1997

<PAGE>

<CAPTION>
                                      NOTES PAYABLE
                            COMMON      AND OTHER
                CASH        STOCK        ACCRUED
MONTH           PAID      ISSUED(1)    LIABILITIES    TOTAL COST

- ----------- ------------ ----------- -------------- -------------
<S>         <C>          <C>         <C>            <C>
January      $    3,200   $     --     $      250    $    3,450
February          4,900         --          1,300         6,200
March                --     26,439             --        26,439
June              1,825         --            500         2,325
June              8,203     11,460          2,500        22,163
August           18,125     18,125          1,950        38,200
August               --     17,169          3,000        20,169
September         4,857         --            280         5,137
September        99,883         --          5,995       105,878
October         131,000         --          7,500       138,500
October              --    506,648         22,597       529,245
November          4,775         --             --         4,775
November         26,127         --            825        26,952
November          1,993         --            160         2,153
November          1,872         --            178         2,050
November          3,768         --            145         3,913
November          4,020         --             42         4,062
December      1,159,142         --         50,980     1,210,122
December          3,290         --            270         3,560
December         33,000         --            385        33,385
Various           9,010         --            894         9,904
Various          41,406         --        (41,406)           --
             ----------   --------     ----------    ----------
             $1,560,396   $579,841     $   58,345    $2,198,582
             ==========   ========     ==========    ==========
</TABLE>

- ----------
(1) Represents  shares of IHS common  stock as follows:  976,504  shares for the
    Achievement Rehab earnout; 331,379 shares for Rehab Dynamics and Restorative
    Therapy;  532,240  shares for  Ambulatory  Pharmaceutical  Services  and APS
    American;  531,198 shares for Arcadia  Services;  and 15,598,400  shares for
    RoTech Medical Corporation.

(2) Pursuant to an agreement with the former owners of Rehab Dynamics,  Inc., an
    earnout of up to $11.7 million is potentially payable, 60% of which is to be
    in the Company's common stock.

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

(2) BUSINESS ACQUISITIONS --(Continued)

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

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                 PROPERTY,
                                      CURRENT    PLANT AND   ASSETS HELD      OTHER
                                      ASSETS    EQUIPMENT     FOR SALE      ASSETS
                                    ----------- ----------- ------------- ------------
<S>                                 <C>         <C>         <C>           <C>
In-Home Health Care, Inc. .........  $    989    $    229      $     --    $        7
Portable X-Ray Labs, Inc. .........     1,309          --            --            11
Achievement Rehab .................        --          --            --            --
Health Care Industries, Inc. ......       805         204            --            41
Rehab Dynamics, Inc. & Restor-
 ative Therapy, Ltd. ..............     4,140         954            --           107
Ambulatory Pharmaceutical Ser-
 vices, Inc. & APS America,
 Inc. .............................     1,987          48            --             8
Arcadia Services, Inc. ............     3,980         348            --         2,464
Barton Creek Healthcare, Inc. .....       884          96            --            --
Community Care of America,
 Inc. .............................    12,022      39,286        12,030       (11,111)
Coram Lithotripsy Division ........     6,286       5,775            --         3,736
RoTech Medical Corporation ........    95,274     119,724        16,000        10,086
Durham Meridian Limited Part-
 nership ..........................     1,325       8,453            --           102
HPC America, Inc. .................     3,882         754            --        (5,756)
Richards Medical Company, Inc......       228         279            --            --
Central Medical Supply Company,
 Inc. .............................       283         173            --            --
Hallmark Respiratory Care .........       617         391            --             3
Shadow Mountain ...................        --       4,062            --            --
HEALTHSOUTH
 Corporation businesses ...........   176,031     232,864        80,647            --
Sunshine Medical Equipment, Inc.          374         200            --            --
Quest Inc. ........................     3,164       2,207            --            17
Other acquisitions ................       734         933            --            38
                                     --------    --------      --------    ----------
                                     $314,314    $416,980      $108,677    $     (247)
                                     ========    ========      ========    ==========
<PAGE>
<CAPTION>
                                     INTANGIBLE     CURRENT      LONG-TERM       TOTAL
                                       ASSETS     LIABILITIES   LIABILITIES      COST
                                    ------------ ------------- ------------- ------------
<S>                                 <C>          <C>           <C>           <C>
In-Home Health Care, Inc. .........  $    3,856   $     (797)   $     (834)   $    3,450
Portable X-Ray Labs, Inc. .........       5,653         (297)         (476)        6,200
Achievement Rehab .................      26,439           --            --        26,439
Health Care Industries, Inc. ......       2,505       (1,080)         (150)        2,325
Rehab Dynamics, Inc. & Restor-
 ative Therapy, Ltd. ..............      21,478       (3,204)       (1,312)       22,163
Ambulatory Pharmaceutical Ser-
 vices, Inc. & APS America,
 Inc. .............................      41,624       (5,467)           --        38,200
Arcadia Services, Inc. ............      39,233      (24,724)       (1,132)       20,169
Barton Creek Healthcare, Inc. .....       7,293       (3,136)           --         5,137
Community Care of America,
 Inc. .............................     109,682      (38,768)      (17,263)      105,878
Coram Lithotripsy Division ........     162,625      (39,422)         (500)      138,500
RoTech Medical Corporation ........     669,615     (244,665)     (136,789)      529,245
Durham Meridian Limited Part-
 nership ..........................          --       (1,072)       (4,033)        4,775
HPC America, Inc. .................      28,480           --          (408)       26,952
Richards Medical Company, Inc......       1,646           --            --         2,153
Central Medical Supply Company,
 Inc. .............................       1,625          (31)           --         2,050
Hallmark Respiratory Care .........       2,902           --            --         3,913
Shadow Mountain ...................          --           --            --         4,062
HEALTHSOUTH
 Corporation businesses ...........     979,691     (158,068)     (101,043)    1,210,122
Sunshine Medical Equipment, Inc.          2,986           --            --         3,560
Quest Inc. ........................      27,997           --            --        33,385
Other acquisitions ................       9,755       (1,476)          (80)        9,904
                                     ----------   ----------    ----------    ----------
                                     $2,145,085   $ (522,207)   $ (264,020)   $2,198,582
                                     ==========   ==========    ==========    ==========
</TABLE>

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               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>
MONTH                               TRANSACTION DESCRIPTION
- ----------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>         <C>
January     Assets of Vintage Healthcare Center, a 110 bed facility in Denton,
            Texas
March       Stock of Rehab Management Systems, Inc., a multi-state operator
            of outpatient rehabilitative clinics and inpatient therapy centers
May         Assets of Hospice of the Great Lakes, Inc., an Illinois hospice ser-
            vice provider
May         Preferred Care, Inc. purchase option deposits in connection with
            management agreements
August      Stock of J.R. Rehab Associates, Inc., a North Carolina provider of
            rehabilitative therapy services to nursing homes, hospitals and oth-
            ers
August      Assets of Extendicare of Tennessee Inc., a home health provider
August      Assets of Edgewater Home Infusion Services Inc., a home infusion
            services provider
September   Assets of  Century  Health  Services  Inc.,  a home  health  provider
September   Stock of Signature Home Care,  Inc., a home health  provider 
October     Stock of First American Health Care of Georgia, Inc., a home health
            services provider
Various     Litchfield Asset Management, Inc., purchase option deposits in con-
            nection with operating leases
November    Assets of Mediq Mobile X-Ray Services, Inc., a mobile diagnostic
            service provider
November    Assets of Total Rehab  Services,  LLC and Total Rehab  Services  O2,
            LLC, a provider of contract rehabilitative and respiratory services
December    Stock, at carryover basis, of Lifeway, Inc., a provider of physician
            management and disease management services
Various     Contingent purchase price payments on prior acquisition of The
            Rehab People in 1994
Various     7  acquisitions,  each with total costs of less than $2,000
Various     Cash payments of acquisition costs accrued in 1995 and 1996
<PAGE>
<CAPTION>
                                    NOTES PAYABLE
                          COMMON      AND OTHER
               CASH       STOCK        ACCRUED
MONTH          PAID     ISSUED(1)    LIABILITIES   TOTAL COST
- ----------- ---------- ----------- -------------- -----------
<S>         <C>        <C>         <C>            <C>
January      $  6,900   $     --     $       --    $  6,900
March           2,000      8,000          2,900      12,900
May                --      8,200          1,000       9,200
May             3,100      7,250             --      10,350
August          2,100         --            200       2,300
August          3,411         --            200       3,611
August          7,974         --            300       8,274
September       3,992         --            200       4,192
September       6,447      4,725          2,500      13,672
October       154,084         --         22,000     176,084
Various         4,018         --             --       4,018
November        4,942      5,200          5,500      15,642
November        9,173      2,700          1,250      13,123
December          935     (1,440)           275        (230)
Various            --     10,000             --      10,000
Various         2,566         --             65       2,631
Various        31,177         --        (31,177)         --
             --------   --------     ----------    --------
             $242,819   $ 44,635     $    5,213    $292,667
             ========   ========     ==========    ========
</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.

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               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
                                               ASSETS    EQUIPMENT     ASSETS
                                            ----------- ----------- -----------
<S>                                         <C>         <C>         <C>
Vintage ...................................  $     --    $  6,900    $     --
Rehab Management Systems (RMS) ............     1,644       1,021         165
Hospice of the Great Lakes (Hospice) .             --         144          25
Preferred Care ............................        --      10,350          --
J.R. Rehab ................................       532         149          --
Extendicare ...............................     2,229          18          --
Edgewater .................................     1,789         160           1
Century ...................................     5,628         139         202
Signature .................................    19,938       7,521          99
First American ............................    44,608      22,438      73,226
Litchfield ................................        --       4,018          --
Mediq .....................................     4,518         431          21
Total Rehab ...............................     5,505         128          --
Lifeway ...................................       158         270          70
Rehab People ..............................        --          --          --
Other acquisitions ........................        --       1,863          --
                                             --------    --------    --------
                                             $ 86,549    $ 55,550    $ 73,809
                                             ========    ========    ========
<PAGE>

<CAPTION>
                                             INTANGIBLE     CURRENT      LONG-TERM       TOTAL
                                               ASSETS     LIABILITIES   LIABILITIES       COST
                                            ------------ ------------- ------------- -------------
<S>                                         <C>          <C>           <C>           <C>
Vintage ...................................  $      --    $       --    $       --     $   6,900
Rehab Management Systems (RMS) ............     12,832        (1,848)         (914)       12,900
Hospice of the Great Lakes (Hospice) .           9,031            --            --         9,200
Preferred Care ............................         --            --            --        10,350
J.R. Rehab ................................      3,159        (1,540)           --         2,300
Extendicare ...............................      1,945          (581)           --         3,611
Edgewater .................................      7,685        (1,313)          (48)        8,274
Century ...................................     12,140       (13,917)           --         4,192
Signature .................................     21,122       (18,077)      (16,931)       13,672
First American ............................    227,406      (152,095)      (39,499)      176,084
Litchfield ................................         --            --            --         4,018
Mediq .....................................     15,600        (4,928)           --        15,642
Total Rehab ...............................     11,982        (4,492)           --        13,123
Lifeway ...................................         --          (728)           --          (230)
Rehab People ..............................     10,000            --            --        10,000
Other acquisitions ........................      1,600          (832)           --         2,631
                                             ---------    ----------    ----------     ---------
                                             $ 334,502    $ (200,351)   $  (57,392)    $ 292,667
                                             =========    ==========    ==========     =========

</TABLE>

     Unaudited pro forma  combined  results of operations of the Company  giving
effect to the foregoing  acquisitions  for the years ended December 31, 1997 and
1998 are presented below. Such pro forma presentation has been prepared assuming
that the acquisitions had been made as of January 1, 1997.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                     YEARS ENDED
                                                                                    DECEMBER 31,
                                                                            -----------------------------
                                                                                 1997            1998
                                                                            -------------   -------------
<S>                                                                         <C>             <C>
Revenues ................................................................    $3,217,782      $3,122,565
Earnings from continuing operations before extraordinary items and
 cumulative effect of accounting change .................................        32,839         141,281
Earnings (loss) before extraordinary items and cumulative effect of ac-
 counting change ........................................................        19,208         (63,589)
Loss before cumulative effect of accounting change ......................        (1,344)        (63,589)
Net Loss ................................................................        (3,174)        (63,589)
Per Common Share--basic:
 Earnings from continuing operations before extraordinary items and
   cumulative effect of accounting change ...............................    $     0.69      $     2.85
 Earnings (loss) before extraordinary items and cumulative effect of
   accounting change ....................................................          0.40           (1.28)
 Loss before cumulative effect of accounting change .....................         (0.03)          (1.28)
 Net Loss ...............................................................         (0.07)          (1.28)
Per Common Share--diluted:
 Earnings from continuing operations before extraordinary items and
   cumulative effect of accounting change ...............................          0.74            2.59
 Earnings (loss) before extraordinary items and cumulative effect of
   accounting change ....................................................          0.51           (0.98)
 Earnings (loss) before cumulative effect of accounting change ..........          0.15           (0.98)
 Net earnings (loss) ....................................................    $     0.12      $    (0.98)

</TABLE>

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

(2) BUSINESS ACQUISITIONS --(Continued)

     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.

     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 $16,299 in 1996,  $66,440 in 1997 and $13,442 in 1998, as well as exit
costs and employee  termination and relocation costs of $20,091 in 1996, $33,220
in 1997 and $4,743 in 1998. 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,
1996, 1997 and 1998:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                 EMPLOYEE
                                                              TERMINATION AND
                                                   EXIT         RELOCATION
                                                  COSTS            COSTS            TOTAL
                                               -----------   ----------------   ------------
<S>                                            <C>           <C>                <C>
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
Acquired companies -- 1997 .................       10,205          23,015           33,220
Payments charged against liability .........       (3,952)        (11,346)         (15,298)
Adjustments recorded to:
 Cost of acquisitions ......................       (1,925)            160           (1,765)
 Operations ................................           --              --               --
                                                ---------       ---------        ---------
Balance at December 31, 1997 ...............       10,205          16,991           27,196
Acquired companies -- 1998 .................           --           4,743            4,743
Payments charged against liability .........      (13,032)        (31,159)         (44,191)
Adjustments recorded to:
 Cost of acquisitions ......................        2,827          11,180           14,007
 Operations ................................           --              --               --
                                                ---------       ---------        ---------
Balance at December 31, 1998 ...............    $      --       $   1,755        $   1,755
                                                =========       =========        =========
</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 1998.  Unresolved  issues relate  primarily to the  finalization  of
severance and termination  arrangements.  Accordingly,  unresolved  issues could
result in additional liabilities for salaries, benefits and related increases to
the  acquisition  cost.  These  adjustments  will be  reported  primarily  as an
increase or decrease in goodwill.

     The exit plans at  December  31,  1997  consist of the  discontinuation  of
certain  activities of the  businesses  acquired from  HEALTHSOUTH  Corporation,
Arcadia Services and Ambulatory Pharmaceutical Services, including estimates for
costs related to the closure of duplicative facilities, lease termi-

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            NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (Continued)

(2) BUSINESS ACQUISITIONS --(Continued)

nation  fees and other exit costs as  defined  in EITF  95-3.  Significant  exit
activities  relating to the 1997  acquisitions  were  completed  by December 31,
1998.   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
relating to the 1996 acquisitions were completed by December 31, 1997.

     The  termination  plans  at  December  31,  1998  relate  primarily  to the
following employee groups with the indicated  anticipated dates of completion of
termination/relocation:   Paragon   Rehabilitative   Service  by  January  1999;
Arrowhealth  Medical Supply by October 1999; Eastern Home Care and Oxygen by May
1999,  First Community Care by May 1999 and Valley Oxygen and Medical  Equipment
by September 1999.

     The  termination  plans  at  December  31,  1997  relate  primarily  to the
following employee groups with the indicated  anticipated dates of completion of
termination/relocation:  businesses  acquired from  HEALTHSOUTH  Corporation  by
December  1998,  RoTech and the  Lithotripsy  Division of Coram by October 1998,
Portable X-Ray Labs by February 1998,  Rehab Dynamics by June 1998,  Arcadia and
Ambulatory Pharmaceutical Services by August 1998, and Community Care of America
by September 1998. The termination  plans at December 31, 1996 relate  primarily
to the  following  employee  groups with the  indicated  dates of  completion of
termination/relocation: First American by October 1997, Mediq and Total Rehab by
November 1997, RMS by March 1997,  Signature by September  1997,  Hospice of the
Great Lakes by May 1997, and Edgewater by August 1997.

     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
contingencies  and  valuation  estimates  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 such  matters  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 Medicare and Medicaid  regulatory  compliance
matters,  claims subject to  intermediary  audits,  income tax matters and legal
proceedings.  During the three  years  ended  December  31,  1998,  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.   In  1998,  the  Company  completed  the  final
measurement  of the fair  value of  assets  acquired  and  liabilities  assumed,
including  pre-acquisition  contingencies,   and  recorded  adjustments  to  the
December  31, 1997  preliminary  estimated  amounts.  Such  adjustments  related
primarily to the businesses acquired from HEALTHSOUTH on December 31, 1997. Such
final  measurement  resulted in  adjustments  to  increase  the  obligation  for
unfavorable leases and contracts by approximately $65,380,  related primarily to
certain  neuro-rehabilitative  facilities in Massachusetts,  to increase accrued
liabilities  for  certain  litigation  matters by  approximately  $23,785 and to
increase valuation  allowances on certain receivables by approximately  $10,345.
In  addition,  the Company  recorded  additional  liabilities  of  approximately
$30,920  related to  commitments  to certain HMO  businesses  which were sold by
RoTech  concurrent with its acquisition by IHS. Such  commitments were finalized
in 1998.  Management is aware of certain adjustments that might be required with
respect to acquisitions recorded at December 31, 1998; accordingly, the original
allocation  could be adjusted to the extent that  finalized  amounts differ from
the estimates.

     Certain  facilities  acquired  in  1997  as  part  of the  Rotech,  CCA and
HEALTHSOUTH  acquisitions,  were held for sale  rather  than used in  operations
subsequent to the acquisitions. Such facilities were recorded at fair value less
the estimated  cost of  disposition  in accordance  with the  provisions of EITF
Issue No. 87-11.  Accordingly,  the sale of these facilities in 1998 resulted in
no gain or loss.

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

(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, 1997 and 1998:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                                            1997          1998
                                                                        -----------   -----------
<S>                                                                     <C>           <C>
Patient accounts receivable .........................................    $610,217      $735,169
Allowance for doubtful accounts .....................................     148,957       165,260
                                                                         --------      --------
                                                                          461,260       569,909
Third party payor settlements, less allowance for contractual adjust-
 ments of $19,827 and $24,565........................................      68,577        79,197
                                                                         --------      --------
                                                                         $529,837       649,106
                                                                         ========      ========
</TABLE>

     Gross  patient  accounts   receivable  and  third-party  payor  settlements
receivable from the Federal government  (Medicare) were $212,051 and $215,590 at
December 31, 1997 and 1998, respectively. Amounts receivable from various states
(Medicaid) were $123,182 and $175,414, respectively, at such dates, which relate
primarily to the states of Colorado, Florida, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nebraska,
New Mexico, Texas and Pennsylvania.

(4) INVESTMENTS IN AND ADVANCES TO AFFILIATES

     The  Company's  investments  in and advances to  affiliates at December 31,
1997 and 1998 are summarized as follows:

                                                     1997        1998
                                                  ---------   ----------
Investments accounted for by the equity method:
 Tutera .......................................    $ 7,737     $    --
 Speciality ...................................      6,059          --
 Lyric ........................................         --       3,283
                                                   -------     -------
                                                    13,796       3,283
Other investments:
 Craegmoor Healthcare .........................         --       6,716
 Other ........................................      5,731       6,344
                                                   -------     -------
                                                   $19,527     $16,343
                                                   =======     =======

     Investments in significant unconsolidated affiliates are summarized below.

TUTERA HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT, L.P.

     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  was conducted by its general
partner.  In November  1998,  the Company sold its 49% interest in Tutera to the
general partner of the Partnership.  In addition,  the Company  purchased one of
the Tutera facilities, using its purchase option.

SPECIALITY CARE PLC AND CRAEGMOOR HEALTHCARE

     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,
which had preferences as

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            NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (Continued)

(4) INVESTMENTS IN AND ADVANCES TO AFFILIATES -- (Continued)

to liquidation.  As a result of the Company's additional investment, the Company
had 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 would have owned  approximately  31.38% of  Speciality  (assuming no
further issuances).

     In February 1998  Speciality was acquired by Craegmoor  Healthcare  Company
Limited, ("Craegmoor") an owner and operator of residential nursing homes in the
United  Kingdom,  through  an  exchange  of  capital  stock.  As a result of the
exchange,  IHS  owns  less  than  10%  of the  outstanding  ordinary  shares  of
Craegmoor.

LYRIC HEALTH CARE LLC ("LYRIC")

     In January 1998, the Company sold five  long-term care  facilities to Omega
Healthcare  Investors,  Inc. for $44,500,  which  facilities were leased back by
Lyric Health Care LLC ("Lyric"),  a newly formed subsidiary of IHS, at an annual
rent  of  approximately  $4,500.  In  a  related  transaction,   TFN  Healthcare
Investors,  LLC ("TFN"), an entity in which Timothy F. Nicholson,  a director of
IHS, is the principal  member,  purchased a 50% interest in Lyric for $1,000 and
IHS' interest in Lyric was reduced to 50%. IHS also entered into  management and
franchise  agreements  with Lyric.  The  management  and  franchise  agreements'
initial terms are 13 years with two renewal  options of 13 years each.  The base
management  fee is 3% of gross  revenues,  subject to increase if gross revenues
exceed $350,000. In addition, the agreement provides for an incentive management
fee  equal  to 70% of  annual  net  cash  flow  (as  defined  in the  management
agreement).  The duties of IHS as manager  include  the  following:  accounting,
legal,  human  resources,  operations,  materials and facilities  management and
regulatory compliance.  The annual franchise fee is 1% of gross revenues,  which
grants Lyric the  authority  to use the  Company's  trade names and  proprietary
materials.

     Lyric will dissolve on December 31, 2047 unless  extended for an additional
12 months.  On February 1, 1998 Lyric also entered  into a five-year  employment
agreement  with Timothy F.  Nicholson,  the principal  stockholder  of TFN and a
director of the Company.  Pursuant to Lyric's operating agreement, Mr. Nicholson
will serve as Managing Director of Lyric and will have the day-to-day  authority
for the management and operation of Lyric and will initiate policy proposals for
business plans,  acquisitions,  employment policy, approval of budgets, adoption
of  insurance  programs,  additional  service  offerings,   financing  strategy,
ancillary   service   usage,   change  in  material   terms  of  any  lease  and
adoption/amendment  of employee  health,  benefit and  compensation  plans. As a
result of the  aforementioned  transactions,  IHS accounts for its investment in
Lyric using the equity method of accounting  since IHS no longer controls Lyric.
Under the equity  method of  accounting  for Lyric,  IHS  records 50% of Lyric's
earnings  and losses  pursuant to the amended  operating  agreement.  The equity
method is applied to the Company's  investment in Lyric,  including  outstanding
loans and  management and franchise  fees.  The Company  recorded a $2.5 million
loss on the  sale of these  facilities  in 1997 in  anticipation  of the sale of
these facilities.

     Cash flow deficiencies,  if any, of Lyric may be satisfied by (1) available
working   capital  loans  under  a  $10,000   revolving   credit  facility  from
Copelco/American Healthfund, Inc., (2) obtaining additional borrowings under new
debt arrangements,  (3) obtaining additional capital  contributions from IHS and
TFN,  the  existing  members  of  Lyric,  although  such  contributions  are not
required, and (4) admission of new members to Lyric.

     In  March  1998,  the  Company  sold  an  additional  five  long-term  care
facilities to Omega Healthcare Investors,  Inc. for approximately $50,000, which
facilities were leased back to Lyric at an annual rent of approximately  $4,900.
IHS also entered into management and franchise  agreements with Lyric with terms
similar to those described  above.  The Company recorded no gain or loss on this
transaction.

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            NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (Continued)

(4) INVESTMENTS IN AND ADVANCES TO AFFILIATES -- (Continued)


     The net proceeds from the sale of these facilities of approximately $89,900
was used to repay outstanding indebtedness.

     The Company's  equity in earnings  (loss) of affiliates for the years ended
December 31, 1996, 1997 and 1998 is summarized as follows:

                           1996        1997        1998
                        ---------   ---------   ---------
Tutera ..............    $  883      $  486      $  892
Lyric ...............        --          --        (508)
Speciality ..........       104        (211)         --
Others ..............      (159)       (187)         --
                         ------      ------      ------
                         $  828      $   88      $  384
                         ======      ======      ======

     The Company  received cash  distributions  of equity from its affiliates of
$830 in 1996, $245 in 1997 and $843 in 1998.

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


                             DECEMBER 31,     DECEMBER 31,
                                 1997             1998
                            --------------   -------------
Working capital .........       $ 4,870          $1,674
Total assets ............        46,880           8,524
Long-term debt ..........        14,366           1,559
Equity ..................       $24,367          $1,074
                                =======          ======


                                      YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31,
                                -------------------------------------
                                    1996         1997         1998
                                -----------   ----------   ----------
Revenues ....................    $118,995      $ 38,621     $77,143
Net earnings (loss) .........       1,550        (2,133)        869
                                 ========      ========     =======

(5) PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

     Property,  plant and equipment at December 31, 1997 and 1998 are summarized
as follows:


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                1997           1998
                                                            ------------   ------------
<S>                                                         <C>            <C>
Land ....................................................   $   43,359     $   62,247
Buildings and improvements ..............................      621,063        572,265
Leasehold improvements and leasehold interests ..........      243,886        434,461
Equipment ...............................................      402,889        515,188
Construction in progress ................................       84,263         59,452
Pre-construction and pre-acquisition costs ..............        5,388          8,043
                                                            ----------     ----------
                                                             1,400,848      1,651,656
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization ..........      119,888        182,534
                                                            ----------     ----------
 Net property, plant and equipment ......................   $1,280,960     $1,469,122
                                                            ==========     ==========

</TABLE>

     Included in leasehold  improvements  and  leasehold  interests are purchase
option  deposits on 89  facilities  of $78,149 at December  31,  1997,  of which
$33,393 is refundable,  and on 86 facilities of $71,415 at December 31, 1998, of
which $37,411 is refundable.

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

(6) INTANGIBLE ASSETS

     Intangible assets are summarized as follows at December 31, 1997 and 1998:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                               1997            1998
                                                                          -------------   -------------
<S>                                                                       <C>             <C>
Intangible assets of businesses acquired, primarily goodwill ..........    $2,671,660      $3,033,290
Deferred financing costs ..............................................        62,250          57,487
                                                                           ----------      ----------
                                                                            2,733,910       3,090,777
Less accumulated amortization .........................................        46,803         120,614
                                                                           ----------      ----------
 Net intangible assets ................................................    $2,687,107      $2,970,163
                                                                           ==========      ==========

</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 accordance with
SFAS No.  121,  "Accounting  for the  Impairment  of  Long-Lived  Assets and for
Long-Lived  Assets  to Be  Disposed  Of",  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. The Company performs the
impairment analysis at the individual facility and business unit basis.

(7) ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND ACCRUED EXPENSES

     Accounts  payable  and  accrued  expenses at December 31, 1997 and 1998 are
summarized as follows:


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                           1997          1998
                                                                       -----------   -----------
<S>                                                                    <C>           <C>
   Accounts payable ................................................    $225,170      $218,718
   Accrued salaries and wages ......................................      54,297        69,114
   Accrued workers' compensation and other claims ..................      12,490        13,226
   Accrued interest ................................................      33,530        69,347
   Accrued acquisition liabilities (exit costs and employee termina-
     tion and relocation costs) ....................................      27,196         1,755
   Accrued transaction costs .......................................      40,489           720
   Other accrued expenses ..........................................     170,555        90,250
                                                                        --------      --------
                                                                        $563,727      $463,130
                                                                        ========      ========
</TABLE>

(8) DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS

     In  October  1998,  the  Company's  Board of  Directors  adopted  a plan to
discontinue  operations of the home health  nursing  segment.  Accordingly,  the
operating  results of the home health nursing  segment have been segregated from
continuing  operations  and reported as a separate line item on the statement of
operations.

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            NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (Continued)

(8) DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS -- (Continued)

     The loss from the discontinued operations is summarized as follows:

       Operating loss through September 30, 1998 (the mea-
        surement date) of $61,902 less income tax benefit of
        $25,999................................................    $ 35,903
       Loss on disposal of assets, including estimated losses
        from measurement date through the expected dis-
        posal date (June 30, 1999) of $68,556, less income
        tax benefit of $57,292.................................     168,967
                                                                   --------
                                                                   $204,870
                                                                   ========


     The Company has reclassified its prior financial  statements to present the
operating  results  of  the  home  health  nursing  segment  as  a  discontinued
operation.  The assets and  liabilities of such  operations at December 31, 1997
have been  reflected  as a net  non-current  asset  based  substantially  on the
original  classification  of such assets and liabilities which are summarized as
follows: .

                                                            DECEMBER 31,
                                                     ---------------------------
                                                         1997           1998
                                                     ------------   ------------
       Current assets ............................    $  73,548      $  64,916
       Property, plant and equipment .............       37,673         10,337
       Intangible and other assets ...............      131,484             --
       Current liabilities .......................      (53,788)       (59,826)
       Non-current liabilities ...................       (7,204)        (2,927)
                                                      ---------      ---------
       Net assets of discontinued operations .....    $ 181,713      $  12,500
                                                      =========      =========


     Amounts at December 31, 1998 reflect the allowance for loss on disposition.

     Operating  results  including the effects of interest  expense  incurred in
connection with acquisition financing are as follows:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                           1996           1997          1998(1)
                                                       -----------   -------------   -------------
<S>                                                    <C>           <C>             <C>
Net revenue ........................................    $231,069       $ 590,569       $ 230,104
Operating, general and administrative expenses......     212,732         537,713         242,702
Depreciation and amortization ......................       4,458          14,588          12,627
Rent ...............................................       6,836          30,781          18,186
Interest ...........................................       4,284          20,321          18,491
Non-recurring charges(2) ...........................       3,519           9,586              --
                                                        --------       ---------       ---------
Loss before income taxes ...........................        (760)        (22,420)        (61,902)
Income tax benefit .................................         293           8,789          25,999
                                                        --------       ---------       ---------
Loss from operations ...............................    $   (467)      $ (13,631)      $ (35,903)
                                                        ========       =========       =========
</TABLE>
- ----------
(1) Represents  results  for  the  nine  months  ended  September  30, 1998 (the
    measurement date).

(2) Non-recurring charge represents the following:  in 1996 the Company recorded
    a  $3,519  non-recurring  charge  resulting  from  the  closure  of  certain
    redundant home care  agencies;  in 1997; the Company also recorded an $8,199
    charge to exit a home health management contract, and a $1,387 non-recurring
    charge resulting from the closure of certain redundant operations.

     In  February  1999,  the  Company  sold  certain  assets of the home health
nursing  segment for cash of $12,700 and, in March 1999, the Company  executed a
definitive  agreement to sell the remaining  operations.  The estimated  loss on
disposal gives effect to the terms of these contracts.

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            NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (Continued)

(8) DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS -- (Continued)

     The loss from  operations of the home health nursing segment for the period
from the  measurement  date through  December  31, 1998 was  $31,063.  Such loss
reflects the effects of provisions  for estimated  lease  termination  costs and
other costs incurred to close home health agencies during this period.

(9) LONG-TERM DEBT

     Long-term debt at December 31, 1997 and 1998 is summarized as follows:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                               1997          1998
                                                                                           ------------ -------------
<S>                                                                                        <C>          <C>
Revolving credit and term loan facility notes:
 Revolving credit loans ..................................................................  $  535,000   $  766,000
 Term loans ..............................................................................   1,150,000    1,138,500
                                                                                            ----------   ----------
                                                                                             1,685,000    1,904,500
 Less current portion ....................................................................      11,500       11,500
                                                                                            ----------   ----------
 Total revolving credit and term loan facility notes, less current portion ...............  $1,673,500   $1,893,000
                                                                                            ==========   ==========
Mortgages and other long-term debt:
 8.094% note payable, due December 2001 ..................................................  $    9,205   $    9,037
 Prime plus 1.25% note payable (9% at December 31, 1998), due December 2000 ..............       7,954        7,788
 Mortgages payable in monthly installments of $62, including interest at rates ranging
   from 9% to 14% ........................................................................       7,264        3,143
 9.75% mortgage note payable in monthly installments of $107, including interest, with
   final payment of $13,087 in October 1998...............................................      13,198           --
 Prime plus 1% (8.75% at December 31, 1998) note payable in monthly installments of
   $89, including interest, with final payment in January 2020............................       9,671        9,535
 Seller notes, interest rates ranging from 10% to 14%, with final payment of $1,489 in
   July 2000 .............................................................................       3,495        1,489
 LIBOR plus 1.75% (6.85% at December 31, 1998) mortgage note payable in monthly
   installments of $51, including interest, with final payment due December 2000..........       6,274        6,142
 Mortgages payable in monthly installments of $89, including interest at rates ranging
   from 10.09% to 10.64% .................................................................       8,800        8,762
 10.89% mortgage note payable in monthly installments of $41, including interest, due
   April   2015 ..........................................................................       3,850        3,827
 11.5% mortgage note payable in monthly installments of $65, including interest, due
   January  2006 .........................................................................       4,981        4,966
 11% mortgage note payable in monthly installments of $216, including interest, due Decem-
   ber 2010 ..............................................................................      19,185       19,123
 11.5% mortgage note payable in monthly installments of $55, including interest, due
   January  2006 .........................................................................       4,197        4,184
 10.95% mortgage note payable in monthly installments of $74, including interest, due
   January 2004 ..........................................................................       5,240           --
 9.09% obligations under capital leases ..................................................      46,185           --
 11% mortgage note payable in monthly installments of $41, including interest, due Decem-
   ber 2006 ..............................................................................       2,821        2,808
 8.6% mortgage note payable in monthly installments of $30, including interest, due 
   July 2034.............................................................................        4,032        4,015
 7.89% mortgage payable in monthly installments of $409 including interest, due July 2023.          --       52,674
 9.95% mortgage payable due December 2003, interest payable monthly ......................          --       37,500
 9.5% mortgage notes payable due March 2008, interest payable monthly ....................          --       12,000
 8% mortgages payable in annual installments of $880 including interest, due January 2003.          --        3,000
 8.69% mortgages payable in monthly installments of $35 including interest due September
   2004 ..................................................................................          --        3,902
 11.25% mortgages payable in monthly installments of $47 including interest due November
   2006 ..................................................................................          --        4,925
</TABLE>

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            NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (Continued)

(9) LONG-TERM DEBT -- (Continued)

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                                1997          1998
                                                                                           ------------- -------------
<S>                                                                                        <C>           <C>
 7.75% notes payable due September 2024 ..................................................          --        13,159
 3% to 6% seller notes with final payment due June 2001 ..................................          --         3,373
 Other ...................................................................................      17,083        17,177
                                                                                                ------        ------
 Total mortgages and other debt ..........................................................     173,435       232,529
 Less current portion: ...................................................................      23,033         5,260
                                                                                               -------       -------
 Total mortgages and other long-term debt, less current portion ..........................  $  150,402    $  227,269
                                                                                            ==========    ==========
Subordinated debt:
 5 3/4%  Convertible  Senior  Subordinated  Debentures due January 1, 2001, with interest
   payable 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            --
 5 1/4% Convertible Subordinated Debentures due June 1, 2003 of RoTech Medical Cor-
   poration, with interest payable semi-annually on June 1 and December 1 ................       2,164         2,026
 9 5/8% and 10 3/4% Senior Subordinated Notes due May 31, 2002, and July 15, 2004 with
   interest payable semi-annually ........................................................         132           132
 10 1/4% Senior Subordinated Notes due April 30, 2006, with interest payable semi-annually
   on April 30 and October 30 ............................................................     150,000       150,000
 9 1/2% Senior Subordinated Notes due September 15, 2007, with interest payable semi-
   annually on March 15 and September 15 .................................................     450,000       450,000
 9 1/4% Senior Subordinated Notes due January 15, 2008, with interest payable semi-
   annually on January 15 and July 15 ....................................................     500,000       500,000
                                                                                            ----------    ----------
 Total subordinated debt .................................................................  $1,361,046    $1,245,908
                                                                                            ==========    ==========

</TABLE>

REVOLVING CREDIT AND TERM LOAN FACILITY

     The  Company  has a  $2,150,000  revolving  credit  and term long  facility
consisting of a $1,150,000 term loan facility and a $1,000,000  revolving credit
facility. On September 15, 1997, the Company entered into a $1,750,000 revolving
credit and term loan facility with Citibank,  N.A., as Administrative Agent, and
certain other lenders (the "New Credit  Facility") to replace its prior $700,000
revolving credit facility.  The New Credit Facility  consists of a $750,000 term
loan facility (the "Term Facility") and a $1,000,000  revolving credit facility,
including  a  $100,000  letter of credit  subfacility  and a $10,000  swing line
subfacility  (the  "Revolving  Facility").  The Term Facility,  all of which was
borrowed on September  17, 1997,  matures on September  30, 2004. As of December
31,  1998,  $742,500  was  outstanding,  and will be  amortized  as follows (all
payable in equal quarterly  installments):  each of 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2002 --
$7,500; 2003 -- $337,500 and 2004 -- $375,000. Any unpaid balance will be due on
the maturity  date.  The Term Facility bears 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 New 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).

     In connection with the December 1997 acquisition of certain businesses from
HEALTHSOUTH  Corporation  (see note 2), IHS and the lenders under the New Credit
Facility  amended the New Credit Facility to provide for an additional  $400,000
term loan facility (the  "Additional Term Facility") to finance a portion of the
purchase price for the acquisition and to amend certain covenants to permit the

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            NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (Continued)


(9) LONG-TERM DEBT -- (Continued)

consummation  of the  acquisition.  The  Additional  Term  Facility,  which  was
borrowed at the closing of the acquisition,  matures on December 31, 2005. As of
December 31, 1998,  $396,000  was  outstanding  and will be amortized as follows
(all payable in equal quarterly  installments):  each of 1999,  2000, 2001, 2002
and 2003 -- $4,000; 2004 -- $176,000;  and 2005 -- $200,000. The Additional Term
Facility bears interest at a rate equal to, at the option of IHS,  either (i) in
the case of Eurodollar loans, the sum of (x) two and one-quarter  percent or two
and one-half 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 one
percent or one and one-quarter  percent  (depending on the Debt/EBITDAR  Ratio).
The Term Facility and the Additional Term Facility can be prepaid at any time in
whole or in part without penalty.

     The  Revolving  Facility  will reduce to $800,000 on September 30, 2001 and
$500,000 on September  30, 2002,  with a final  maturity on September  15, 2003;
however,  the  $100,000  letter of credit  subfacility  and  $10,000  swing line
subfacility  will  remain at $100,000  and  $10,000,  respectively,  until final
maturity.  The  Revolving  Facility  bears  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
Revolving Facility may be reborrowed prior to the maturity date.

     The New  Credit  Facility  limits  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 New Credit  Facility  requires  that IHS meet  certain  financial
ratios,  and  provides  the lenders 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 New Credit Facility
is 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 New Credit Facility  replaced the Company's  $700,000  revolving credit
facility (the "Prior Credit  Facility").  As a result,  the Company  recorded an
extraordinary  loss on  extinguishment  of debt of approximately  $2,384 (net of
related  tax  benefit  of  approximately  $1,524)  in the third  quarter of 1997
resulting  from the write-off of deferred  financing  costs of $3,908 related to
the Prior Credit Facility. See note 17.

     The Prior  Credit  Facility  consisted of a $700,000  revolving  loan which
reduced to $560,000 on June 30, 2000 and $315,000 on June 30, 2001, with a final
maturity on June 30, 2002.  The Prior Credit  Facility  was  guaranteed  by IHS'
subsidiaries and secured by a pledge of all of the stock of substantially all of
IHS' subsidiaries. Loans under the Prior Credit Facility bore interest at a rate
based on various  market  indices  similar to those for the New Credit  Facility
(7.38% at December 31, 1996).  On May 15, 1996, IHS borrowed  $328,200 under the
Prior Credit  Facility to repay amounts  outstanding  under its $500,000  credit
facility. See note 17.

     The Company utilizes  interest rate swap agreements to manage interest rate
exposure on its  floating  rate  revolving  credit and term loan  facility.  The
principal  objective  of such  contracts  is to minimize  the risks and/or costs
associated  with  financial  operating  activities.  Each  interest rate swap is
matched as a

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            NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (Continued)

(9) LONG-TERM DEBT -- (Continued)

hedge against existing  floating rate debt. The Company does not hold derivative
financial instruments for trading or speculative purposes. At December 31, 1998,
the Company had outstanding  $1.05 billion  notional amount of floating to fixed
interest rate swap  agreements.  These swap  agreements  expire at various dates
through  2004 and  effectively  convert an aggregate  principal  amount of $1.05
billion of variable rate long-term debt into fixed rate borrowings. The variable
interest  rates are based on the three month  LIBOR rate (5.07% at December  31,
1998). The weighted average fixed interest rate under these agreements was 5.98%
at December 31, 1998.

SUBORDINATED DEBT

     On September 11, 1997, IHS issued $500,000  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 January 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  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).  IHS
used approximately $321,500 of the net proceeds to repay all amounts outstanding
under the Company's  $700,000  revolving  credit facility and used the remaining
approximately  $164,900 of net proceeds to pay a portion of the  purchase  price
for the acquisition of the businesses  acquired from HEALTHSOUTH and for general
corporate purposes, including working capital.

     In May 1997, the Company issued $450,000 aggregate  principal amount of its
9 1/2% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2007 (the "9 1/2% Senior Notes").  Interest
on the 9 1/2% Senior Notes is payable semiannually on March 15 and September 15.
The 9 1/2%  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 9 1/2% 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 9 1/2% Senior Notes were issued). The Company used approximately
$247,200  of the net  proceeds  from  the  sale of the 9 1/2%  Senior  Notes  to
repurchase substantially all of its outstanding 9 5/8% Senior Subordinated Notes
due 2002 and 10 3/4% Senior  Subordinated  Notes due 2004 and to pay pre-payment
premiums,  consent  fees and accrued  interest  related to the  repurchase;  the
remainder was used to repay a portion of the balance 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 17.

     On May 29, 1996, the Company issued $150,000 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.  Because  certain  actions  were not  taken 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, the

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            NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (Continued)

(9) LONG-TERM DEBT -- (Continued)

interest rate on the 10 1/4% Senior Notes increased to 10.5% beginning  November
25,  1996,  and  continued  to increase by 0.25% each 90 days until the exchange
offer was commenced, which occurred on November 26, 1997.

     On May 18, 1995, the Company issued $115,000 aggregate  principal amount of
its 9 5/8%  Senior  Subordinated  Notes due 2002,  Series A (the "9 5/8%  Senior
Notes"). On May 30, 1997, the Company  repurchased  $114,975 aggregate principal
amount of the 9 5/8% Senior  Notes  pursuant to a cash tender offer as discussed
above. On July 7, 1994, the Company issued $100,000  aggregate  principal amount
of its 10 3/4% Senior  Subordinated Notes due 2004 (the "10 3/4% Senior Notes").
On May 30, 1997, the Company  repurchased  $99,893 aggregate principal amount of
the 10 3/4% Senior Notes pursuant to a cash tender offer as discussed  above. As
a condition of the Company's obligation to repurchase tendered notes,  tendering
holders consented to amendments to the related  indentures under which the notes
were issued  which  eliminated  or modified  most of the  restrictive  covenants
previously contained in such indentures.

     The Company's 5 3/4%  convertible  senior  subordinated  debentures (the "5
3/4% Debentures") in the aggregate  principal amount of $143,750 are due January
1,  2001.  The  $2,026   aggregate   principal  amount  of  5  1/4%  convertible
subordinated  debentures of RoTech Medical Corporation (the "5 1/4% Debentures")
are due June 1, 2003. At any time prior to redemption or final  maturity,  the 5
3/4%  Debentures and the 5 1/4% Debentures are  convertible  into  approximately
4,409,509 shares and 44,813 shares, respectively, of Common Stock of the Company
at $32.60 per share and $45.21  per  share,  respectively,  at the option of the
holder,  subject to adjustment upon the occurrence of certain events. The 5 3/4%
Debentures  and 5 1/4%  Debentures  are  redeemable  in  whole or in part at the
option of the  Company  at any time  after  January  2,  1997 and June 4,  1999,
respectively,  at  initial  redemption  prices  expressed  as  a  percentage  of
principal of 103.29% and 103.0%, respectively.

     On May 29, 1998,  the Company called for redemption on June 29, 1998 all of
its  outstanding  6%  Convertible  Subordinated  Debentures  due  2003  (the "6%
Debentures"). Of the $115,000,000 principal amount of 6% Debentures outstanding,
holders of $114,799,000 principal amount of the 6% Debentures converted their 6%
Debentures into an aggregate of 3,573,446 shares of Common Stock. Holders of the
remaining $201,000 principal amount of 6% Debentures  received a cash redemption
aggregating   $213,026   ($1,059.83  per  $1,000  principal  amount  of  the  6%
Debentures),  equal to approximately $34.05 per underlying share of Common Stock
in lieu of conversion.

     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 5 3/4%
Debentures  and the 5 1/4%  Debentures  and 101% of the principal  amount in the
case of the 10 3/4% Senior Notes,  9 5/8% Senior Notes,  10 1/4% Senior Notes, 9
1/2% Senior Notes and 9 1/4% Senior Notes.

     The  indentures  under which each of the 10 1/4% Senior  Notes,  the 9 1/2%
Senior Notes and the 9 1/4% 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  coverage 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 indentures under which each of the 10
3/4% Senior Notes and 9 5/8% Senior Notes were issued  contain  certain  limited
covenants,  including a covenant with respect to the application of the proceeds
of certain asset sales.

     At December 31, 1998,  the aggregate  maturities of long-term  debt for the
five years ending December 31, 2003 and thereafter are as follows:

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(9) LONG-TERM DEBT -- (Continued)

   1999 ...............   $   16,760
   2000 ...............       43,732
   2001 ...............      221,787
   2002 ...............      286,441
   2003 ...............      401,820
   Thereafter .........    2,412,397
                          ----------
                          $3,382,937
                          ==========

     Interest capitalized to construction in progress was $3,800 in 1996, $3,600
in 1997 and $5,000 in 1998.

(10) OTHER LONG-TERM LIABILITIES

CONTINGENT PAYMENTS 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 which have been  determined to be probable,
and the present value thereof is recorded as other long-term liabilities.

     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'  convictions 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 merger agreement provided that 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%. With the
enactment of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, which mandated the  implementation
of a  prospective  payment  system for  Medicare  home  health  nursing for cost
reporting periods beginning October 1, 1999 (subsequently extended to October 1,
2000)  the  contingent  payments  are  payable  on  February  14 of each year 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  are  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 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  contingent  payments
payable to HCFA and the former shareholders of First American. The present value
of these  payments of $113,042 at December 31, 1997 and $122,054 at December 31,
1998 was  determined  using a  discount  rate of 8% per annum  from the dates of
payment.

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            NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (Continued)

(10) OTHER LONG-TERM LIABILITIES -- (Continued)

UNFAVORABLE LEASES AND CONTRACTS

     In  connection  with certain  business  acquisitions,  the Company  assumed
certain  unfavorable  lease and other  contract  obligations.  Accordingly,  the
Company  recorded  approximately  $75,380  in  other  long-term  liabilities  in
accordance with Accounting  Principles Board Opinion No. 16 concerning  business
combinations  accounted  for by the purchase  method.  Such  obligations  relate
primarily to certain neuro-rehabilitation  facilities in Massachusettes acquired
from HEALTHSOUTH  Corporation on December 31, 1997. The value of the obligations
was  determined  based on the present  value of amounts to be paid,  using a 10%
discount  rate.  With  respect  to the  leases  of real  estate,  the  Company's
valuation  is  based  on  estimates  of  fair  market  rentals  provided  by  an
independent  appraiser.   The  obligation  for  unfavorable  leases  is  payable
primarily  through 2005, and other contract  obligations  expire on December 31,
2000. The balance  payable at December 31, 1997 and 1998 was $10,000 and $47,045
respectively.

(11) LEASES

     The Company has entered into operating  leases as lessee of 215 health care
facilities  and certain  office  facilities  expiring at various  dates  through
February  2024.  Minimum rent payments due under  operating  leases in effect at
December 31, 1998 are summarized as follows:

       1999 .......................  $103,697
       2000 .......................   101,889
       2001 .......................    91,924
       2002 .......................    80,868
       2003 .......................    80,705
       Subsequent to 2003 .........   418,958
                                     --------
  Total ...........................  $878,041
                                     ========

     The Company also leases equipment under short-term  operating leases having
rentals of approximately $32,265 per year.

     The leases of health care facilities  generally provide renewal options for
various terms at fair market  rentals at the expiration of the initial term. 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  default  conditions,  the Company may be
required to exercise the options to buy certain  facilities.  In connection with
52 leases the Company has paid purchase option deposits  aggregating  $50,515 at
December 31, 1998, of which $37,411 is refundable.

     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
$3,565 in 1996, $2,744 in 1997 and 2,778 in 1998.

(12) 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 Board of Directors is authorized
to issue  shares of preferred  stock in one or more series and to determine  and
fix the rights,  preferences and privileges of each series,  including  dividend
rights and preferences,  conversion rights, voting rights, redemption rights and
the terms of any sinking fund. The issuance of such preferred stock may have the
effect of delaying, deferring or preventing a change in control

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            NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (Continued)

(12) CAPITAL STOCK -- (Continued)

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, 1997 and 1998,  there were
no shares of preferred stock outstanding.

     In addition, IHS has designated 750,000 shares of preferred stock as Series
A Junior Participating Cumulative Preferred Stock, $.01 par value per share. The
IHS  Stockholders'  Rights Plan ("IHS Rights Plan")  provides that one preferred
stock  purchase  right  ("Right")  will be issued  with each share of IHS common
stock prior to the earlier of (a) 10 days following a public  announcement  that
an individual or group has acquired  beneficial  ownership of 20% or more of the
outstanding common stock or (b) 10 business days following the commencement of a
tender or exchange offer  resulting in the  beneficial  ownership by a person or
group of 20% or more of the outstanding  common stock.  When  exercisable,  each
Right entitles the registered holder to purchase from IHS one one-hundredth of a
share of Series A preferred stock at a price of $135.00 per one one-hundredth of
a share of Series A preferred stock, subject to adjustment.

     Series A preferred stock  purchasable  upon exercise of the Rights will not
be redeemable  and is junior to any other series of preferred  stock that may be
authorized and issued by IHS. In addition,  the Series A preferred  stockholders
will be entitled to the following:

o Minimum  preferential  quarterly  dividend  payment  of $1  per  share  and an
  aggregate  dividend  of 100 times the  dividend  declared  per share of common
  stock;

o Preferential liquidation payment of $100 per share and an aggregate payment of
  100 times the payment made per share of common stock;

o 100 votes per share, voting together with common stock;

o In the event of merger,  consolidation  or other  transaction  in which common
  stock is  exchanged,  each share of Series A preferred  stock will receive 100
  times the amount received per share of common stock.

These rights are protected by customary antidilution provisions.

     The  Company  declared  a  $0.02  per share cash dividend in 1996 and 1997;
none in 1998.

     At December 31, 1997 and 1998 the Company had outstanding  stock options as
follows:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                           1997           1998
                                                                       ------------   ------------
<S>                                                                    <C>            <C>
Stock options outstanding pursuant to:
 1990 Employee Stock Option Plan ...................................      486,478        161,559
 1992 Employee Stock Option Plan ...................................      740,170        369,631
 Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee Directors ......................       50,000             --
 1994 Stock Incentive Plan .........................................    1,669,594        837,879
 Senior Executives' Stock Option Plan ..............................    1,800,000        620,000
 Stock Option Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors .........      128,082         73,082
 1995 Board of Director's Plan .....................................      300,000        200,000
 1996 Employee Stock Option Plan ...................................    2,987,475      5,129,104
 RoTech converted options ..........................................    1,737,476        951,971
 Other options .....................................................      262,133         89,118
                                                                        ---------      ---------
   Total stock options outstanding .................................   10,161,408      8,432,344
                                                                       ==========      =========

</TABLE>

     The 1990 Employee  Stock Option Plan,  the 1992 Employee  Stock Option Plan
and the 1996  Employee  Stock Option Plan provide 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 as well as non-qualified options. In 1993, the

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            NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (Continued)

(12) CAPITAL STOCK -- (Continued)

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  16,528,571
shares of Common  Stock under all 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 is over
four to six years.  Vesting for the 1996 Plan is over two to four years. Vesting
for the  Directors'  plans is one year after the date of grant.  Vesting for the
Senior Executives' 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>

                                                       1996                      1997                       1998
                                             ------------------------ -------------------------- ---------------------------
                                                            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        6,377,554    $  20.19      8,750,099    $  20.94     10,161,408    $  22.24
Granted ....................................   3,096,500       22.14      2,975,272       25.15      6,898,701       18.66
Exercised ..................................    (141,382)      14.55     (1,418,968)      19.81     (3,511,717)      19.46
Cancelled ..................................    (582,573)      20.66       (144,995)      21.67     (5,116,048)      26.94
                                               ---------    --------     ----------    --------     ----------    --------
Options outstanding--end of period .........   8,750,099       20.94     10,161,408       22.24      8,432,344       17.62
                                               ---------    --------     ----------    --------     ----------    --------
Options exercisable--end of period .........   3,914,843    $  20.18      7,515,449    $  21.70      4,770,058    $  19.61
                                               =========    ========     ==========    ========     ==========    ========
</TABLE>

     The following summarizes  information about stock options outstanding as of
December 31, 1998.

<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 12/31/98         LIFE          PRICE      AT 12/31/98      PRICE
- -------------------   -------------   -------------   ----------   -------------   ---------
<S>                   <C>             <C>             <C>          <C>             <C>
under $10..........     1,042,160           9.96       $  9.49              --      $   --
$10 to $15.........     3,264,545           7.66         10.33       1,881,903       10.32
$15 to $20.........       177,619           3.29         18.07         141,900       17.91
$20 to $25.........     2,170,442           6.40         21.45       1,608,777       21.35
over $25...........     1,777,578           8.68         31.06       1,137,478       32.73
                        ---------           ----       -------       ---------      ------
 Totals ...........     8,432,344           7.74       $ 17.62       4,770,058     $ 19.61
                        =========           ====       =======       =========     =======

</TABLE>

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            NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (Continued)

(12) CAPITAL STOCK -- (Continued)

     The Company  applies APB No. 25 and related  interpretations  in accounting
for its  employee  stock  options and  warrants.  Accordingly,  no  compensation
expense has been  recognized in connection  with its employee  stock options and
warrants.  Had compensation expense for the Company's employee stock options and
warrants  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>
                                                  1996                       1997                        1998
                                        ------------------------- --------------------------- ---------------------------
                                         AS REPORTED   PRO FORMA   AS REPORTED    PRO FORMA    AS REPORTED    PRO FORMA
                                        ------------- ----------- ------------- ------------- ------------- -------------
<S>                                     <C>           <C>         <C>           <C>           <C>           <C>
Net earnings (loss) ...................   $  46,334     $ 43,082    $ (33,505)    $ (48,994)    $ (67,978)    $ (81,574)
Basic earnings (loss) per share .......        2.06         1.91        (1.19)        (1.73)        (1.40)        (1.68)
Diluted earnings (loss) per share .....        1.78         1.68        (0.60)        (1.00)        (1.08)        (1.32)
                                          =========    =========    =========     =========     =========     =========
</TABLE>

     The fair value of the employee options and warrants (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% in 1996,  5.80% in 1997, and 4.65% in 1998;  weighted  average expected
lives of 2 to 9 years for options and 6 months for the Employee  Stock  Purchase
Plan;  0.1% dividend  yield and  volatility of 26.3% in 1996,  30.1% in 1997 and
79.45%  in 1998.  The  effects  of  applying  SFAS No.  123 in the pro forma net
earnings (loss) and earnings (loss) per share may not be  representative  of the
effects on such pro forma  information  for future years.  In December 1998, the
Board of Directors  authorized a modification to the options  outstanding  under
certain of the Company's  option plans for certain  employees  which resulted in
the change of the exercise price to $10.25,  the market price on the date of the
modification,  for  option  holders  who  chose  to  participate  in the  option
modification.  In order to participate,  certain option holders were required to
surrender  two existing  options for each  modified  option.  The effect of this
modification  has been  included  in the pro  forma  earnings  (loss)  per share
amounts  above.  In  September  1997,  the  Board  of  Directors   authorized  a
modification to the options  outstanding  under the Company's option plans which
resulted in a two year  acceleration of the options held by senior and executive
vice  presidents.  Under  SFAS  123,  compensation  cost  of  $1,229  in 1997 is
recognized  immediately for the vested options.  The effect of this modification
has been included in the pro forma per share amounts above.

     Warrant transactions are summarized as follows:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                            WEIGHTED                 WEIGHTED                 WEIGHTED
                                                             AVERAGE                  AVERAGE                 AVERAGE
                                                            EXERCISE                 EXERCISE                 EXERCISE
                                                  1996        PRICE        1997        PRICE        1998       PRICE
                                              ------------ ---------- ------------- ---------- ------------- ---------
<S>                                           <C>          <C>        <C>           <C>        <C>           <C>
Warrants outstanding--beginning of year .....    518,000    $  31.30      498,000    $  31.03    1,275,000   $  32.34
Granted .....................................         --          --      780,000       33.12      750,000      10.63
Exercised ...................................         --          --       (3,000)      20.00           --        --
Cancelled ...................................    (20,000)      38.02           --          --     (750,000)     33.16
                                                 -------    --------    ---------    --------    ---------   --------
Warrants outstanding--end of year ...........    498,000    $  31.03    1,275,000    $  32.34    1,275,000   $  19.09
                                                 =======    ========    =========    ========    =========   ========
</TABLE>

     The  warrants  granted in 1997  consist  primarily  of warrants  granted to
Stephen P. Griggs,  the President of RoTech.  In connection with the acquisition
of RoTech and as a condition of his five-year employment  agreement,  Mr. Griggs
was issued  warrants to  purchase  750,000  shares of IHS Common  Stock at a per
share  exercise  price  equal to the average  closing  sales price of IHS Common
Stock for the 15  business  days prior to the  acquisition  closing  date.  Such
warrants vest at a rate of 20% per year beginning one year from the  acquisition
closing date. The warrants were granted in  consideration  of future services to
be rendered by Mr. Griggs. As such, the Company applied the guidance provided in
APB Opinion No. 25. Since the exercise  price of the warrants was equal,  on the
date of grant,  to the market value of the stock,  no  compensation  expense was
recognized or deferred.

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            NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (Continued)

(12) CAPITAL STOCK -- (Continued)

     In 1997, the Company's Board of Directors  authorized the repurchase in the
open  market of up to  $20,000  of the  Company's  Common  Stock.  In 1998,  the
Company's Board of Directors  authorized the repurchase in the open market of up
to an  additional  $25,000 of the  Company's  Common  Stock.  The purpose of the
repurchase  program was to have available treasury shares of common stock to (i)
satisfy contingent earn-out payments under prior business combinations accounted
for by the purchase method, (ii) issue in connection with acquisitions and (iii)
issue upon exercise of outstanding  options.  The  repurchases  were funded from
cash  from  operations  and  proceeds  from  the  sale  of  the  Company's  debt
securities.  In 1997, the Company repurchased 548,500 shares of common stock for
an aggregate  purchase  price of  approximately  $19,813.  In 1998,  the Company
repurchased  1,060,500 shares of common stock for an aggregate purchase price of
approximately  $18,469,  and  reissued  658,824  shares  and  347,700  shares in
connection  with  funding the  Company's  Key  Employee  Supplemental  Executive
Retirement Plans and an acquisition, respectively.

(13) EARNINGS PER SHARE

     Basic EPS is  calculated  by dividing net  earnings  (loss) by the weighted
average number of common shares outstanding for the applicable  period.  Diluted
EPS is calculated after adjusting the numerator and the denominator of the basic
EPS  calculation  for  the  effect  of  all  potential  dilutive  common  shares
outstanding  during the period.  Information  related to the  calculation of net
earnings per share of common stock is summarized as follows:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                EARNINGS*          SHARES        PER SHARE
                                                               (NUMERATOR)     (DENOMINATOR)      AMOUNT
                                                              -------------   ---------------   ----------
<S>                                                           <C>             <C>               <C>
For the Year ended December 31, 1996
 Basic EPS ................................................      $ 48,232        22,529,000       $ 2.14
 Adjustment for interest on and incremental shares from
   assumed conversion of the convertible subordinated de-
   bentures ...............................................         9,888         7,989,275           --
 Incremental shares from assumed exercise of dilutive op-
   tions and warrants (net of tax benefits related thereto)
   and issuance of contingent shares ......................            --         1,045,310           --
                                                                 --------        ----------       ------
 Diluted EPS ..............................................      $ 58,120        31,563,585       $ 1.84
                                                                 ========        ==========       ======
For the Year ended December 31, 1997
 Basic EPS ................................................      $  2,508        28,253,217       $ 0.09
 Adjustment for interest on and incremental shares from
   assumed conversion of the convertible subordinated de-
   bentures ...............................................        10,216         8,292,655           --
 Incremental shares from assumed exercise of dilutive op-
   tions and warrants (net of tax benefits related thereto)
   and issuance of contingent shares ......................            --         2,352,966           --
                                                                 --------        ----------       ------
 Diluted EPS ..............................................      $ 12,724        38,898,838       $ 0.33
                                                                 ========        ==========       ======
For the Year ended December 31, 1998
 Basic EPS ................................................      $136,892        48,445,979       $ 2.83
 Adjustment for interest on and incremental shares from
   assumed conversion of the convertible subordinated de-
   bentures ...............................................         7,396         6,232,546           --
 Incremental shares from assumed exercise of dilutive op-
   tions and warrants (net of tax benefits related thereto)
   and issuance of contingent shares ......................            --         1,578,520           --
                                                                 --------        ----------       ------
 Diluted EPS ..............................................      $144,288        56,257,045       $ 2.56
                                                                 ========        ==========       ======
</TABLE>

- ------------------
* Represents earnings from continuing  operations before extraordinary items and
  cumulative effect of accounting change.

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(14) INCOME TAXES

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

                                            YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31,
                                    ----------------------------------------
                                        1996          1997          1998
                                    ------------  ------------  ------------
       Continuing operations .....    $ 64,008     $  33,238     $  95,128
       Discontinued operations ...        (293)       (8,789)      (83,291)
                                      --------     ---------     ---------
                                      $ 63,715     $  24,449     $  11,837
                                      ========     =========     =========

       Federal ...................    $ 55,577     $  20,783     $  10,393
       State .....................       8,138         3,666         1,444
                                      --------     ---------     ---------
                                        63,715     $  24,449     $  11,837
                                      ========     =========     =========

       Current ...................    $ 21,515     $  39,042     $ (29,518)
       Deferred ..................      42,200       (14,593)       41,355
                                      --------     ---------     ---------
                                      $ 63,715     $  24,449     $  11,837
                                      ========     =========     =========

     The amount  computed by applying the Federal  corporate  tax rate of 35% in
1996, 1997 and 1998 to earnings from continuing  operations before income taxes,
extraordinary  items and cumulative effect of accounting change is summarized as
follows:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                          1996         1997         1998
                                                       ----------   ----------   ----------
<S>                                                    <C>          <C>          <C>
       Income tax computed at statutory rates.......    $ 39,284     $12,511      $ 81,207
       State income taxes, net of Federal tax
        benefit ....................................       5,315       3,325         6,033
       Amortization of intangibles .................       2,293       5,568         8,601
       Basis difference on assets sold .............      16,136       5,784            --
       Merger costs and other special charges ......          --       6,362         1,112
       Valuation allowance adjustment ..............      (1,353)         --            --
       Other .......................................       2,333        (312)       (1,825)
                                                        --------     -------      --------
                                                        $ 64,008     $33,238      $ 95,128
                                                        ========     =======      ========
</TABLE>

     Deferred  income tax (assets) liabilities at December 31, 1997 and 1998 are
as follows:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                           1997          1998
                                                                       -----------   -----------
<S>                                                                    <C>           <C>
   Excess of book over tax basis of assets .........................    $ 166,520     $ 211,283
   Insurance reserves ..............................................       (7,209)       (7,344)
   Deferred gain on sale-leaseback .................................       (2,040)       (1,782)
   Allowance for doubtful accounts .................................      (69,787)      (72,246)
   Accrued Medicare settlement .....................................      (41,330)      (46,991)
   Accrued litigation ..............................................       (5,402)       (5,889)
   Accrued vacation ................................................       (3,810)       (1,244)
   Other accrued expenses not yet deductible for tax ...............      (37,754)        1,998
   Pre-acquisition separate company net operating loss carryforwards      (23,868)      (25,827)
   Loss on discontinued operations .................................           --        (5,775)
   Net operating loss carryforwards ................................           --       (29,231)
                                                                        ---------     ---------
   Other ...........................................................          277            --
                                                                        ---------     ---------
                                                                          (24,403)    $  16,952
   Valuation allowance .............................................       24,403        24,403
                                                                        ---------     ---------
                                                                        $      --     $  41,355
                                                                        =========     =========
</TABLE>

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            NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (Continued)


(14) INCOME TAXES -- (Continued)

     The decrease in the valuation  allowance for deferred tax assets in 1996 is
attributable  to  the  utilization  of  pre-acquisition   separate  company  net
operating loss carryforwards.  In 1997, the Company recorded deferred tax assets
in connection with business  acquisitions of $32,093,  which, net of a valuation
allowance  of  $24,403  related  thereto,  has been  applied as a  reduction  to
goodwill.

     At  December   31,   1998,   certain   subsidiaries   of  the  Company  had
pre-acquisition net operating loss carryforwards available for Federal and state
income tax  purposes of  approximately  $67,082  which  expire in the years 1999
through 2009. The annual  utilization of these net operating loss  carryforwards
is subject to certain  limitations  under the Internal  Revenue  Code.  Also, at
December 31, 1998, the Company has consolidated net operating loss carryforwards
for federal and state income tax purposes of approximately  $75,926 which expire
in the year 2012.

(15) OTHER COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

     IHS'  contingent   liabilities   (other  than  liabilities  in  respect  of
litigation and the First American acquisition) aggregated approximately $122,603
as of December 31, 1998. 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  established  several
irrevocable  standby  letters of credit  with the Bank of Nova  Scotia and other
financial   institutions  to  secure  certain  of  IHS'  self-insured   workers'
compensation  obligations,  health benefits and other  obligations.  The maximum
obligation was $28,897 at December 31, 1998. In addition, IHS has several surety
bonds in the  amount  of  $86,576  to secure  certain  of the  Company's  health
benefits,  patient trust funds and other obligations.  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.  In  addition,  IHS has  obligations  under  operating  leases  aggregating
approximately $878,041 at December 31, 1998. (See note 11).

     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 leased  facility 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.

     The  Company  maintains  a  401(k)  plan  available  to  substantially  all
employees  who have been with the Company for more than six months.  In general,
employees may defer up to 20% of their salary  subject to the maximum  permitted
by law. The Company may make a matching contribution,  at its discretion,  equal
to a portion of the employee's contribution. Employee and employer contributions
are vested immediately.  The Company made a contribution of $351 in 1996 related
to the 1995 plan year and has made no contributions for other years. The Company
also maintains  supplemental  executive retirement ("SERP") plans for certain of
its senior officers.  The SERP plans consist of two defined  contribution  plans
and one defined  benefit plan.  Expenses  recognized for these plans were $3,254
and $2,898 in 1997 and 1998,  respectively.  Net prepaid pension expense related
to the SERP Plans were  $12,945 and  $21,819 as of  December  31, 1997 and 1998,
respectively.

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(15) OTHER COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES -- (Continued)


     The Company is subject to workers' compensation and employee health benefit
claims,  which are primarily  self-insured;  however,  the Company does maintain
certain stop-loss and other insurance  coverage which management  believes to be
appropriate.  Provisions  for  estimated  settlements  relating to the  workers'
compensation  and health benefit plans are provided in the period of the related
claim on a case by case  basis  plus an amount  for  incurred  but not  reported
claims.  Differences between the amounts accrued and subsequent  settlements are
recorded in operations in the period of settlement.

(16) SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION

     See note 2 for information  concerning  significant  non-cash investing and
financing  activities  related  to  business  acquisitions  and note 20 for such
information  related to  non-recurring  charges for the years ended December 31,
1996,  1997,  and 1998.  Other  significant  non-cash  investing  and  financing
activities are as follows:

   o The Company declared cash dividends, which resulted in increases in current
     liabilities  offset by decreases  in retained  earnings of $471 in 1996 and
     $814 in 1997.

   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.

   o The sale of certain  non-strategic  assets (including assets held for sale)
     in 1998 resulted in an increase in notes receivable of approximately $7,000
     which is classified in other assets at December 31, 1998.

   o An increase in additional  paid-in capital of $7,020 and $21,332,  1997 and
     1998,  respectively,  resulted from the exercise of stock options under the
     Company's  various  plans,  which  increased  the  Company's  current taxes
     receivable by such amounts.

   o An increase in goodwill and other long-term  liabilities of $75,000 in 1997
     resulted  from the Company  recording  the present  value of the  remaining
     contingent payments to HCFA. (See note 10).

   o An increase in goodwill and  additional  paid in capital of $32,743 in 1998
     resulted  from the  Company's  recording of the value of 1,841,700  options
     issued in connection with the Rotech Medical Corporation acquisition.

     Cash  payments  for  interest  were  $56,883 in 1996,  $104,747 in 1997 and
$209,013 in 1998.  Cash payments for income taxes were $38,193 in 1996,  $24,971
in 1997 and $15,809 in 1998.

(17) EXTRAORDINARY ITEMS

     In the third quarter of 1997, the Company  replaced its $700,000  revolving
credit facility with the $1,750,000 revolving credit and term loan facility (see
note 9). This event has been accounted for as an  extinguishment of debt and the
Company  has  recorded  a loss on  extinguishment  of debt of  $3,908,  relating
primarily to the write-off of deferred  financing costs.  Such loss,  reduced by
the  related  income tax effect of $1,524,  is  presented  in the  statement  of
operations as an extraordinary item of $2,384.

     In the  second  quarter of 1997,  the  Company  recorded a pre-tax  loss of
$29,782 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 aggregate principal amount of
outstanding  10 3/4%  Senior  Subordinated  Notes due 2004 and  $114,975  of the
Company's  $115,000  aggregate  principal  amount 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  $11,614,  is  presented  in the  statement  of  operations  as an
extraordinary loss of $18,168.

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(17) EXTRAORDINARY ITEMS -- (Continued)

     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 9). 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
operations as an extraordinary item of $1,431.

(18) 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 $15,524 and $28,477 at December 31,
1997 and 1998,  respectively.  Also, the Company has purchase option deposits of
$78,149 and $71,415 on 89 and 86 leased and managed  facilities of which $33,393
and $37,411 is refundable at December 31, 1997 and 1998,  respectively,  and has
guaranteed  the  indebtedness  of  two  of  its  leased  facilities.  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.

(19) RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

     In  January  1999,  IHS  sold  32  long-term  care  facilities  to  Monarch
Properties,  LP ("Monarch  LP"), a newly formed private  company.  Dr. Robert N.
Elkins,  chairman of the board,  chief  executive  officer and  president of the
Company,  beneficially owns 30% of Monarch LP and is the Chairman of Managers of
Monarch  Properties,  LLP, the parent company of Monarch LP. The Company expects
to record an immaterial gain on this transaction. (See note 25)

     In 1998,  IHS began to manage  ten  facilities  leased  from a real  estate
investment  trust  by  Lyric,  an  entity  equally  owned  by IHS and an  entity
controlled by Timothy Nicholson, a director of the Company. Five facilities were
sold to the real  estate  investment  trust by IHS in each of January  and March
1998.

     In September  1997,  the Company  acquired  through a cash tender offer and
subsequent  merger Community Care of America,  Inc. ("CCA") for a purchase price
of $4.00 per share, for an aggregate of $34,300. Dr. Robert N. Elkins, chairman,
chief executive officer and president of the Company,  was a director of CCA and
beneficially  owned  approximately  21% of CCA's shares,  and John Silverman,  a
director and at the time an employee of the  Company,  was chairman of the board
of  directors of CCA. In December  1996,  the Company  loaned  $2,000 to 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 bore interest at the annual
rate of interest set forth in the Company's  revolving  credit agreement plus 2%
and was due on December 27, 1998.

     In  September  1997, the Company purchased the Naples, Florida residence of
Lawrence  P.  Cirka,  the  former  President  of  the Company, for approximately
$4,800.  During  1998,  Mr. Cirka repurchased the residence from the Company. No
gain or loss resulted from this transaction.

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(19) RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS -- (Continued)

     In December  1997,  the  Company  sold its  aircraft to RNE Skyview  LLC, a
limited  liability company in which Dr. Robert N. Elkins,  IHS' chairman,  chief
executive officer and president,  is the sole member, and simultaneously entered
into a lease  agreement  for such aircraft with RNE Skyview LLC. No gain or loss
was recorded on the sale.

     During 1996,  1997 and 1998, the Company loaned Dr. Robert N. Elkins,  IHS'
chairman,  chief executive officer and president,  approximately $4,700, $13,500
and $8,750,  respectively.  Dr.  Elkins used the cash proceeds from the 1996 and
1998 loans to purchase stock and to pay taxes associated with option  exercises.
Dr.  Elkins used the cash  proceeds  from the 1997 loan to  exercise  options to
purchase  650,000  shares of Common  Stock.  In  addition,  the Company has made
available  loans to members of senior  management in order to purchase  stock in
the open  market  and/or  to  exercise  stock  options.  Such  loans  aggregated
approximately $4,070 and $1,550 in 1997 and 1998, respectively.

     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,  chief
executive officer and president,  beneficially owned approximately 65%. IHS also
issued  48,129  shares of Common Stock to Dr.  Elkins in payment of  outstanding
loans of $1,125 from Dr.  Elkins to LifeWay and 8,984 shares in partial  payment
of a bonus to a stockholder of LifeWay.

     In  October  1996,  the  Company  loaned  $3,445  to,   Integrated   Living
Communities,  Inc. ("ILC"),  the Company's  assisted living subsidiary (see note
20);  ILC  repaid  the loan in 1997.  Dr.  Robert  N.  Elkins,  chairman,  chief
executive  officer and  president of the  Company,  was chairman of the board of
directors  of ILC and  Lawrence  P.  Cirka,  at the  time  president  and  chief
operating officer of the Company, was a director of ILC.

     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.  In 1995 the Company  invested an additional
$4,384  in  Speciality  Care  PLC.  As a  result  of  the  Company's  additional
investment,  the Company had a 21.3%  interest in the Common  Stock and a 63.65%
interest in the 6% cumulative  convertible  preferred  stock.  Robert N. Elkins,
chairman of the board, chief executive officer and president of the Company, was
a director of  Speciality  Care PLC,  and Timothy  Nicholson,  a director of the
Company,  was  chairman  and  managing  director  of  Speciality  Care  PLC.  In
connection with the sale and as discussed in note 4,  shareholders of Speciality
Care PLC received  outstanding  ordinary shares of Craegmoor.  IHS now owns less
than  10% of  the  outstanding  ordinary  shares  of  Craegmoor.  The  Company's
investment  in  Craegmoor  at  December  31,  1998 was $6,716  (See note 4). The
Company's  equity in  Speciality  Care PLC was $6,059 at December  31, 1997 (see
note 4).

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(20) NON-RECURRING CHARGES

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                  1996           1997
                                                                              ------------   -----------
<S>                                                                           <C>            <C>
  Loss from nursing facilities management contract terminations ...........        7,825         3,700
  Gain on sale of pharmacy division .......................................      (34,298)       (7,580)
  Loss (gain) on sale of Integrated Living Communities, Inc. (ILC) ........        8,497        (3,914)
  Loss on closure of redundant rehabilitation operations ..................           --         2,929
  Termination of Coram merger and related settlement costs ................           --        27,555
  Termination payments in connection with RoTech acquisition ..............           --         4,750
  Write-down to net realizable value of assets to be sold:
   Physician practice and outpatient clinic operations ....................           --        58,912
   Nursing facilities .....................................................           --         2,500
  Termination of other business activities:
   International investment and development activities ....................           --         5,490
   Pre-acquisition activities .............................................           --         4,500
   Purchase options on nursing facilities .................................           --         6,268
   National purchasing contract ...........................................           --         5,742
  Other ...................................................................           --        12,604
                                                                                 -------        ------
                                                                               $ (17,976)     $123,456
                                                                               =========      ========

</TABLE>

     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 unregistered  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 14). The Capstone common stock received
in the sale was  recorded at its  carryover  cost of  $14,659.  During the first
quarter  of 1997,  the  Company  recorded  the  remaining  gain of $7,580 on its
investment in the Capstone shares when such shares were registered.  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 continued to own 2,497,900 shares of ILC Common Stock,
representing  37.3% of the  outstanding  ILC  common  stock (see note 4). In the
third quarter of 1997, the Company sold its remaining  interest in ILC. The sale
resulted in a non-recurring gain of $3,914.

     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 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  in 1996.  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. 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

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(20) NON-RECURRING CHARGES -- (Continued)


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.

     In September 1997, the Company  recorded a  non-recurring  charge of $4,750
resulting from termination payments in connection with its fourth quarter merger
with RoTech Medical Corporation.

     In connection with the consummation of certain recent acquisitions, IHS has
incurred  costs to  discontinue  or  dispose of  certain  activities  previously
performed by the Company.  In addition,  the Company has elected to exit certain
activities  acquired over the past several years that are no longer considered a
part of core operations. Such businesses include physician practices, outpatient
clinics,  selected nursing facilities in non-strategic markets and international
investment and development activities.

     In the fourth  quarter of 1997, IHS recorded a $3,700 charge to exit eleven
California  nursing  facilities under management.  The components of this charge
were to write-off the following  assets:  a $602  management fee  receivable,  a
$2,250 purchase option deposit, a $550 cash advance for capital improvements and
other  working  capital   requirements  of  the  owner,  and  $298  in  deferred
acquisition costs.

     In the fourth quarter of 1997, the Company incurred other costs of $12,604,
which included:  (i) $1,300 in termination  and severance costs  associated with
the sale of outpatient and physician practices, (ii) $1,100 in lease termination
costs  associated  with the sale of outpatient  and physician  practices,  (iii)
$3,800 in investments and loans related to other start-up joint  ventures,  (iv)
$3,500 in obsolete information systems for acquisitions completed prior to 1997,
(v) $975 prior owner  litigation  settlements  subsequent  to one year after the
acquisition  date,  (vi) $970 in lease  termination  costs  associated  with the
closing of six mobile diagnostic  locations in non-strategic  markets, and (vii)
$959 in other miscellaneous charges.

(21) CUMULATIVE EFFECT OF ACCOUNTING CHANGE

     In November 1997, the Emerging Issues Task Force ("EITF") reached consensus
on Issue  97-13  concerning  costs of projects  that  combine  business  process
reengineering and information  technology  transformation.  EITF Issue 97-13 now
requires that certain costs of business  process  reengineering  and information
technology  projects be expensed as incurred.  These costs include costs related
to the formulation,  evaluation and selection of alternative software,  costs of
the determination of needed technology,  certain data conversion costs, training
costs and  post-implementation  application  maintenance  and support costs.  In
accordance  with EITF Issue  97-13,  the  unamortized  balance of these costs of
$3,000  was  written-off  in the  fourth  quarter  of 1997 and  reported  as the
cumulative  effect of a change in accounting  principle  (net of income taxes of
$1,170) of $1,830.

(22) 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."

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(22) CERTAIN SIGNIFICANT RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES -- (Continued)

     The Company and others in the  healthcare  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 which have been  drastically
     cut in recent years;

   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 located under Medicaid. Revenue derived
from  Medicare and various state  Medicaid  reimbursement  programs  represented
21.0% and 25.0%, respectively, of the Company's total revenue for the year ended
December 31, 1998. The Company's operations are subject to a variety of Federal,
state and local legal and regulatory  risks,  including  without  limitation the
federal  Anti-Kickback  statute and the federal  Ethics in Patient  Referral Act
(so-called  "Stark Law"), many of which apply to virtually all companies engaged
in the health care services industry. The Anti-Kickback statute 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
Stark Law prohibits,  with limited exceptions,  financial  relationships between
ancillary  service  providers and referring  physicians.  Other regulatory risks
assumed by the Company and other  companies  engaged in the health care industry
are as follows:

   o  False  Claims  --  "Operation   Restore  Trust"  is  a  major   anti-fraud
      demonstration  project of the Office of the Inspector General. The primary
      purpose for the project is to  scrutinize  the  activities  of  healthcare
      providers which are reimbursed  under the Medicare and Medicaid  programs.
      False claims are  prohibited  pursuant to criminal and civil  statutes and
      are punishable by imprisonment and monetary penalties.

   o  Regulatory Requirement  Deficiencies -- In the ordinary course of business
      health care  facilities  receive  notices of  deficiencies  for failure to
      comply with various regulatory requirements.  In some cases, the reviewing
      agency  may  take  adverse  actions  against  a  facility,  including  the
      imposition  of fines,  temporary  suspension of admission of new patients,
      suspension  or  decertification  from  participation  in the  Medicare and
      Medicaid  programs  and,  in extreme  cases,  revocation  of a  facility's
      license.

   o  Changes in laws and regulations -- Changes in laws and  regulations  could
      have a material adverse effect on licensure, eligibility for participation
      in government programs,  permissable  activities,  operating costs and the
      levels of reimbursement from governmental and other sources.

     In response to the  aforementioned  regulatory  risks, the Company formed a
Corporate  Compliance  Department  in 1996 to help  identify,  prevent and deter
instances of Medicare and Medicaid  noncompliance.  Although the Company strives
to manage these regulatory risks,  there can be no assurance that federal and/or
state  regulatory   agencies  that  currently  have  jurisdiction  over  matters
including,   without  limitation,   Medicare,   Medicaid  and  other  government
reimbursement  programs,  will take the position that the Company's business and
operations are in compliance  with  applicable law or with the standards of such
regulatory agencies.

     In some cases,  violation of such applicable law or regulatory standards by
the Company can carry significant civil and criminal penalties and can give rise
to qui tam litigation. In this connection, the Company is a defendant in certain
actions or the subject of investigations concerning alleged violations

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(22) CERTAIN SIGNIFICANT RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES -- (Continued)

of  the  False  Claims  Act  or of  Medicare  regulations.  Such  cases  are  in
preliminary  stages and the  Company  intends to  vigorously  defend  them.  The
Company  believes the resolution of these matters will have no material  adverse
effect on the Company's financial position or results of operations.

     The  Balanced  Budget  Act of 1997  (BBA),  enacted  in August  1997,  made
numerous  changes to the Medicare and Medicaid  programs that are  significantly
affecting the Company. With respect to Medicare,  the BBA provides,  among other
things,  for a prospective  payment  system for skilled  nursing  facilities and
reductions in reimbursement for oxygen and oxygen equipment for home respiratory
therapy.  As a result,  in 1999 the Company will bear the cost risk of providing
care  inasmuch  as  it  receives  specified  reimbursement  for  each  treatment
regardless  of actual  cost.  With  respect to  Medicaid,  the BBA  repeals  the
so-called Boren Amendment,  which required state Medicaid  programs to reimburse
nursing   facilities  for  the  costs  that  are  incurred  by  efficiently  and
economically  operated  providers in order to meet quality and safety standards.
As a result,  states now have considerable  flexibility in establishing  payment
rates and the  Company  believes  many  states are moving  toward a  prospective
payment type system for skilled nursing facilities.

     The BBA mandates the establishment of a prospective  payment system ("PPS")
for Medicare skilled nursing facility  services,  under which facilities will be
paid a fixed fee for virtually all covered services.  PPS will be phased in over
a four-year period,  effective January 1, 1999 for IHS' owned and leased skilled
nursing  facilities  other  than  the  facilities  acquired  in the  HEALTHSOUTH
acquisition,  which will  become  subject  to PPS on June 1,  1999.  Prospective
payment for facilities managed by IHS will be effective for each facility at the
beginning of its first cost  reporting  period on or after July 1, 1998.  During
the  first  three  years,  payments  will be based on a blend of the  facility's
historical costs and federal costs. Thereafter, the per diem rates will be based
100% on federal costs.  Under PPS, each patient's  clinical  status is evaluated
and placed into a payment category.  The patient's payment category dictates the
amount that the provider  will receive to care for the patient on a daily basis.
The per diem rate will cover (i) all  routine  inpatient  costs  currently  paid
under  Medicare  Part A, (ii)  certain  ancillary  and other items and  services
currently  covered  separately under Medicare Part B on a "pass-through"  basis,
and (iii) certain  capital costs.  The Company's  ability to offer the ancillary
services required by higher acuity patients,  such as those in its subacute care
programs,  in a cost-effective  manner will be critical to the Company's success
and will affect the profitability of the Company's Medicare patients.  There can
be no assurance that PPS will not have a material adverse impact on IHS' results
of operations or financial condition.

     The Company is also subject to malpractice and related claims,  which arise
in the normal  course of business and which could have a  significant  effect on
the Company.  As a result,  the Company maintains  occurrence basis professional
and general  liability  insurance with coverage and deductibles which management
believes to be appropriate.

     The  Company  is also  subject  to certain  inherent  risks  related to the
acquisition  of businesses.  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.

     The Company believes that adequate provision for the  aforementioned  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.

(23) SEGMENT REPORTING

     In  June 1997, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Statement of
Financial  Accounting  Standards  No.  131,  Disclosures  about  Segments  of an
Enterprise and Related Information. SFAS No. 131

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

(23) SEGMENT REPORTING -- (Continued)

establishes  standards  for the way public  business  enterprises  are to report
information about operating  segments in annual and interm financial  statements
issued to shareholders.  It also establishes  standards for related  disclosures
about products and services, geographic areas and major customers.

     After  giving  effect  to the  discontinuance  of its home  health  nursing
segment,  IHS has four primary reportable  segments:  Inpatient  Services,  Home
Respiratory/Infusion/DME,   Diagnostic   Services  and   Lithotripsy   Services.
Inpatient services include: (A) inpatient facilities which provide basic medical
services primarily on an inpatient basis at skilled nursing facilities,  as well
as hospice  services,  (B) contract  services which provides  specialty  medical
services  (e.g.,  rehabilitation  and  respiratory  services),  primarily  on an
inpatient basis at skilled  nursing  facilities,  (C) contracted  services which
provides   specialty   medical  services  under  contract  to  other  healthcare
providers,  and (D)  management  of skilled  nursing  facilities  owned by third
parties.  Home   respiratory/Infusion/DME   provides  respiratory  and  infusion
therapy, as well as the sale and/or rental of home medical equipment. Diagnostic
Services  provide  mobile x-ray and  electrocardiogram  services on an inpatient
basis at skilled  nursing  facilities.  Lithotripsy  Services is a  non-invasive
technique that uses shock waves to  disintegrate  kidney stones  primarily on an
outpatient basis.  Certain services with similar economic  characteristics  have
been aggregated  pursuant to SFAS No. 131. No other individual  business segment
exceeds the 10% quantitative thresholds of SFAS No. 131.

     IHS management  evaluates the performance of its operating  segments on the
basis of earnings before interest,  income taxes,  depreciation and amortization
and non-recurring charges.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                    YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1997
                                          --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                HOME RESPIRATORY/   DIAGNOSTIC   LITHOTRIPSY
                                           IMPATIENT SERVICES      INFUSION/DME      SERVICES     SERVICES    CONSOLIDATED
                                          -------------------- ------------------- ------------ ------------ -------------
<S>                                       <C>                  <C>                 <C>          <C>          <C>
Revenues ................................      $1,160,095           $  116,013       $112,441     $ 14,079    $1,402,628
Operating, general and administrative
 expenses (including rent) ..............         914,317               76,350         94,992        6,813     1,092,472
                                               ----------           ----------       --------     --------    ----------
Earnings from continuing operations before
 non-recurring  charges,  equity in
 earnings of affiliates, interest, taxes,
 depreciation and amortization ..........      $  245,778           $   39,663       $ 17,449     $  7,266    $  310,156
                                               ==========           ==========       ========     ========    ==========
Total assets ............................      $3,256,836           $1,389,554       $172,382     $183,380    $5,002,152
                                               ==========           ==========       ========     ========    ==========
</TABLE>

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                    YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1998
                                          --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                HOME RESPIRATORY/   DIAGNOSTIC   LITHOTRIPSY
                                           INPATIENT SERVICES      INFUSION/DME      SERVICES     SERVICES    CONSOLIDATED
                                          -------------------- ------------------- ------------ ------------ -------------
<S>                                       <C>                  <C>                 <C>          <C>          <C>
Revenues ................................      $2,174,592           $  624,325       $117,248     $ 56,021    $2,972,186
Operating, general and administrative
 expenses (including rent) ..............       1,760,603              462,950         91,477       30,154     2,345,184
                                               ----------           ----------       --------     --------    ----------
Earnings from continuing operations before
 non-recurring  charges,  equity in
 earnings of affiliates, interest, taxes,
 depreciation and amortization ..........      $  413,989           $  161,375       $ 25,771     $ 25,867    $  627,002
                                               ==========           ==========       ========     ========    ==========
Total assets ............................      $3,330,250           $1,638,545       $215,658     $208,675    $5,393,128
                                               ==========           ==========       ========     ========    ==========
</TABLE>

     There are no  material  inter-segment  revenues  or  receivables.  Revenues
derived  from  Medicare  and  various  state  Medicaid   reimbursement  programs
represented 24% and 22%, respectively,  for the year ended December 31, 1997 and
21% and 25%,  respectively,  for the year ended  December 31, 1998.  The Company
does not evaluate its operations on a geographic basis.

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

(24) RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

     In June 1998, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued SFAS No. 133,
Accounting for Derivative  Instruments  and Hedging  Activities.  This statement
establishes  accounting  and  reporting  standards for  derivative  instruments,
including   certain   derivative   instruments   embedded  in  other  contracts,
(collectively  referred  to as  derivatives)  and  for  hedging  activities.  It
requires  that  an  entity   recognize  all  derivatives  as  either  assets  or
liabilities in the statement of financial position and measure those instruments
at fair value.  The  accounting  for  changes in the fair value of a  derivative
depends on the intended use of the derivative and the resulting designation.  If
certain conditions are met, a derivative may be specifically designated as (a) a
hedge of  exposure  to  changes  in the  fair  value  of a  recognized  asset or
liability or an  unrecognized  firm  commitment,  (b) a hedge of the exposure to
variable  cash  flows of a  forecasted  transaction,  or (c) a hedge of  foreign
currency exposures. This Statement is effective for all fiscal quarters of 2000.
The adoption of this statement is not expected to have a material  impact on the
Company's financial statements.

     In March 1998 the Accounting  Standards Executive Committee ("ASEC") of the
American  Institute of Certified Public Accountants issued Statement of Position
98-1,  Accounting for the Costs of Computer  Software  Developed or Obtained for
Internal Use ("SOP  98-1").  SOP 98-1  provides  guidance as to whether  certain
costs for internal use software should be capitalized or expensed when incurred.
In addition,  in June 1998 the ASEC issued Statement of Position 98-5, Reporting
on the Costs of Start-up  Activities ("SOP 98-5"). SOP 98-5 provides guidance on
the  financial  reporting  of  start-up  costs.  It  requires  costs of start-up
activities to be expensed as incurred.  SOP 98-1 and 98-5 are effective in 1999.
The Company does not expect the adoption of SOP 98-1 and 98-5 to have a material
impact on the financial statements.

(25) SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

     Effective   January  1,  1999,   the  Company  and  various   wholly  owned
subsidiaries  of the Company (the "Lyric  Subsidiaries")  sold 32 long-term care
facilities  to Monarch LP, for  approximately  $132 million in net cash proceeds
plus  contingent  earn-out  payments  of up to a maximum of $67.6  million.  The
contingent  earn-out  payments  will be paid to the Company by Monarch LP upon a
sale,  transfer or  refinancing  of any or all of the facilities or upon a sale,
consolidation or merger of Monarch LP, with the amount of the earn-out  payments
determined in accordance  with a formula  described in the  Facilities  Purchase
Agreement among the Company,  the Lyric  Subsidiaries  and Monarch LP. After the
sale of the facilities to Monarch LP, the Company  transferred the stock of each
of the Lyric Subsidiaries to Lyric. Monarch LP then leased all of the facilities
back to the Lyric  Subsidiaries under the long-term master lease. The Company is
managing these facilities for Lyric. The Company expects to record an immaterial
gain on this transaction.

     In January 1999, the Company acquired  Suncoast of Manatee,  Inc, a skilled
nursing facility in Florida. The total purchase price was approximately $11,920.
Also, in January 1999, the Company  acquired seven  respiratory  companies.  The
total purchase price was approximately $8,206.

     The Company has reached definitive  agreements to purchase nine respiratory
companies for approximately  $35,536, as well as definitive  agreements to enter
into two  separate  leases of 28  skilled  nursing  facilities.  There can be no
assurance  that any of these pending  acquisitions  will be  consummated  on the
proposed terms, different terms or at all.

     During March 1999, the Company  repurchased  3,607,000 shares of its Common
Stock at an aggregate price of approximately $24,041.

     In March 1999,  the Company  sold three  facilities  to Monarch L.P for $33
million,  which purchase price was paid by a 10% Note due March 2000. Monarch LP
leased the  facilities to Lyric.  The Company is managing  these  facilities for
Lyric pursuant to the agreements described in note 4 above.

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


(25) SUBSEQUENT EVENTS -- (Continued)

     In  March  1999,  the  Company  amended  the  New  Credit  Facility,  which
amendments  loosened  the  financial  covenants,  increased  interest  rates and
accelerated  the reduction in the availability under the New Credit Facility. As
amended:

      o  The Term  Facility  bears  interest at a rate equal to at the option of
         IHS, either (i) in the case of Eurodollar loans, the sum of (x) between
         two and  three  quarters  percent  and three  and one  quarter  percent
         (depending  on the ratio of the  Company's  debt as  defined in the New
         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 borrowings  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  one and one half
         percent and two percent (depending on the Debt/EBITDAR Ratio).

      o  The  Additional  Term Facility bears 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 percent and three and one half 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  one and  three  quarters  percent  and two and one
         quarter  percent  (depending  on  the  Debt/EBITDAR  Ratio).  The  Term
         Facility and the Additional Term Facility can be prepaid at any time in
         whole or in part without penalty.

      o  The  Revolving  Facility  will  reduce to  $800,000 on January 1, 2001,
         $600,000  on  January 1,  2002,  $500,000  on  September  30,  2002 and
         $400,000 on January 1, 2003,  with a final  maturity on  September  15,
         2003;  however the $100,000  letter of credit  subfacility  and $10,000
         swing  line   subfacility   will  remain  at  $100,000   and   $10,000,
         respectively, until final maturity. The Revolving Credit Facility bears
         interest  at a rate equal to, at the  option of IHS,  either (i) in the
         case of  Eurodollar  loans,  the sum of (x) between two percent and two
         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  three
         quarters of one percent and one an one-half  percent  (depending on the
         Debt/EBITDAR Ratio).

      o  The New Credit Facility  prohibits IHS from purchasing or redeeming IHS
         stock.

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                        INTEGRATED HEALTH SERVICES, INC.
                 SCHEDULE II--VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS
                                 (IN THOUSANDS)

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                 YEAR ENDED     YEAR ENDED     YEAR ENDED
                                                                DECEMBER 31,   DECEMBER 31,   DECEMBER 31,
                                                                    1996           1997           1998
                                                               -------------- -------------- -------------
<S>                                                            <C>            <C>            <C>
Allowance for doubtful accounts:
 Balance at beginning of period ..............................   $  14,731      $  31,439      $ 148,957
 Provisions for bad debts ....................................      26,510         38,509         53,123
 Acquired companies ..........................................       5,128        105,198         39,304
 Accounts receivable written-off (net of recoveries) .........     (14,930)       (26,189)       (76,124)
                                                                 ---------      ---------      ---------
                                                                 $  31,439      $ 148,957      $ 165,260
                                                                 =========      =========      =========

</TABLE>

ITEM 9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND
        FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE.

     Not applicable

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                                   PART III

ITEM 10. DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANT

DIRECTOR

     The  section  entitled  "Proposal  No.  1--Elections  of  Directors" in the
Company's   Proxy   Statement   for   the  Annual  Meeting  of  stockholders  is
incorporated herein by reference.

EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

     See "Part I--Item 1. Executive Officers of the Company."

ITEM 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

     The  section  entitled  "Executive  Compensation"  in the  Company's  Proxy
Statement  for the Annual  Meeting of  Stockholders  is  incorporated  herein by
reference.

ITEM 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT

     The  section  entitled  "Beneficial  Ownership  of  Common  Stock"  in  the
Company's   Proxy   Statement   for   the  Annual  Meeting  of  Stockholders  is
incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS

     The   sections  entitled  "Executive  Compensation--Compensation  Committee
Interlocks   and  Insider  Participation"  and  "Certain  Transactions"  in  the
Company's   Proxy   Statement   for   the  Annual  Meeting  of  Stockholders  is
incorporated herein by reference.

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                                    PART IV

ITEM 14. EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES, AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K

     (a) Financial Statements and Financial Statement Schedules

     (1)  and  (2)  See  "Index  to   Consolidated   Financial   Statements  and
Supplemental Schedules" at Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

     (3) The following  exhibits are filed or  incorporated by reference as part
of this Annual Report (Exhibit Nos. 10.27,  10.28,  10.29,  10.30, 10.31, 10.32,
10.33,  10.34,  10.35,  10.36,  10.37, 10.38, 10.39, 10.40, 10.41, 10.43, 10.44,
10.45,  10.46,  10.47,  10.48,  10.49,  10.50, 10.51, 10.52, 10.53, 10.74, 10.76
10.80,  10.81,  10.82.  10.83.  10.84,  10.85,  10.86 and  10.87 are  management
contracts, compensatory plans or arrangements):


2.1  --  Agreement  and  Plan of  Merger,  dated as of July 6,  1997,  among
         Integrated Health Services, Inc., IHS Acquisition XXIV, Inc. and RoTech
         Medical Corporation. (1)

2.2  --  Agreement  and Plan of Merger,  dated as of August 1,  1997,  among
         Integrated  Health  Services,  Inc.,  IHS  Acquisition  XXVI,  Inc. and
         Community Care of America, Inc. (2)

2.3  --  Purchase  and Sale  Agreement,  entered into as of November 3, 1997,
         between HEALTHSOUTH Corporation, Horizon/CMS Healthcare Corporation and
         Integrated Health Services, Inc. (3)

2.4  --  Facilities Purchase Agreement,  dated as of December 31, 1998, among
         Monarch  Properties,  LP,  Integrated  Health  Services,  Inc.  and the
         entities listed on Schedule A thereto.

3.1  --  Third Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended. (4)

3.2  --  Amendment to the Third Restated Certificate of Incorporation,  dated
         May 26, 1995. (5)

3.3  --  Certificate  of  Designation  of  Series  A  Junior   Participating
         Cumulative Preferred Stock (6)

3.4  --  By-laws, as amended. (7)

4.1  --  Indenture,  dated as of December 1, 1992,  between Integrated Health
         Services,  Inc. and Signet Trust Company,  as Trustee,  relating to the
         Company's 6% Convertible Subordinated Debentures. (8)

4.2  --  Form of 6% Debenture (included in 4.1). (8)

4.3  --  Indenture,  dated as of December 15, 1993,  from  Integrated  Health
         Services,  Inc.,  as Issuer,  to The Bank of New York (as  successor in
         interest) to NationsBank of Virginia, N.A., as Trustee, relating to the
         Company's 5 3/4% Convertible Senior  Subordinated  Debentures due 2001.
         (9)

4.4  --  Form of 5 3/4% Debenture (included in 4.3) (9)

4.5  --  Registration  Rights  Agreement,  dated as of  December  17,  1993,
         between  Integrated  Health Ser- vices,  Inc. and Smith Barney Shearson
         Inc. relating to the Company's 5 3/4% Convertible  Senior  Subordinated
         Debentures due 2001. (9)

4.6  --  Supplemental  Indenture  dated as of  September  15,  1994  between
         Integrated Health Services, Inc. and The Bank of New York (as successor
         in interest) to NationsBank of Virginia N.A. (10)

4.7  --  Amended and  Restated  Supplemental  Indenture,  dated as of May 15,
         1997,  between  Integrated  Health  Services,  Inc.  and  Signet  Trust
         Company,  Inc.,  as Trustee,  relating to the  Company's 10 3/4% Senior
         Subordinated Notes due 2004. (11)

4.8  --  Form of Note (included in 4.7). (11)

4.9  --  Second Amended and Restated Supplemental Indenture,  dated as of May
         15, 1997, from Integrated Health Service, Inc. to Signet Trust Company,
         as trustee,  relating to the Company's 9 5/8% Senior Subordinated Notes
         due 2002 and 9 5/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2002, Series A. (11)

4.10 --  Form of 9 5/8% Senior Subordinated Notes (included in 4.9). (11)

4.11 --  Indenture,  dated as of May 15, 1996 between the Company and Signet
         Trust Company, as Trustee. (12)

4.12 --  Form of 10 1/4% Senior  Subordinated  Notes (included in 4.11). (12)

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<PAGE>

4.13 --  Indenture,  dated as of May 30,  1997,  between  Integrated  Health
         Services,  Inc. and First Union National Bank of Virginia,  as Trustee,
         relating to the  Company's 9 1/2% Senior  Subordinated  Notes due 2007.
         (11)

4.14 --  Form of 9 1/2% Senior Subordinated Note (included in 4.13). (11)

4.15 --  Indenture, dated as of September 11, 1997, between Integrated Health
         Services,  Inc. and First Union National Bank of Virginia,  as Trustee,
         relating to the  Company's 9 1/4% Senior  Subordinated  Notes due 2008.
         (13)

4.16 --  Form of 9 1/4% Senior Subordinated Note (included in 4.15). (13)

4.17 --  Indenture,  dated  as of  June  1,  1996,  between  RoTech  Medical
         Corporation  and PNC Bank,  Kentucky,  Inc.,  as  Trustee,  relating to
         RoTech's 5 1/4% Convertible Subordinated Debentures due 2003. (14)

4.18 --  Form of 5 1/4%  Convertible  Subordinated  Debentures  (included  in
         4.17). (14)

10.1 --  Letter  dated  March 28,  1991 from  Integrated  Health  Services of
         Brentwood,  Inc., Integrated Health Services, Inc., Alpine Manor, Inc.,
         Briarcliff Nursing Home, Inc., Cambridge Group, Inc., Integrated Health
         Services of Riverbend, Inc., Integrated Health Services of Cliff Manor,
         Inc.,  Integrated Health Group, Elm Creek of IHS, Inc., Spring Creek of
         IHS,  Inc.,  Carriage-By-The-  Lake of IHS,  Inc. and Firelands of IHS,
         Inc. to Meditrust Mortgage Investments, Inc. (15)

10.2 --  Loan and Security  Agreement  dated as of May 1, 1990 by and between
         Sovran Bank/Central South and Integrated of Amarillo, Inc. (15)

10.3 --  Amended  and  Restated  Promissory  Note dated April 8, 1991 made by
         Integrated of Amarillo,  Inc. in favor of Sovran  Bank/Tennessee in the
         aggregate principal amount of $300,000. (15)

10.4 --  Construction  Loan Agreement  dated  November,  1990 by and between
         First  National Bank of Vicksburg  and River City Limited  Partnership.
         (15)

10.5 --  Guaranty  and  Suretyship  Agreement,  dated as of January 1, 1992,
         between Integrated Health Services,  Inc. and Nationsbank of Tennessee.
         (15)

10.6 --  Deed of Trust Note from  Integrated  Health  Services at Alexandria,
         Inc. to Oakwood Living Centers of Virginia,  Inc.,  dated June 4, 1993.
         (16)

10.7 --  Loan  Agreement  dated  as of  December  30,  1993,  by  and  among
         Integrated  Health  Services at  Colorado  Springs,  Inc. as  Borrower,
         Integrated  Health  Services,  Inc.,  as  Guarantor,  and Bell Atlantic
         Tricon Leasing Corp. (9)

10.8 --  Promissory Note,  dated December 30, 1993 made by Integrated  Health
         Services at Colorado  Springs,  Inc. in favor of Bell  Atlantic  Tricon
         Leasing Corp. (9)

10.9 --  Guaranty  Agreement,  dated  as  of  December  30,  1993,  made  by
         Integrated  Health  Services,  Inc.  in favor of Bell  Atlantic  Tricon
         Leasing Corp. (9)

10.10 --  Intentionally Omitted

10.11 -- Intentionally Omitted

10.12 -- Guaranty by Integrated Health Services, Inc. dated December 16, 1993
         to IFIDA Healthcare  Group,  Ltd.,  Morris Manor  Associates,  Plymouth
         House  Health  Care  Center,   Inc.,   Chateau   Associates,   Broomall
         Associates, Lake Ariel Associates,  Winthrop House Associates,  Limited
         Partnership,  Mill  Hill  Associates,  Limited  Partnership,  Hillcrest
         Associates and Kent Associates, L.P. (8)

10.13 -- Loan Agreement,  dated December 20, 1993, by and between  Integrated
         Health  Services  at  Central  Florida,  Inc.  and  Southtrust  Bank of
         Alabama, National Association. (9)

10.14 -- Mortgage and Security  Agreement,  dated December 20, 1993,  between
         Integrated Health Services of Central Florida, Inc. and Southtrust Bank
         of Alabama, National Association. (18)

10.15 -- Guaranty  Agreement,  dated December 20, 1993, by Integrated  Health
         Services,  Inc.  in  favor  of  Southtrust  Bank of  Alabama,  National
         Association. (18)

10.16 -- Assignment and Pledge of Deposit  Account,  dated December 20, 1993,
         from Integrated Health Ser- vices at Central Florida,  Inc. in favor of
         Southtrust Bank of Alabama, National Association. (18)

10.17 -- Intentionally Omitted

10.18 -- Intentionally Omitted


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10.19 -- Promissory  Note,  dated October 1, 1992, made by Integrated  Health
         Services of Green  Briar,  Inc. to the order of Skilled  Rehabilitative
         Services, Inc. (8)

10.20 -- Letter dated  February 18,  1994,  to IFIDA Health Care Group,  Ltd.
         from Integrated Health Services, Inc. (18)

10.21 -- Facilities  Agreement  dated as of  August  31,  1994 by and  among
         Litchfield  Asset  Management  Corp.,  Integrated  Health  Services  of
         Lester, Inc and Integrated Health Services, Inc. (19)

10.22 -- First Amendment to Facilities  Agreement,  dated as of September 30,
         1997, among Litchfield Invest- ment Company, L.L.C.,  Integrated Health
         Services of Lester, Inc. and Integrated Health Services, Inc. (7)

10.23 -- Purchase  Option  Agreement  dated as of August  31,  1994  between
         Litchfield  Asset  Management  Corp. and Integrated  Health Services of
         Lester, Inc. As permitted by the instructions of Item 601 of Regulation
         S-K, the 42 additional Purchase Option Agreements between  subsidiaries
         of Integrated  Health  Services,  Inc. and Litchfield  Asset Management
         Corp.  have been omitted  because each such agreement is  substantially
         identical  in all  material  respects  to the  aforementioned  Purchase
         Option. (19)

10.24 -- Guaranty dated as of August 31, 1994 by Integrated  Health Services,
         Inc. for the benefit of Litchfield Asset Management Corp. (19)

10.25 -- Warrant to  Purchase  Shares of Common  Stock of  Integrated  Health
         Services,  Inc. dated as of August 31, 1994 issued to Litchfield  Asset
         Management Corp. (19)

10.26 -- Participation  Agreement  dated  as  of  August  31,  1994  between
         Litchfield  Asset  Management  Corp. and Integrated  Health Services of
         Lester, Inc. (19)

10.27 -- Form of Indemnity Agreement. (15)

10.28 -- Integrated Health Services,  Inc. Equity Incentive Plan, as amended.
         (20)

10.29 -- Integrated Health Services, Inc. 1990 Employee Stock Option Plan, as
         amended. (20)

10.30 -- Integrated Health Services, Inc. 1992 Stock Option Plan (20)

10.31 -- Integrated Health Services, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan (20)

10.32 -- Senior Executives' Stock Option Plan. (21)

10.33 -- Cash Bonus Replacement Plan (22)

10.34 -- Integrated  Health  Services,   Inc.  Stock  Option  Plan  for  New
         Non-Employee Directors, as amended. (23)

10.35 -- Integrated Health Services,  Inc. Stock Option Compensation Plan for
         Non-Employee Directors, as amended. (23)

10.36 -- Integrated  Health  Services,  Inc.  1995  Stock  Option  Plan  for
         Non-Employee Directors. (23)

10.37 -- Stock  Option  Agreement,  dated as of  November  27,  1995,  by and
         between Integrated Health Ser- vices, Inc. and John Silverman. (23)

10.38 -- Integrated  Health  Services,  Inc. 1994 Stock  Incentive  Plan, as
         amended. (23)

10.39 -- 1996 Stock Incentive Plan of Integrated  Health  Services,  Inc., as
         amended. (7)

10.40 -- 1998 Stock Compensation Plan. (7)

10.41 -- Integrated  Health Services,  Inc. Amended and Restated Key Employee
         Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan ("Plan A"). (7)

10.42 -- Intentionally Omitted

10.43 -- Integrated Health Services,  Inc. Supplemental Deferred Compensation
         Plan ("Plan Z") (24)

10.44 -- Employment Agreement dated January 1, 1994 between Integrated Health
         Services, Inc. and Robert N. Elkins. (25)

10.45 -- Amendment No. 1 to Employment  Agreement dated as of January 1, 1995
         between Integrated Health Services, Inc. and Robert N. Elkins. (25)

10.46 -- Amendment  No. 2 to Employment  Agreement,  effective as of November
         18, 1997,  between  Inte- grated  Health  Services,  Inc. and Robert N.
         Elkins. (7)

10.47 -- Supplemental  Agreement,  effective as of November 18, 1997, by and
         between Integrated Health Services, Inc. and Robert N. Elkins. (7)

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10.48 -- Promissory  Note, dated September 29, 1997, made by Robert N. Elkins
         in favor of Integrated Health Services, Inc. (7)

10.49 -- Employment  Agreement dated as of January 1, 1994 between Integrated
         Health Services, Inc. and Lawrence P. Cirka. (25)

10.50 -- Amendment  to  Employment  Agreement  dated as of  January  1, 1995
         between  Integrated  Health Services,  Inc. and Lawrence P. Cirka. (25)
        
10.51 -- Relocation Agreement, dated as of August 5, 1997, between Integrated
         Health Services, Inc. and Lawrence P. Cirka. (7)

10.52 -- Employment  Agreement dated as of October 1, 1996 between Integrated
         Health Services, Inc. and C. Christian Winkle.(26)

10.53 -- Employment  Agreement,  dated as of October 21, 1997, between RoTech
         Medical Corporation and Stephen Griggs. (7)

10.54 -- Revolving Credit and Security  Agreements,  dated as of December 30,
         1992, between  Integrated Health Services,  Inc. and Morgan Hill Health
         Care Investors, Inc. (27)

10.55 -- Purchase Option and Right of First Refusal Agreement,  dated January
         20, 1993, among Integrated Health Services of Missouri,  Inc.,  Dominic
         F. Tutera, Joseph C. Tutera, and Michael J. Tutera. (27)

10.56 -- Purchase  Option and Right of First Refusal  Agreement dated January
         20, 1993,  between  Integrated  Health  Services of Missouri,  Inc. and
         Dominic F. Tutera. (27)

10.57 -- Revolving  Credit and  Security  Agreement  dated  January 20, 1993,
         between Integrated Health Ser- vices of Missouri, Inc. and Cenill, Inc.
         (27)

10.58 -- Guaranty dated July 1, 1992 made by Integrated Health Services, Inc.
         (27)

10.59 -- Guaranty  dated  September  15,  1992  made  by  Integrated  Health
         Services, Inc. (27)

10.60 -- Aircraft  Lease  Agreement  between  RNE Skyview LLC and  Integrated
         Health Services, Inc., dated as of December 12, 1997. (7)

10.61 -- Assignment  Agreement  dated May 28,  1993 among  Square D Company,
         Integrated  Health  Services,  Inc.,  Manekin at Owings Mills I Limited
         Partnership, and McDonough School, Inc. (16)

10.62 -- Assignment  dated June 1, 1993 among  Integrated  Health  Services,
         Inc., Rouse-Teachers Proper- ties, Inc., Rouse Office Management,  Inc.
         and Square D Company. (16)

10.63 -- Investment  Agreement for  Speciality  Care PLC dated July 26, 1995.
         (24)

10.64 -- Credit  Amendment,  dated as of  September  15,  1997,  by and among
         Integrated  Health  Services,  Inc.,  the lenders  named  therein,  and
         Citibank,  N.A., as administrative agent. (28)

10.65 -- Amendment  No. 1 dated as of  December  1, 1997,  to the  Revolving
         Credit and Term Loan  Agreement among  Integrated  Health  Services,
         Inc., the lenders parties to the Credit Agreement and Citbank, N.A., as
         administrative agent for the lenders. (29)

10.66 -- Settlement Agreement and Mutual Release, made and entered into as of
         Monday,  May 5, 1997, by and between  Integrated Health Services,  Inc.
         and Coram Healthcare Corporation.(17)

10.67 -- Purchase  Agreement,  dated as of January 13,  1998,  between  Omega
         Healthcare  Investors,  Inc. and Gainesville Health Care Center,  Inc.,
         Rest Haven Nursing Center  (Chestnut  Hill),  Inc.,  Rikad  Properties,
         Inc., Integrated Management-Governor's Park, Inc. and Lyric Health Care
         LLC and Lyric Health Care Holdings, Inc. (7)

10.68 -- Amended  and  Restated  Master  Franchise  Agreement,  dated  as of
         December 31, 1998, between Integrated Health Services  Franchising Co.,
         Inc. and Lyric Health Care LLC.

10.69 -- Amended  and  Restated  Master  Management  Agreement,  dated as of
         December  31,  1998,  between  Lyric  Health Care LLC and IHS  Facility
         Management, Inc.

10.70 -- Indemnity  Agreement,  dated as of January  13, 1998 by and between
         Integrated Health Services,  Inc. and Omega Healthcare Investors,  Inc.
         (7)

10.71 -- Master Lease, dated as of January 13, 1998, between Omega Healthcare
         Investors, Inc. and Lyric Health Care Holdings, Inc. (7)

10.72 -- Amended and Restated  Operating  Agreement of Lyric Health Care LLC,
         dated  as of  February  1,  1998,  by  and  between  Integrated  Health
         Services, Inc. and TFN Healthcare Investors, LLC. (7)

10.73 -- Employment  Agreement,  effective  as of February  1, 1998,  by and
         between Lyric Health Care LLC and Timothy F. Nicholson. (7)


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10.74 -- Warrant to purchase shares issued to Shephen Griggs. (7)

10.75 -- Share Acquisition Agreement relating to Speciality Care Limited. (7)

10.76 -- Employment  Agreement  dated as of June 1, 1994 between  Integrated
         Health Services, Inc. and Anthony Masso. (26)

10.77 -- Master  Lease,  dated as of  December  31,  1998,  between  Monarch
         Properties, LP and Lyric Health Care Holdings, III, Inc.

10.78 -- Indemnity  Agreement,  dated  as  of  December  31,  1998,  between
         Integrated   Health   Services,   Inc.  and  Monarch   Properties,   LP
         (Environmental)

10.79 -- Indemnity Agreement, dated as of December 31, 1998, among Integrated
         Health  Services,  Inc.,  Lyric  Health  Care LLC,  Lyric  Health  Care
         Holdings  III, Inc. and the entities  listed on the attached  Exhibit A
         (Litigation)

10.80 -- Integrated Health Services,  Inc. Supplemental  Executive Retirement
         Plan ("Plan B")

10.81 -- Integrated  Health Services,  Inc.,  Deferred  Compensation Plan for
         Senior Vice Presidents and Highly Compensated Employees (30)

10.82 -- Employment  Agreement,  dated as of July 1, 1997 between  Integrated
         Health  Services,  Inc.  and C.  Taylor  Pickett.

10.83 -- Employment  Agreement,  dated  as of July ,  1998,  between  Integrated
         Health Services, Inc. and John F. Heller.

10.84 -- Integrated Health Services,  Inc.  Non-Employee  Director Stock Unit
         and Deferred Compensation Plan.

10.85 -- Employment  Agreement,  dated as of July 1, 1998, between Integrated
         Health Services, Inc. and Sally Weisberg.

10.86 -- Amendment No. 1 to Amended and Restated  Integrated Health Services,
         Inc. Key Employee Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan ("Plan A").

10.87 -- Amendment No. 1 to Supplemental  Agreement,  effective  November 18,
         1997, by and between  Integrated  Health  Services,  Inc. and Robert N.
         Elkins.

21    -- Subsidiaries of Registrant.

23.1  -- Consent of KPMG LLP.


27.1  -- Financial Data Schedule -- Year Ended December 31, 1998

27.2  -- Restated Financial Data Schedule -- Year Ended December 31, 1997

27.3  -- Restated Financial Data Schedule -- Year Ended December 31, 1996
- ----------
(1)    Incorporated  herein by reference to the Company's Current Report on Form
       8-K dated July 6, 1997.

(2)    Incorporated  herein by reference to the Company's Tender Offer Statement
       on Schedule 14D-1 filed with the  Securities  and Exchange  Commission on
       August 7, 1997.

(3)    Incorporated  herein by reference to the Company's Current Report on Form
       8-K dated November 3, 1997.

(4)    Incorporated by reference to the Company's Registration Statement on Form
       S-3, Nos 33-77754, effective June 29, 1994.

(5)    Incorporated by reference to the Company's Registration Statement on Form
       S-4, No. 33-94130, effective September 15, 1995.

(6)    Incorporated  by reference to the  Company's  Current  Report on Form 8-K
       dated September 27, 1995.

(7)    Filed with the  Company's  Annual  Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
       December 31, 1997.

(8)    Incorporated by reference to the Company's Registration Statement on Form
       S-3, No. 33-54458, effective December 9, 1992.

(9)    Incorporated by reference to the Company's Registration Statement on Form
       S-3, No. 33-76322, effective June 29, 1994.

(10)   Incorporated by reference to the Company's Registration Statement on Form
       S-3, No. 33-81378, effective September 21, 1994.

(11)   Incorporated by reference to the Company's  Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
       for the period ended June 30, 1997.

(12)   Incorporated by reference to the Company's  Quarterly Report on From 10-Q
       for the period ended June 30, 1994.

(13)   Incorporated by reference to the Company's  Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
       for the period ended September 30, 1997.

(14)   Incorporated  by reference to RoTech Medical  Corporation's  Registration
       Statement on Form S-3, No. 333-10915, effective September 10, 1996.

(15)   Incorporated by reference to the Company's Registration Statement on Form
       S-1, No. 33-39339, effective April 25, 1991.

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(16)   Incorporated by reference to the Company's  Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
       for the period ended June 30, 1993.

(17)   Incorporated by reference to the Company's  Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
       for the period ended March 31, 1997.

(18)   Incorporated  by reference the  Company's  Annual Report on Form 10-K for
       the year ended December 31, 1993.

(19)   Incorporated  by reference to the  Company's  Current  Report on Form 8-K
       dated August 31, 1994.

(20)   Incorporated by reference to the Company's  Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
       for the period ended June 30, 1992.

(21)   Incorporated by reference to the Company's  Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
       for the period ended March 31, 1994.

(22)   Incorporated by reference to the Company's  Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
       for the period ended June 30, 1995.

(23)   Incorporated by reference to the Company's  Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
       for the period ended September 30, 1996.

(24)   Incorporated by reference to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for
       the year ended December 31, 1995.

(25)   Incorporated by reference to the Company's  Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
       for the period ended March 31, 1996.

(26)   Incorporated by reference to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for
       the year ended December 31, 1996.

(27)   Incorporated by reference to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for
       the year ended December 31, 1992.

(28)   Incorporated by reference from the Company's  Current Report on 8-K dated
       September 15, as amended.

(29)   Incorporated  by reference to the Company's  Current  Report on Form 8-K,
       dated December 31, 1993.

(30)   Incorporated by reference to the Company's  Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
       for the period ended March 31, 1998.

     (b) Reports on Form 8-K

          None

   (c) Exhibits

        See (a) (3) above.

     (d) Financial Statement Schedules

        See  "Index  to  Consolidated   Financial  Statements  and  Supplemental
        Schedule" at Item 8 of this Annual  Report on Form 10-K.  Schedules  not
        included  herein are  omitted  because  they are not  applicable  or the
        required information appears in the Consolidated Financial Statements or
        notes thereto.

                                      112

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                                  SIGNATURES

     Pursuant  to the  requirements  of  Section  13 or 15(c) of the  Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,  the Registrant has duly caused this report to
be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

                                        INTEGRATED HEALTH SERVICES, INC.
                                                 (Registrant)

                                        By    /s/  Robert N. Elkins
                                           ------------------------------------
                                                      Robert N. Elkins
                                              Chairman of the Board, President
                                                 and Chief Financial Officer

March  31, 1999


     Pursuant to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of
the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

          SIGNATURE                            TITLE                      DATE

- -----------------------------   ----------------------------------   --------------
<S>                             <C>                                  <C>
  /s/ Robert N. Elkins          Chairman of the Board, President     March  31, 1999
- ---------------------------       and Chief Executive Officer
   Robert N. Elkins               (Principal Executive Officer)


/s/   Edwin M. Crawford         Director                             March  31, 1999
- ---------------------------
    Edwin M. Crawford


/s/  Kenneth M. Mazik           Director                             March  31, 1999
- ---------------------------
     Kenneth M. Mazik


/s/  Robert A. Mitchell         Director                             March  31, 1999
- ---------------------------
    Robert A. Mitchell


/s/  Charles W. Newhall III     Director                             March  31, 1999
- ---------------------------
  Charles W. Newhall III


/s/  Timothy F. Nicholson       Director                             March  31, 1999
- ---------------------------
   Timothy F. Nicholson


/s/  John L. Silverman          Director                             March  31, 1999
- ---------------------------
    John L. Silverman


/s/  George H. Strong           Director                             March  31, 1999
- ---------------------------
   George H. Strong

</TABLE>



<PAGE>
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

          SIGNATURE                           TITLE                      DATE
- -----------------------------   ---------------------------------   --------------
<S>                             <C>                                 <C>
 /s/  C. Taylor Pickett         Executive Vice President--Chief      March  31, 1999
- ---------------------------        Financial Officer (Principal
   C. Taylor Pickett               Financial Officer)

                                
  /s/ W. Bradley Bennett        Executive Vice President--Chief      March  31, 1999
- ---------------------------       Accounting Officer (Principal
   W. Bradley Bennett             Accounting Officer)
</TABLE>






                                                                     EXHIBIT 2.4


                          FACILITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT

                                      AMONG

                             MONARCH PROPERTIES, LP,

                        INTEGRATED HEALTH SERVICES, INC.

                                       AND

                    THE ENTITIES LISTED ON ATTACHED EXHIBIT A





                          DATED AS OF DECEMBER 31, 1998



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                                TABLE OF CONTENTS

Section                                                                     Page
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ARTICLE I     DEFINITIONS......................................................2
      1.1     Agreement........................................................2
      1.2     Bills of Sale....................................................2
      1.3     Closing..........................................................2
      1.4     Closing Date.....................................................2
      1.5     Consent and Subordination Agreement.  ...........................2
      1.6     Contracts........................................................2
      1.7     Deeds............................................................3
      1.8     Deferred Maintenance Adjustment..................................3
      1.9     Effective Date...................................................3
      1.10    Environmental Laws...............................................3
      1.11    Environmental Remediation........................................3
      1.12    Escrow Agent.....................................................3
      1.13    Escrow Agreement.................................................3
      1.14    Facilities.......................................................4
      1.15    Facility Franchise Agreement.....................................4
      1.16    Facility Management Agreement....................................4
      1.17    Facility Sublease................................................4
      1.18    Final Financial Statements; Final Balance Sheet..................4
      1.19    Financial Statements of the Facilities...........................4
      1.20    Franchisor.......................................................4
      1.21    Guaranty.........................................................4
      1.22    IHS..............................................................5
      1.23    IHS Indemnity....................................................5
      1.24    Improvements.....................................................5
      1.25    Intangible Property..............................................5
      1.26    Knowledge........................................................5
      1.27    Law..............................................................5
      1.28    Loan Facility....................................................5
      1.29    MAI Appraisal....................................................5
      1.30    Manager..........................................................5
      1.31    Master Franchise Agreement.......................................6
      1.32    Master Lease.....................................................6
      1.33    Master Management Agreement......................................6
      1.34    Monarch..........................................................6
      1.35    Permits..........................................................6
      1.36    Permitted Liens..................................................6
      1.37    Personal Property................................................6



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                                TABLE OF CONTENTS

Section                                                                     Page
- -------                                                                     ----

      1.38    Pledge Agreements................................................6
      1.39    Purchase Price...................................................7
      1.40    Real Property....................................................7
      1.41    Release..........................................................7
      1.42    Security Agreement...............................................7
      1.43    Sellers' Liabilities.............................................7
      1.44    Sellers' Assets..................................................7
      1.45    Seller Licenses..................................................7
      1.46    Survey...........................................................7
      1.47    Title Commitment.................................................8
      1.48    Title Company....................................................8
      1.49    Title Insurance Policy...........................................8
      1.50    Transaction Documents............................................8
      1.51    UCC Search Report................................................8

ARTICLE II    PURCHASE AND SALE................................................8
      2.1     Agreement to Sell and Buy........................................8
      2.2     No Assumption of Liabilities.....................................9
      2.3     "As Is" Purchase.................................................9

ARTICLE III   PURCHASE PRICE...................................................9
      3.1     Payment of Purchase Price........................................9
      3.2     Earn-out Payments       .........................................9

ARTICLE IV    CLOSING.........................................................14

ARTICLE V     TRANSACTION COSTS AND EXPENSES..................................15
      5.1     Transfer Taxes; Sales Taxes.....................................15
      5.2     MAI Appraisals..................................................15
      5.3     Title Insurance.................................................15
      5.4     Surveys/UCC Search Reports......................................15
      5.5     Environmental Reports/Remediation...............................15
      5.6     Attorneys' Fees.................................................15
      5.7     Recording Costs.................................................15
      5.8     Releases........................................................15
      5.9     Deferred Maintenance Adjustment.................................15
      5.10    Fee; Commitment Fee.............................................16
      5.11    Other Items.....................................................16



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Section                                                                     Page
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ARTICLE VI    POSSESSION......................................................16

ARTICLE VII   REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF SELLERS.......................16
      7.1     Corporate Organization; Good Standing; Corporate Information....16
      7.2     Authorization; Enforceability...................................17
      7.3     No Violation or Conflict........................................17
      7.4     Assets..........................................................17
      7.5     No Litigation...................................................18
      7.6     Personal Property and Improvements..............................18
      7.7     Real Property and Improvements..................................18
      7.8     Zoning..........................................................18
      7.9     Leases..........................................................19
      7.10    Liabilities.....................................................19
      7.11    Taxes...........................................................19
      7.12    Contracts.......................................................19
      7.13    Contracts and Leases............................................19
      7.14    Financial Statements of the Facilities..........................19
      7.15    No Adverse Change...............................................19
      7.16    Employment Agreements and Benefits..............................20
      7.17    Insurance.......................................................20
      7.18    Compliance with the Law.........................................20
      7.19    Transactions with Affiliates....................................21
      7.20    Obligations.....................................................21
      7.21    No Broker.......................................................22
      7.22    Environmental Compliance........................................22
      7.23    No Attachments..................................................22
      7.24    No Options......................................................23
      7.25    Seller Licenses.................................................23
      7.26    Disclosure......................................................23

ARTICLE VIII  REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF IHS...........................23
      8.1     Status of IHS...................................................23
      8.2     Validity or Conflicts...........................................23
      8.3     Authority.......................................................24
      8.4     Truth of Representations........................................24

ARTICLE IX    REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PURCHASER.....................24
      9.1     Organization....................................................24
      9.2     Authorization; Enforceability...................................24



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Section                                                                     Page
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      9.3     No Violation or Conflict........................................24
      9.4     No Broker.......................................................24

ARTICLE X     CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO THE OBLIGATIONS OF
              PURCHASER.......................................................25
      10.1    Compliance with this Agreement..................................25
      10.2    Proceedings and Instruments Satisfactory........................25
      10.3    No Litigation...................................................26
      10.4    Representations and Warranties..................................26
      10.5    Deliveries at the Closing.......................................26
      10.6    Regulatory Approvals............................................27
      10.7    Default.........................................................27
      10.8    Approvals.......................................................28
      10.9    Loan Facility...................................................28

ARTICLE XI    CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO THE OBLIGATIONS OF SELLERS..............28
      11.1    Compliance with this Agreement..................................28
      11.2    Proceedings and Instruments Satisfactory........................28
      11.3    No Litigation...................................................28
      11.4    Representations and Warranties..................................28
      11.5    Deliveries at the Closing.......................................29
      11.6    Restraints......................................................29
      11.7    Regulatory Approvals............................................29
      11.8    Approvals.......................................................29

ARTICLE XII   ADDITIONAL COVENANTS AND INDEMNIFICATIONS.......................29
      12.1    Transfer Taxes and Fees.........................................29
      12.2    Cooperation.....................................................30
      12.3    Additional Instruments..........................................30
      12.4    Publicity.......................................................30
      12.5    Confidentiality.................................................30

ARTICLE XIII  MISCELLANEOUS...................................................35
      13.1    Entire Agreement; Amendment.....................................35
      13.2    Governing Law...................................................35
      13.3    Assignment......................................................35
      13.4    Notices.........................................................35
      13.5    Counterparts; Headings..........................................36
      13.6    Interpretation..................................................36



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Section                                                                     Page
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      13.7    Severability....................................................36
      13.8    No Reliance.....................................................37
      13.9    Binding.........................................................37
      13.10   Survival........................................................37
      13.11   Allocation of Purchase Price....................................37
      13.12   Dispute Attorneys' Fees and Expenses............................37











<PAGE>



                          FACILITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT

     THIS FACILITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this "Agreement"),  is made and entered
into as of the 31st day of  December,  1998,  among  Monarch  Properties,  LP, a
Delaware  limited  partnership,  with  principal  offices  at 8889  Pelican  Bay
Boulevard,  Naples,  Florida 34108  ("Purchaser"),  Integrated  Health Services,
Inc., a Delaware corporation, with principal offices at 10065 Red Run Boulevard,
Owings  Mills,  Maryland  21117  ("IHS") and each of the  entities  described on
attached Exhibit A (each, a "Seller" and, collectively, "Sellers").


                              W I T N E S S E T H:

     The  circumstances  underlying the execution and delivery of this Agreement
are as follows:

     A.  Capitalized  terms  used  but not  otherwise  defined  herein  have the
respective meanings given them in Article I herein.

     B. Sellers are corporations that are each wholly owned by IHS. Sellers also
are the  respective  owners of  Sellers'  Assets.  Sellers  desire to sell,  and
Purchaser  desires to acquire,  Sellers'  Assets on the terms and conditions set
forth in this Agreement

     NOW,  THEREFORE,  in  consideration  of the mutual  promises and  covenants
herein  contained in this  Agreement and other good and valuable  consideration,
the receipt and sufficiency of which hereby are  acknowledged,  and intending to
be legally bound hereby, the parties hereto agree as follows:





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                                   ARTICLE I
                                  DEFINITIONS

     When used in this  Agreement,  the following  terms shall have the meanings
specified herein.  The meanings  specified in this Article and elsewhere in this
Agreement are for purposes of this Agreement only and do not purport to have any
significance  for  any  other  purpose,  including,  but  not  limited  to,  any
applicable  reporting  requirements  under tax or securities laws, except as the
terms may be used by reference in other  agreements  between the parties to this
Agreement.  Words  of any  gender  used  in this  Agreement  shall  be held  and
construed to include any other gender,  and words in the singular  shall be held
to include the plural and vice versa, unless this Agreement requires otherwise.

     1.1 Agreement.  "Agreement" shall mean this Facilities  Purchase Agreement,
together with the Exhibits and  Schedules  attached  hereto,  as the same may be
amended from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof.

     1.2 Bills of Sale.  "Bills of Sale" shall mean,  collectively,  the bill of
sale to be  executed  by each  Seller  and  conveying  to  Purchaser  all of the
Personal Property for each Facility owned by such Seller.

     1.3 Closing.  "Closing" shall mean the closing held on the Closing Date, at
the offices of LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae, L.L.P., 125 West 55th Street, New
York,  New York.  All  transactions  occurring at the Closing shall be deemed to
have  occurred  simultaneously,  and no one  transaction  shall be  deemed to be
complete until all transactions are completed.

     1.4 Closing Date. "Closing Date" shall mean December 31, 1998.

     1.5  Consent  and  Subordination  Agreement.   "Consent  and  Subordination
Agreement"  shall mean the consent and  subordination  agreement  to be executed
among Manager, Franchisor, Lyric Holdings, the Subsidiaries of Lyric Holdings to
which the  Facilities  are to be  subleased  and  Purchaser,  pursuant  to which
certain  management  and franchise  fees payable  under the Facility  Management
Agreement and Facility  Franchise  Agreement  are  subordinated  to  Purchaser's
rights under the Master Lease upon an Event of Default under the Master Lease.

     1.6 Contracts.  "Contracts" shall mean those contracts, agreements, leases,
rights of renewal thereto and commitments with respect to each of the Facilities
or with respect to the operation of any of the  Facilities  (a) to which Sellers
or any of the  Facilities  is a  party  or (b) by  which  Sellers  or any of the
Facilities is bound and that are listed on Schedule 1.6 hereto.

     1.7 Deeds. "Deeds" shall mean, collectively,  the general warranty deed (or
such  other  form of deed  applicable  to the  state in which  the  Facility  is
located) in recordable form, executed


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by each Seller and  conveying to Purchaser fee simple title to the real property
owned by such Seller,  free and clear of all liens and  encumbrances  other than
the Permitted Liens.

     1.8 Deferred  Maintenance  Adjustment.  "Deferred  Maintenance  Adjustment"
shall mean,  with respect to each  Facility,  the amount set forth opposite such
Facility's  name on  Schedule  1.8  hereto  to cover the  potential  costs to be
incurred  after  the  Effective  Date in making  the  repairs  or  modifications
required at such Facility and described on Schedule 1.8 hereto.

     1.9 Effective Date. "Effective Date" shall mean January 1, 1999.

     1.10  Environmental  Laws.  "Environmental  Laws"  shall mean all  federal,
state,  and local laws,  statutes,  ordinances,  regulations,  policies,  rules,
directives,  guidelines, Permits, licenses, criteria and rules of common law now
or  hereafter  in  effect,  and in each case as  amended,  and any  judicial  or
administrative  interpretation thereof, including any judicial or administrative
order, consent decree or judgment,  relating to the regulation and protection of
human health, safety, the environment and natural resources (including,  without
limitation,  ambient air, surface water, groundwater,  wetlands, land surface or
subsurface  strata,  and wildlife,  aquatic species and vegetation),  including,
without limitation,  relating to emissions,  discharges,  releases or threatened
releases of Hazardous Materials (as defined in Section 7.22 hereof) or otherwise
relating to the manufacture,  processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage,
disposal,  transport  or handling of  Hazardous  Materials.  Environmental  Laws
include,  but are not  limited  to, the  Comprehensive  Environmental  Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and
Rodenticide  Act,  the  Resource   Conservation  and  Recovery  Act,  the  Toxic
Substances Control Act, the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, the Occupational
Safety and Health Act, and the Safe  Drinking  Water Act, and as the same may be
amended, modified or supplemented, the regulations promulgated pursuant thereto,
and their state and local counterparts or equivalents.

     1.11  Environmental  Remediation.  "Environmental  Remediation" shall mean,
with respect to each Facility,  the work described opposite such Facility's name
on Schedule 1.8 hereto to be performed  after the Closing for the  investigation
and/or remediation of the environmental conditions at such Facility described on
Schedule 1.8 hereto.

     1.12 Escrow  Agent.  "Escrow  Agent"  shall mean  Fidelity  National  Title
Insurance Company of New York.

     1.13 Escrow Agreement.  "Escrow  Agreement" shall mean the escrow agreement
among Sellers, Lyric Holdings,  Purchaser and Escrow Agent pursuant to which the
Deferred Maintenance Adjustment is to be held and disbursed.


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     1.14 Facilities.  "Facilities"  shall mean the Real Property,  Improvements
and  Personal  Property  constituting  the health care  facilities  described on
Exhibit B hereto.  Reference to any one of the Facilities  individually  and not
specifically shall be referred to herein as a "Facility".

     1.15 Facility Franchise  Agreement.  "Facility  Franchise  Agreement" shall
mean the facility  franchise  agreement,  in form and substance  satisfactory to
Purchaser,  to be  executed  by each  Seller and  Franchisor,  pursuant to which
Franchisor  grants to such Seller the right to use  Franchisor's  names,  marks,
systems and proprietary information.

     1.16 Facility Management  Agreement.  "Facility Management Agreement" shall
mean the facility management  agreement,  in form and substance  satisfactory to
Purchaser, to be executed by each Seller and Manager,  pursuant to which Manager
agrees to manage the  Facility  leased by such Seller  pursuant to the  Facility
Sublease.

     1.17  Facility  Sublease.  "Facility  Sublease"  shall  mean  the  facility
sublease,  in  form  and  substance  satisfactory  to  Purchaser,  executed  and
delivered by Lyric III and each Seller,  concurrently with the Closing, pursuant
to which Lyric III  subleases to each  Seller,  and each Seller  subleases  from
Lyric III, the respective Facilities.

     1.18 Final  Financial  Statements;  Final Balance Sheet.  "Final  Financial
Statements" shall mean the unaudited  Financial  Statements of the Facilities as
of December 31, 1998, including a balance sheet for each of the Facilities as of
such date, together with the related unaudited statement of income and statement
of cash flows for the period from  January 1, 1998 through the  Effective  Date,
and the notes thereto,  all of which Seller agrees to deliver to Purchaser on or
before  April 15,  1999.  "Final  Balance  Sheet"  shall mean the balance  sheet
included in the Final Financial Statements.

     1.19 Financial Statements of the Facilities.  "Financial  Statements of the
Facilities"  shall  mean  the  unaudited  Financial  Statements  for each of the
Facilities as of September 30, 1998, previously delived to Purchaser.

     1.20  Franchisor.   "Franchisor"  shall  mean  Integrated  Health  Services
Franchising Co., Inc., a Delaware  corporation,  with principal offices at 10065
Red Run Boulevard, Owings Mills, Maryland 21117, which is a Subsidiary of IHS.

     1.21 Guaranty.  "Guaranty"  shall mean the guaranty,  in form and substance
satisfactory  to  Purchaser,  executed  and  delivered  by  Lyric  to  Purchaser
concurrently  with the  execution  and  delivery  of the  Master  Lease  and the
Facility Subleases,  pursuant to which Lyric guarantees to Purchaser the payment
and  performance  by Lyric III and the  respective  Sellers of their  respective
obligations under the Master Lease and the Facility Subleases.


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     1.22 IHS. "IHS" shall mean  Integrated  Health  Services,  Inc., a Delaware
corporation,  with principal  offices at 10065 Red Run Boulevard,  Owings Mills,
Maryland 21117.

     1.23 IHS Indemnity.  "IHS Indemnity" shall mean the indemnity agreement, in
form  and  substance  satisfactory  to  Purchaser,  to be  executed  by IHS  and
Purchaser,  pursuant to which IHS agrees to indemnify  Purchaser with respect to
certain environmental matters in respect of the Facilities.

     1.24 Improvements.  "Improvements" shall mean, collectively,  the buildings
and all attached  fixtures  constituting the nursing  home/adult care facilities
and related  improvements,  related rights and fixtures,  constructed on each of
the Real Properties.

     1.25  Intangible  Property.   "Intangible  Property"  shall  mean  (a)  all
transferable consents,  authorizations,  variances or waivers, licenses, permits
and approvals given or issued by any governmental or quasi-governmental  agency,
department,  board, commission, bureau or other entity or instrumentality having
jurisdiction over the respective  Facilities and (b) all rights to use the names
of the Facilities set forth on Schedule 1.25 hereto,  but excluding any right to
use the name "Integrated" or the name "Integrated Health Services".

     1.26 Knowledge.  "Knowledge" of a party shall mean (a) actual  knowledge of
an officer  or  management  level  employee  of such  party,  with  respect to a
corporation,  (b) actual  knowledge  of a general  partner or  management  level
employee of such party,  with respect to a partnership,  or (c) actual knowledge
of the person with respect to a natural person.

     1.27  Law.  "Law"  shall  mean any  federal,  state,  local  or other  law,
ordinance,  code, or governmental agency requirement of any kind, and the rules,
regulations and orders promulgated thereunder including, without limitation, the
Environmental Laws.

     1.28 Loan Facility.  "Loan  Facility"  shall mean the loan evidenced by the
Loan  Agreement,  dated as of December  30,  1998,  between  Purchaser  and GMAC
Commercial Mortgage Corporation.

     1.29 MAI  Appraisal.  "MAI  Appraisal"  shall  mean  with  respect  to each
Facility,  an  appraisal,  in form  and  substance  satisfactory  to  Purchaser,
prepared  by an  appraiser  who is a Member of the  Appraisal  Institute  and is
experienced  in  appraising  properties  of the  same  nature,  and in the  same
geographical vicinity, as each Facility.

     1.30  Manager.  "Manager"  shall  mean IHS  Facility  Management,  Inc.,  a
Delaware corporation,  with principal offices at 10065 Red Run Boulevard, Owings
Mills, Maryland 21117, which is a Subsidiary of IHS.


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     1.31 Master Franchise  Agreement.  "Master Franchise  Agreement" shall mean
the amended and  restated  master  franchise  agreement,  in form and  substance
satisfactory to Purchaser,  to be executed by Franchisor and Lyric,  pursuant to
which  Franchisor  grants to Lyric the right to use Franchisor's  names,  marks,
systems and proprietary information.

     1.32 Master Lease.  "Master Lease" shall mean the master lease, in form and
substance  satisfactory  to  Purchaser,  executed and delivered by Purchaser and
Lyric III, concurrently with the Closing,  pursuant to which Purchaser leases to
Lyric III, and Lyric III leases from Purchaser, the respective Facilities.

     1.33 Master Management Agreement.  "Master Management Agreement" shall mean
the amended and restated  master  management  agreement,  in form and  substance
satisfactory  to  Purchaser,  to be executed by Lyric and  Manager,  pursuant to
which Manager agrees to manage the Facilities.

     1.34 Monarch.  "Monarch"  shall mean Monarch  Properties,  LLC, a Delaware,
limited liability company, with principal offices at 8889 Pelican Bay Boulevard,
Naples, Florida 34108.

     1.35  Permits.  "Permits"  shall  mean  all  permits,  consents,   waivers,
exemptions,  orders,  certificates of need, licenses and governmental and agency
authorizations,  registrations  and  approvals  with  respect  to  each  of  the
Facilities,  as listed on Schedule 1.35 hereto. For purposes of this definition,
the term "license"  shall mean the permit to own a nursing home and to operate a
nursing home issued to any operator of a nursing home upon  application  to, and
approval by, the health care facilities  branch,  pursuant to the relevant state
nursing home licensure act, as in effect on the Effective Date.

     1.36   Permitted   Liens.   "Permitted   Liens"  shall  mean  those  liens,
encumbrances,   mortgages,  charges,  claims,  restrictions,  pledges,  security
interests,  impositions and other matters  affecting any of the  Facilities,  as
listed on Schedule 1.36 hereto.

     1.37 Personal Property.  "Personal Property" shall mean, collectively,  the
vehicles, equipment, machinery, furniture, fixtures, furnishings, moveable walls
or partitions, computers or trade fixtures, office equipment, operating supplies
and other  tangible real or personal  property owned or leased by Sellers on the
Closing Date.

     1.38 Pledge Agreements.  "Pledge Agreements" shall mean, collectively,  (a)
the  pledge  agreement,  executed  and  delivered  from  Lyric  Health  Care LLC
("Lyric") to Monarch LP,  pursuant to which Lyric pledged to Purchaser the stock
of Lyric  Health  Care  Holdings  III,  Inc.  ("Lyric  III") and (b) the  pledge
agreement,  executed  and  delivered  from Lyric III to Monarch LP,  pursuant to
which  Lyric III  pledged to Monarch LP the stock or  partnership  interests  of
Sellers.

     1.39 Purchase Price. "Purchase Price" shall mean the sum of $184,300,000.


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     1.40 Real Property.  "Real Property" shall mean,  collectively,  all of the
land and Improvements  located  thereon,  situated at the addresses as listed on
Exhibit B hereto, that is currently owned by Sellers.

     1.41  Release.  "Release"  shall mean the  release,  deposit,  disposal  or
leakage of any Hazardous  Material into, upon or under any land or water or air,
or otherwise into the environment,  including,  without limitation,  by means of
burial, disposal, discharge,  emission,  injection,  spillage, leakage, seepage,
leaching, dumping, pumping, pouring, escaping, emptying, placement and the like.

     1.42  Security  Agreement.  "Security  Agreement"  shall mean the  security
agreement,  in form and substance  satisfactory to Monarch LP, pursuant to which
Sellers  and Lyric III grant to  Purchaser a security  interest in the  Personal
Property and Intangible Property in order to secure the obligations of Lyric III
under the Master Lease and each Seller under the Facility Subleases.

     1.43 Sellers'  Liabilities.  "Sellers'  Liabilities" shall mean any and all
liabilities of Sellers or any of the  Facilities,  whether actual or contingent,
relating  to each of the  Facilities  that are (a)  reflected  on the  Financial
Statements  of the  Facilities  or on  Schedule  1.43  hereto or (b)  except for
liabilities  arising from operation of the Facilities on or prior to the Closing
Date, arising under the Contracts.

     1.44  Sellers'  Assets.  "Sellers'  Assets" shall mean,  collectively,  the
Facilities and the Intangible Property.

     1.45 Seller Licenses.  "Seller  Licenses" shall mean, if and as applicable,
all  material  licenses,  Permits and  authorizations  necessary  for the lawful
operation  of  the  respective  Facilities,  as  the  Facilities  currently  are
operated,  including all licenses,  Permits and authorizations  necessary to (a)
lawfully  operate all beds contained in the Facilities as nursing home beds, (b)
provide licensed nursing services and any other services  currently  provided at
the  respective  Facilities,  and (c) receive  payment  under the  Medicare  and
applicable state Medicaid programs.

     1.46 Survey. "Survey" shall mean, with respect to a Facility, a survey that
is (a) certified to Purchaser,  the applicable  Seller,  Lyric III and the Title
Company,   (b)  prepared  in  accordance   with  the  minimum   standard  detail
requirements and classifications for ALTA/ASCM land title surveys, as adopted in
1992 by ALTA/ASCM,  including Table A responsibilities  and specifications  1-4,
6-11 and 13, and (c) otherwise in form satisfactory to Purchaser.

     1.47 Title  Commitment.  "Title  Commitment"  shall mean, with respect to a
Facility, a title insurance commitment, issued by the Title Company, dated after
the  date  of  this  Agreement  and  committing  the  Title  Company  to  insure
Purchaser's  fee simple title to the  applicable  Facility,  subject only to the
Permitted Liens, in the amount of the portion of the Purchase Price


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allocated to such  Facility  pursuant to Section  13.12  hereof,  together  with
legible copies of all recorded documents referred to therein.

     1.48 Title  Company.  "Title  Company"  shall mean Fidelity  National Title
Insurance Company of New York.

     1.49 Title  Insurance  Policy.  "Title  Insurance  Policy" shall mean, with
respect  to a  Facility,  a  title  insurance  policy,  issued  pursuant  to the
applicable Title Commitment by the Title Company  concurrently with the Closing,
that insures  Purchaser's fee simple title to the applicable  Facility,  subject
only to the  Permitted  Liens.  Each Title  Insurance  Policy shall  include the
following endorsements (unless waived by the Purchaser), to the extent available
under the law of the state in which the applicable Facility is located: (a) Form
3.1 completed zoning  endorsement,  (b)  comprehensive  endorsement,  (c) access
endorsement,  (d) survey endorsement,  (e) separate tax parcel endorsement,  (f)
contiguity endorsement (if the Real Property on which the applicable Facility is
located  consists of more than one parcel),  and (g) such other  endorsements as
Purchaser reasonably may require.

     1.50  Transaction  Documents.   "Transaction  Documents"  shall  mean  this
Agreement,  the Master Lease, the Facility  Subleases,  the Memorandum of Lease,
the Memoranda of Sublease,  the  Guaranty,  the Security  Agreement,  the Escrow
Agreement,  the IHS Indemnity,  the Pledge  Agreements and all other  agreements
related thereto executed and delivered by the parties to this Agreement.

     1.51 UCC Search Report.  "UCC Search Report" shall mean a UCC search report
in the name of the  applicable  Seller and  Facility  conducted at the state and
county  level in the state in which the  applicable  Facility is located and, if
different,  in the state in which the applicable  Seller is organized and in the
state in which the applicable Seller's chief executive office is located.


                                   ARTICLE II
                                PURCHASE AND SALE

     2.1  Agreement to Sell and Buy. On the terms and subject to the  conditions
set forth in this Agreement,  Sellers agree to sell to Purchaser,  and Purchaser
agrees to acquire from Sellers, Sellers' Assets.

     2.2 No Assumption of Liabilities.  Except as specifically set forth in this
Agreement,  Purchaser is not acquiring or assuming any  liabilities  of Sellers,
IHS, or the  Facilities  whatsoever,  including,  without  limitation,  those of
Sellers with respect to Sellers' Assets.


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     2.3 "As Is" Purchase.  Purchaser is acquiring  Sellers'  Assets without any
express or implied  warranties  other that those  specifically set forth in this
Agreement.


                                   ARTICLE III
                                 PURCHASE PRICE

     3.1 Payment of Purchase Price. A portion of the Purchase Price in an amount
as set forth on Schedule 3.1 hereto shall be payable on the Closing Date by wire
transfer in accordance with wire transfer instructions to be provided by IHS and
Sellers. The Purchase Price shall be allocated among the Facilities as set forth
in Section 13.11 hereof.  Sellers and Purchaser agree that, for purposes of this
Agreement,  no portion of the Purchase  Price shall be allocated to the Personal
Property or the Intangible Property.

     3.2 Earn-out Payments.

          (a) In  addition to the amount of the  Purchase  Price  payable  under
Section  3.1,  above,  the  Purchaser  shall make an earn-out  payment to IHS in
accordance  with this Section 3.2 upon a Transfer (as defined in Section 3.2(i),
below) of any Facility.

          (b) The parties have  established a designated  value (the "Designated
Value") for each  Facility,  and have listed  same on Schedule  3.2 hereto.  The
Designated  Value  established  for each Facility is based upon such  Facility's
allocated  portion of a presupposed base resale price of $138,000,000 for all of
the Facilities in the aggregate.

          (c) If at any time, or from time to time, after the Closing there is a
Transfer of any one or more of the Facilities,  then Purchaser shall pay to IHS,
in the manner as provided in subsection (f) below, an earn-out fee in respect of
each Facility so Transferred, calculated as follows:

               (i) if the Net Proceeds (as defined in Section 3.2(i),  below) in
          respect of the Transfer of such Facility are more than the  Designated
          Value for such Facility but not more than one hundred thirty-three and
          one-third  (133  1/3%)  percent  of  the  Designated  Value  for  such
          Facility,  then the  Purchaser  shall pay an earn-out fee to IHS in an
          amount  equal to (x) $93,750  (the  "Facility  Fee"),  plus (y) ninety
          (90%) percent of the portion of such Net Proceeds that is in excess of
          the Designated Value for such Facility; and

               (ii) if the Net  Proceeds  in  respect  of the  Transfer  of such
          Facility  exceed one hundred  thirty-three  and  one-third  (133 1/3%)
          percent of the Designated Value for such Facility,  then the Purchaser
          shall  pay  an  earn-out  fee to IHS in an  amount  equal  to (x)  the
          Facility Fee, plus (y) ninety (90%) percent of


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          the  portion  of such Net  Proceeds  that is more than the  Designated
          Value for such Facility but is not more than one hundred  thirty-three
          and  one-third  (133 1/3%)  percent of the  Designated  Value for such
          Facility,  plus (z) twenty  (20%)  percent of the  portion of such Net
          Proceeds that is more than one hundred thirty-three and one-third (133
          1/3%) percent of the Designated Value for such Facility.

          (d) The maximum cumulative earn-out payments required to be made under
this Section 3.2 shall not exceed,  in the aggregate,  $67,600,000 (the "Maximum
Earn-Out Payment").

          (e) If more than one Facility is Transferred  in a single  transaction
(or if the  Transfer  occurs by reason of a  transaction  described  in Sections
3.2(i)(vi)(3)  or  3.2(i)(vi)(4),  or Section  3.2(j),  below) then the earn-out
payment  required to be made under this  Section 3.2 shall be  calculated  on an
aggregate basis with respect to all of the Facilities Transferred in such single
transaction.  In this regard,  the earn-out payment required to be made upon the
closing of such  transaction  shall be determined by reference to the sum of the
Designated Values for all of the Facilities Transferred, and shall be calculated
based upon the  aggregate  Net  Proceeds  realized  on the  Transfer of all such
Facilities.  A  Facility  Fee  shall  be paid  with  respect  to  each  Facility
Transferred.  Any Transfer  pursuant to  subsections  (i)(vi)(3) or  (i)(vi)(4),
below, shall be deemed to be a Transfer of all of the Facilities.

          (f) Until the  Maximum  Earn-Out  Payment  shall have been  paid,  the
Purchaser shall give IHS not less than fifteen (15) days prior written notice of
the scheduled  closing date of any Transfer.  Such notice (a "Transfer  Notice")
shall  include a  calculation  of the earn-out fee to be paid to IHS  hereunder.
Payment of the earn-out fee in respect of the Transfer of any Facility  shall be
made at the closing of the transaction  pursuant to which such Transfer is made,
notwithstanding that any portion of the Net Proceeds in respect of such Transfer
may be required to be paid over time in accordance with the agreements governing
such  Transfer.  If payment of any  portion of the Net  Proceeds in respect of a
Transfer is contingent  upon future events or conditions,  the earn-out  payment
required  to be made  hereunder  shall be  calculated  and paid  based  upon the
maximum possible  contingent  payment  allowable under the agreements  governing
such Transfer.  Any payments required to be made under this Section 3.2 shall be
made in cash, by wire transfer of  immediately  available  funds,  to an account
specified by IHS in writing.

          (g) In the event that any earn-out  becomes  payable to IHS under this
Section  3.2,  and another  Transfer  occurs  thereafter,  the earn-out (if any)
becoming  payable to IHS in respect to such  subsequent  Transfer shall be in an
amount equal to the  difference  between (i) the  earn-out  that would have been
payable  pursuant to subsection (e),  above,  on an aggregate  basis, as if such
subsequent  Transfer was part of a single  transaction  that  included all prior
Transfers, and (ii) all earn-out payments theretofore made.


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          (h)  Notwithstanding  anything  herein to the  contrary,  in the event
that,  at the time of any Transfer of a Facility,  there shall have  occurred an
Event of Default as defined in the Master Lease,  then,  and in such event,  any
earn-out  becoming payable to IHS with respect to such Transfer shall be reduced
by the sum of the following:

               (i) Damages, as set forth in Section 16.5 of the Master Lease;

               (ii) all interest  costs  incurred by Purchaser in respect of any
          debt  financing  undertaken by Purchaser in order to cure the Event of
          Default under the Maser Lease; and

               (iii) two (2x) times the dollar  amount of any equity  securities
          issued by  Purchaser  in order to cure the Event of Default  under the
          Master Lease.

          (i) For purposes of this Section 3.2, the following  capitalized terms
have the following meanings:

               (i) "Allocable Loan Amount" means,  with respect to any Facility,
          that portion of the original principal amount of the Loan Facility (as
          defined in Section  1.28) that has been  allocated to such Facility as
          indicated on Schedule 3.2 hereto.

               (ii)  "Consideration"  means  the  total  consideration  paid  or
          delivered upon the  consummation  of a Transfer,  including  cash, the
          face value of all debt securities, the fair market value of all equity
          securities, the fair market value of any other property, and the value
          of  long-term  liabilities  and  short-term   liabilities  assumed  or
          guaranteed  as part of the  Transfer.  The  fair  market  value of any
          equity securities included in the Consideration shall be determined as
          follows:

                    (1) if the securities are traded on a national exchange,  by
               the average closing sales price of such securities for the thirty
               (30)  trading day period  immediately  before the date payment is
               made to IHS (but if there were not reported  transactions  on any
               trading day during such period,  then the mean of the closing bid
               and asked prices on such trading day shall be used), and

                    (2) if  such  securities  are  traded  over-the-counter  and
               quoted  through the National  Association  of Securities  Dealers
               Automated  Quotation  System  (NASDAQ) by the mean of the closing
               bid prices of such  securities  for the thirty  (30)  trading day
               period  immediately  before the date  payment is made to IHS,  as
               quoted in the National Quotation Bureau pink sheets;


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               provided,   however,  that  in  the  event  that  the  agreements
               governing  such  Transfer  provide  for a method of  valuing  any
               securities paid or delivered as Consideration, then that basis of
               valuation  shall be used in  computing  the fair market  value of
               such  securities.  In the event that a Transfer is  conducted  by
               means of a Long-Term Lease,  "Consideration" shall mean the total
               consideration  (as described above) to be paid for entire term of
               such Long-Term Lease (including the amount of any  non-refundable
               purchase option  deposit),  discounted to present value at a rate
               of 12.521% per annum,  giving effect to monthly  compounding.  In
               the event that a Transfer  is  conducted  by means of a mortgage,
               loan or other  borrowing,  as described in subsection  (i)(vi)(2)
               above,  "Consideration" shall mean the sum of the Net Proceeds of
               such  loan plus the then  outstanding  principal  balance  of the
               Allocable Loan Amount for the Facility subject of such loan.

               (iii) "Long-Term  Lease" means,  with respect to any Facility,  a
          lease of such  Facility  for a term of 30 years or more,  or any other
          lease,  irrespective of stated  duration,  which contains an option to
          purchase  the subject  Facility for less than the fair market value of
          such Facility, determined as of the commencement date of the lease.

               (iv) "Net  Proceeds"  means,  with respect to any  Transfer,  the
          total amount of  Consideration  paid or delivered in  connection  with
          such  Transfer (or deemed to have been paid or  delivered  pursuant to
          Section  3.2(j),  below),  after the  payment  (or  setting  aside for
          payment) of all debts and liabilities of the Facility(ies) Transferred
          (including,  without  limitation,  the portion of any  obligations for
          money  borrowed  which is  allocable to such  Facility(ies)),  and the
          costs and expenses  incurred in connection with the Transfer and which
          are properly allocable to such Facility(ies).  However, in the case of
          any  Transfer of the type as  described  in Section  3.2(i)(vi)(3)  or
          Section  3.2(i)(vi)(4),  "Net  Proceeds"  shall  mean  the  amount  as
          determined  pursuant  to  the  preceding  sentence,  multiplied  by  a
          fraction, the numerator of which is an amount equal to 133 1/3% of the
          Designated  Value for the Facilities,  and the denominator of which is
          an amount equal to the sum of the said numerator amount plus the total
          of all  purchase  prices paid for all other  facilities  (if any) then
          owned  directly  or  indirectly  by the entity  which in the case of a
          Transfer  described  in  Section  3.2(i)(vi)(3),  is the issuer of the
          stock  being  issued or  transferred,  or in the case of a Transfer as
          described  in  Section  3.2(i)(ii)(4),   is  the  entity  (either  the
          Purchaser or any Purchaser  Parent) which merged or consolidated  with
          another entity.


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               (v)  "Purchaser  Parent"  means Monarch  Properties,  LLC, or any
          other entity which owns  directly,  or indirectly  through one or more
          subsidiaries,   at  least  40%  of  the  issued  equity  interests  of
          Purchaser.

               (vi) "Transfer" means any of the following events:

                    (1) any sale,  transfer,  or Long-Term Lease (defined below)
               by  Purchaser  of all or  substantially  all of the assets of any
               Facility;

                    (2) any  mortgage,  loan,  refinancing  or  other  borrowing
               secured by the assets of any Facility, the Net Proceeds of which,
               when  added  to the then  outstanding  principal  balance  of the
               Allocable  Loan Amount for such  Facility,  exceed the Designated
               Value for such Facility;

                    (3) any sale of shares of stock,  share  exchange or similar
               transaction  or  event,  or  series  of sales of shares of stock,
               share exchanges or similar  transactions  or events,  pursuant to
               which the Purchaser  is, or any  stockholders  of Purchaser  are,
               entitled to receive Consideration (defined below); or

                    (4)  any   consolidation  or  merger  of  Purchaser  or  any
               Purchaser  Parent  with or into  another  entity or any merger of
               another entity into  Purchaser or any Purchaser  Parent (in which
               consolidation  or merger the  shareholders  of  Purchaser  or the
               Purchaser Parent receive Consideration).

          (j)  Notwithstanding  any other  provision of this Section 3.2, in the
event that Purchaser or any Purchaser Parent (the "Issuer") completes an initial
public  offering  of  its  securities  pursuant  to  an  effective  registration
statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (an "IPO"), the following
shall apply:

               (i) such offering shall be deemed to be a Transfer of the type as
          described in Section  3.2(i)(vi)(3)  for which  Purchaser has received
          Consideration  in an amount equal to the sum of (A) the offering price
          per share (net of any underwriter's commissions and discounts, and net
          of any underwriter's reimbursable expenses) of the securities included
          in such IPO (the "IPO  Price"),  multiplied  by the total  issued  and
          outstanding shares of the Issuer's  securities  immediately after such
          IPO, and (B) the IPO Price multiplied by the number of all such shares
          that are issuable  pursuant to any  warrants,  options or other rights
          for the purchase of the Issuer's  securities  that are  exercisable at
          the time of the  closing of the IPO for a price which is less than the
          IPO  price,  less the  exercise  price in  respect  of such  warrants,
          options and other purchase rights; and


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               (ii) Upon payment in full of the  earn-out (if any)  becoming due
          in respect of the Net  Proceeds  deemed to be received by Purchaser in
          connection  with  the  IPO  or  a  transaction  described  in  Section
          3.2(i)(vi)(4),  no further  earn-out  amounts shall become  payable by
          Purchaser under this Agreement.

          (k) If any  controversy  should  arise  between the parties  hereto in
connection with the performance, interpretation or application of Section 3.2 of
this  Agreement,  including,  but not  limited  to the  amount  of Net  Proceeds
attributable  to any one or more  Transfers,  or the  fair  market  value of any
securities  delivered  as part  of the  Consideration  in  connection  with  any
Transfer,  IHS and/or the  Purchaser  may serve upon the other a written  notice
stating  that  such  party  desires  to  have  the  controversy  reviewed  by an
arbitrator.  If the  parties  cannot  agree  within  fifteen  (15) days from the
service of such notice upon the  selection  of such  arbitrator,  an  arbitrator
shall be designated by the American Arbitration Association upon written request
of either party hereto.  Arbitration of any such controversy  shall be conducted
in  accordance  with  the  Commercial  Arbitration  Rules  then in  force of the
American Arbitration Association and the decision and award of the arbitrator so
selected shall be binding upon IHS and the Purchaser.  The  arbitration  will be
held in New York  City.  As a  condition  precedent  to the  appointment  of any
arbitrator both parties shall be required to make a good faith effort to resolve
the  controversy  which effort  shall  continue for a period of thirty (30) days
prior to any demand for arbitration.  The cost of any such arbitration  shall be
shared equally by the parties.  Each party shall pay its own costs incurred as a
result of its participation in any such arbitration.


                                   ARTICLE IV
                                     CLOSING

     On the Closing  Date,  at the offices of  LeBoeuf,  Lamb,  Greene & MacRae,
L.L.P., 125 West 55th Street, New York, New York 10019, Sellers, Purchaser, IHS,
Lyric and Lyric III shall  deliver the  documents  pursuant to Sections 10.5 and
11.5 hereof.


                                    ARTICLE V
                         TRANSACTION COSTS AND EXPENSES

     The costs of the transaction and the expenses  related to the ownership and
operation of the Sellers' Assets shall be paid as follows:

     5.1 Transfer  Taxes;  Sales Taxes.  Sellers  shall pay all state and county
transfer or excise  taxes due on the  transfer to Purchaser of title to the Real
Property and the respective  Facilities and all assessments and taxes related to
the recording of the corresponding deeds. Sellers shall pay any sales tax due on
the  transfer to  Purchaser  of title to the  Personal  Property,  although  the
parties believe no such tax is due.


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     5.2  MAI  Appraisals.  Sellers  shall  pay the  cost of the MAI  Appraisals
delivered by Sellers to Purchaser.

     5.3 Title  Insurance.  Sellers shall pay the cost of the Title  Commitments
and the  premium  for the Title  Insurance  Policies  (including  any  leasehold
policies desired by Sellers) for the respective Facilities.

     5.4 Surveys/UCC  Search Reports.  Sellers shall pay the cost of the Surveys
and the UCC Search Reports for the respective Facilities.

     5.5  Environmental  Reports/Remediation.  Sellers shall pay for the cost of
Phase  I  environmental  assessments  for  the  respective  Facilities,  for any
additional  assessments  recommended  in  the  original  Phase  I  environmental
assessments,  and for the cost of the Environmental  Remediation  agreed upon by
the parties and as described on Schedule  1.12 hereto.  Sellers  shall cause the
Phase I  environmental  assessments  and any  additional  assessments or reports
provided by Sellers to be certified to the  Purchaser  for reliance by Purchaser
thereon.

     5.6  Attorneys'  Fees.  Sellers shall pay its own  attorneys'  fees and the
reasonable and documented  attorneys' fees, costs and disbursements of Purchaser
and Sellers.

     5.7 Recording  Costs.  Sellers shall pay all recording fees relating to the
recording of the deeds.

     5.8  Releases.  Sellers  shall pay the cost of obtaining  and recording any
releases  necessary to deliver title to Sellers'  Assets in accordance  with the
terms of this Agreement.

     5.9 Deferred  Maintenance  Adjustment.  At the  Closing,  each Seller shall
deposit into escrow with the Escrow Agent the  Deferred  Maintenance  Adjustment
attributable to the Facility currently owned by it.

     5.10 Fee; Commitment Fee. At the Closing,  Sellers shall pay to Purchaser a
commitment fee equal to an aggregate of $1,380,000..

     5.11 Other Items.  Purchaser  has no duty to operate any Facility  from and
after  the  Closing  Date,  such  operations  to be  accomplished  solely by the
applicable Seller, as sublessee of Lyric III under a Facility Sublease,  subject
to the  provisions of the Master Lease,  or by Manager  pursuant to the Facility
Management Agreement.  Accordingly, each Seller shall be responsible for (a) all
revenues  and  expenses   attributable  to  the  Facility  owned  by  it,  where
attributable  to the period before or after the Effective Date, (b) the real and
personal property taxes, assessments and similar charges that are levied against
the Facility currently owned by it, whether attributable to the period before or
after the Effective Date, (c) all utilities provided to the Facility currently


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owned by it,  whether  before or after the Effective  Date,  and (d) any amounts
that have been  prepaid,  or that remain to be paid,  under any of the Contracts
affecting Sellers' Assets.


                                   ARTICLE VI
                                   POSSESSION

     At the  Effective  Date,  Purchaser  shall be  entitled  to  possession  of
Sellers' Assets, subject only to (a) the rights of the patients and residents of
the respective Facilities, (b) any possessory rights granted to any person under
the  Permitted  Liens and (c) the rights of Lyric III under the Master Lease and
each Seller under the applicable Facility Sublease.


                                   ARTICLE VII
                    REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF SELLERS

     Each Seller hereby represents and warrants to Purchaser that:

     7.1 Corporate  Organization;  Good Standing;  Corporate  Information.  Such
Seller is a corporation,  duly organized,  validly existing and in good standing
under the laws of the state set forth opposite its name on Exhibit B hereto, and
it has the corporate power and authority to develop,  own, operate and lease the
Facility owned by it, to carry on its businesses as and in the places where such
businesses are now conducted and where such properties are now developed, owned,
leased  or  operated,  and to  enter  into  the  transactions  and  perform  its
obligations under this Agreement,  the other Transaction Documents and any other
documents  and  instruments  required  to be  delivered  to which it is or is to
become a party and it is duly qualified as a foreign  corporation to do business
in the  jurisdiction  in which the  Facility  owned by it is located or in which
failure so to qualify would impair its ability to perform its obligations  under
this Agreement or any other Transaction Document.

     7.2 Authorization;  Enforceability. The execution, delivery and performance
by such Seller of this Agreement,  the other Transaction Documents and of all of
the documents and instruments  contemplated  hereby to be executed and delivered
by it are within the legal and corporate  power and authority of such Seller and
have been duly  authorized by all necessary  legal and corporate  action of such
Seller.  This Agreement is, the other  Transaction  Documents are, and the other
documents and  instruments  required  hereby to be delivered by it will be, when
executed  and  delivered,  the valid and  binding  obligations  of such  Seller,
enforceable against it in accordance with their respective terms.

     7.3 No Violation or Conflict.  The execution,  delivery and  performance of
this  Agreement,  the  Transaction  Documents and all of the other documents and
instruments contemplated hereby to be executed and delivered by such Seller does
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with or violate any material Law, judgment, or any order or decree binding on it
or the Articles of Incorporation or By-Laws of such Seller.  Except as indicated
on  Schedule  7.3(a)  hereto,  no notice to,  filing or  registration  with,  or
authorization,  consent or approval of, any person,  entity or  governmental  or
regulatory agency is necessary or required by such Seller in connection with the
execution and delivery of this Agreement,  the Transaction  Documents and all of
the other  documents  and  instruments  contemplated  hereby to be executed  and
delivered by such Seller or the  consummation by such Seller of the transactions
contemplated  hereby  or the  performance  by  such  Seller  of its  obligations
hereunder. Except as indicated on Schedule 7.3(b) hereto, since January 1, 1998,
such Seller has received no written notice from any  governmental  or regulatory
agency  having  jurisdiction  over  such  Seller's  Facility  (a)  claiming  any
violation of any Law (which violation has not been cured or otherwise remedied),
or (b)  requiring  or  calling  attention  to the  need for any  work,  repairs,
construction,  alterations or installation in connection with the Facility owned
by it which is or may be required  in order to comply with any Law (which  work,
repairs, construction, alterations or installation has not been completed).

     7.4 Assets.  The Personal  Property,  the Real Property and the  Intangible
Property  constitute  all of the assets used in the  operation  of the  Facility
owned by it. Such Seller owns good, valid and clear title to all of the Personal
Property  owned by it and to all the other assets,  if any, owned by it and used
in the  operation  of the  Facility  owned by it,  and also  including,  but not
limited to, all assets owned by such Seller that are  reflected in the Financial
Statements of the Facilities  related to the Facility owned by it and all assets
acquired  by it since  the date  thereof  related  to the  Facility  owned by it
(except for assets that have been sold or otherwise  disposed of in the ordinary
course  of  business),  free  and  clear  of  any  and  all  mortgages,   liens,
encumbrances,  charges,  claims,  restrictions,  pledges,  security interests or
impositions except Permitted Liens. Schedule 7.4 hereto contains an accurate and
complete list of the material  Personal  Property owned or leased by such Seller
on the Closing Date used in the operation of the Facility owned by it.

     7.5 No Litigation. Except as listed on Schedule 7.5 hereto, and the matters
set  forth on  Schedule  7.3(b)  hereto  and on the Phase I  environmental  site
assessment  reports  and Phase I update  reports  obtained  by  Sellers  for the
benefit of Buyer  from ATC  Associates,  Inc.  ("ATC")  (collectively,  the "ATC
Reports"),  there is no  material  litigation,  arbitration  proceeding,  govern
mental investigation,  citation,  suit, action,  proceeding or claim of any kind
pending or  threatened,  against it or the Facility  owned by it that relates to
such  Facility or any  portion  thereof or the ability of such Seller to perform
its obligations under this Agreement or under any other  Transaction  Documents.
The  matters  described  on  Schedule  7.5  hereto,  if  adversely   determined,
considered in the  aggregate,  would not have a material  adverse  effect on the
business  or  financial  condition  of such  Seller  or the  Facility  or on any
material  portion of the assets of such Seller or the  Facility  owned by it and
would not  preclude  such  Seller from  performing  its  obligations  under this
Agreement and under any other Transaction Documents.


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     7.6 Personal Property and Improvements.  Except as provided on Schedule 7.6
hereto,  the Personal  Property and  Improvements  used in the  operation of the
Facility  owned  by  such  Seller,  as of the  Effective  Date,  are (a) in good
operating  condition and in a state of good maintenance and repair,  normal wear
and tear  excepted,  and (b) the  Improvements  have no  structural  defects  or
material defects to any of their major systems and are adequate and suitable for
the purpose for which they are presently being used.

     7.7 Real Property and Improvements. Such Seller owns good, indefeasible and
insurable  title to the Real Property owned by it, free and clear of any and all
mortgages, liens, encumbrances, charges, claims, restrictions, pledges, security
interest or  impositions  except the Permitted  Liens.  There are no existing or
impending  Improvement  liens or special  assessments  to be made, or which have
been  made,  against  the  Real  Property  or  Improvements  owned  by it by any
governmental  authority.  Neither  the  Improvements  owned  by it,  nor the use
thereof,  any  Personal  Property  therein,  nor the  operation  or  maintenance
thereof,  violate any restrictive  covenant or encroach on any property owned by
others in any  material  respect.  No  condemnation  or  similar  proceeding  is
pending,  nor has such Seller or the Facility owned by it,  received any written
notice of any  condemnation  or similar  proceeding,  threatened or contemplated
that would preclude or impair the use of the Real Property,  the Improvements or
Personal  Property  owned by it or any  portion  thereof  by  Purchaser  for the
purposes for which it is currently used.

     7.8 Zoning.  There exists no judicial,  quasi-judicial,  administrative  or
other proceeding which might adversely affect the validity of the current zoning
of the Real Property and  Improvements  owned by it, nor is there any threatened
action or proceeding  which could result in the  modification and termination of
any such zoning.  There exists no current  action or proceeding  relating to any
alleged   non-compliance  with  zoning  Laws  involving  the  Real  Property  or
Improvements owned by it.

     7.9 Leases.  Schedule 1.6 hereto  contains an accurate and complete list of
each lease of Personal Property to which such Seller or the Facility owned by it
is a party or by which such Seller or any Facility owned by it is bound.

     7.10 Liabilities.  (a) The Sellers'  Liabilities include all liabilities of
such Seller in connection  with the Facility  owned by it for money  borrowed or
credit  purchases,  other  than  obligations  that will be  discharged  prior to
Closing,  (b) such  Seller  is not in  material  default  under  any  obligation
included  in  the  Sellers'  Liabilities,  and  no  event  has  occurred  or  is
contemplated by it, that would constitute a material  default,  or an event that
with the giving of notice or passage of time or both would  constitute a default
thereunder,  and (c) such Seller has paid,  and through the Effective Date shall
pay, all amounts due and payable to the  Effective  Date under the terms of each
obligation included in the Sellers Liabilities.


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     7.11 Taxes.  All tax returns  required under applicable Law relating to the
Facility  owned by such  Seller,  to have been  filed by or on behalf of it have
been  filed.  All taxes of such  Seller and taxes with  respect to the  Facility
owned by it for all periods covered by such returns have been paid or adequately
provided  for. No unpaid  deficiencies  for any such taxes have been  officially
asserted or assessed against such Seller or any Facility owned by it.

     7.12 Contracts. Schedule 1.6 hereto constitutes a true and complete list of
all Contracts to which such Seller or the Facility  owned by it is a party or by
which such Seller or the Facility owned by it is bound.

     7.13  Contracts  and Leases.  With  respect to those  Contracts  and leases
listed on Schedule 1.7 hereto,  such Seller shall  continue  such  Contracts and
leases,  as provided  for in the Master  Lease,  and such Seller  shall  defend,
indemnity and hold harmless  Purchaser  from and against any and all  covenants,
duties and  obligations  under such  Contracts  and leases,  including,  without
limitation,  any and all costs and expenses arising out of or in connection with
any such covenants, duties and obligations.

     7.14 Financial  Statements of the Facilities.  (a) The Financial Statements
of the Facilities,  taken as a whole, fairly present the financial position and,
if applicable, the results of operations of the Facility owned by such Seller as
of the dates  thereof and the periods then ended and were prepared in accordance
with generally accepted accounting  principles  consistently applied and (b) the
Final  Financial  Statements  when  delivered  will present fairly the financial
position and the results of operations  of the Facility  owned by such Seller as
of the Closing Date and the period then ended and will be prepared in accordance
with generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied.

     7.15 No Adverse Change.  Except as set forth in Schedule 7.15 hereto, since
January  1, 1998  there has not been:  (a) any  material  adverse  change in the
financial  condition  or business of the Facility  owned by such Seller,  or any
material adverse change in the net operating income of the Facility owned by it,
(b) any material loss, damage, condemnation or destruction to the Facility owned
by such Seller, (c) any labor dispute or disturbance, litigation or any event or
condition that could  materially  adversely affect the operation of the Facility
owned by such Seller,  (d) any borrowings by such Seller secured by the Facility
owned by it, or (e) any sale,  transfer  or other  disposition  of assets of the
Facility owned by such Seller other than in the ordinary course of business.

     7.16 Employment Agreements and Benefits. (a) Schedule 7.16 hereto is a true
and complete list of all  agreements or contracts  relating to the  compensation
and other  benefits  of  present  and  former  employees,  salesmen,  individual
consultants,  individuals and other individual agents of such Seller relating to
the Facility owned by it, including all collective bargaining agreements and all
pension,  retirement,  bonus, stock option, profit sharing, health,  disability,
life   insurance,   hospitalization,   education  or  other   similar  plans  or
arrangements (whether or not


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subject to the  Employee  Retirement  Income  Security  Act of 1974,  as amended
("ERISA")), true and complete copies of which, including any trust, insurance or
other funding  agreements (or true and complete  descriptions  of which,  in the
case of oral agreements)  have been delivered to Purchaser,  (b) such Seller has
not contributed to or maintained any "multiemployer plan", as defined in Section
3(37) of ERISA, in respect of present or former  employees at the Facility owned
by it, and (c) except as set forth in Schedule 7.16 hereto,  no such  agreements
require  Purchaser to assume or make  payments  with respect to any  employment,
compensation,  fringe benefit,  pension, profit sharing or deferred compensation
plan  in  respect  of any  employee  or  former  employee  or the  dependent  or
beneficiary  of any  employee or former  employee of such Seller  although  such
Seller  will  have  such  liabilities  in  accordance  with  the  terms  of such
arrangements to the extent such liabilities exist.

     7.17  Insurance.  (a)  Schedule  7.17 hereto (i)  contains an accurate  and
complete list of all material policies of property,  fire and casualty,  product
liability,  workers'  compensation and other forms of insurance owned or held by
such Seller in  connection  with the Facility  owned by it and (ii) includes for
each such policy its type,  term,  limits and retentions,  deductibles,  name of
insurer,  and (b) all  such  policies  are in full  force  and  effect  with all
premiums billed or otherwise due having been paid in full.

     7.18 Compliance with the Law.

          (a)  Except  as set forth on  Schedule  7.3(b)  hereto  and on the ATC
Reports, the use, maintenance and operation of the Facility owned by such Seller
does not violate or conflict in any material respect with any Law.

          (b) The Permits constitute all permits, consents, waivers, exemptions,
orders,  certificates of need, licenses and governmental agency  authorizations,
registrations  and  approvals  necessary  for  the  development,   construction,
ownership,  licensure,  use,  maintenance and operation of the Facility owned by
such Seller in compliance  with all  applicable  Laws (as such Facility is being
operated on the Effective  Date).  Except as shown on Schedule 1.36 hereto,  all
such Permits are in full force and effect, have been duly obtained,  made, given
or taken  and are being  complied  with in all  material  respects,  subject  to
approvals  required in connection  with the  transactions  contemplated  by this
Agreement and the other Transaction Documents.

          (c) No governmental  authority having  jurisdiction  over the Facility
owned by such Seller has issued any citations  with respect to any  deficiencies
or other  matters that fail to conform to any  applicable  statute,  regulation,
ordinance  or bylaw and that have not been  corrected  as of the date  hereof or
that shall not have been corrected on or prior to the Effective Date,  except to
the  extent  that  either  (i) a  waiver  has  been  issued  by the  appropriate
authority,  in which case a copy of such waiver is included on Schedule  7.18(c)
hereto,  or (ii) the deficiency or  non-conformity  will not have a material and
adverse  effect on the financial  condition or results of the  operations of the
Facility owned by such Seller.


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          (d) Such  Seller  has not  received  written or oral  notice  from any
licensing or certifying agency supervising or having authority over the Facility
owned by it,  requiring such Facility to be reworked or redesigned or additional
furniture,  fixtures,  equipment or inventory to be provided at such Facility so
as to  conform  to or comply  with any  existing  and  applicable  Law,  code or
standard, except where the requirement either (i) has been fully satisfied prior
to the Closing Date,  (ii) will, as of the Effective  Date, be in the process of
being  satisfied  pursuant  to  the  terms  of a Plan  of  Correction  or  other
documentation  submitted to and approved by the  appropriate  authority or (iii)
will, as of the Closing Date, be the subject of a valid written waiver issued by
the applicable licensing or certifying agency.

          (e) The  Facility  owned by it and  participating  in the  Medicare or
Medicaid Programs is in material compliance with all Conditions and Standards of
Participation in those Programs, except as set forth on Schedule 7.18(e) hereto.

     7.19  Transactions  with  Affiliates.  Except as set forth on Schedule 7.19
hereto, as of the Effective Date, the Facility owned by such Seller shall not be
bound by and will not owe any  amount  or have  any  contractual  obligation  or
commitment to any Affiliate  (other than  compensation  for current services and
reimbursement   of  expenses  arising  in  the  ordinary  course  of  business).
"Affiliate"  shall  mean  any  employee  of such  Seller,  any  person,  firm or
corporation that directly or indirectly  controls,  is controlled by or is under
common control with such Seller.

     7.20 Obligations.  Except as set forth on Schedule 7.20 hereto, none of the
patients at the Facility owned by it have been given any  concession,  rebate or
consideration  for the  rental of any room,  which  concession,  rebate or other
consideration shall not have been paid or delivered prior to the Effective Date.

     7.21 No Broker.  Except as set forth on Schedule  7.21 hereto,  such Seller
has not incurred any liability for broker's or finder's fees or  commissions  to
any broker,  financial  advisor or other  intermediary  in  connection  with the
transactions  contemplated by this  Agreement.  Such Seller agrees to pay and to
hold Purchaser harmless from and against any amounts due and payable to any such
adviser not scheduled with respect to the transactions contemplated herein.

     7.22 Environmental Compliance. "Hazardous Materials", as used herein, shall
mean,  collectively,   (a)  any  petroleum  or  petroleum  product,   explosive,
radioactive  material,  radon gas, asbestos,  urea formaldehyde foam insulation,
and  PCBs  and (b)  materials  which  are now or  hereafter  become  defined  as
"hazardous  substances",  "hazardous wastes",  "extremely hazardous substances",
"hazardous  materials",   "restricted  hazardous  wastes",   "toxic  chemicals",
"pollutants",    "toxic   pollutants",    "hazardous   air   pollutants",   "air
contaminants",  "hazardous  chemicals",  or words of  similar  import  under any
applicable  Environmental Laws. "Reasonable Inquiry", as used herein, shall mean
review of (i) the ATC Reports,  (ii) the asbestos survey reports included in the
ATC Reports,  and (iii) any Phase II  environmental  reports included in the ATC
Reports. Except as set forth in the ATC Reports, in connection with the Facility
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such Seller, to the best of its Knowledge, after Reasonable Inquiry, such Seller
has complied and is in compliance  with all applicable  Environmental  Laws, and
such Seller has no Knowledge, and has not received notice, (i) that the Facility
owned  by it or any  property  contiguous  to  the  Facility  owned  by it is in
violation of any  Environmental Law and (ii) of any pending or threatened claims
involving  the Facility  owned by it.  Except as set forth on Schedule 7.5 or in
the ATC Reports, neither such Seller nor the Facility owned by it is the subject
of  any  administrative  or  judicial  action  or  proceeding  pursuant  to  any
Environmental  Laws at the Effective Date in connection  with the Facility owned
by it. Promptly upon learning thereof,  at or following the Effective Date, such
Seller shall provide written notice to Purchaser of any written  notification of
(i) the assertion of any claim or any threatened  claim relating to the Facility
owned by it under any  Environmental  Law or (ii) the  assertion of any claim of
non-compliance  with or violation of any Environmental  Law. Except as set forth
in the ATC Reports,  to the best of such Seller's  Knowledge,  after  Reasonable
Inquiry, no Hazardous  Materials have at any time been generated,  used, treated
or stored  at;  transported  to or from;  or  disposed  of,  released,  emitted,
discharged or deposited at or in connection  with,  the Facility  owned by it in
any way contrary to that which is allowed or permitted  under any  Environmental
Laws.

     7.23 No Attachments. There are no attachments,  executions, assignments for
the  benefit  of  creditors,  receiverships,  conservatorship  or  voluntary  or
involuntary  proceedings  in  bankruptcy  or pursuant to any debtor  relief laws
contemplated  being filed by such Seller or pending  against  such Seller or the
Real Property or Improvements owned by it.

     7.24 No Options. As of the Effective Date, there are no options,  contracts
or other  obligations  outstanding for the sale,  exchange or transfer of any of
the Real Property, Personal Property or Improvements owned by such Seller or any
portion thereof or business operated therein.

     7.25 Seller  Licenses.  Except as set forth on Schedule  1.35 hereto,  such
Seller has all Seller Licenses  applicable to the Facility owned by it. Schedule
7.25  hereto  contains  true and  correct  copies of the  licenses  issued  most
recently by the applicable health care authorities with respect to the operation
of the Facility  owned by such  Seller.  Except as disclosed on Schedule 7.3 (b)
hereto,  such  Seller has not  received  written  or verbal  notice (a) that any
action or  proceeding  has been  initiated or is proposed to be initiated by the
appropriate  state or federal  agency having  jurisdiction  thereof,  to revoke,
withdraw or suspend any of the Seller Licenses  applicable to the Facility owned
by it in either the  Medicare  or Medicaid  Programs  or (b) of any  judicial or
administrative  agency  judgment  or  decision  not to renew  any of the  Seller
Licenses  applicable  to the  Facility  owned by it or (c) of any  licensure  or
certification action of any other type applicable to the Facility owned by it.

     7.26  Disclosure.  Such  Seller has  provided  to  Purchaser  access to all
relevant  documents,  materials  and  information  in its  possession or control
relative to the  Facility  owned by it and has not  withheld  any  documents  or
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liabilities, businesses, operations and prospects of such Seller or the Facility
owned by it. No  representation  or warranty of such  Seller  contained  in this
Agreement   (which  shall  include  any  Exhibit  or  Schedule  hereto)  and  no
certificate  or document  furnished  to  Purchaser  pursuant  to the  provisions
hereof,  contains any untrue statement of a material fact which is untrue in any
material  respect or omits to state a material  fact  necessary in order to make
the statements contained therein not misleading.


                                  ARTICLE VIII
                      REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF IHS

     IHS represents and warrants to Purchaser that:

     8.1 Status of IHS. IHS is a  corporation  that is duly  organized,  validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware.

     8.2 Validity or Conflicts.  This  Agreement is, and all of the  Transaction
Documents to be executed by IHS pursuant  hereto will be, the valid  obligations
of IHS,  enforceable in accordance with their  respective  terms,  except as the
enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium  or other  similar laws  relating to the  enforcement  of  creditors'
rights generally and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether such
enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law). The execution
of this Agreement and the applicable Transaction Documents have been approved by
all  required  corporate  action  on the  part of IHS and  does not and will not
result in a breach of the terms and  conditions  of,  nor  constitute  a default
under or violation of, the  Certificate of  Incorporation  and By-Laws of IHS or
any Law, regulation,  court order, mortgage,  note, bond, indenture,  agreement,
license  or other  instrument  or  obligation  to which IHS is now a party or by
which any of its assets may be bound or affected.

     8.3 Authority. IHS has full power and authority to execute and deliver this
Agreement and the applicable Transaction Documents to which it is a party.

     8.4 Truth of  Representations.  The  representations and warranties of each
Seller  pursuant  to Article VII hereof are true and  complete  in all  material
respects.


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                                   ARTICLE IX
                   REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PURCHASER

     Purchaser  hereby  represents  and  warrants  to each of the other  parties
hereto that:

     9.1  Organization.  Purchaser  is a  limited  partnership  duly  organized,
validly  existing and in good  standing  under the laws of the State of Delaware
and has full power and authority to enter into and perform its obligations under
this  Agreement,  the other  Transaction  Documents and any other  documents and
instruments  required  hereby to be  delivered  to which it is or is to become a
party.

     9.2 Authorization;  Enforceability. The execution, delivery and performance
by Purchaser of this Agreement,  the other Transaction  Documents and all of the
documents and instruments  contemplated hereby are within the power of Purchaser
and have  been duly  authorized  by all  necessary  action  of  Purchaser.  This
Agreement is, the other  Transaction  Documents are, and the other documents and
instruments  required hereby to be delivered by Purchaser will be, when executed
and  delivered,  the valid and binding  obligations  of  Purchaser,  enforceable
against Purchaser in accordance with their respective terms.

     9.3 No Violation or Conflict.  The execution,  delivery and  performance of
this  Agreement,  the other  Transaction  Documents and all of the documents and
instruments  contemplated  hereby to be executed and delivered by Purchaser does
not and will not conflict with or violate the Limited  Partnership  Agreement of
Purchaser or any material Law, judgment, order or decree binding on Purchaser.

     9.4 No Broker.  Except as set forth on Schedule 9.4 hereto,  Purchaser  has
incurred no liability for broker's or finder's fees or commissions to any broker
or other  intermediary in connection with the transactions  contemplated by this
Agreement.  Purchaser  agrees to pay and to hold Sellers,  and IHS harmless from
and against any amounts due and payable to any such adviser not  scheduled  with
respect to the transactions contemplated herein.


                                    ARTICLE X
              CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO THE OBLIGATIONS OF PURCHASER

     Each and every  obligation  of Purchaser  to be performed on the  Effective
Date shall be subject to the  satisfaction  as of both the Closing  Date and the
Effective  Date of the  following  express  conditions  precedent  (it being the
understanding  of the  parties  that any of such  conditions  may be  waived  by
Purchaser):

     10.1  Compliance  with this  Agreement.  Sellers  shall have  performed and
complied  in all  material  respects  with all of their  obligations  under this
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complied  with by them  prior  to or on the  Closing  Date,  including,  but not
limited  to, the  payment of all  costs,  fees and  expenses  that  Sellers  are
required to pay pursuant to this Agreement.

     10.2 Proceedings and Instruments Satisfactory.  All proceedings,  corporate
or  other,  to  be  taken  by  Sellers  in  connection  with  the   transactions
contemplated by this Agreement,  the other  Transaction  Documents and any other
documents  incident  thereto,  shall  be  reasonably  satisfac  tory in form and
substance to Purchaser  and  Purchaser's  counsel,  and Sellers  shall have made
available to Purchaser and Purchaser's counsel (or Purchaser shall have obtained
itself prior to the Closing  Date or waived the  necessity  for receipt  thereof
prior to the Closing  Date) for  examination  the  originals or true and correct
copies of all documents  that Purchaser and  Purchaser's  counsel may reasonably
request in connection with the  transactions  contemplated by this Agreement and
the other Transaction Documents, including, but not limited to:

     (a)  an MAI Appraisal for each of the Facilities;

     (b)  a Title Commitment for each of the Facilities;

     (c)  acceptable  engineering,  architectural and Phase I environmental site
          assessments for each of the Facilities;

     (d)  a Survey for each of the Facilities;

     (e)  a UCC Search Report for each of the Facilities;

     (f)  the Sellers' Licenses for each of the Facilities;

     (g)  valid permanent Certificates of Occupancy, if reasonably available and
          required  under  the Law,  for each of the  Facilities  as well as any
          other  licenses or Permits  reasonably  available  and  required to be
          obtained from applicable governmental  authorities with respect to the
          use and occupancy of each of the Facilities;

     (h)  for each  Seller,  Articles  of  Incorporation,  Certificates  of Good
          Standing and  Certificates  of  Authority to Transact  Business in the
          state in which each Facility owned by such Seller is located;

     (i)  for IHS, Articles of Incorporation and Certificate of Good Standing;

     (j)  certified  resolutions  of the Board of  Directors  of each Seller and
          certified  resolutions  of the Board of Directors of IHS, in each case
          authorizing  and approving the execution,  delivery and performance of
          Sellers  and IHS's  obligations  under  this  Agreement  and the other
          Transaction Documents;


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     (k)  the opinions of IHS's and Sellers'  local  healthcare  counsel in each
          state where a Facility is located,  as special healthcare  counsels to
          IHS and Sellers, in a form reasonably acceptable to Purchaser; and

     (l)  the opinion of counsel to IHS and the  Sellers,  in a form  reasonably
          acceptable to Purchaser.

     10.3 No  Litigation.  Except  as  provided  on  Schedule  10.3  hereto,  no
investigation,  suit, action or other proceeding shall be instituted, threatened
or pending before any court or governmental agency or body that seeks restraint,
prohibition,  damages or other relief in  connection  with this  Agreement,  the
other Transaction Documents or the consummation of the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents.

     10.4  Representations  and Warranties.  The  representations and warranties
made by Sellers and IHS in this  Agreement and the other  Transaction  Documents
shall be true and correct in all material respects at and as of the Closing Date
and the Effective Date.

     10.5 Deliveries at the Closing.  Sellers and IHS shall have, or shall cause
to have, delivered to Purchaser the following documents,  each properly executed
and dated as of the Closing Date:

     (a)  this Facilities Purchase Agreement;

     (b)  the Deeds;

     (c)  the Bills of Sale;

     (d)  the Master Lease;

     (e)  a memorandum  of lease in  recordable  form with respect to the Master
          Lease;

     (f)  the Facility Subleases;

     (g)  memoranda of sublease in  recordable  form with respect to each of the
          Facility Subleases;

     (h)  the Consent and Subordination Agreement;

     (i)  the Escrow Agreement;

     (j)  the Facility Franchise Agreement;


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     (k)  the Facility Management Agreement;

     (l)  the IHS Indemnity;

     (m)  the Guaranty;

     (n)  the Security Agreement;

     (o)  the Master Franchise Agreement;

     (p)  the Master Management Agreement; and

     (q)  any such other  documents or instruments as Purchaser and  Purchaser's
          counsel shall  reasonably  request in connection with the transactions
          contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents.

     10.6  Regulatory   Approvals.   All  required   licenses,   authorizations,
registrations,  Permits and approvals from federal and state regulatory agencies
with  jurisdiction  over  each of the  Facilities  to  permit  the  transactions
contemplated  by this Agreement and the other  Transaction  Documents shall have
been obtained or completed to the reasonable  satisfaction  of Purchaser and any
and all conditions to the effectiveness thereof shall have been satisfied.

     10.7  Default.  Each  Seller  and IHS shall not be in  default,  where said
default cannot be cured by the Closing Date, under any mortgage, contract, lease
or other  agreement  to which  such  Seller  and IHS is a party or by which such
Seller  and IHS is bound and that  materially  affects  or  relates  to the Real
Property, the Personal Property or any of the Facilities.

     10.8 Approvals. The Management Committee of Monarch shall have approved the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Transaction Documents.

     10.9 Loan Facility. Purchaser shall have obtained the Loan Facility.


                                   ARTICLE XI
                             CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO
                           THE OBLIGATIONS OF SELLERS

     Each and every  obligation of Sellers to be performed on the Effective Date
shall  be  subject  to the  satisfaction  as of both  the  Closing  Date and the
Effective  Date of the  following  express  conditions  precedent  (it being the
understanding  of the  parties  that any of such  conditions  may be  waived  by
Sellers):


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     11.1  Compliance  with this  Agreement.  Purchaser shall have performed and
complied  in all  material  respects  with  all of its  obligations  under  this
Agreement  and the  other  Transaction  Documents  that are to be  performed  or
complied with by it prior to or on the Closing Date, including,  but not limited
to, the payment of the Purchase Price by Purchaser.

     11.2 Proceedings and Instruments Satisfactory.  All proceedings,  corporate
or  other,  to be  taken  by  Purchaser  in  connection  with  the  transactions
contemplated by this Agreement,  the other  Transaction  Documents and any other
documents  incident  thereto,  shall  be  reasonably  satisfactory  in form  and
substance  to  Sellers  and  Sellers'  counsel,  and  Purchaser  shall have made
available  to Sellers  and  Sellers'  counsel (or  Sellers  shall have  obtained
themselves prior to the Closing Date or waived the necessity for receipt thereof
prior to the Closing  Date) for  examination  the  originals or true and correct
copies of all documents that Sellers and Sellers' counsel may reasonably request
in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other
Transaction Documents.

     11.3 No  Litigation.  Except  as  provided  on  Schedule  11.3  hereto,  no
investigation,  suit,  action or other proceeding shall be threatened or pending
before  any court or  governmental  agency  that seeks  restraint,  prohibition,
damages or other relief in connection with this Agreement, the other Transaction
Documents or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
and the other Transaction Documents.

     11.4  Representations  and Warranties.  The  representations and warranties
made by Purchaser in this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents shall be
true and correct in all material  respects at and as of the Closing Date and the
Effective Date.

     11.5  Deliveries  at the Closing.  Purchaser  shall have, or shall cause to
have,  delivered  to Sellers  and IHS the  following  documents,  each  properly
executed and dated as of the Closing Date:

     (a)  the agreements  identified in subparagraphs (a) through (q) of Section
          10.5 hereof;

     (b)  Certificate of Formation, Certificate of Good Standing and Certificate
          of Authority to Transact Business of Purchaser;

     (c)  certified  resolutions  of  Monarch  and  Purchaser,  authorizing  and
          approving  the  execution,  delivery and  performance  of  Purchaser's
          obligations under this Agreement and the other Transaction  Documents;
          and

     (d)  any such  other  documents  or  instruments  as Sellers  and  Sellers'
          counsel shall  reasonably  request in connection with the transactions
          contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents.


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     11.6  Restraints.  No  action  or  proceeding  before a court or any  other
governmental  agency  or  body  of or in  the  United  States  shall  have  been
instituted  or  threatened  to  restrain  or prohibit  the  consummation  of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents.

     11.7  Regulatory  Approvals.  All required  authorizations,  registrations,
Permits  and  approvals  from  federal  and  state   regulatory   agencies  with
jurisdiction over each of the Facilities to permit the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement and the other  Transaction  Documents shall have been obtained
or completed to the reasonable satisfaction of Sellers.

     11.8  Approvals.  The Board of Directors of each of the Sellers and IHS and
the requisite lenders under IHS's Revolving Credit and Term Loan Agreement shall
have  approved  the   transactions   contemplated  by  this  Agreement  and  the
Transaction Documents.


                                   ARTICLE XII
                    ADDITIONAL COVENANTS AND INDEMNIFICATIONS

     12.1 Transfer Taxes and Fees. Sellers shall pay all fees, transfer taxes or
assessments, if any, charged to grantors, lessors,  sub-lessors,  transferors or
assignors under applicable Law in connection with the transactions  contemplated
by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents.

     12.2  Cooperation.  The parties  hereto shall  cooperate in all respects in
connection  with the giving of any  notices  to any  governmental  authority  or
self-regulatory    organization   or   securing   the   permission,    approval,
determination,  consent or waiver of any  governmental  authority or other party
required in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents.

     12.3  Additional  Instruments.  At any time and from time to time after the
Closing,  at Purchaser's  reasonable request and without further  consideration,
Sellers  shall  execute and deliver such other  instruments  of sale,  transfer,
conveyance,  assignment and confirmation and take such other action as Purchaser
may reasonably  deem necessary to consummate the  transactions  contemplated  by
this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents. At any time and from time to
time after the Closing, at the reasonable request of Sellers and without further
consideration,  Purchaser  shall execute and deliver such other  instruments and
take such other action as Sellers may  reasonably  deem  necessary to consummate
the  transactions  contemplated  by this  Agreement  and the  other  Transaction
Documents.

     12.4   Publicity.   All   general   notices,   releases,   statements   and
communications  to employees and patients of Purchaser,  Sellers and each of the
Facilities relating to the transactions  contemplated by this Agreement shall be
made only at such times and in such manner as may be


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mutually agreed upon by Purchaser and Sellers.  All general  notices,  releases,
statements  and  communications  to the general public and the press relating to
the  transactions  contemplated  by this Agreement  shall be made only with such
content and at such times and in such  manner as may be mutually  agreed upon by
Purchaser and Sellers;  provided,  however, that each party shall be entitled to
make a public announcement of the transaction if, in the opinion of its counsel,
such announcement is required to comply with the Law.

     12.5 Confidentiality. Purchaser shall not disclose to any person or company
or use for its own benefit any material  information related to the ownership or
operation of the Facilities by Sellers,  including  customer or  patient-related
information,  without  Sellers'  express  prior  written  permission  except for
disclosure  by  Purchaser  to its  counsel,  its lenders  and their  counsel and
appropriate  regulatory  agencies,  except any such  information  that is now or
hereafter becomes available to the public without breach of any  confidentiality
agreement.

     12.6 Indemnifications.

          (a) Sellers and IHS,  jointly and severally,  shall indemnify and hold
harmless Purchaser and its partners, members, officers, directors, shareholders,
employees,  agents,  and  assigns  (collectively,   the  "Purchaser  Indemnified
Parties"),  from  any  and  all  liabilities,   obligations,   losses,  demands,
judgments,    actions,   suits,   causes   of   action,   claims,   proceedings,
investigations,   citations,  matters,  damages,  penalties,  sanctions,  costs,
expenses, and disbursements (including, without limitation reasonable attorneys'
and  consultants'  fees and  expenses),  whether or not  subject  to  litigation
(hereinafter  collectively referred to as the "Claims") of any kind or character
imposed  upon,  arising  out of,  in  connection  with,  incurred  or in any way
attributed or relating to the following:

               (i) the ownership,  use, operation,  possession, or management of
          each of the Facilities prior to the Effective Date;

               (ii) the  breach or failure of any  representation,  warranty  or
          covenant made by Sellers or IHS that is contained in this Agreement or
          contained  in  any  other  certificates,   agreements  or  Transaction
          Documents to which Sellers or IHS is a party;

               (iii)  any and all  Claims  relating  to any  current  or  former
          employee,  consultant or independent  contractor of the Sellers or any
          of the Facilities,  including, but not limited to, (A) the termination
          or  discharge  of any  current  or  former  employee,  consultant,  or
          independent contractor of Sellers or any of the Facilities, (B) Claims
          under federal, state, or local laws, rules or regulations,  related to
          wages, hours, fair employment  practices,  unfair labor practices,  or
          other terms and  conditions of employment and claims arising under the
          Worker  Adjustment  and Retraining  Notification  Act or any analogous
          state


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          statute,  (C)  matters  arising  from  any  severance  policy,  claim,
          agreement  or contract  or (D) any and all Claims with  respect to the
          matters provided for in Section 7.16 herein;

               (iv) any and all Claims that relate to information provided by or
          on behalf of any of the  Sellers  or IHS  concerning  the  Facilities,
          Sellers' Assets,  Sellers or IHS and their respective  affiliates,  to
          third parties which was used or relied upon to effect the transactions
          contemplated in this Agreement and by the other Transaction Documents;

               (v) other than for the liens, claims or encumbrances necessary to
          effect the  transactions  contemplated in this Agreement and the other
          Transaction Documents, any mortgage, pledge, lien, or encumbrance made
          before  the  Effective  Date  on  any of the  Sellers'  Assets  or the
          Facilities and any claims  asserted  therefrom,  other than and except
          for the Permitted Liens;

               (vi)  any  and  all  Claims  with  respect  to any  qualified  or
          non-qualified  retirement or benefit plans or  arrangements  involving
          any current or former employee,  consultant or independent  contractor
          of the Sellers or any of the Facilities;

               (vii) any and all Claims with  respect to  admission  agreements,
          patient  contracts,  or agreements entered into prior to the Effective
          Date with patients or others at any of the Facilities;

               (viii) any  deficiencies or  inaccuracies  occurring prior to the
          Effective  Date with respect to patient funds and accounts  associated
          therewith at any of the Facilities;

               (ix) any Claims  arising out of Sellers'  failure to have kept or
          maintained  patient  records and other  related  records at any of the
          Facilities in accordance with applicable Law;

               (x)  any  sums  due by  any  Seller  for  Medicare  and  Medicaid
          adjustments  arising  from  the  operation  of any  of the  Facilities
          conveyed pursuant to this Agreement;

               (xi) any action or proceeding by an appropriate  state or federal
          agency having jurisdiction thereof, to revoke, withdraw or suspend any
          of the  Sellers  Licenses  or  Permits of a Seller  applicable  to the
          Facility owned by such Seller or to terminate the participation of the
          Facility  owned by any  Seller  in either  the  Medicare  or  Medicaid
          Programs, as a result of or caused by the transactions


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          contemplated  by this Agreement and the other  Transaction  Documents,
          including,  but not  limited  to, the  execution  and  delivery of the
          Master Lease and each of the Facility Subleases;

               (xii) the violation of any  Environmental  Law or the  existence,
          presence  or Release of any  Hazardous  Material  based on an event or
          condition  at or relating to any  Facility  that  commenced or existed
          prior to the Effective Date;

               (xiii) any and all Claims that relate to any  condition  existing
          on or prior to the  Effective  Date  involving  any Real  Property  or
          Improvements  which does not comply with applicable zoning Laws, other
          than conditions  permitted under duly issued  variances and conditions
          which were permitted under prior versions of applicable zoning Laws;

               (xiv) any and all Claims that relate to the failure of Sellers or
          Manager to pay, during the term of any applicable  Facility Management
          Agreement,  any amounts due under any  Equipment  Lease  Facility,  as
          defined in Article 7 of the Facility Management Agreement,  related to
          Personal Property located at any of the Facilities; and

               (xv)  any  and  all  Claims  that   relate  to  any   litigation,
          arbitration proceeding,  governmental  investigation,  citation, suit,
          action,  proceeding or claim of any kind relating to matters occurring
          prior to the  Effective  Date,  including,  but not  limited  to,  the
          matters  disclosed on Schedule 7.5 hereto,  involving  IHS, any of the
          Sellers or any of the Facilities.

          Sellers and IHS  further  covenant  and agree to defend the  Purchaser
Indemnified  Parties on account of said Claims and to pay any  judgment  against
the  Purchaser  Indemnified  Parties,  or any other  amount as indicated in this
Section 12.6(a),  along with all reasonable  costs and expenses  relative to any
such Claims,  including reasonable and documented  attorneys' fees and expenses.
Sellers and IHS shall have the right to assume and control the defense  (but not
the  settlement)  of all  Claims  under  this  Section  12.6(a),  including  the
employment  of counsel of their  choosing;  provided,  however,  that if,  under
applicable codes of professional responsibility, any counsel proposed by Sellers
and  IHS  might  reasonably  be  expected  to have a  conflict  of  interest  in
representing Sellers and IHS, as well as the Purchaser Indemnified Parties, then
the  selection of such counsel shall be subject to the approval of the Purchaser
Indemnified Parties, which approval may not be unreasonably withheld or delayed.
Sellers and IHS shall pay all costs and expenses relative to the conduct of such
defense,  including attorneys' fees and expenses,  and the Purchaser Indemnified
Parties  shall  cooperate  fully with  Sellers  and IHS in  connection  with the
conduct  of such  defense.  If  Sellers  and IHS fail to respond or do not admit
responsibility  for any Claims under this Section  12.6(a),  then the  Purchaser
Indemnified  Parties may take such necessary steps to defend  themselves and all
reasonable and documented costs and expenses


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therewith, including reasonable and documented attorneys' fees and expenses, may
be included as part of any  asserted  Claims  under this  Section  12.6(a).  The
Purchaser  Indemnified Parties shall,  nevertheless,  have the right, if they so
elect,  to  participate  (with  counsel of their  choosing and at their cost and
expense,  which counsel must be approved by Sellers and IHS,  which approval may
not be  unreasonably  withheld  or  delayed) in the defense of any such Claim in
which they may be a party without  relieving Sellers and IHS of their obligation
to defend the same. With respect to the settlement or compromise of Claims under
this Section 12.6(a): (A) if the Purchaser Indemnified Parties decline to accept
a bona fide offer of settlement or compromise that is recommended by Sellers and
IHS,  then the  maximum  liability  of Sellers  and IHS for such Claim shall not
exceed  that  amount for which  Sellers  and IHS would have been liable had such
settlement  or  compromise  been  accepted and (B) if Sellers and IHS decline to
accept a bona fide offer of settlement or compromise  that is recommended by the
Purchaser Indemnified Parties, then Sellers and IHS shall be liable for whatever
outcome results from such Claims;  provided,  however,  that Sellers and IHS may
not settle or compromise  any Claims under this Section  12.6(a)  without either
the prior  written  consent of the Purchaser  Indemnified  Parties or a full and
complete release of the Purchaser Indemnified Parties.

          (b) Purchaser shall  indemnify and hold harmless  Sellers and IHS, and
their officers,  directors,  shareholders,  employees,  agents, and assigns (the
"Seller Indemnified Parties") from any and all liabilities, obligations, losses,
demands,  judgments,  actions,  suits,  causes of action,  claims,  proceedings,
investigations,   citations,  matters,  damages,  penalties,  sanctions,  costs,
expenses, and disbursements (including, without limitation reasonable attorneys'
and  consultants'  fees and  expenses),  whether or not  subject to  litigation,
(hereinafter  collectively referred to as the "Claims") of any kind or character
imposed  upon,  arising  out of,  in  connection  with,  incurred  or in any way
attributed or relating to breach or failure of any  representation,  warranty or
covenant made by Purchaser  that is contained in this  Agreement or contained in
any other certificates,  agreements or Transaction  Documents to which Purchaser
is a party.

          Purchaser   further   covenants   and  agrees  to  defend  the  Seller
Indemnified  Parties on account of said Claims and to pay any  judgment  against
the Seller Indemnified Parties, or any other amount as indicated in this Section
12.6(b),  along with all  reasonable  costs and  expenses  relative  to any such
Claims,  including  reasonable  and  documented  attorneys'  fees and  expenses.
Purchaser  shall have the right to assume and control  the defense  (but not the
settlement) of all Claims under this Section  12.6(b),  including the employment
of counsel of their choosing; provided, however, that if, under applicable codes
of  professional  responsibility,   any  counsel  proposed  by  Purchaser  might
reasonably be expected to have a conflict of interest in representing Purchaser,
as well as the Seller  Indemnified  Parties,  then the selection of such counsel
shall be  subject  to the  approval  of the Seller  Indemnified  Parties,  which
approval may not be  unreasonably  withheld or delayed.  Purchaser shall pay all
costs and expenses relative to the conduct of such defense, including attorneys'
fees and expenses, and the Seller Indemnified Parties shall cooperate fully with
Purchaser in connection with the conduct of such defense.  If Purchaser fails to
respond or does not admit responsibility for any Claims under this


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Section  12.6(b),  then the Seller  Indemnified  Parties may take such necessary
steps to defend  themselves and all reasonable and documented costs and expenses
therewith, including reasonable and documented attorneys' fees and expenses, may
be included as part of any  asserted  Claims  under this  Section  12.6(b).  The
Seller  Indemnified  Parties  shall,  nevertheless,  have the right,  if they so
elect, to participate  (with counsel of their choosing and at their own cost and
expense, which counsel must be approved by Purchaser,  which approval may not be
unreasonably withheld or delayed) in the defense of any such Claim in which they
may be a party without relieving Purchaser of its obligation to defend the same.
With  respect to the  settlement  or  compromise  of Claims  under this  Section
12.6(b):  (A) if the Seller  Indemnified  Parties  decline to accept a bona fide
offer of settlement or compromise  that is  recommended  by Purchaser,  then the
maximum  liability of Purchaser  for such Claim shall not exceed that amount for
which  Purchaser  would have been liable had such  settlement or compromise been
accepted and (B) if Purchaser declines to accept a bona fide offer of settlement
or  compromise  that is  recommended  by the Seller  Indemnified  Parties,  then
Purchaser  shall be liable  for  whatever  outcome  results  from  such  Claims;
provided,  however, that Purchaser may not settle or compromise any Claims under
this Section  12.6(b)  without  either the prior  written  consent of the Seller
Indemnified  Parties or a full and  complete  release of the Seller  Indemnified
Parties.

          (c) The  indemnities  set  forth in this  Section  12.6  shall  remain
operative  and in full force and shall  survive the  execution  and  performance
hereof  and  the  execution  and  delivery  of  this  Agreement  and  the  other
Transaction Documents.


                                  ARTICLE XIII
                                  MISCELLANEOUS

     13.1  Entire  Agreement;  Amendment.  This  Agreement  and the  Transaction
Documents  constitute the entire  agreement among the parties  pertaining to the
subject matter hereof, and supersede all prior and  contemporaneous  agreements,
understandings,  negotiations  and  discussions of the parties,  whether oral or
written,  and  there  are no  warranties,  representations  or other  agreements
between the parties in  connection  with the subject  matter  hereof,  except as
specifically   set  forth   herein  or  therein.   No   amendment,   supplement,
modification,  waiver or termination  of this Agreement  shall be binding unless
executed  in writing by the party to be bound  thereby.  No waiver of any of the
provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed or shall constitute a waiver of any
other provision of this Agreement, whether or not similar, nor shall such waiver
constitute a continuing waiver unless otherwise expressly provided.

     13.2 Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE  TRANSACTION  DOCUMENTS SHALL BE
CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. SELLERS
AND IHS CONSENT TO IN PERSONAM  JURISDICTION BEFORE THE STATE AND FEDERAL COURTS
OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AND AGREE THAT ALL DISPUTES CONCERNING


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THIS  AGREEMENT MAY BE HEARD,  AT PURCHASER'S  OPTION,  IN THE STATE AND FEDERAL
COURTS  LOCATED IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK.  SELLERS AND IHS AGREE THAT SERVICE OF
PROCESS MAY BE EFFECTED UPON SELLERS AND IHS UNDER ANY METHOD  PERMISSIBLE UNDER
THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND  IRREVOCABLY  WAIVE ANY OBJECTION TO VENUE
IN THE STATE AND FEDERAL COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

     13.3  Assignment.   This  Agreement  and  each  party's  respective  rights
hereunder may not be assigned at any time without the prior  written  consent of
the other parties hereto.

     13.4  Notices.  All  communications,  notices and  disclosures  required or
permitted by this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been
given at the earlier of the date when  actually  delivered  to an officer of the
other party or when deposited in the United States mail, certified or registered
mail,  postage prepaid,  return receipt  requested,  by personal  delivery or by
overnight courier service with signed receipt, and addressed as follows,  unless
and until either of such  parties  notifies  the other in  accordance  with this
Section of a change of address:

           To IHS and any Seller:     Integrated Health Services, Inc.
                                      10065 Red Run Boulevard
                                      Owings Mills, Maryland  21117
                                      Attention:  Daniel J. Booth
                                      Telephone No.:  410-998-8768
                                      Fax No.:  410-998-8695

           Copy to:                   Blass & Driggs
                                      461 Fifth Avenue
                                      New York, New York  10017
                                      Attention:  Michael S. Blass, Esq.
                                      Telephone No.:  212-447-1100
                                      Fax No.:  212-447-5428

           To Purchaser:              Monarch Properties, LP
                                      8889 Pelican Bay Boulevard - Suite 501
                                      Naples, Florida  34108
                                      Attention:  John B. Poole
                                      Telephone No.:  941-596-3259
                                      Fax No.:  941-596-3266



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           Copy to:                   LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae, L.L.P.
                                      125 West 55th Street
                                      New York, New York 10019
                                      Attention:  John R. Fallon, Jr., Esq.
                                      Telephone No.:  212-424-8279
                                      Fax No.: 212-424-8500

     13.5  Counterparts;  Headings.  This  Agreement  may be executed in several
counterparts,  each of which shall be deemed an original,  but such counterparts
shall together constitute but one and the same Agreement.  The Table of Contents
and Article and Section  headings in this Agreement are inserted for convenience
of  reference  only  and  shall  not  constitute  a part  hereof  or be  used as
interpreting the meaning of this Agreement.

     13.6  Interpretation.  To the extent any conflict  exists between the terms
and  conditions  of this  Agreement  and the terms and  conditions  of any other
Transaction  Documents,  the  terms and  conditions  of such  other  Transaction
Documents shall govern and control.

     13.7 Severability.  If any provision,  clause or part of this Agreement, or
the  application  thereof under  certain  circumstances,  is held  invalid,  the
remainder of this Agreement,  or the  application of such  provision,  clause or
part under other circumstances, shall not be affected thereby.

     13.8 No Reliance.  No third  party,  other than a successor by operation of
law or an assignee  permitted by this  Agreement,  is entitled to rely on any of
the  representations,  warranties and agreements contained in this Agreement and
no party to this Agreement assumes any liability to any third party,  other than
an  assignee  permitted  by  this  Agreement,  because  of any  reliance  on the
representations, warranties and agreements contained in this Agreement.

     13.9 Binding. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit
of the  parties  hereto  and  their  respective  heirs,  legal  representatives,
successors and assigns.

     13.10 Survival. All covenants and agreements of the parties to be performed
in this Agreement and all representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities
of the parties in this Agreement shall survive the Closing Date.

     13.11  Allocation of Purchase Price.  The Purchase Price shall be allocated
among the  Facilities as set forth on Schedule  13.11 hereto.  The parties agree
that the  Personal  Property  has nominal  value and  therefore no amount of the
Purchase  Price is being  allocated  to it. Each party agrees to timely file tax
Form  8594 in  accordance  with the  allocations  to which the  parties  have so
agreed.


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     13.12  Dispute  Attorneys'  Fees and  Expenses.  In the  event of a dispute
between the parties to this  Agreement  with  respect to the  interpretation  of
enforcement of the terms hereof,  the prevailing  party in any action  resulting
therefrom  shall be  entitled  to  collect  from the  other its  reasonable  and
documented  attorneys'  fees and  expenses,  including its  attorneys'  fees and
expenses on appeal.


                             SIGNATURE PAGES FOLLOW






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     IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the  parties  have caused  this  Facilities  Purchase
Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as a sealed instrument as of the day
and year first above written.

                                      MONARCH PROPERTIES, LP

                                      By: MP Operating, LLC, its General Partner

                                          By: MP Operating, Inc., its Manager

                                          By:                             (Seal)
                                             -----------------------------
                                          Name: Douglas Listman
                                               ---------------------------
                                          Title: Chief Financial Officer
                                                --------------------------

                                      INTEGRATED HEALTH SERVICES, INC.

                                      By:                                 (Seal)
                                         ---------------------------------
                                      Name: Daniel J. Booth
                                           -------------------------------
                                      Title: Senior Vice President
                                            ------------------------------

                                      SELLERS:

                                      BETHAMY LIVING CENTER
                                      MANAGEMENT COMPANY, THE GENERAL
                                      PARTNER OF BETHAMY LIVING CENTER
                                      LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
                                      BRIAR HILL, INC.
                                      CEDARCROFT HEALTH SERVICES, INC.
                                      IHS ACQUISITION NO. 103, INC.
                                      IHS ACQUISITION NO. 114, INC.
                                      IHS ACQUISITION NO. 121, INC.
                                      IHS ACQUISITION NO. 124, INC.
                                      IHS ACQUISITION NO. 125, INC.
                                      IHS ACQUISITION NO. 127, INC.
                                      IHS ACQUISITION NO. 128, INC.
                                      IHS ACQUISITION NO. 129, INC.
                                      IHS ACQUISITION NO. 131, INC.
                                      IHS ACQUISITION NO. 132, INC.
                                      IHS ACQUISITION NO. 133, INC.


                                       S-1

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                                      IHS ACQUISITION NO. 134, INC.
                                      IHS ACQUISITION NO. 136, INC.
                                      IHS ACQUISITION NO. 138, INC.
                                      IHS ACQUISITION NO. 139, INC.
                                      IHS ACQUISITION NO. 140, INC.
                                      IHS ACQUISITION NO. 168, INC.
                                      IHS ACQUISITION NO. 170, INC.
                                      IHS ACQUISITION NO. 171, INC.
                                      IHS ACQUISITION NO. 174, INC.
                                      INTEGRATED OF AMARILLO, INC.
                                      INTEGRATED HEALTH SERVICES AT
                                      BRIARCLIFF HAVEN, INC.
                                      INTEGRATED HEALTH SERVICES AT
                                      CENTRAL FLORIDA, INC.
                                      INTEGRATED HEALTH SERVICES AT
                                      COLORADO SPRINGS, INC.
                                      INTEGRATED HEALTH SERVICES AT
                                      HANOVER HOUSE, INC.
                                      MANCHESTER INTEGRATED HEALTH,
                                      INC.
                                      REST HAVEN NURSING CENTER
                                      (WHITEMARSH), INC.

                                      By:                                 (Seal)
                                         ---------------------------------
                                      Name: Daniel J. Booth
                                           -------------------------------
                                      Title: Senior Vice President
                                            ------------------------------


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                                    EXHIBIT A

                                     SELLERS
                                     -------

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SELLER NAME                             STATE OF INCORPORATION               FACILITY  D/B/A/
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                     <C>                                  <C>
Integrated Health Services at           Delaware                             Integrated Health Services of
Colorado Springs, Inc.                                                       Colorado Springs
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IHS Acquisition No. 103, Inc.           Delaware                             Horizon Healthcare & Specialty
                                                                             Center
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Integrated Health Services at           Delaware                             Integrated Health Services of Vero
Central Florida, Inc.                                                        Beach
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Briar Hill, Inc.                        Florida                              Integrated Health Services of Florida
                                                                             at Auburndale
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bethamy Living Center Limited           Florida                              Integrated Health Services of Florida
Partnership                                                                  at Clearwater
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Integrated Health Services at           Delaware                             Integrated Health Services of Florida
Central Florida, Inc.                                                        at Fort Pierce
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Integrated Health Services at           Georgia                              Integrated Health Services of Atlanta
Briarcliff Haven, Inc.                                                       at Briarcliff Haven
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Cedarcroft Health Services, Inc.        Pennsylvania                         Integrated Health Services of St.
                                                                             Louis at Big Bend Woods
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Manchester Integrated Health, Inc.      Pennsylvania                         Integrated Health Services of New
                                                                             Hampshire at Manchester
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IHS Acquisition No. 121, Inc.           Delaware                             Ruidoso Care Center
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IHS Acquisition No. 125, Inc.           Delaware                             Meadowview Care Center
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IHS Acquisition No. 124, Inc.           Delaware                             Washington Square
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IHS Acquisition No. 168, Inc.           Delaware                             HSH - Midwest City
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IHS Acquisition No. 127, Inc.           Delaware                             Midwest City Nursing
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IHS Acquisition No. 114, Inc.           Delaware                             Lynwood Manor
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Rest Haven Nursing Center               Pennsylvania                         Integrated Health Services at
(Whitemarsh), Inc.                                                           Whitemarsh
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Integrated of Amarillo, Inc.            Texas                                Amarillo Specialty Hospital
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Integrated of Amarillo, Inc.            Texas                                Integrated Health Services of
                                                                             Amarillo
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IHS Acquisition No. 128, Inc.           Delaware                             Doctors Healthcare Center
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
</TABLE>


<PAGE>



<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SELLER NAME                             State of Incorporation               Facility  d/b/a/
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                     <C>                                  <C>
IHS Acquisition No. 140, Inc.           Delaware                             Harbor View Care Center
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IHS Acquisition No. 134, Inc.           Delaware                             Heritage Estates
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IHS Acquisition No. 132, Inc.           Delaware                             Heritage Gardens
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IHS Acquisition No. 138, Inc.           Delaware                             Heritage Manor Longview
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IHS Acquisition No. 129, Inc.           Delaware                             Heritage Manor Plano
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IHS Acquisition No. 133, Inc.           Delaware                             Heritage Place of Grand Prairie
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IHS Acquisition No. 131, Inc.           Delaware                             Horizon Healthcare - El Paso
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IHS Acquisition No. 170, Inc.           Delaware                             HSH- Corpus Christi
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IHS Acquisition No. 171, Inc.           Delaware                             HSH- El Paso
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Integrated Health Services at           Delaware                             Mountain View Place
Hanover House, Inc.
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IHS Acquisition No. 139, Inc.           Delaware                             Parkwood Place
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IHS Acquisition No. 174, Inc.           Delaware                             Plano Specialty Hospital
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IHS Acquisition No. 136, Inc.           Delaware                             Silver Springs Nursing and
                                                                             Rehabilitation Center
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
</TABLE>



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                                    EXHIBIT B

                            DESCRIPTION OF FACILITIES
                            -------------------------

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
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FACILITY NAME                      ADDRESS                                   BEDS      SUBTENANT NAME                     STATE OF
                                                                                                                      INCORPORATION
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                <C>                                       <C>       <C>                            <C>
Integrated Health Services         3625 Parkmoor Village                     155       Integrated Health              Delaware
of Colorado Springs                Colorado Springs, Colorado                          Services at Colorado
                                   80917                                               Springs, Inc.
                                   719-550-0200
                                   719-637-0756 (fax)
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Horizon Healthcare &               1350 S. Nova Road                         158       IHS Acquisition No.            Delaware
Specialty Center                   Daytona Beach, Florida 32114                        103, Inc.
(HHC- Daytona)                     904-258-5544
                                   904-255-5623 (fax)
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Integrated Health Services         3663 15th Avenue                          110       Integrated Health              Delaware
of Vero Beach                      Vero Beach, Florida 32960                           Services at Central
                                   561-567-2552                                        Florida, Inc.
                                   561-567-8929 (fax)
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Integrated Health Services         919 Old Winter Haven Road                 120       Briar Hill, Inc.               Florida
of Florida at Auburndale           Auburndale, Florida 33823
                                   941-967-4125
                                   941-551-9407 (fax)
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Integrated Health Services         2055 Palmetto Street                      150       Bethamy Living Center,         Florida
of Florida at Clearwater           Clearwater, Florida 34625                           Limited Partnership
                                   813-461-6613
                                   813-442-2839 (fax)
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Integrated Health Services         703 South 29th Street                     107       Integrated Health              Delaware
of Florida at Fort Pierce          Fort Pierce, Florida 34947                          Services at Central
                                   561-466-3322                                        Florida, Inc.
                                   561-466-8057 (fax)
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Integrated Health Services         1000 Briarcliff Road                      128       Integrated Health              Georgia
of Atlanta at Briarcliff           Atlanta, Georgia 30306                              Services at Briarcliff
Haven                              404-875-6456                                        Haven, Inc.
                                   404-874-4604 (fax)
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Lynwood Manor                      730 Kimole Lane                           99        IHS Acquisition No.            Delaware
                                   Adrian, Michigan 49221                              114, Inc.
                                   517-263-6771
                                   517-265-8599 (fax)
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
</TABLE>



<PAGE>



<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FACILITY NAME                      ADDRESS                                   BEDS      SUBTENANT NAME                     STATE OF
                                                                                                                      INCORPORATION
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                <C>                                       <C>       <C>                            <C>
Integrated Health Services         110 Highland Ave.                         176       Cedarcroft Health              Pennsylvania
of St. Louis at Big Bend           Valley Park, Missouri 63088                         Services, Inc.
Woods                              314-225-5144
                                   314-225-8427 (fax)
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Integrated Health Services         191 Hackett Hill Road                     68        Manchester Integrated          Pennsylvania
of New Hampshire at                Manchester, New Hampshire                           Health, Inc.
Manchester                         03102
                                   603-668-8161
                                   603-622-2584 (fax)
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ruidoso Care Center                5th & D Street                            73        IHS Acquisition No.            Delaware
                                   Ruidoso, New Mexico                                 121, Inc.
                                   505-257-9071
                                   505-257-3101 (fax)
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Meadowview Care Center             76 High Street                            100       IHS Acquisition No.            Delaware
                                   Seville, Ohio 44273                                 125, Inc.
                                   330-769-2015
                                   330-769-3790 (fax)
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Washington Square                  202 Washington St. NW                     96        IHS Acquisition No.            Delaware
                                   Warren, Ohio 44483                                  124, Inc.
                                   330-399-8997
                                   330-393-5889 (fax)
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
HSH - Midwest City                 8200 National Avenue                      31        IHS Acquisition No.            Delaware
                                   Midwest City, Oklahoma 73110                        168, Inc.
                                   405-739-0800
                                   405-739-6480 (fax)
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Midwest City Nursing               8200 National Avenue                      106       IHS Acquisition No.            Delaware
                                   Midwest City, Oklahoma 73110                        127, Inc.
                                   405-737-8200
                                   405-736-1227 (fax)
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Integrated Health Services         9209 Ridge Pike                           244       Rest Haven Nursing             Pennsylvania
at Whitemarsh                      Whitemarsh, Pennsylvania 19128                      Center (Whitemarsh),
                                   610-825-6560                                        Inc.
                                   610-941-9524 (fax)
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Amarillo Specialty                 5601 Plum Creek Drive                     30        Integrated of Amarillo,        Texas
Hospital                           Amarillo, Texas 79124                               Inc.
                                   806-351-1000
                                   806-355-9650 (fax)
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
</TABLE>



<PAGE>



<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FACILITY NAME                      ADDRESS                                   BEDS      SUBTENANT NAME                     STATE OF
                                                                                                                      INCORPORATION
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                <C>                                       <C>       <C>                            <C>
Doctors Healthcare Center          9009 White Rock Trail                     325       IHS Acquisition No.            Delaware
                                   Dallas, Texas                                       128, Inc.
                                   214-348-8100
                                   214-343-3865 (fax)
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Harbor View  Care Center           1314 Third Street                         116       IHS Acquisition No.            Delaware
                                   Corpus Christi, Texas 78401                         140, Inc.
                                   (Nueces County)
                                   512-888-5511
                                   512-888-6267 (fax)
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Heritage Estates                   201 Sycamore School Road                  152       IHS Acquisition No.            Delaware
                                   Ft. Worth, Texas 76134                              134, Inc.
                                   (Tarrant County)
                                   817-293-7610
                                   817-293-5766 (fax)
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Heritage Gardens                   2135 North Denton Drive                   150       IHS Acquisition No.            Delaware
                                   Carrollton, Texas 75006                             132, Inc.
                                   214-242-0666
                                   214-323-9279 (fax)
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Heritage Manor Longview            112 Ruthlynn Drive                        150       IHS Acquisition No.            Delaware
                                   Longview, Texas 75601                               138, Inc.
                                   (Gregg County)
                                   903-753-8611
                                   903-758-4026 (fax)
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Heritage Manor Plano               1621 Coit Rd.                             186       IHS Acquisition No.            Delaware
                                   Plano, Texas 75075                                  129, Inc.
                                   214-596-7930
                                   214-867-6798 (fax)
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Heritage Place of Grand            820 Small Street                          166       IHS Acquisition No.            Delaware
Prairie                            Grand Prairie, Texas 75050                          133, Inc.
                                   214-262-1351
                                   214-642-8056 (fax)
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Horizon Healthcare -El             2301 N. Oregon Street.                    182       IHS Acquisition No.            Delaware
Paso                               El Paso, Texas 79902                                131, Inc.
                                   915-532-8941
                                   915-545-5050 (fax)
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</TABLE>


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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
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FACILITY NAME                      ADDRESS                                   BEDS      SUBTENANT NAME                     STATE OF
                                                                                                                      INCORPORATION
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<S>                                <C>                                       <C>       <C>                            <C>
HSH- Corpus Christi                1310 Third Street                         31        IHS Acquisition No.            Delaware
                                   Corpus Christi, Texas 78401                         170, Inc.
                                   (Nueces County)
                                   512-888-5511
                                   512-888-6267 (fax)
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HSH- El Paso                       2311 N. Oregon Street                     31        IHS Acquisition No.            Delaware
                                   El Paso, Texas 79902                                171, Inc.
                                   915-545-1823
                                   915-545-6378 (fax)
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Integrated Health Services         5601 Plum Creek Drive                     120       Integrated of Amarillo,        Texas
of Amarillo                        Amarillo, Texas 79124                               Inc.
                                   806-351-1000
                                   806-355-9650 (fax)
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Mountain View Place                1600 Murchison Road                       187       Integrated Health              Delaware
                                   El Paso, Texas  79902                               Services at Hanover
                                   915-544-2002                                        House, Inc.
                                   915-544-0696 (fax)
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Parkwood Place                     300 N. Bynum                              157       IHS Acquisition No.            Delaware
                                   Lufkin, Texas 75904                                 139, Inc.
                                   409-637-7215
                                   409-637-2368 (fax)
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Plano Specialty Hospital           1621 Coit Road                            30        IHS Acquisition No.            Delaware
(HSH- Plano)                       Plano, Texas 75075                                  174, Inc.
                                   214-596-7930
                                   214-867-6788 (fax)
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Silver Springs Nursing and         12350 Wood Bayou Drive                    150       IHS Acquisition No.            Delaware
Rehabilitation Center              Houston, Texas 77013                                136, Inc.
                                   (Harris County)
                                   713-453-0446
                                   713-450-3037 (fax)
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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.68


                              AMENDED AND RESTATED

                           MASTER FRANCHISE AGREEMENT

                                     BETWEEN

                INTEGRATED HEALTH SERVICES FRANCHISING CO., INC.

                                       AND

                              LYRIC HEALTH CARE LLC


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                          DATED AS OF DECEMBER 31, 1998

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                                TABLE OF CONTENTS

ARTICLES
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ARTICLE 1.    Definitions
ARTICLE 2.    Grant and Acceptance of Franchise
ARTICLE 3.    [Intentionally Omitted]
ARTICLE 4.    Term
ARTICLE 5.    Annual Continuing Fees
ARTICLE 6.    Proprietary Materials; Trade Names; IHS Systems
ARTICLE 7.    Preferred Provider Status
ARTICLE 8.    "800" Telephone Number
ARTICLE 9.    Enhancement of the IHS Systems
ARTICLE 10.   Other Business
ARTICLE 11.   [Intentionally Omitted]
ARTICLE 12.   Statements, Records and Fee Payments
ARTICLE 13.   Additional Covenants of Lyric
ARTICLE 14.   Franchisor Not to Compete
ARTICLE 15.   Negative Covenants of Lyric
ARTICLE 16.   Transfer and Assignment
ARTICLE 17.   Rights of Aggrieved Party upon Default
ARTICLE 18.   [Intentionally Omitted]
ARTICLE 19.   Indemnification and Independent Contractor
ARTICLE 20.   Written Approvals, Waivers and Amendment
ARTICLE 21.   Enforcement
ARTICLE 22.   Entire Agreement
ARTICLE 23.   Notices
ARTICLE 24.   Governing Law and Dispute Resolution
ARTICLE 25.   Severability, Construction and Other Matters
ARTICLE 26.   Post Term Obligations
ARTICLE 27.   Taxes, Permits and Indebtedness
ARTICLE 28.   Acknowledgments
ARTICLE 29.   Guaranty of Franchisee Obligations


EXHIBITS
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EXHIBIT 1 -   Facility Franchise Agreement
EXHIBIT 2 -   List of Facilities
EXHIBIT 3 -   [Intentionally Omitted]
EXHIBIT 4 -   List of Individual  Franchisee  Names,  Names of  Businesses,  and
              Territories
EXHIBIT 5 -   Guidelines for Determining Territories



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                              AMENDED AND RESTATED
                           MASTER FRANCHISE AGREEMENT

     THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED MASTER FRANCHISE  AGREEMENT (this "Agreement") is
made and  entered  into as of  December  31,  1998,  between  INTEGRATED  HEALTH
SERVICES FRANCHISING CO., INC. ("Franchisor"),  a Delaware corporation, with its
principal  office at 10065 Red Run Boulevard,  Owings Mills,  Maryland 21117 and
LYRIC HEALTH CARE LLC ("Lyric"),  a Delaware limited liability company, with its
principal  office at 8889  Pelican Bay  Boulevard,  Suite 500,  Naples,  Florida
34103.


                             INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT

     Integrated Health Services,  Inc. ("IHS") developed  valuable "Trade Names"
and "Proprietary Materials" (including the "IHS Systems"), all as defined below,
relating to businesses which IHS operates and services which IHS provides. These
have substantial value and materially  enhance and facilitate IHS's business and
operations.  Lyric and its  subsidiaries  desire to obtain  the  benefit  of the
Proprietary Materials and the Trade Names, and Franchisor,  on behalf of IHS, is
willing  to grant a  franchise  for  such  purpose,  subject  to the  terms  and
conditions set forth below. Neither IHS nor Franchisor has previously franchised
to others the use of such Trade Names and Proprietary Materials, except to Lyric
pursuant  to a Master  Franchise  Agreement,  dated as of January 13,  1998,  as
amended by the First Amendment to Master Franchise Agreement,  dated as of March
31, 1998 and by the Second Amendment to Master Franchise Agreement,  dated as of
December 3, 1998 (the  "Prior  Franchise  Agreement"),  between  Franchisor  and
Lyric.

     Franchisor  and  Lyric  now wish to amend  and  restate  the  Prior  Master
Franchise Agreement pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

     An affiliate of Franchisor (the "Manager") has entered into agreements (the
"Management  Agreements")  to  manage  the  health  care  facilities  which  the
Franchisees  (defined below) lease or own. The Manager will be  responsible,  to
the extent specified in the Management Agreements,  for assisting the respective
Franchisees to comply with their obligations under this Agreement.

ARTICLE 1. DEFINITIONS

     1.1 The  following  words and phrases have the  following  meanings in this
Agreement:

     "Affiliate" means any person,  corporation or other entity, which, directly
or  indirectly,  controls,  is controlled  by, or is under common  control with,
another person, corporation, or other entity.

     "Business Day" means any day other than  Saturday,  Sunday or any other day
on which banking  institutions in the State of Maryland are authorized by law or
executive action to close.

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     "Control" means the power,  directly or indirectly,  to direct or cause the
direction of the management and policies of a corporation or other entity.

     "EBITDA"  means  earnings  before  interest,   taxes,   depreciation,   and
amortization  of Lyric on a  consolidated  basis  as  shown on  Lyric's  monthly
financial statements regularly prepared by Lyric.

     "Facility"  means a facility  owned or leased by Lyric or a  Franchisee  in
which any Health Care Business is conducted.

     "Facility  Franchise  Agreement"  means the  facility  franchise  agreement
between Franchisor and a Franchisee in the form attached as Exhibit 1 hereto.

     "Franchisee"  means,  as of any particular  date, any entity  designated as
such pursuant to a Facility Franchise Agreement.

     "GAAP"  means  United  States  generally  accepted  accounting   principles
consistently applied.

     "Gross Revenues" means, for any period, all revenues and income of any kind
derived  directly  or  indirectly  by the entity  specified  during  such period
(including rental or other payment from concessionaires, licensees, tenants, and
other users of such entity's facilities and from the sale of products and/or the
furnishing  of  services,  including  all  revenues or receipts  derived from or
associated with the Proprietary Materials (but excluding therefrom all bequests,
gifts,  or similar  donations),  whether  on a cash basis or on credit,  paid or
unpaid,  collected  or  uncollected,  as  determined  in  accordance  with GAAP,
excluding, however:

          (a)  federal,  state,  and  municipal  excise,  sales,  and use  taxes
     collected directly from patients as a part of the sales prices of any goods
     or services;

          (b) proceeds of any life insurance policies;

          (c)  gains or losses  arising  from the sale or other  disposition  of
     capital assets;

          (d) any reversal or accrual of any contingency or tax reserve;

          (e) interest earned on sinking funds, Special Security Accounts, bonds
     funds, etc. originally and specifically formed as a requirement of any bond
     issue (if any) utilized to finance the Facility; and

          (f) bad debt expense.

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The  proceeds  of  business  interruption  insurance  or proceeds as a result of
Medicare and Medicaid audits shall be included in Gross Revenues. However, funds
required  to be repaid as a result of  Medicare  and  Medicaid  audits  shall be
deducted from Gross Revenues.

     "Health Care Business"  means any business now or in the future operated by
IHS, Franchisor, Lyric, or any Franchisee involving the provision of health care
services of any and every kind.

     "IHS Systems" means the systems, protocols, procedures, software, contracts
and contract forms and  documentation,  manuals,  guides,  instructions,  forms,
employee benefit plans and programs, used and developed by IHS previously,  now,
and in the future for the  treatment,  servicing,  and  processing  of patients,
customers,  and/or clients for the financial,  administrative,  human resources,
procurement,   management,   and  other   operations  of  IHS's  businesses  and
activities.

     "Lease" means any net lease of a Facility.

     "Lessor" means each lessor or lessors from time to time under a Lease.

     "Lyric's  Business"  means and includes the business of Lyric and all Lyric
Franchisees on a consolidated basis.

     "Operating Agreement" means the Amended and Restated Operating Agreement of
Lyric, as amended or restated from time to time.

     "Proprietary  Materials"  means Trade  Names;  trademarks;  service  marks;
copyrighted materials and copyrightable materials; software, manuals, protocols,
procedures,  systems,  documentation,  methods, contracts and contract forms and
documents; trade dress; uniforms; and other materials for treatment,  servicing,
and  processing of patients,  customers,  and/or  clients and for the financial,
administrative,  procurement,  human resources, quality control, management, and
operations of the Health Care Business (including the IHS Systems).

     "Territory" means each territory within which Lyric and the Franchisees may
operate a Health Care Business. The Territories of the Franchisees are described
in the Facility Franchise Agreements.  Lyric's Territory is the aggregate of the
Territories of the Franchisees (as such Territories change from time to time) as
such Territories are defined in the respective Facility Franchise Agreements.

     "Trade Names" means  "Integrated  Health  Services,"  "IHS" and every other
name or  description  previously,  now, or in the future used in, or  associated
with the Health Care Business,  including any and all "doing-business-as"  names
or trade names.

     1.2 Wherever used in this Agreement:

          (a)  the  words  "include"  or  "including"   shall  be  construed  as
     incorporating, also, "but not limited to" or "without limitation";


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          (b) the word "day" means a calendar day unless otherwise specified;

          (c) the word  "party"  means  each and every  person  or entity  whose
     signature is set forth at the end of this Agreement;

          (d) the word "law" (or "laws") means any law, rule, regulation, order,
     statute,  ordinary,  resolution,  regulation,  order,  statute,  ordinance,
     resolution,  regulation,  code, decree,  judgment,  injunction,  mandate or
     other legally binding requirement of a government entity;

          (e) each  reference to a Facility  (or any part or component  thereof)
     shall be deemed to include "and/or any portion thereof";

          (f) the word  "notice"  shall mean  notice in writing  (whether or not
     specifically so stated);

          (g) "month" means a calendar month unless otherwise specified; and

          (h) the word "amended" means "amended,  modified,  extended,  renewed,
     changed, or otherwise revised";  and the word "amendment" means "amendment,
     modification, extension, change, renewal, or other revision".

     1.3  Certain  other  words  and  phrases  are  defined  elsewhere  in  this
Agreement,  including  the  Exhibits  and  Schedules  hereto.  Words and phrases
defined in any part of this  Agreement  shall have the same meaning in all parts
of this Agreement.

ARTICLE 2. GRANT AND ACCEPTANCE OF FRANCHISE

     2.1 Existing and New Facilities and Businesses.  Subject to Section 2.2 and
the other terms and conditions of this Agreement, Franchisor grants to Lyric and
to each  Franchisee  the right and  franchise to use and employ the  Proprietary
Materials  in  accordance  with this  Agreement.  Franchisor  shall enter into a
Franchise Agreement:

          (a) for each facility  listed on Exhibit 2 hereto with the  Franchisee
     specified in such Exhibit for the Territory listed on Exhibit 4 hereto; and

          (b) with Lyric or any of its subsidiaries which develop,  acquire,  or
     lease any additional  Health Care Business,  provided that such  additional
     business  meets  Franchisor's  standards and  requirements  (which shall be
     consistent with those set forth in the  Confidential  Operating  Manual and
     otherwise  required of Lyric and the  Franchisees  hereunder)  and provided
     further that such  additional  business is not located (i) in the Territory
     of any other  Franchisee  (or other  franchisee of Franchisor) or (ii) in a
     geographic  area in which  Franchisor is prohibited by law or contract from
     granting a franchise to operate a Health Care Business.  The Territories of
     such future  franchises  shall be determined  in accordance  with Exhibit 5
     hereto.


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     2.2  Condition.  The grant of each  franchise  pursuant to Section 2.1, and
Franchisor's obligation to enter into any Franchise Agreement,  shall be subject
to: (a) execution and delivery of the particular Facility Franchise Agreement to
Franchisor by the  particular  Franchisee;  and (b) compliance by Franchisor and
the respective  Franchisee with laws,  rules and  regulations  applicable to the
creation of such Facility Franchise Agreement (and Franchisor and Lyric agree to
use  commercially  reasonable  best efforts to comply with such laws,  rules and
regulations).

ARTICLE 3. [INTENTIONALLY OMITTED]

ARTICLE 4. TERM

     4.1 Initial  Term.  Unless sooner  terminated  pursuant to Article 16, this
Agreement  shall extend for an initial term (the "Initial  Term")  commencing on
the date hereof and continuing for the same period as the Lease Term, as defined
in the Lease.

     4.2  Extended  Terms.  This  Agreement  shall  automatically  renew for two
consecutive  thirteen year renewal terms  (collectively,  the "Extended Terms").
Each Extended Term shall  commence on the day  succeeding the end of the Initial
Term or the  preceding  Extended  Term,  as  applicable.  All terms,  covenants,
conditions,  and provisions of this Agreement  shall apply to each Extended Term
(except that Lyric may not extend the Term beyond the expiration of the Extended
Term). Notwithstanding the foregoing,  Franchisor may decide not to renew in any
such case by giving  notice to Lyric not less than six (6)  months  prior to the
last day of the Term or Extended Term.

     4.3 Effect on  Franchisees.  Any  extension of the Term by Lyric under this
Article shall  automatically  extend the Term for the same period,  and upon the
same terms and conditions,  of each Franchise Agreement between Franchisor and a
Franchisee.

ARTICLE 5. ANNUAL CONTINUING FEES

     5.1  Annual  Continuing  Fee.  For each  "Contract  Year"  (as  hereinafter
defined)  during  the  Initial  Term,  Lyric  shall  pay  Franchisor  an  annual
continuing fee (the "Annual  Continuing  Fee") in the amount of one percent (1%)
of the annual Lyric Gross Revenues (as defined below).

     5.2 Definition of "Contract Year". In this Agreement, "Contract Year" means
any period which begins on January 1st and ends on the earlier of the  following
December  31st  or the  effective  date of  expiration  or  termination  of this
Agreement  (except  that the first  Contract  Year may be a partial  year  which
commences  on the date  hereof and ends on December  31st and the last  Contract
Year may end on a date earlier than December 31st).

     5.3 Monthly  Installments.  During  each  Contract  Year,  Lyric shall make
monthly  installments on account of the Annual  Continuing Fee for such Contract
Year. The  installment  for each month shall be equal to one percent (1%) of the
Lyric Gross Revenues for each month, and shall be paid on or before the 25th day
of the following calendar month, subject to Section 5.5.


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     5.4 Annual Continuing Fee for Short Contract Year. If the Term includes any
Contract Year of less than three hundred and  sixty-five  (365) days, the Annual
Continuing  Fee for such  Contract  Year  shall be equal to the  product  of the
Annual  Continuing  Fee for such  Contract Year  multiplied  by a fraction,  the
numerator  of which is the number of days this  Agreement  was in effect  during
such Contract Year and the  denominator of which is three hundred and sixty-five
(365).

     5.5 Credit for  Payments by Lyric  Franchisees.  Amounts  paid  directly by
Franchisees to Franchisor (if any) pursuant to the Facility Franchise Agreements
shall reduce dollar for dollar  Lyric's  obligation  under Sections 5.1, 5.3 and
5.4. If and to the extent that Lyric and its Franchisees experience bad debts or
poor  collections  exceeding  the  amounts  reserved  for  such  items  in their
respective  current revenue budgets,  and as a result Lyric is unable to pay all
or any  part of the  monthly  installment  of the  Annual  Continuing  Fee for a
particular  month,  the unpaid portion of such  installment  shall accrue and be
payable as soon as cash flow  permits  but in no event  later than at the end of
the current Contract Year. The foregoing  sentence shall not apply for more than
one Contract Year.

     5.6 Payment Following  Contract Year End. If the aggregate dollar amount of
payments  delivered by Lyric to Franchisor  in payment of the Annual  Continuing
Fee for any Contract Year under  Section 5.3 differs from the Annual  Continuing
Fee for such Contract  Year,  the  appropriate  party shall pay to the other the
amount of such  overpayment or  underpayment  within one hundred five (105) days
after the end of such Contract Year.

     5.7 Taxes. Lyric shall pay to Franchisor the amount of all sales taxes, use
taxes,  and similar taxes imposed upon or required to be collected on account of
the Annual Continuing Fee and of goods or services  furnished to Lyric and Lyric
Franchisees by Franchisor, whether such goods or services are furnished by sale,
lease or otherwise.

     5.8 Lyric Gross Revenues. "Lyric Gross Revenues" means the sum of:

          (a) the Gross Revenues of all Franchisees; plus

          (b) the Gross Revenues of all the businesses  which are the subject of
     joint  ventures to which Lyric and/or any Franchisee is a party (the "Joint
     Venture Businesses") and the businesses which are the subject of management
     agreements and other agreements and arrangements of Lyric or any Franchisee
     pursuant to which Lyric or any Franchisee provides  management,  consulting
     or other services for so long as any such agreements or arrangements are in
     effect (the "Managed Businesses"); plus

          (c) all other Gross Revenues of Lyric.

     5.9 Additional Remedies for Past Due Annual Continuing Fees. In addition to
all other rights and remedies under this  Agreement and at law or in equity,  if
any Annual  Continuing  Fees are past due from Lyric to  Franchisor  (subject to
Section  5.5) for more than 120 days after  notice from  Franchisor,  Franchisor
shall have the right,  in addition to  Franchisor's  other  rights and  remedies
under this Agreement, to require reconsideration and revision of Lyric's current
annual and



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capital  budgets and to require  Lyric to comply with the negative  covenants of
Lyric under  Article 15 as if  Franchisor  had sold its  interest in Lyric.  The
foregoing  rights are  cumulative.  Lyric agrees that,  upon the exercise of any
such right by Franchisor, Lyric will cease taking any prohibited action and will
take the  action  required  by  Franchisor  and will  otherwise  cooperate  with
Franchisor in carrying out the purpose and intent of this Section.

     5.10 Interest.  Lyric shall pay Franchisor interest on any amounts past due
at the lower of (i) the maximum rate  permitted by law or (ii) the prime rate of
Citibank,  N.A. plus two percent (2%) per annum (the "Prime Rate"); but interest
shall not  accrue  on past due  amounts  to the  extent  Lyric (or a  particular
Franchisee)  fails to achieve EBITDA  sufficient to pay such amounts (as long as
Lyric or the applicable Franchisee is operating within its then-current budget).

     5.11 Negotiation of Fees. Each party agrees that: (a) the Annual Continuing
Fee payable  under this  Article 5 was  established  by  extensive,  good faith,
arms-length negotiations between the parties in which each party was represented
by counsel and advised by accountants familiar with the health care industry and
franchising,  and (b) each party is  satisfied  that the Annual  Continuing  Fee
payable  pursuant to this Article 5 represents the present,  and (as applicable)
reasonably  anticipated  during  the  Initial  Term,  fair  market  value of the
franchise.

     5.12 Advances by Franchisor.  Lyric shall pay to Franchisor all amounts, if
any,  advanced  by  Franchisor  or  which  Franchisor  has  paid  (or for  which
Franchisor has become obligated) on behalf of Lyric or any Lyric Franchisees.

ARTICLE 6. PROPRIETARY MATERIALS; TRADE NAMES; IHS SYSTEMS

     6.1 Proprietary Materials.  Franchisor hereby grants Lyric the right to use
the  Proprietary  Materials in  connection  with the  businesses  franchised  by
Franchisor  pursuant to Article 2, the management and administration of existing
Joint  Venture  Businesses,  the  existing  Managed  Businesses,  and any  Other
Business  pursuant to Article 10. To enhance the public image and  reputation of
businesses  operating under the IHS Systems,  to protect the goodwill associated
with the  Proprietary  Materials,  and to increase  the demand for  services and
products  provided by Franchisor and all  Franchisees,  the parties agree to the
further provisions set forth below.

     6.2  Ownership.  Franchisor  represents  and  warrants  that  IHS  owns the
Proprietary Materials and the IHS Systems and that Franchisor is duly authorized
to grant Lyric and the Franchisees  the rights in the Proprietary  Materials and
the IHS Systems  described in this Agreement on behalf of IHS.  Lyric  expressly
acknowledges  IHS' and Franchisor's  rights in and to the Proprietary  Materials
and agrees not to  represent  or claim in any manner that Lyric has acquired any
ownership rights in the Proprietary Materials. Lyric agrees further that any and
all goodwill  associated  with the IHS Systems and identified by the Proprietary
Materials  shall inure directly and exclusively to the benefit of Franchisor and
IHS.

     6.3 Authorized Use. Lyric agrees that any use of the Proprietary  Materials
except as expressly  authorized by this Agreement may constitute an infringement
of  Franchisor's  and/or IHS'  rights and that any right to use the  Proprietary
Materials  granted under this Agreement  shall not



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extend beyond the  termination  or expiration  of this  Agreement.  Lyric agrees
that,  during  the term of this  Agreement  and  thereafter,  Lyric  shall  not,
directly or indirectly,  commit any act of infringement or contest or aid others
in contesting the validity or registration of Franchisor's  and/or IHS' right to
use the Proprietary Materials or take any other action in derogation thereof.

     6.4  Infringement.  Lyric shall  notify  Franchisor  promptly of any claim,
demand or cause of action that  Franchisor  may have based upon or arising  from
any  unauthorized  attempt by any person or legal entity to use the  Proprietary
Materials,  any colorable  variation thereof, or any other mark, name or indicia
in  which   Franchisor  or  IHS  has  or  claims  a  proprietary   interest  (an
"Unauthorized Third Party Use"). Lyric shall assist Franchisor, upon request and
at  Franchisor's  expense,  in taking such action (if any) as  Franchisor  deems
appropriate to halt such Unauthorized  Third Party Use, but shall take no action
nor incur any expense on Franchisor's behalf without  Franchisor's prior written
approval.  If Franchisor undertakes the defense or prosecution of any litigation
relating  to the  Proprietary  Materials,  Lyric  agrees to execute  any and all
documents and to do such acts and things as may, in the opinion of  Franchisor's
legal counsel, be reasonably necessary to carry out such defense or prosecution.
If  Franchisor  does not take action to halt any  Unauthorized  Third Party Use,
Lyric at its  expense  may take  action  as it deems  appropriate  to halt  such
Unauthorized Third Party Use.

     6.5 Operation With Proprietary Materials. Lyric and the Franchisees further
agree to operate and  advertise  only under the names or marks from time to time
designated by Franchisor for use as part of the Proprietary Materials;  to adopt
and use the Proprietary Materials solely in the manner prescribed by Franchisor;
to refrain  from using the  Proprietary  Materials to perform any activity or to
incur  any  obligation  or  indebtedness  in such a manner  as may,  in any way,
subject  Franchisor  or IHS to  liability  therefor;  to  observe  all laws with
respect to the  registration of trade names and assumed or fictitious  names, to
include  in  any  application  therefor  a  statement  that  Lyric's  use of the
Proprietary  Materials  is  limited by the terms of this  Agreement;  to provide
Franchisor  with  a  copy  of  any  such  application  and  other   registration
document(s);  to observe such requirements with respect to trademark and service
mark  registrations  and copyright notices as Franchisor may, from time to time,
require, including,  without limitation,  affixing "SM", "TM" or (R) adjacent to
any  portions  of the  Proprietary  Materials  in any and all  uses  thereof  as
requested  by  Franchisor;  and to  utilize  such  other  appropriate  notice of
ownership, registration and copyright as Franchisor may require.

     6.6 Modification/Replacement of Proprietary Materials.  Franchisor reserves
the right,  in its sole  discretion,  to designate one or more new,  modified or
replacement  Proprietary Materials for use by Lyric and/or any Franchisee and to
require  the use by Lyric  and/or any  Franchisee  of any such new,  modified or
replacement  Proprietary  Materials in addition to or in lieu of any  previously
designated Proprietary Materials.  Any expenses or costs associated with the use
by  Lyric  and/or  any  Franchisee  of any such  new,  modified  or  replacement
Proprietary  Materials  shall be the sole  responsibility  of Lyric  and/or  the
respective Franchisees.

     6.7 Use of IHS  Systems.  Franchisor  hereby  grants to Lyric the right and
license to  utilize  the IHS  Systems  in  connection  with the  management  and
administration of the businesses franchised by Franchisor pursuant to Article 2,
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Venture  Businesses,  the existing  Managed  Businesses  and all Other  Business
pursuant to Article 10.  Franchisor  shall  establish  and Lyric shall  maintain
standards of quality, appearance and operation for Lyric's Business.

     6.8 Compliance  with IHS Systems.  Lyric agrees in connection  with Lyric's
business,  and each  Franchisee  agrees for  itself,  to use and comply with all
treatment  protocols,   treatment,  financial,  legal  and  other  programs  and
procedures,   quality  standards,   quality  assessment   methods,   performance
improvement  and  monitoring  programs and other  matters which now or hereafter
comprise the IHS Systems,  and to comply with the rules,  regulations,  policies
and  standards  of  the  IHS  Systems,  including  all  such  contained  in  the
"Confidential Operating Manual" (as hereinafter defined).

     6.9 Compliance  With Law. Lyric and each  Franchisee  agree at all times to
operate its business,  and to keep all premises at which it and each  Franchisee
operates, in compliance with all applicable federal, state and local laws, rules
and regulations.

     6.10  Joint  Commission  on  Accreditation  of  Health  Care  Organizations
(JCAHO).  Lyric agrees to cause any applicable Franchisee to maintain throughout
the  term of  this  Agreement  any  accreditation  by the  Joint  Commission  on
Accreditation of Healthcare  Organizations  ("JCAHO")  previously  issued to the
particular Franchisee (and Lyric shall cause the Franchisees to use commercially
reasonable  best  efforts  to  seek  and  obtain  such  accreditation  if and as
necessary or appropriate).  Lyric agrees also to endeavor to obtain and maintain
accreditation  by other  organizations  which may be necessary or desirable in a
particular  case.  Lyric (or the applicable  Franchisee)  shall pay all costs of
obtaining and maintaining any such accreditation(s).

     6.11 Maintenance of Standards.  Lyric and each Franchisee agree to maintain
all premises from or at which its business is conducted, and all furnishings and
equipment thereon, in conformity with Franchisor's  then-current  standards,  at
all  times  during  the term of this  Agreement,  and to make such  repairs  and
replacements thereto as Franchisor may require.  Without limiting the generality
of the foregoing, Lyric and each Franchisee agree:

          (a) to keep  all  such  premises  at all  times  in a high  degree  of
     sanitation, repair, order and condition, including such periodic repainting
     of the exterior  and interior of the  premises,  and such  maintenance  and
     repairs to all fixtures,  furnishings,  signs and equipment,  as Franchisor
     may from time to time reasonably direct; and

          (b)  to  meet  and  maintain  at  all  times  governmental  standards,
     certifications  and ratings applicable to the operation of the premises and
     such business or such higher minimum standards,  certifications and ratings
     as reasonably set forth by Franchisor from time to time in its Confidential
     Operating Manual or otherwise in writing.

     6.12  Operation  in  Conformity  with  Prescribed  Methods,  Standards  and
Specifications.  Lyric and each  Franchisee  agree to operate  its  business  in
conformity  with such methods,  standards and  specifications  as Franchisor may
prescribe from time to time in its Confidential  Operating Manual to insure that
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image is  maintained;  and to refrain  from  deviating  therefrom  or  otherwise
operating in any manner which  adversely  reflects on  Franchisor's or IHS' name
and goodwill, or on the Proprietary Materials.

     6.13 Printed Materials; Marketing. Lyric and each Franchisee shall use only
marketing  and  advertising  materials  which have been  approved  in advance by
Franchisor;  and  Lyric  and each  Franchisee  shall  use  business  stationery,
business cards, and similar  materials which are consistent with the Proprietary
Materials and their obligations under this Agreement.  Lyric and each Franchisee
shall  not  employ  any  person  to act as a  representative  of  Lyric  or such
Franchisee in connection  with local  promotion of their  business in any public
media without the prior written  approval of  Franchisor.  Supplies or materials
purchased,  leased  or  licensed  by  Lyric  or any  Franchisee  shall  meet the
standards reasonably specified by Franchisor from time to time.

     6.14 Ownership  Identification.  In all advertising  displays and materials
and at all premises  from or at which their  respective  business is  conducted,
Lyric and each Franchisee  shall, in such form and manner as may be specified by
Franchisor in the Confidential Operating Manual, notify the public that Lyric or
the  respective  Franchisee  is operating the business  licensed  hereunder as a
franchisee of Franchisor and shall identify its business  location in the manner
specified by Franchisor in the Confidential Operating Manual.

     6.15 Patient Relations. Lyric and each Franchisee shall respond promptly to
patient  complaints and shall take such other steps as may be required to insure
positive patient relations.

     6.16 Right to Inspect. Lyric and each Franchisee hereby grant to Franchisor
and its  agents  the right to enter upon any  premises  from which they  conduct
their  business,  without  notice,  at any  reasonable  time for the  purpose of
conducting  inspections  of the premises  and their books and records;  and each
agrees to render such assistance as may reasonably be requested and to take such
steps as may be  necessary  to  correct  any  deficiencies  upon the  request of
Franchisor or its agents.

     6.17 Variation of Standards. Because complete and detailed uniformity under
many  varying   conditions   may  not  be  possible  or  practical,   Franchisor
specifically reserves the right and privilege,  in its sole discretion and as it
may deem in the best  interests of all  concerned in any specific  instance,  to
vary standards for any Franchisees  based upon the peculiarities of a particular
circumstance, or any other conditions which Franchisor deems to be of importance
to the successful  operation of the particular  business.  Neither Lyric nor any
Franchisee  shall have recourse  against  Franchisor on account of any variation
from standard  specifications  and practices  granted to Lyric or any Franchisee
and  shall not be  entitled  to  require  Franchisor  to grant  others a like or
similar variation hereunder.

     6.18 Accounting Equipment and Software.  Lyric and each Franchisee agree to
maintain,  develop,  update and replace any equipment and software as reasonably
necessary  for the purpose of  recording,  collecting  or  otherwise  supporting
revenues.

     6.19  Discoveries and Ideas.  Lyric and each  Franchisee  agree to disclose
promptly to Franchisor all discoveries  made or ideas conceived by Lyric or such
Franchisee, their Affiliates, or their employees,  pertaining to the IHS Systems
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the fullest extent  permitted by law, Lyric and each Franchisee  hereby grant to
Franchisor  all right,  title and interest to such  discoveries  and ideas,  and
agree to  cooperate  with  Franchisor  in securing  Franchisor's  rights to such
discoveries and ideas.  "Discoveries"  and "ideas" shall be interpreted  broadly
and shall not be limited to those  discoveries  or ideas  which are  potentially
patentable  or  copyrightable.  Franchisor  shall not be obligated to compensate
Lyric or any Franchisee for any such discoveries or ideas.

     6.20 Compliance with Confidential Operating Manual. In order to protect the
reputation and goodwill of the businesses operating under the IHS Systems and to
maintain standards of operation under the Proprietary Materials,  Lyric and each
Franchisee  shall  conduct  its  business  operated  under  the IHS  Systems  in
accordance  with  various  written   instructions   and   confidential   manuals
(hereinafter and previously referred to as the "Confidential Operating Manual"),
including such  amendments  thereto as Franchisor may publish from time to time,
all of which Lyric and each Franchisee  acknowledge  belong solely to Franchisor
and shall be on loan from Franchisor during the term of this Agreement. When any
provision in this Agreement  requires that Lyric or a Franchisee comply with any
standard,   specification   or  requirement  of  Franchisor,   unless  otherwise
indicated,  such standard,  specification or requirement shall be such as is set
forth in this Agreement or as may, from time to time, be set forth by Franchisor
in the Confidential Operating Manual.

     6.21 Revisions to Confidential  Operating Manual. Lyric and each Franchisee
understand and acknowledge  that  Franchisor may, from time to time,  revise the
contents of the  Confidential  Operating  Manual to  implement  new or different
requirements for the operation of their business,  and Lyric and each Franchisee
expressly  agree to comply at their  expense  with all such  reasonable  changed
requirements which are by their terms mandatory; provided that such requirements
shall also be applied in a  reasonably  nondiscriminatory  manner to  comparable
businesses operated under the IHS Systems by other Franchisees.

     6.22 Operating  Assistance.  Franchisor reserves the right to require Lyric
and each Franchisee to maintain standards of quality,  appearance and service at
all their Facilities, thereby maintaining the public image and reputation of the
IHS Systems and the demand for the services and  products  provided  thereunder,
and to that end  Franchisor  shall  provide Lyric and each  Franchisee  with the
following ongoing assistance:

          (a)  advertising  and  marketing  assistance  including  consultation,
     access  to  media  buying  programs  and  access  to  broadcast  and  other
     advertising pieces and materials produced by Franchisor from time to time;

          (b) risk management services,  including risk financing planning, loss
     control and claims management;

          (c) outcomes monitoring; and

          (d) consultation by telephone or at Franchisor's  offices with respect
     to matters  relating to their  business in which  Franchisor has expertise,
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     to reimbursement,  government  relations,  clinical strategies,  regulatory
     matters, strategic planning and business development.

ARTICLE 7. PREFERRED PROVIDER STATUS

     Franchisor  shall use  commercially  reasonable  best  efforts,  subject to
applicable law, to cause the Franchisees to have "preferred  provider" status in
connection with Franchisor's  managed behavioral Health Care Business on a basis
substantially consistent with existing covenants,  terms and conditions,  unless
the customer directs otherwise.

ARTICLE 8. "800" TELEPHONE NUMBER

     Franchisor  agrees to continue to operate or will provide a toll free "800"
telephone  number and  related  service  facility  (the "800 Call  Center"),  to
provide a telephone  "Help" line and also a telephone  "Fraud and Abuse" line to
the  Franchisees  substantially  the same as those now provided by IHS' 800 Call
Center operating  immediately prior to the execution of this Agreement,  subject
to such  modifications as Franchisor deems advisable from time to time to comply
with  applicable  law or subject to such  restructuring  as Lyric and Franchisor
shall agree.  Each party agrees to use  commercially  reasonable best efforts to
negotiate any such  restructuring  to comply with  applicable law. Lyric and the
Franchisees  shall have the right (and Lyric agrees to cause all Franchisees) to
advertise such "800" telephone number and otherwise cooperate with Franchisor to
use the 800 Call Center for the  intended  purposes.  Lyric and the  Franchisees
shall each pay, from time to time promptly  following receipt of an invoice from
Franchisor, a proportionate share of the costs of operating the 800 Call Center.

ARTICLE 9. ENHANCEMENT OF THE IHS SYSTEMS

     Franchisor,  Lyric, and all Franchisees agree to cooperate in the creation,
enhancement  and updating of written  manuals and  materials  setting  forth the
treatment,  financial,  legal  and other  protocols,  programs  and  procedures,
quality  standards,  quality  assessment  methods,  performance  improvement and
monitoring  programs and other matters comprising the IHS Systems.  Such manuals
and other materials (together, the "IHS Systems Materials") shall be prepared in
a manner  suitable for use by  Franchisor in  franchising  others to use the IHS
Systems.  No changes shall be made by Lyric or any Franchisee to the IHS Systems
or the IHS Systems  Materials  without the Franchisor's  express written consent
which shall not be unreasonably withheld. All protocols,  programs,  procedures,
standards   and  methods,   all  IHS  Systems   Materials,   and  all  upgrades,
enhancements,  and modifications to same (whether developed by Franchisor, Lyric
or any  Franchisee),  shall be owned by Franchisor  and may be used by Lyric and
the  Franchisees  only under and  pursuant to this  Agreement  and the  Facility
Franchise Agreements.

ARTICLE 10. OTHER BUSINESS

     Lyric and each  Franchisee  agree not to enter  into any new Joint  Venture
Businesses, Managed Businesses or consulting or other agreements or arrangements
relating to a Health Care Business  (collectively,  "Other Business") during the
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Franchisor  and  Lyric  or the  respective  Franchisee  enter  into  a  Facility
Franchise  Agreement  with  respect  to  such  Other  Business,   or  (ii)  with
Franchisor's  written  consent in each  instance,  and in each instance in which
Franchisor  has  given  such  written  consent,  Franchisor  and  Lyric  (or the
applicable Franchisee) have previously agreed (A) to pay Franchisor, in addition
to all other amounts  payable  pursuant to this  Agreement,  a percentage of the
gross  receipts from such Other  Business  agreeable to Franchisor or (B) to the
inclusion in Gross Revenues of any such Other Business.

ARTICLE 11. [INTENTIONALLY OMITTED]

ARTICLE 12. STATEMENTS, RECORDS AND FEE PAYMENTS

     12.1 Maintenance of Records;  Audit Rights. Lyric and each Franchisee shall
maintain, in a manner reasonably satisfactory to Franchisor,  original, full and
complete records, accounts, books, data, licenses,  contracts and invoices which
accurately  reflect  all  particulars   relating  to  their  business  and  such
statistical  and other  information  or records as  Franchisor  may require (and
shall keep such information for not less than three years even after termination
of this  Agreement).  Lyric and each  Franchisee  shall  compile  and provide to
Franchisor any statistical or financial  information  regarding the operation of
their business,  services, and products, or data of a similar nature. Franchisor
(and its agents) may examine and audit such records, accounts, books and data at
all reasonable  times to monitor  compliance with this Agreement.  In connection
with any such  examination  or audit,  Franchisor  shall not be  entitled to any
adjustment  to the  extent  that  Gross  Revenues  for  Lyric or the  applicable
Franchisee have been computed in accordance with Section 5.8. If such inspection
discloses that Gross Revenues during any scheduled reporting period exceeded the
amount  reported by Lyric by two percent  (2%) or more of the amount  originally
reported to Franchisor,  Lyric shall bear the cost of such  inspection and audit
and shall pay, on demand,  any such deficiency  (with interest from the date due
at the lesser of the highest rate permitted by applicable law, or the Prime Rate
plus two percent (2%) per annum).

     12.2  Financial  Statements.  Lyric and the  Franchisees  shall prepare and
deliver (or cause to be prepared and delivered) to  Franchisor,  with respect to
each Facility and Other Business, all monthly,  quarterly,  and annual financial
statements  and  compliance  reports and other  reports,  in the same form,  and
within the same  periods,  as Lyric  prepares  or receives  under  Article 12 of
Lyric's Operating Agreement.

     12.3 Tax Reports. Upon Franchisor's request, Lyric shall furnish Franchisor
with a copy of each of Lyric's and any or all  Franchisees'  reports and returns
of  sales,  use and gross  receipt  taxes  and  complete  copies of any state or
federal income tax returns covering the operation of the businesses of Lyric and
all Franchisees.

     12.4 Reports.  Upon Franchisor's  request,  Lyric shall furnish  Franchisor
with a copy of each of  reports  filed by Lyric  and/or  any  Franchisees  under
applicable  federal and state laws,  rules and  regulations  (including  but not
limited to reports  required under  "Medicare" and  "Medicaid"  laws,  rules and
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ARTICLE 13. ADDITIONAL COVENANTS OF LYRIC

     13.1 Covenant  During Term.  During the Term of this  Agreement,  Lyric and
each  Franchisee  covenant  not to engage  directly or  indirectly  as an owner,
operator,  in any managerial  capacity,  or otherwise in any business other than
(i)  as a  franchisee  of  the  Proprietary  Materials  pursuant  to a  Facility
Franchise  Agreement;  (ii) Other  Business (but only as permitted by Franchisor
pursuant to Article 10); or (iii) through  management and  administration of the
businesses franchised by Franchisor pursuant to Article 2.

     13.2 Covenant Not to Compete  Post-Term.  For a period  expiring  three (3)
years after the expiration,  termination or assignment of this Agreement,  Lyric
and each Franchisee covenant not to engage (directly or indirectly) as an owner,
operator,  franchisee,  or consultant in any business which was conducted at any
of the Facilities or any Other  Business on the date of expiration,  termination
or assignment of this Agreement or during the two (2) years prior  thereto.  The
geographic area of the restrictions  under this Section 13.2 shall be limited to
(i) the Territories of Lyric and all Franchisees at the date of the termination,
expiration  or  assignment  of this  Agreement  and during  the two years  prior
thereto;  and (ii) the  geographic  areas  within a ten (10) mile  radius of any
Other  Business  in  existence  at the date of the  expiration,  termination  or
assignment of this Agreement or during the two (2) years prior thereto.

     13.3 Acknowledgment of Reasonableness. The parties agree that Sections 13.1
and 13.2 have been  negotiated  fully and  fairly  by the  parties,  each  being
represented and advised by counsel.  Lyric and each Franchisee  acknowledge that
Lyric and such Franchisee  willingly and freely accept the provisions of Section
13.1 and 13.2 as reasonable and necessary  under the  circumstances.  One of the
acknowledged   reasonable   business   purposes  of  Franchisor  is  to  protect
Franchisor's   goodwill  and  proprietary  rights.  Lyric  and  each  Franchisee
acknowledge  further that Franchisor would not enter into this Agreement without
the covenants of Sections 13.1 and 13.2,  and that it is fair and reasonable for
Lyric and every Franchisee to be subject to such covenants.

     13.4  Confidential  Information.  During  the  Term of this  Agreement  and
following the expiration,  termination or assignment of the Agreement, Lyric and
each  Franchisee  covenant not to  communicate  directly or  indirectly,  nor to
divulge to or use for its  benefit or the  benefit of any other  person or legal
entity,  any trade secrets  included in the  Proprietary  Materials or which are
otherwise  proprietary  to  Franchisor or IHS or any  information,  knowledge or
know-how  otherwise  deemed  confidential  by Franchisor  except as permitted by
Franchisor  (all  such,   "Confidential   Information").   Notwithstanding   the
foregoing,  "Confidential Information" shall not include information:  (a) which
at the time of disclosure is readily available to the trade or public; (b) which
after  disclosure  becomes  readily  available to the trade or public other than
through breach of this Agreement; (c) which is subsequently lawfully and in good
faith obtained by such party from an  independent  third party without breach of
this Agreement; or (d) which is disclosed to others in accordance with the terms
of a prior written authorization between the parties to this Agreement. In event
of any termination,  expiration,  assignment,  or non-renewal of this Agreement,
Lyric and each  Franchisee  agree that Lyric and such  Franchisee will never use
the Proprietary Materials or any other confidential information,  trade secrets,
methods of operation or any proprietary  components of Franchisor in the design,
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granted  hereunder  shall  be in  addition  to and  not  in  lieu  of all  other
protections for such trade secrets and confidential information as may otherwise
be afforded in law or in equity.

     13.5  Confidential  Agreements  with  Certain  Employees.  Consistent  with
Franchisor's   existing   policies  with  respect  to  employee   non-disclosure
agreements,  Lyric and each Franchisee agree to maintain and cause new employees
of Lyric to execute employee non- disclosure agreements, in the form used by IHS
as  of  the  date  hereof  (or  such  other  form  as  reasonably  requested  by
Franchisor), which shall prohibit disclosure by such parties to any other person
or legal entity of any  Confidential  Information.  Franchisor  shall be a third
party beneficiary of each such agreement; and Lyric or the respective Franchisee
shall not amend,  modify or terminate any such  agreement  without  Franchisor's
prior written consent.

     13.6 Severability.  The parties agree that each of the foregoing  covenants
shall be construed  as  independent  of any other  covenant or provision of this
Agreement.  If  any  part  of  one or  more  of  these  restrictions  is  deemed
unenforceable  by  virtue  of its  scope in terms  of  area,  business  activity
prohibited  or length of time,  and if such part is  capable of  enforcement  by
reduction of any or all thereof,  Lyric and Franchisor agree that the same shall
be enforced to the fullest extent  permissible  under the law. Also,  Franchisor
may at any time,  in its sole  discretion,  revise any of the  covenants in this
Article  13 so as to  reduce  the  obligations  of  Lyric  or any  one  or  more
Franchisees  hereunder.  The  running  of any period of time  specified  in this
Article 13 shall be tolled and  suspended  for any period of time in which Lyric
is found by a court of competent  jurisdiction  to have been in violation of any
covenant  under this  Agreement.  Lyric agrees further that the existence of any
claim Lyric may have  against  Franchisor  (whether  or not  arising  under this
Agreement)  shall not be a defense to enforcement by Franchisor of the covenants
in this Article 13.

ARTICLE 14. FRANCHISOR NOT TO COMPETE

     Franchisor agrees not to compete with Lyric or the applicable Franchisee in
any business which is covered by a Facility Franchise Agreement in the Territory
covered by such Facility Franchise Agreement.

ARTICLE 15. NEGATIVE COVENANTS OF LYRIC

     If Integrated Health Services, Inc. sells its entire membership interest in
Lyric pursuant to Article 16 of the Operating Agreement,  Lyric shall not do any
of the following,  without the prior written consent of Franchisor,  if Lyric is
in default in paying any monthly  installment  of the Annual  Continuing Fee for
(30) thirty days after written notice from Franchisor:

     15.1 Restriction of Indebtedness.  Create, incur or assume any indebtedness
for  borrowed  money or the  deferred  purchase  price of any  asset  (including
obligations under capitalized leases),  except indebtedness  subordinated to all
debts,  obligations  and  liabilities  of Lyric to Franchisor and its Affiliates
pursuant to a  subordination  agreement on terms and  conditions  acceptable  to
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     15.2  Restrictions  on Liens.  Create or permit to be created any mortgage,
pledge,  encumbrance  or other lien or  security  interest  in any  property  or
assets, except for any such that individually or in the aggregate are immaterial
to Lyric.

     15.3 Dividends and  Redemptions.  Make any distribution to Lyric's members,
or redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire directly or indirectly,  any membership
interest of Lyric's members, except that Lyric shall have the right to make cash
distributions  to  its  members  so  long  as no  default  has  occurred  and is
continuing in the payment of any amount due from Lyric to Franchisor pursuant to
this  Agreement  and so long as,  after  giving  effect  to the  payment  of the
distribution  sufficient  working capital is available to pay Annual  Continuing
Fees  and  budgeted  operating  expenses  for the  three  full  calendar  months
following the payment of such distribution.

     15.4 Acquisitions and Investments. Acquire any material assets or any other
business  or make any  material  loan,  advance  or  extension  of credit to, or
investment  in,  any  other  person,  corporation  or  other  entity,  including
investments acquired in exchange for stock or other securities or obligations of
any nature (other than to  subsidiaries  or in connection  with cash  management
functions in the ordinary  course of business),  or create or participate in the
creation of any subsidiary or joint venture.

     15.5 Liquidation;  Merger; Disposition of Assets. Liquidate or dissolve; or
merge with or into or consolidate  with or into any corporation or other entity;
or sell, lease,  transfer or otherwise dispose of all or any substantial part of
its property,  assets or business  (other than sales made in the ordinary course
of business).

     15.6 Increases in Salaries. Increase any salaries, bonuses,  profit-sharing
payments, or other compensation of any kind (including severance agreements) for
any employees  receiving  (or likely to receive) more than One Hundred  Thousand
Dollars ($100,000) in total annual compensation.

     15.7  Affiliates.  Amend any Lease to increase the amount or accelerate the
payment of the rent under such Lease or any installment thereof or engage in any
material  transaction with (i) any Affiliate,  (ii) Lessor or (iii) an Affiliate
of Lessor, other than pursuant to contracts or ongoing arrangements  existing at
the time  Integrated  Health  Services,  Inc. sells its  membership  interest in
Lyric,  including  amending in any material  respect any such contracts or other
ongoing arrangements existing at the time of such sale.

     15.8 No  Bankruptcy.  (i) Dissolve or  liquidate,  in whole or in part,  or
institute  proceedings to be adjudicated bankrupt or insolvent,  (ii) consent to
the institution of bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings against it, (iii) file a
petition seeking or consenting to  reorganization or relief under any applicable
federal or state law relating to bankruptcy,  (iv) consent to the appointment of
a  receiver,  liquidator,  assignee,  trustee,  sequestrator  (or other  similar
official) of Lyric or a  substantial  part of its  property,  (v) make a general
assignment for the benefit of creditors,  (vi) admit in writing its inability to
pay its debts generally as they become due, or (vii) take any corporate or other
action to authorize  any of the actions set forth in clauses (i) through (vi) of
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ARTICLE 16. TRANSFER AND ASSIGNMENT

     16.1  Assignment by  Franchisor.  This  Agreement and all rights and duties
hereunder  may not be  assigned or  transferred  by  Franchisor  except (i) with
Lyric's  prior  written  consent  (which  shall  not be  unreasonably  withheld,
conditioned or delayed); or (ii) to an entity which simultaneously  acquires all
or  substantially  all of Franchisor's  business and assets,  provided that such
transferee/assignee  assumes each and every  obligation of Franchisor under this
Agreement.  Franchisor may grant a security interest for collateral  purposes in
Franchisor's  rights and interest (but not its obligations) under this Agreement
to any of Franchisor's (or its Affiliates') lenders.

     16.2  Assignment  by  Lyric.  This  Agreement  and all  rights  and  duties
hereunder  may not be  assigned  or  transferred  by Lyric  except  (i) with the
written  consent  of  Franchisor,  or (ii)  to an  entity  which  simultaneously
acquires all or  substantially  all of Lyric's  business  and assets  (including
ownership of all Franchisees),  provided that such  transferee/assignee  assumes
each and every  obligation  of Lyric  under  this  Agreement  (and  executes  an
assumption  agreement  to such  effect  in form and  substance  satisfactory  to
Franchisor).  At the  time of  assignment  of  Lyric's  rights  pursuant  to the
preceding sentence, Lyric may transfer simultaneously the Franchisees' interests
in all of the Facility Franchise Agreements to the same person or entity to whom
Lyric's interest in this Agreement is assigned.

     16.3  Consent  Not  a  Waiver.  Franchisor's  consent  (if  granted)  to an
assignment  by Lyric shall not  constitute a waiver of any claims of  Franchisor
against the  transferring  party,  nor a waiver of Franchisor's  right to demand
exact compliance with all terms of this Agreement by the transferee.

     16.4 Parties Bound and  Benefitted.  This Agreement shall be binding on the
parties and their respective  successors and assigns. This Agreement shall inure
to the benefit of the  parties and their  respective  permitted  successors  and
assigns.

ARTICLE 17. RIGHTS OF AGGRIEVED PARTY UPON DEFAULT

     17.1  Franchisor's  Right  to  Terminate.  Franchisor  may  terminate  this
Agreement  prior to the  expiration  of its term for "good  cause",  which shall
exist, at Franchisor's election, if:

          (a) Lyric or any Franchisee  violates any prohibition against transfer
     and assignment in Article 16;

          (b) Lyric or any Franchisee  violates any covenant of  confidentiality
     or non-disclosure contained in Section 13.4 or Section 13.5;

          (c) Lyric fails to keep, observe, or perform any covenant,  agreement,
     term or provision of this  Agreement  (other than  payments  covered by (f)
     below) and such  failure  continues  for sixty (60) days after  notice from
     Franchisor, provided that if such failure can be cured but such cure cannot
     be completed with due diligence  within such period and if Lyric  commences
     to  cure  such  failure   promptly  after  notice  thereof  and  thereafter
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     such cure with due diligence, such period shall be extended as necessary to
     cure such failure with due diligence;

          (d) Lyric shall apply for or consent to the appointment of a receiver,
     trustee,  or  liquidator  of Lyric or of all or a  substantial  part of its
     assets,  file a voluntary  petition in  bankruptcy  or admit in writing its
     inability  to pay its debts as they become due,  make a general  assignment
     for the  benefit  of  creditors,  file a  petition  or any  answer  seeking
     reorganization  or  arrangement  with  creditors  or take  advantage of any
     insolvency  law, or if an order,  judgment or decree  shall be entered by a
     court  of  competent  jurisdiction,  on  the  application  of  a  creditor,
     adjudicating  Lyric  bankrupt  or  appointing  a  receiver,   trustee,   or
     liquidator of Lyric with respect to all or a substantial part of the assets
     of Lyric, and such order, judgment or decree shall continue unstayed and in
     effect for any period of ninety (90) consecutive days;

          (e) Lyric or any  Franchisee  defaults  under any Lease or mortgage of
     any  Facility,  and the  respective  Lessor or  mortgagee  commences  legal
     proceedings to enforce its rights thereunder;

          (f) subject to Section  5.5 Lyric  fails to pay the Annual  Continuing
     Fee owed to Franchisor  under this  Agreement when due or within sixty (60)
     days thereafter, or fails to pay any other amounts owed to Franchisor under
     this Agreement  within sixty (60) days after notice from Franchisor of such
     obligation.

Upon the happening of any of the foregoing events,  Franchisor may terminate the
rights of Lyric and all Franchisees hereunder by notice to Lyric; and the rights
of Lyric and all Franchisees hereunder shall terminate  automatically  effective
thirty  (30) days  after the giving of such  notice.  If in any  jurisdiction  a
franchisee  is entitled by law to notice  and/or cure periods  longer than those
set forth above, then with respect to any Facility Franchise Agreement (to which
Lyric or a Franchisee is a party) governed by the law of such jurisdiction,  the
notice  and/or  cure  periods,  as  applicable,  shall be deemed to be  extended
automatically  to the  minimum  notice  and/or  cure  periods  required  in such
jurisdiction.

     17.2 Lyric's Right to Terminate.  Lyric may not  terminate  this  Agreement
prior to the  expiration of its term (whether  because of  Franchisor's  breach,
material or otherwise) except with the prior written consent of Franchisor.

     17.3 Defaults Caused by Manager. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement
to the contrary, during any period while an Affiliate of Franchisor is acting as
the Manager of any Facility of a Franchisee pursuant to a Management  Agreement,
if and to the extent  that such  Manager,  through its action or failure to act,
shall have caused Lyric or the  respective  Franchisee to be in default of their
obligations  under this Agreement,  then such default shall not be the basis for
Franchisor  to exercise  any rights  under this  Article or under  Section  5.9;
provided,  however,  the foregoing  sentence  shall not apply if the  respective
Manager is unable to act (or prevented  from acting) by reason of the failure of
Lyric or the respective  Franchisee to comply with its own


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obligation under the particular  Management  Agreement (including the payment of
funds to  Manager  to cover  necessary  expenditures,  the  giving  of  required
approvals or directions, etc.).

ARTICLE 18. [INTENTIONALLY OMITTED]

ARTICLE 19. INDEMNIFICATION AND INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR

     19.1  Indemnification and Hold Harmless.  Lyric agrees to protect,  defend,
indemnify,  and hold Franchisor,  IHS and their respective directors,  officers,
agents,  attorneys  and  shareholders,  harmless  from and  against  all claims,
actions, proceedings, damages, costs, expenses and other losses and liabilities,
directly  or  indirectly  incurred  (including  without  limitation   reasonable
attorneys' and  accountants'  fees) as a result of, arising out of, or connected
with the operation of Lyric's  Business,  except those  directly  resulting from
Franchisor's or IHS' willful misconduct or fraud.  Franchisor agrees to protect,
defend,  indemnify  and hold  Lyric and each  Franchisee,  and their  respective
directors,  officers,  agents, attorneys and members,  harmless from and against
all claims, actions, proceedings,  damages, costs, expenses and other losses and
liabilities,  directly  or  indirectly  arising  out of or  connected  with  the
operation  of  Lyric's  Business  arising  directly  from  Franchisor's  willful
misconduct or fraud.

     19.2 Independent  Contractor.  In all dealings with third parties including
employees, suppliers and patients, Lyric shall disclose in an appropriate manner
reasonably acceptable to Franchisor that it is an independent entity. Nothing in
this  Agreement  is  intended  to create a  fiduciary  relationship  between the
parties  hereto  nor  to  constitute  Lyric  an  agent,  legal   representative,
subsidiary,  joint venturer,  partner, employee or servant of Franchisor for any
purpose.  It is  agreed  that  Lyric  is an  independent  contractor  and is not
authorized to make any  contract,  warranty or  representation  or to create any
obligation on behalf of Franchisor.

ARTICLE 20. WRITTEN APPROVALS, WAIVERS AND AMENDMENT

     20.1 Prior Approvals.  Whenever this Agreement requires  Franchisor's prior
approval,  Lyric shall make a timely  written  request.  Unless a different time
period  is  specified  in this  Agreement,  Franchisor  shall  respond  with its
approval or disapproval within fifteen (15) days of receipt of such request.  If
Franchisor has not specifically  approved a request within such fifteen (15) day
period, such failure to respond shall be deemed disapproval of any such request.

     20.2 No Waiver.  No failure of Franchisor to exercise any power reserved to
it by this  Agreement  and no custom or practice of the parties at variance with
the terms hereof shall constitute a waiver of Franchisor's right to demand exact
compliance with any of the terms herein.  No waiver or approval by Franchisor of
any  particular  breach or  default  by Lyric,  nor any  delay,  forbearance  or
omission by Franchisor to act or give notice of default or to exercise any power
or right  arising  by  reason  of such  default  hereunder,  nor  acceptance  by
Franchisor  of any  payments  due  hereunder  shall be  considered  a waiver  or
approval by Franchisor of any preceding or subsequent breach or default by Lyric
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     20.3 Written Amendments.  Except as otherwise specifically provided in this
Agreement, no amendment, change or variance from this Agreement shall be binding
upon either Franchisor or Lyric except by mutual written agreement.

ARTICLE 21. ENFORCEMENT

     21.1 Inspections.  In order to ensure compliance with this Agreement and to
enable  Franchisor  to carry out its  obligations  under this  Agreement,  Lyric
agrees that  Franchisor  and its designated  agents shall be permitted,  with or
without  notice,  full and complete  access during business hours to inspect all
premises  at which  Lyric's  Business  is  conducted  and all  records  thereof,
including,  but  not  limited  to,  records  relating  to  Lyric's  and  Lyric's
Franchisees'  patients,  suppliers,  employees and agents. Lyric shall cooperate
fully with Franchisor and its designated agents requesting such access.

     21.2 No Right to Offset.  Lyric will not, for any reason,  withhold payment
of any monthly payment,  fee or any other fees or payments due to the Franchisor
under this Agreement or pursuant to any other contract,  agreement or obligation
to the  Franchisor or any of its  Affiliates.  Lyric shall not have the right to
"offset"  any  liquidated  or  unliquidated  amounts,  damages  or  other  funds
allegedly due to Lyric from the Franchisor  against any monthly payment,  fee or
any other fees or payments due to the Franchisor or any of its Affiliates  under
this Agreement or otherwise.

ARTICLE 22. ENTIRE AGREEMENT

     This  Agreement and the Facility  Franchise  Agreements  contain the entire
agreement of the parties. No other agreements,  written or oral, shall be deemed
to exist, and all prior  agreements and  understandings  are superseded  hereby.
There are no conditions to this Agreement  which are not expressed  herein or in
the Facility Franchise Agreements.

ARTICLE 23. NOTICES

     All notices,  consents or other  communications  under this  Agreement (any
such,  a  "notice")  must be in  writing  and  addressed  to each  party  at its
respective  addresses  set  forth  above  (or at any  other  address  which  the
respective  party may designate by notice given to the other party).  Any notice
required by this  Agreement  to be given or made  within a  specified  period of
time, or on or before a date  certain,  shall be deemed given or made if sent by
hand, by fax with confirmed answerback  received,  or by registered or certified
mail (return receipt requested and postage and registry fees prepaid).  Delivery
"by hand" shall include  delivery by commercial  express or courier  service.  A
notice sent by registered or certified mail shall be deemed given on the date of
receipt (or attempted delivery if refused) indicated on the return receipt.  All
other notices shall be deemed given when actually received.

ARTICLE 24. GOVERNING LAW AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION

     24.1 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be interpreted, construed, applied
and  enforced  in  accordance  with the laws of the State of  Maryland  (without
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of conflicts of laws). Subject to Sections 24.2 and 24.3, any action to enforce,
arising  out  of,  or  relating  in any way to,  any of the  provisions  of this
Agreement may be brought and  prosecuted in such court or courts  located in the
State of Maryland,  and the parties consent to the jurisdiction of said court or
courts.

     24.2 In the  event  of any  dispute  or  controversy  arising  under  or in
connection  with this  Agreement,  the  parties  shall  attempt to resolve  such
dispute or  controversy  by  mediation  as  provided  in this  Section  prior to
exercising any rights under the remaining provisions of Article 24. Either party
may commence  mediation by notice to the other party (the  "Mediation  Notice"),
which  notice shall name a proposed  Mediator (as defined  below) to resolve the
dispute.  The party  receiving  the  Mediation  Notice,  within seven days after
receipt,  shall send the other party notice accepting the proposed Mediator (the
"Acceptance   Notice")  or  proposing  an  alternate  Mediator  (the  "Alternate
Notice").  Within  seven (7) days after  receipt  of an  Alternate  Notice,  the
receiving  party shall  deliver  notice  accepting  or rejecting  the  alternate
Mediator.  Within five (5) days after the Mediator has been selected the dispute
shall be submitted to him or her by both parties,  and the Mediator shall decide
the dispute within fourteen (14) days  thereafter.  The decision of the Mediator
shall not be binding upon the parties,  and after the Mediator issues a decision
either party may submit the dispute to arbitration,  as provided in Section 24.3
and 24.4.  If the parties fail to agree upon a Mediator  within twenty (20) days
after receipt of the Mediation  Notice,  the dispute may be resolved as provided
in Section 24.3.  "Mediator" means an individual with experience relevant to the
matter in dispute who is not employed by or affiliated with either party and who
does not have (and is not an officer,  employee  or director of an entity  which
has) significant business contacts with either party. Franchisor and Lyric shall
share equally all costs of the Mediator.

     24.3 (a) Subject to Section 24.2, any dispute  between Lyric and Franchisor
regarding a financial,  tax, or accounting  issue shall be resolved  exclusively
through  arbitration  conducted  by  a  principal  of  KPMG  Peat  Marwick  (the
"Financial  Arbitrator").  Either  party may commence  arbitration  hereunder by
notice to the other party and to the Financial Arbitrator,  who shall decide the
dispute.  Franchisor  and Lyric shall share  equally all costs of the  Financial
Arbitrator. The Financial Arbitrator shall conduct the arbitration in any manner
he or she elects; however, the Financial Arbitrator shall issue a final decision
with  respect to such  dispute  within  thirty  (30) days  after the  dispute is
referred to him or her. The decision of such Financial Arbitrator shall be final
and binding upon the parties and shall not be subject to appeal.  Judgment  upon
the award  rendered  by the  Financial  Arbitrator  may be  entered in any court
having in personam and subject matter jurisdiction over the parties.

          (b) Subject to Sections 24.2 and 24.3(a),  any dispute or  controversy
arising under or in connection with this Agreement shall be settled  exclusively
by  arbitration,  conducted  before a panel of three  arbitrators  in Baltimore,
Maryland,  in accordance with the rules of the American Arbitration  Association
then in effect,  and judgement may be entered on the  arbitrators'  award in any
court  having in personam  and subject  matter  jurisdiction  over the  parties.
Franchisor  and Lyric shall share equally the costs of the American  Arbitration
Association and the arbitrators. Each party shall select one arbitrator, and the
two so designated shall select a third arbitrator. If either party shall fail to
designate an arbitrator within seven (7) days after arbitration is requested, or
if the two arbitrators  shall fail to select a third arbitrator  within fourteen
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arbitrator  shall be  selected  by the  American  Arbitration  Association  upon
application of either party. In considering any issue under this Agreement,  the
arbitrators  shall construe and interpret this Agreement  strictly in accordance
with the  specific  terms  and  provisions  hereof  and in  accordance  with the
judicial decisions, statutes, and other indicia of Maryland law.

ARTICLE 25. SEVERABILITY, CONSTRUCTION AND OTHER MATTERS

     25.1 Severability. Should any provision of this Agreement be for any reason
held invalid,  illegal or  unenforceable  by a court of competent  jurisdiction,
such provision shall be deemed  restricted in application to the extent required
to render it  valid;  and the  remainder  of this  Agreement  shall in no way be
affected and shall remain valid and enforceable  for all purposes.  In the event
that any  provision  of this  Agreement  should be for any reason held  invalid,
illegal or unenforceable by a court of competent  jurisdiction,  or in the event
the  performance or compliance by any party with any provision of this Agreement
shall result in such party being in violation of any law,  rule or regulation of
any governmental authority,  then in any of such events the parties agree to use
commercially  reasonable best efforts to amend in a manner reasonably consistent
with each party's  economic  interests the  obligations of the parties under and
pursuant to the Agreement so as to cause the parties'  obligations  hereunder to
be  enforceable  and not in  violation  of any law,  rule or  regulation  of any
governmental  authority.  In the  event  such  total or  partial  invalidity  or
unenforceability  of any provision of this Agreement exists only with respect to
the laws of a particular  jurisdiction,  this paragraph  shall operate upon such
provision only to the extent that the laws of such  jurisdiction  are applicable
to such  provision.  Each party  agrees to execute  and deliver to the other any
further  documents  which may be  reasonably  required to  effectuate  fully the
provisions hereof. Lyric understands and acknowledges that Franchisor shall have
the right, in its sole discretion,  on a temporary or permanent basis, to reduce
the scope of any covenant or provision of this Agreement  binding upon Lyric, or
any portion hereof, without Lyric's consent,  effective immediately upon receipt
by Lyric of  written  notice  thereof,  and  Lyric  agrees  that it will  comply
forthwith with any covenant as so modified, which shall be fully enforceable.

     25.2 Regulatory Reports. Each party agrees to reasonably cooperate with the
other in  providing  on a timely  basis all  documents  and  information  in its
possession or reasonably  available to it, reasonably  required by the other for
reports or filings required by any governmental or other regulatory authority.

     25.3  Counterparts.  This  Agreement  may  be  executed  in any  number  of
counterparts,  each of which when so executed and  delivered  shall be deemed an
original,  but such  counterparts  together  shall  constitute  one and the same
instrument.

     25.4 Table of  Contents,  Headings  and  Captions.  The table of  contents,
headings and captions  contained  herein are for the purposes of convenience and
reference  only and are not to be  construed  as a part of this  Agreement.  All
terms and words used herein  shall be construed to include the number and gender
as the  context of this  Agreement  may  require.  The  parties  agree that each
section of this Agreement shall be construed  independently of any other section
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ARTICLE 26. POST TERM OBLIGATIONS

     Upon the expiration, termination or assignment of this Agreement, Lyric and
every Franchisee shall immediately:

     26.1 Cease  Operations.  Cease to be a Franchisee of Franchisor  under this
Agreement  and cease to operate its business  under the IHS  Systems.  Lyric and
each Franchisee shall not thereafter,  directly or indirectly,  represent to the
public that their  business is or was operated or in any way connected  with the
IHS  Systems  or hold  itself  out as a  present  (or,  publicly,  as a  former)
franchisee of Franchisor at or with respect to any premises from or at which its
business operated.

     26.2 Pay All Sums Outstanding. Pay all sums owing to Franchisor.

     26.3  Return  Confidential  Operating  Manual.  Return  to  Franchisor  the
Confidential  Operating  Manual  and all trade  secret  and  other  confidential
materials,  equipment and other  property  owned by  Franchisor,  and all copies
thereof,  including  all  such  provided  to any  third  party  by  Lyric or any
Franchisee with Franchisor's prior consent pursuant to this Agreement. Lyric and
the Franchisees shall retain no copy or record of any of the foregoing.

     26.4  Cease  Use of IHS  Systems.  Cease to use in  advertising,  or in any
manner whatsoever, any methods, procedures,  protocols,  programs, procedures or
techniques  associated  with the IHS  Systems in which  Franchisor  or IHS has a
proprietary right, title or interest; cease to use the Proprietary Materials and
any other marks and  indicia of  operation  associated  with the IHS Systems and
remove all trade dress, physical  characteristics,  color combinations and other
indications  of operation  under the IHS Systems  from any  premises  from or at
which Lyric or any Franchisee  operated.  Without limiting the foregoing,  Lyric
and each Franchisee  agree that in the event of any termination or expiration of
this Agreement,  it will remove all signage  bearing the Proprietary  Materials,
and  will  remove   from  their   respective   premises   any  items  which  are
characteristic of the IHS Systems "trade dress".

ARTICLE 27. TAXES, PERMITS AND INDEBTEDNESS

     27.1 Payment. Lyric and each Franchisee shall promptly pay when due any and
all  federal,  state and local taxes  (including  unemployment  and sales taxes)
levied or assessed with respect to any services or products  furnished,  used or
licensed  pursuant to this Agreement and all accounts or other  indebtedness  of
every kind  incurred  by Lyric and each  Franchisee  in the  operation  of their
business.

     27.2  Compliance with all Laws and  Regulations.  Lyric and each Franchisee
shall comply with all federal,  state and local laws,  rules and regulations and
timely obtain any and all permits,  certificates  and licenses  required for the
full and proper conduct of their business.

     27.3  Full  Responsibility.  Lyric  and each  Franchisee  hereby  expressly
covenant and agree to accept full and sole  responsibility for any and all debts
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ARTICLE 28. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

     28.1 LYRIC AND EACH FRANCHISEE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT FRANCHISOR OR ITS AGENT HAS
PROVIDED LYRIC AND EACH FRANCHISEE WITH A FRANCHISE  OFFERING CIRCULAR NOT LATER
THAN  THE  EARLIER  OF TEN (10)  BUSINESS  DAYS  BEFORE  THE  EXECUTION  OF THIS
AGREEMENT, OR TEN (10) BUSINESS DAYS BEFORE ANY PAYMENT BY LYRIC OR A FRANCHISEE
OF  ANY  CONSIDERATION  IN  CONNECTION  WITH  THIS  AGREEMENT.  LYRIC  AND  EACH
FRANCHISEE  FURTHER  ACKNOWLEDGE  THAT LYRIC AND EACH  FRANCHISEE HAVE READ SUCH
FRANCHISE OFFERING CIRCULAR AND UNDERSTAND ITS CONTENTS.

     28.2 LYRIC  ACKNOWLEDGES  THAT FRANCHISOR HAS PROVIDED LYRIC WITH A COPY OF
THIS AGREEMENT AND ALL RELATED  DOCUMENTS,  FULLY  COMPLETED,  AT LEAST FIVE (5)
BUSINESS DAYS PRIOR TO LYRIC'S EXECUTION HEREOF OR SUCH  FRANCHISEE'S  EXECUTION
OF ITS FACILITY FRANCHISE AGREEMENT.

     28.3 LYRIC AND EACH  FRANCHISEE ARE AWARE OF THE FACT THAT OTHER PRESENT OR
FUTURE  FRANCHISE  OWNERS OF  FRANCHISOR  MAY OPERATE UNDER  DIFFERENT  FORMS OF
AGREEMENT(S),  AND CONSEQUENTLY  THAT  FRANCHISOR'S  OBLIGATIONS AND RIGHTS WITH
RESPECT  TO ITS  VARIOUS  FRANCHISE  OWNERS  MAY  DIFFER  MATERIALLY  IN CERTAIN
CIRCUMSTANCES.

     28.4 LYRIC AND EACH FRANCHISEE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS INSTRUMENT CONSTITUTES
THE ENTIRE  AGREEMENT  OF THE PARTIES  RELATING TO THE  SUBJECT  MATTER  HEREOF.
EXCEPT AS SET FORTH IN THE TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS,  THIS AGREEMENT TERMINATES AND
SUPERSEDES ANY PRIOR AGREEMENT  BETWEEN THE PARTIES  CONCERNING THE SAME SUBJECT
MATTER.

     28.5 LYRIC AND EACH FRANCHISEE  ACKNOWLEDGE THAT COMPUTER SOFTWARE LICENSED
HEREUNDER IS FURNISHED "AS IS". FRANCHISOR MAKES NO WARRANTIES,  WHETHER EXPRESS
OR IMPLIED  WITH  RESPECT TO SUCH  SOFTWARE AND  DOCUMENTATION  DESCRIBING  SUCH
SOFTWARE,  ITS  QUALITY,  ITS  PERFORMANCE,  MERCHANTABILITY,  OR FITNESS  FOR A
PARTICULAR  PURPOSE.  THE  ENTIRE  RISK AS TO THE  QUALITY  AND  PERFORMANCE  OF
SOFTWARE AND DOCUMENTATION DESCRIBING SUCH SOFTWARE IS WITH LYRIC.

     28.6 LYRIC AND EACH  FRANCHISEE  ACKNOWLEDGE  THAT THIS FRANCHISE OFFER WAS
MADE TO LYRIC AND THE FRANCHISEES IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA.

ARTICLE 29. GUARANTY OF FRANCHISEE OBLIGATIONS

     29.1 Definition of  "Obligations".  In this Article 29 "Obligations"  means
any  and  all  debts,  obligations,  and  liabilities  of  every  Franchisee  to
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the  Franchisees'  respective  Facility  Franchise  Agreements with  Franchisor,
whether such Facility  Franchise  Agreements and/or such debts,  obligations and
liabilities are previously,  now, or subsequently  made,  incurred,  or created,
whether  voluntary  or  involuntary,  liquidated  or  unliquidated,  secured  or
unsecured, and whether or not any or all such debts, obligations and liabilities
are or become unenforceable by operation of bankruptcy or insolvency laws.

     29.2  Guaranty.  Lyric hereby (a)  unconditionally  guarantees the full and
prompt  payment  and  performance  of  the  Obligations  when  due,  whether  by
acceleration or otherwise,  (b) agrees to pay all costs, expenses and reasonable
attorneys'  fees  incurred by  Franchisor  in  enforcing  this  guaranty and the
Obligations and realizing on any collateral  therefor,  and (c) agrees to pay to
Franchisor  the amount of any payments  which were made to Franchisor or another
in full or partial  satisfaction of the Obligations and which are recovered from
Franchisor  by  a  trustee,  receiver,  creditor  or  other  party  pursuant  to
applicable  law.  This  is a  guarantee  of  payment,  and  not  of  collection.
Franchisor  shall not be obligated to: (i) take any steps to collect from, or to
file any claim of any kind against, any Franchisee,  any guarantor, or any other
person or entity liable for payment or performance of the  Obligations,  or (ii)
take any steps to protect,  accept, obtain, enforce, take possession of, perfect
its interest in,  foreclose  or realize on  collateral  or security (if any) for
payment or performance of any of the  Obligations or any guarantee of any of the
Obligations,  or (iii) in any other respect exercise any diligence in collecting
or attempting to collect any of the Obligations.

     29.3 Liability Absolute.  Lyric shall have the right to assert any defenses
to enforcement of the Obligations that would be available to Franchisees,  other
than defenses based on bankruptcy or insolvency  laws.  However,  except for the
preceding  sentence,  Lyric's  liability  for  payment  and  performance  of the
Obligations shall be absolute and unconditional;  and Lyric  unconditionally and
irrevocably waives each and every defense which, under principles of guaranty or
suretyship  law, would  otherwise  operate to impair or diminish such liability;
and nothing  except  actual full payment and  performance  to  Franchisor of the
Obligations  shall operate to discharge Lyric's liability under this Article 29.
Without limiting the foregoing,  Franchisor  shall have the right,  from time to
time and without notice, to: (a) extend any credit to any Franchisee, (b) accept
any  collateral,  security or guarantee for any Obligations or any other credit,
(c)  determine  how,  when  and  what  application  of  payments,   credits  and
collections,  if any, shall be made on the  Obligations and any other credit and
accept partial  payments,  (d) determine  what (if anything)  shall be done with
respect  to  any  collateral  or  security,  (e)  subordinate,  sell,  transfer,
surrender,  release or otherwise dispose of any such collateral or security, and
purchase or otherwise  acquire any such collateral or security at foreclosure or
otherwise, and (f) with or without consideration grant, permit or enter into any
waiver, amendment, extension, modification, refinancing, indulgence, compromise,
settlement, subordination, discharge or release of any of the Obligations.

     29.4 Additional Waivers. Lyric waives (a) presentment,  notice of dishonor,
protest,  demand for payment and all  notices of any kind,  including  notice of
acceptance hereof,  notice of the creation of any of the Obligations,  notice of
nonpayment,  nonperformance  or other  default  on any of the  Obligations,  and
notice of any action  taken to collect  upon or enforce any of the  Obligations,
(b) any claim for contribution  against any co-guarantor,  until the Obligations
have been paid or  performed  in full and such  payments  are not subject to any
right of recovery,  and (c) any setoffs



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<PAGE>



against  Franchisor  which would otherwise  impair  Franchisor's  rights against
Lyric or any Franchisee hereunder.

     29.5 Continuing Effect. This is a continuing guarantee which shall continue
in effect as to those of the  Obligations  arising  out of or  relating  to each
Facility Franchise  Agreement until the particular  Facility Franchise Agreement
has terminated in accordance with its terms.


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                                       26
<PAGE>



     IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the parties  hereto have duly  executed and delivered
this  Amended  and  Restated  Master  Franchise  Agreement  as of the date first
written above.

                                FRANCHISOR:

                                INTEGRATED HEALTH SERVICES
                                FRANCHISING CO., INC.

                                By:                                   (Seal)
                                   -----------------------------------
                                Name: Daniel J. Booth
                                     ---------------------------------
                                Title:   Senior Vice President
                                      --------------------------------


                                LYRIC:

                                LYRIC HEALTH CARE LLC

                                By: Integrated Health Services, Inc., its Member

                                By:                                   (Seal)
                                   -----------------------------------
                                Name: Daniel J. Booth
                                     ---------------------------------
                                Title:   Senior Vice President
                                      --------------------------------




                                       S-1

<PAGE>



                                    EXHIBIT 1
                                    ---------

                          FACILITY FRANCHISE AGREEMENT
                          ----------------------------



                          FACILITY FRANCHISE AGREEMENT

                                      AMONG

                             LYRIC HEALTH CARE LLC,

                               [INSERT SUBSIDIARY]

                                       AND

                INTEGRATED HEALTH SERVICES FRANCHISING CO., INC.




                                   ----------

                         DATED AS OF DECEMBER ___, 1998

                                   ----------



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<PAGE>



                          FACILITY FRANCHISE AGREEMENT

     THIS FACILITY FRANCHISE AGREEMENT (this "Agreement") is made as of December
__,  1998,  among LYRIC  HEALTH CARE LLC,  having an office at 8889  Pelican Bay
Boulevard,  Suite 500,  Naples,  Florida 34103 ("Lyric");  [INSERT  SUBSIDIARY],
having an office at  [Insert  Address]  ("Franchisee");  and  INTEGRATED  HEALTH
SERVICES  FRANCHISING  CO.,  INC.,  having an office at 10065 Red Run Boulevard,
Owings Mills, Maryland 21117 ("Franchisor").


                             INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT

     Pursuant to a Master Lease,  dated as of the date hereof,  between  Monarch
Properties,   LP,  as  lessor,   and  Lyric  Health  Care   Holdings  III,  Inc.
("Holdings"),  as lessee, and a Facility Sublease,  dated as of the date hereof,
between Holdings, as sublessor, and Franchisee, as sublessee,  Franchisee is the
sublessee and operator of a health care facility  named [Insert  Facility  Name]
located at [Insert Facility Address], together with the equipment,  furnishings,
and other  tangible  personal  property to be used in connection  therewith (the
"Facility"). Franchisee is wholly owned, directly or indirectly, by Lyric.

     Lyric and  Franchisor  have  entered  into an Amended and  Restated  Master
Franchise  Agreement,  dated  as of  the  date  hereof  (the  "Master  Franchise
Agreement")  franchising  the use of the  "Trade  Names"  and  the  "Proprietary
Materials" (including the "IHS Systems") as defined therein.  Franchisee desires
to obtain all the rights and benefits which are granted to  "Franchisees"  under
the Master Franchise  Agreement;  and Franchisor and Lyric are willing to accord
such rights and benefits to Franchisee,  upon the terms and conditions set forth
below.

     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of their mutual promises, and intending to
be legally bound hereby, the parties agree as follows:

ARTICLE 1. DEFINITIONS

     1.1 Words and phrases defined in the Master Franchise  Agreement shall have
the same meanings in this Agreement, unless otherwise defined herein.

     1.2 In this Agreement:

          (a) "Included Provisions" means all provisions of the Master Franchise
     Agreement except the Excluded Provisions.

          (b) "Excluded Provisions" means the following Sections and/or Articles
     of the Master  Franchise  Agreement:  Section 2.1(b);  Section 5.1; Section
     12.2; Section 12.3; Section 12.4; Article 15; Section 16.2; Article 23; and
     Article 29.


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          (c)  "Territory"  means the area within a  fifteen-mile  radius of the
     Facility.

     1.3 Other words and phrases are defined in this Agreement.


ARTICLE 2. GRANT OF FRANCHISE

     2.1 Franchisor  hereby grants to  Franchisee,  but only with respect to the
Facility described in the Introductory  Statement and the Territory described in
Section 1.2(c) above, all rights and benefits granted to Lyric or a "Franchisee"
under the Master Franchise  Agreement,  except for any rights of Lyric under the
Excluded Provisions.

     2.2 Franchisee accepts the foregoing grant and hereby assumes and agrees to
keep, observe,  and perform,  but only with respect to the Facility described in
the Introductory  Statement and the Territory described in Section 1.2(c) above,
all obligations and  responsibilities  of a "Franchisee"  and/or Lyric under the
Master  Franchise  Agreement,  except  for any  obligations  of Lyric  under the
Excluded Provisions.

     2.3 In furtherance  (and not in limitation) of the foregoing,  the Included
Provisions  are  incorporated  by reference  in this  Agreement.  References  to
"Lyric" in the Included Provisions shall be deemed to include "Franchisee."


ARTICLE 3. ANNUAL FEE

     3.1 Franchisee  shall pay to Lyric an"Annual Fee" equal to one percent (1%)
of Franchisee's annual Gross Revenues.  Franchisee's Annual Fee shall be paid in
installments,  and  otherwise  upon the same  terms and  conditions,  as Lyric's
Annual  Continuing Fee under the Master Franchise  Agreement;  and references to
the "Annual  Continuing Fee" in the Included  Provisions shall be deemed to mean
the Annual Fee under this Agreement.


ARTICLE 4. TERMINATION

     4.1 This  Agreement  may be terminated  by  Franchisor--even  if the Master
Franchise  Agreement  does not  terminate--upon  the  occurrence of a default or
other  failure  by  Franchisee  under  Article  17 of the  Included  Provisions.
Termination  of this Agreement  shall not per se terminate the Master  Franchise
Agreement  (although  such  termination  may  otherwise  result from,  or allow,
termination  of  the  Master  Franchise   Agreement  according  to  its  terms).
Franchisee may not terminate this Agreement  prior to the expiration of its term
(whether because of Franchisor's breach,  material or otherwise) except with the
prior written consent of Franchisor.


ARTICLE 5. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

     5.1 Representations and Warranties of Franchisee. Franchisee represents and
warrants to Franchisor that:


                                    Exh. 1-2

<PAGE>



          (a) Franchisee is a corporation  duly organized,  validly existing and
     in good standing under the laws of the State of [Insert];

          (b)  Franchisee's  execution  and  delivery  of  this  Agreement,  and
     Franchisee's performance of its obligations under this Agreement, have been
     duly authorized by all necessary corporate action;

          (c) this  Agreement is the legal,  valid,  and binding  obligation  of
     Franchisee, enforceable in accordance with its terms; and

          (d) Franchisee  has reviewed  carefully and  acknowledges  and accepts
     Article 28 of the Included Provisions.


ARTICLE 6. NOTICES

     6.1 Any notice or other communication by either party to the other shall be
in writing  and shall be given and be deemed to have been duly  given,  upon the
date delivered if delivered personally (including by commercial express service)
or upon the date received if mailed postage pre-paid,  registered,  express,  or
certified mail, addressed as follows:

         To Franchisee:    [Insert Subsidiary]
                           10065 Red Run Boulevard
                           Owings Mills, Maryland  21117
                           Attention:  Daniel J. Booth
                           Copy to:    Marshall A. Elkins, Esq.

         To Lyric:         Lyric Health Care LLC
                           8889 Pelican Bay Boulevard, Suite 500
                           Naples, Florida 34103
                           Attention:  Daniel J. Booth
                           Copy to:    Marshall A. Elkins, Esq.





                                    Exh. 1-3

<PAGE>



         To Franchisor:    Integrated Health Services Franchising Co., Inc.
                            10065 Red Run Boulevard
                            Owings Mills, Maryland  21117
                            Attention: Daniel J. Booth
                            Copy to:   Marshall A. Elkins, Esq.


ARTICLE 7. ASSIGNMENT

     7.1 Assignment by Franchisee. Franchisee shall have no right to assign this
Agreement.  Franchisee's interest in this Agreement may be assigned only as part
of an  assignment  of the  interest of Lyric and all  Franchisees  in the Master
Franchise  Agreement and all Facility Franchise  Agreements  pursuant to Section
16.2 of the Master Franchise Agreement.

     7.2 Assignment by  Franchisor.  Franchisor  shall have the same  assignment
rights  with  respect to this  Agreement  as it does with  respect to the Master
Franchise Agreement.


ARTICLE 8. WAIVER OF COVENANT NOT TO COMPETE POST-TERM

     8.1 In the  event  that  Franchisor  fails  to  extend  the  term  of  this
Agreement,  Franchisor shall be deemed to have waived section 13.2 of the Master
Franchise  Agreement  concerning  the  covenant of Lyric and  Franchisee  not to
compete post-term unless  Franchisor  provides notice to Franchisee at least six
(6) months prior to the  expiration  date of this Agreement that section 13.2 of
the Master Franchise Agreement is not waived.


                             SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS




                                    Exh. 1-4

<PAGE>



     IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the parties  hereto have executed and delivered  this
Facility Franchise Agreement as of the day and year first above written.

FRANCHISEE:                                    FRANCHISOR:

[INSERT SUBSIDIARY]                            INTEGRATED HEALTH
                                               SERVICES FRANCHISING CO., INC.

By:                                            By:
   ------------------------------                 ------------------------------
Name: Daniel J. Booth                          Name: Daniel J. Booth
     ----------------------------                   ----------------------------
Title:   Senior Vice President                 Title:   Senior Vice President
      ---------------------------                    ---------------------------


LYRIC:

LYRIC HEALTH CARE LLC
By:      Integrated Health Services, Inc.
Its:     Member

By:
   ------------------------------
Name: Daniel J. Booth
     ----------------------------
Title:   Senior Vice President
      ---------------------------


CONSENTED TO BY:

LYRIC HEALTH CARE HOLDINGS III, INC.

By:
   ------------------------------
Name: Daniel J. Booth
     ----------------------------
Title:   Senior Vice President
      ---------------------------


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<PAGE>



                                    EXHIBIT 2
                                    ---------

                               LIST OF FACILITIES
                               ------------------

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                                   <C>
1.  Integrated Health Services at Gainesville         4000 S.W. 20th Avenue
                                                      Gainesville, Florida 32607
                                                      352-377-1981
                                                      352-377-7340  (fax)
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2.  Integrated Health Services of Chestnut Hill       8833 Stenton Avenue
                                                      Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania 19038
                                                      215-836-2100
                                                      215-233-3551  (fax)
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3.  Integrated Health Services of New Hampshire       RFD 3 Box 47, Hanover Street Ext.
    at Claremont                                      Claremont, New Hampshire 03743
                                                      603-452-2606
                                                      603-453-0479  (fax)
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
4.  Crestwood Care Center                             225 West Main Street
                                                      Shelby, Ohio 44875
                                                      419-347-1266
                                                      419-342-7035 (fax)
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
5.  Governor's Park                                   1420 South Barrington Road
                                                      Barrington, Illinois 60010
                                                      847-382-6664
                                                      847-382-6693  (fax)
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
6.  Integrated Health Services of Florida at          2600 Courtland Street
    Sarasota Nursing Pavilion                         Sarasota, Florida 34237
                                                      941-957-0310
                                                      941-365-7324  (fax)
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
7.  Integrated Health Services of Pinellas Park       8701 49th Street N.
                                                      Pinellas Park, Florida 34666
                                                      813-546-4661
                                                      813-545-8783  (fax)
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
8.  Integrated Health Services of Tarpon Springs      900 Beckett Way
                                                      Tarpon Springs, Florida 34699
                                                      813-934-0876
                                                      813-942-6790  (fax)
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
9.  Integrated Health Services at Waterford           955 Garden Lake Pkwy
    Commons                                           Toledo, Ohio 43614
                                                      419-382-2200
                                                      419-381-0188  (fax)
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
10. Integrated Health Services of Hershey at          820 Rhue Haus Lane
    Woodlands                                         Hummelstown, Pennsylvania 17036
                                                      717-533-3351
                                                      717-533-3967  (fax)
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
</TABLE>



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<PAGE>



<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                                   <C>
11. Integrated Health Services of Colorado            3625 Parkmoor Village
    Springs                                           Colorado Springs, Colorado 80917
                                                      719-550-0200
                                                      719-637-0756 (fax)
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
12. Horizon Healthcare & Specialty Center             1350 S. Nova Road
    (HHC- Daytona)                                    Daytona Beach, Florida 32114
                                                      904-258-5544
                                                      904-255-5623 (fax)
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
13. Integrated Health Services of Vero Beach          3663 15th Ave.
                                                      Vero Beach, Florida 32960
                                                      561-567-2552
                                                      561-567-8929 (fax)
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
14. Integrated Health Services of Florida at          919 Old Winter Haven Rd.
    Auburndale                                        Auburndale, Florida 33823
                                                      941-967-4125
                                                      941-551-9407 (fax)
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
15. Integrated Health Services of Florida at          2055 Palmetto Street
    Clearwater                                        Clearwater, Florida 34625
                                                      813-461-6613
                                                      813-442-2839 (fax)
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
16. Integrated Health Services of Florida at Fort     703 South 29th St.
    Pierce                                            Fort Pierce, Florida 34947
                                                      561-466-3322
                                                      561-466-8057 (fax)
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
17. Integrated Health Services of Atlanta at          1000 Briarcliff Rd.
    Briarcliff Haven                                  Atlanta, Georgia 30306
                                                      404-875-6456
                                                      404-874-4604 (fax)
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
18. Lynwood Manor                                     730 Kimole Lane
                                                      Adrian, Michigan  49221
                                                      517-263-6771
                                                      517-265-8599 (fax)
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
19. Integrated Health Services of St. Louis at Big    110 Highland Ave.
    Bend Woods                                        Valley Park, Missouri 63088
                                                      314-225-5144
                                                      314-225-8427 (fax)
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
20. Integrated Health Services of New Hampshire       191 Hackett Hill Rd.
    at Manchester                                     Manchester, New Hampshire 03102
                                                      603-668-8161
                                                      603-622-2584 (fax)
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
21. Ruidoso Care Center                               5th & D Street
                                                      Ruidoso, New Mexico
                                                      505-257-9071
                                                      505-257-3101 (fax)
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
</TABLE>


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<PAGE>



<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                                   <C>
22. Meadowview Care Center                            76 High Street
                                                      Seville, Ohio 44273
                                                      330-769-2015
                                                      330-769-3790 (fax)
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
23. Washington Square                                 202 Washington St. NW
                                                      Warren, Ohio 44483
                                                      330-399-8997
                                                      330-393-5889 (fax)
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
24. HSH Midwest City                                  8200 National Avenue
                                                      Midwest City, Oklahoma 73110
                                                      405-739-0800
                                                      405-739-6480 (fax)
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
25. Midwest City Nursing                              8200 National Avenue
                                                      Midwest City, Oklahoma 73110
                                                      405-737-8200
                                                      405-736-1227 (fax)
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
26. Integrated Health Services at Whitemarsh          9209 Ridge Pike
                                                      Whitemarsh, Pennsylvania 19128
                                                      610-825-6560
                                                      610-941-9524 (fax)
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
27. Amarillo Specialty Hospital                       5601 Plum Creek Drive
                                                      Amarillo, Texas 74124
                                                      806-351-1000
                                                      806-355-9650 (fax)
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
28. Doctors Healthcare Center                         9009 White Rock Trail
                                                      Dallas, Texas
                                                      214-348-8100
                                                      214-343-3865 (fax)
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
29. Harbor View  Care Center                          1314 Third Street
                                                      Corpus Christi, Texas 78401
                                                      (Nueces County)
                                                      512-888-5511
                                                      512-888-6267 (fax)
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
30. Heritage Estates                                  201 Sycamore School Rd.
                                                      Ft. Worth, Texas 76134
                                                      (Tarrant County)
                                                      817-293-7610
                                                      817-293-5766 (fax)
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
31. Heritage Gardens                                  2135 North Denton Drive
                                                      Carrollton, Texas 75006
                                                      214-242-0666
                                                      214-323-9279 (fax)
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
</TABLE>


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<PAGE>


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                                   <C>
32. Heritage Manor Longview                           112 Ruth Lynn Drive
                                                      Longview, Texas 75601
                                                      (Gregg County)
                                                      903-753-8611
                                                      903-758-4026 (fax)
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
33. Heritage Manor Plano                              1621 Coit Rd.
                                                      Plano, Texas 75075
                                                      214-596-7930
                                                      214-867-6798 (fax)
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
34. Heritage Place Grand Prairie                      820 Small Street
                                                      Grand Prairie, Texas 75050
                                                      214-262-1351
                                                      214-642-8056 (fax)
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
35. Horizon Healthcare - El Paso                      2301 N. Oregon St.
                                                      El Paso, Texas 79902
                                                      915-532-8941
                                                      915-545-5050 (fax)
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
36. HSH- Corpus Christi                               1310 Third Street
                                                      Corpus Christi, Texas 78401
                                                      (Nueces County)
                                                      512-888-5511
                                                      512-888-6267 (fax)
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
37. HSH- El Paso                                      2311 N. Oregon St.
                                                      El Paso, Texas 79902
                                                      915-545-1823
                                                      915-545-6378 (fax)
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
38. Integrated Health Services of Amarillo            5601 Plum Creek Drive
                                                      Amarillo, Texas 74124
                                                      806-351-1000
                                                      806-355-9650 (fax)
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
39. Mountain View Place                               1600 Murchison Road
                                                      El Paso, Texas  79902
                                                      915-544-2002
                                                      915-544-0696 (fax)
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
40. Parkwood Place                                    300 N. Bynum
                                                      Lufkin, Texas 75904
                                                      409-637-7215
                                                      409-637-2368 (fax)
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
41. Plano Specialty Hospital (HSH- Plano)             1621 Colt Road
                                                      Plano, Texas 75075
                                                      214-596-7930
                                                      214-867-6788 (fax)
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
42. Silver Springs Nursing and Rehabilitation         12350 Wood Bayou Drive
    Center                                            Houston, Texas 77013
                                                      214-596-7930
                                                      214-867-6788 (fax)
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
</TABLE>


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<PAGE>




                                        EXHIBIT 3
                                        ---------



                                  INTENTIONALLY OMITTED




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<PAGE>




                                    EXHIBIT 4
                                    ---------


                      LIST OF INDIVIDUAL FRANCHISEE NAMES,
                      ------------------------------------
                              NAMES OF BUSINESSES,
                              --------------------
                                 AND TERRITORIES
                                 ---------------

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
OWNER                                                      FACILITY                      TERRITORY
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                                        <C>                           <C>
Bethamy Living Center Limited Partnership                  Integrated Health             The area within a
                                                           Services of Florida           fifteen-mile radius of
                                                           at Clearwater                 Integrated Health
                                                                                         Services of Florida
                                                                                         at Clearwater
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Briar Hill, Inc.                                           Integrated Health             The area within a
                                                           Services of Florida           fifteen-mile radius of
                                                           at Auburndale                 Integrated Health
                                                                                         Services of Florida
                                                                                         at Auburndale
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Cambridge Group of Pennsylvania, Inc.                      Integrated Health             The area within a
                                                           Services of Hershey           fifteen-mile radius of
                                                           at Woodlands                  Integrated Health
                                                                                         Services of Hershey
                                                                                         at Woodlands
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Cedarcroft Health Services, Inc.                           Integrated Health             The area within a
                                                           Services of St. Louis         fifteen-mile radius of
                                                           at Big Bend Woods             Integrated Health
                                                                                         Services of St. Louis
                                                                                         at Big Bend Woods
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Central Park Lodges (Tarpon Springs), Inc.                 Integrated Health             The area within a
                                                           Services of Tarpon            fifteen-mile radius of
                                                           Springs                       Integrated Health
                                                                                         Services of Tarpon
                                                                                         Springs
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Claremont Integrated Health, Inc.                          Integrated Health             The area within a
                                                           Services of New               fifteen-mile radius of
                                                           Hampshire at                  Integrated Health
                                                           Claremont                     Services of New
                                                                                         Hampshire at
                                                                                         Claremont
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
</TABLE>


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<PAGE>



<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
OWNER                                                      FACILITY                      TERRITORY
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                                        <C>                           <C>
F. L. C. Sarasota Nursing Pavilion, Inc.                   Integrated Health             The area within a
                                                           Services of Florida           fifteen-mile radius of
                                                           at Sarasota Nursing           Integrated Health
                                                           Pavilion                      Services of Florida
                                                                                         at Sarasota Nursing
                                                                                         Pavilion
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Gainesville Health Care Center, Inc.                       Integrated Health             The area within a
                                                           Services at                   fifteen-mile radius of
                                                           Gainesville                   Integrated Health
                                                                                         Services at
                                                                                         Gainesville
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IHS Acquisition No. 103, Inc.                              Horizon Healthcare            The area within a
                                                           & Specialty Center            fifteen-mile radius of
                                                           (HHC - Daytona)               Horizon Healthcare
                                                                                         & Specialty Center
                                                                                         (HHC - Daytona)
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IHS Acquisition No. 114, Inc.                              Lynwood Manor                 The area within a
                                                                                         fifteen-mile radius of
                                                                                         Lynwood Manor
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IHS Acquisition No. 121, Inc.                              Ruidoso Care Center           The area within a
                                                                                         fifteen-mile radius of
                                                                                         Ruidoso Care Center
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IHS Acquisition No. 123, Inc.                              Crestwood Care                The area within a
                                                           Center                        fifteen-mile radius of
                                                                                         Crestwood Care
                                                                                         Center
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IHS Acquisition No. 124, Inc.                              Washington Square             The area within a
                                                                                         fifteen-mile radius of
                                                                                         Washington Square
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IHS Acquisition No. 125, Inc.                              Meadowview Care               The area within a
                                                           Center                        fifteen-mile radius of
                                                                                         Meadowview Care
                                                                                         Center
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IHS Acquisition No. 127, Inc.                              Midwest City                  The area within a
                                                           Nursing                       fifteen-mile radius of
                                                                                         Midwest City
                                                                                         Nursing
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
</TABLE>


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<PAGE>



<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
OWNER                                                      FACILITY                      TERRITORY
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                                        <C>                           <C>
IHS Acquisition No. 128, Inc.                              Doctors Healthcare            The area within a
                                                           Center                        fifteen-mile radius of
                                                                                         Doctor Healthcare
                                                                                         Center
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IHS Acquisition No. 129, Inc.                              Heritage Manor                The area within a
                                                           Plano                         fifteen-mile radius of
                                                                                         Heritage Manor
                                                                                         Plano
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IHS Acquisition No. 131, Inc.                              Horizon Healthcare -          The area within a
                                                           El Paso                       fifteen-mile radius of
                                                                                         Horizon Healthcare -
                                                                                         El Paso
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IHS Acquisition No. 132, Inc.                              Heritage Gardens              The area within a
                                                                                         fifteen-mile radius of
                                                                                         Heritage Gardens
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IHS Acquisition No. 133, Inc.                              Heritage Place of             The area within a
                                                           Grand Prairie                 fifteen-mile radius of
                                                                                         Heritage Place of
                                                                                         Grand Prairie
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IHS Acquisition No. 134, Inc.                              Heritage Estates              The area within a
                                                                                         fifteen-mile radius of
                                                                                         Heritage Estates
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IHS Acquisition No. 136, Inc.                              Silver Springs                The area within a
                                                           Nursing and                   fifteen-mile radius of
                                                           Rehabilitation Center         Silver Springs
                                                                                         Nursing and
                                                                                         Rehabilitation Center
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IHS Acquisition No. 138, Inc.                              Heritage Manor                The area within a
                                                           Longview                      fifteen-mile radius of
                                                                                         Heritage Manor
                                                                                         Longview
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IHS Acquisition No. 139, Inc.                              Parkwood Place                The area within a
                                                                                         fifteen-mile radius of
                                                                                         Parkwood Place
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
</TABLE>


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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
OWNER                                                      FACILITY                      TERRITORY
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                                        <C>                           <C>
IHS Acquisition No. 140, Inc.                              Harbor View Care              The area within a
                                                           Center                        fifteen-mile radius of
                                                                                         Harbor View Care
                                                                                         Center
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IHS Acquisition No. 168, Inc.                              HSH Midwest City              The area within a
                                                                                         fifteen-mile radius of
                                                                                         HSH Midwest City
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IHS Acquisition No. 170, Inc.                              HSH - Corpus                  The area within a
                                                           Christi                       fifteen-mile radius of
                                                                                         HSH - Corpus
                                                                                         Christi
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IHS Acquisition No. 171, Inc.                              HSH - El Paso                 The area within a
                                                                                         fifteen-mile radius of
                                                                                         HSH - El Paso
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IHS Acquisition No. 174, Inc.                              Plano Specialty               The area within a
                                                           Hospital                      fifteen-mile radius of
                                                                                         Plano Specialty
                                                                                         Hospital
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Integrated Health Services at Briarcliff                   Integrated Health             The area within a
Haven, Inc.                                                Services at Briarcliff        fifteen-mile radius of
                                                           Haven                         Integrated Health
                                                                                         Services at Briarcliff
                                                                                         Haven
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Integrated Health Services at Central                      Integrated Health             The area within a
Florida, Inc.                                              Services of Florida           fifteen-mile radius of
                                                           at Fort Pierce                Integrated Health
                                                                                         Services of Florida
                                                                                         at Fort Pierce
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Integrated Health Services at Central                      Integrated Health             The area within a
Florida, Inc.                                              Services at Vero              fifteen-mile radius of
                                                           Beach                         Integrated Health
                                                                                         Services at Vero
                                                                                         Beach
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
</TABLE>


                                    Exh. 4-4

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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
OWNER                                                      FACILITY                      TERRITORY
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                                        <C>                           <C>
Integrated Health Services at Hanover                      Mountain View                 The area within a
House, Inc.                                                Place                         fifteen mile radius of
                                                                                         Integrated Health
                                                                                         Services at Mountain
                                                                                         View Place
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Integrated Health Services of Colorado                     Integrated Health             The area within a
Springs, Inc.                                              Services of Colorado          fifteen-mile radius of
                                                           Springs                       Integrated Health
                                                                                         Services of Colorado
                                                                                         Springs
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Integrated Health of Waterford Commons,                    Integrated Health             The area within a
Inc.                                                       Services at                   fifteen-mile radius of
                                                           Waterford Commons             Integrated Health
                                                                                         Services at
                                                                                         Waterford Commons
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Integrated of Amarillo, Inc.                               Integrated Health             The area within a
                                                           Services of Amarillo          fifteen-mile radius of
                                                                                         Integrated Health
                                                                                         Services of Amarillo
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Integrated of Amarillo, Inc.                               Amarillo Specialty            The area within a
                                                           Hospital                      fifteen-mile radius of
                                                                                         Amarillo Specialty
                                                                                         Hospital
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Integrated Management - Governor's Park,                   Governor's Park               The area within a
Inc.                                                       Nursing and                   fifteen-mile radius of
                                                           Rehabilitation Center         Governor's Park
                                                                                         Nursing and
                                                                                         Rehabilitation Center
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Manchester Integrated Health, Inc.                         Integrated Health             The area within a
                                                           Services of New               fifteen-mile radius of
                                                           Hampshire at                  Integrated Health
                                                           Manchester                    Services of New
                                                                                         Hampshire at
                                                                                         Manchester
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
</TABLE>


                                    Exh. 4-5

<PAGE>



<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
OWNER                                                      FACILITY                      TERRITORY
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                                     <C>                           <C>                             
Pinellas Park Nursing Home, Inc.                           Integrated Health             The area within a
                                                           Services of Pinellas          fifteen-mile radius of
                                                           Park                          Integrated Health
                                                                                         Services of Pinellas
                                                                                         Park
Rest Haven Nursing Center (Chestnut Hill),                 Integrated Health             The area within a
Inc.                                                       Services of Chestnut          fifteen-mile radius of
                                                           Hill                          Integrated Health
                                                                                         Services of Chestnut
                                                                                         Hill
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Rest Haven Nursing Center (Whitemarsh),                    Integrated Health             The area within a
Inc.                                                       Services at                   fifteen-mile radius of
                                                           Whitemarsh                    Integrated Health
                                                                                         Services at
                                                                                         Whitemarsh
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
</TABLE>




                                    Exh. 4-6

<PAGE>



                                    EXHIBIT 5
                                    ---------

                     GUIDELINES FOR DETERMINING TERRITORIES
                     --------------------------------------


The  "Territory"  for each  "Health  Care  Business"  shall be  determined  on a
case-by-case  basis (with the specific  "Territory"  for each business listed in
Exhibit 2 to the Franchise  Agreement for such business)  based on the following
guidelines:

o    The location of a majority of the main  facility's  patients  (based on Zip
     Codes);

o    The drive time to the main facility for a majority of its patients;

o    The population of the relevant metropolitan area where the main facility is
     located;

o    The location of all competitors in the relevant market area;

o    The location of ancillary services offered by the business; and

o    The  territorial  restrictions  agreed to by IHS or competitors in previous
     sales of facilities in comparable geographical areas.

Based on the  foregoing  factors,  a  "Territory"  will be  determined  for each
facility  measured in miles from a radius  originating  at the  facility's  main
operation (Hospital or RTC).



                                    Exh. 5-1






                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.69


                              AMENDED AND RESTATED

                           MASTER MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT

                                     BETWEEN

                              LYRIC HEALTH CARE LLC

                                       AND

                          IHS FACILITY MANAGEMENT, INC.

                                   ----------

                          DATED AS OF DECEMBER 31, 1998

                                   ----------




<PAGE>



                                TABLE OF CONTENTS

PART I

MANAGEMENT TERMS AND CONDITIONS

ARTICLE I         RETENTION OF MANAGER
ARTICLE II        TERM
ARTICLE III       RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF MANAGER
ARTICLE IV        RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF OWNER
ARTICLE V         COMPENSATION AND DISTRIBUTIONS
ARTICLE VI        INTENTIONALLY OMITTED
ARTICLE VII       INTENTIONALLY OMITTED
ARTICLE VIII      TERMINATION RIGHTS
ARTICLE IX        INDEMNIFICATION
ARTICLE X         CONFIDENTIALITY; NON-SOLICITATION
ARTICLE XI        CONDEMNATION
ARTICLE XII       SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS
ARTICLE XIII      MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

PART II
OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS

ARTICLE I         INTENTIONALLY OMITTED
ARTICLE II        REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
ARTICLE III       TERMINATION RIGHTS

ARTICLE IV        INSURANCE
ARTICLE V         MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS


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<PAGE>



                              AMENDED AND RESTATED
                           MASTER MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT

     THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED MASTER MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT (this "Agreement") is
made and entered into as of December 31, 1998,  between LYRIC HEALTH CARE LLC, a
Delaware  limited  liability  company,  with offices at 10065 Red Run Boulevard,
Owings Mills,  Maryland  21117  ("Lyric") and IHS FACILITY  MANAGEMENT,  INC., a
Delaware  corporation,  with offices at 10065 Red Run  Boulevard,  Owings Mills,
Maryland 21117 ("Manager").


                             INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT

     Pursuant to a Master Management Agreement, dated as of January 13, 1998, as
amended by the First Amendment to Master Management Agreement, dated as of March
31, 1998 and by the Second Amendment to Master Management Agreement, dated as of
December 3, 1998 (the "Prior Master  Management  Agreement"),  between Lyric and
Manager,  Lyric and Manager  entered into an agreement  whereby Lyric granted to
Manager  the sole and  exclusive  right to  supervise,  manage,  and operate the
Facilities listed on Schedule 1 thereto.

     Lyric and Manager now wish to amend and restate the Prior Master Management
Agreement pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

     Lyric  owns,  indirectly,  all of the  shares  of each of the  corporations
listed on Schedule 1 hereto (each, an "Owner" and  collectively,  the "Owners").
Each Owner  operates  the health care  facility  set forth  opposite its name on
Schedule 1 hereto  (each  facility  and the  equipment,  furnishings,  and other
tangible personal property to be used in connection  therewith shall be referred
to  as a  "Facility",  and  they  shall  be  referred  to  collectively  as  the
"Facilities").

     The Owners sublease their  Facilities  pursuant to Facility  Subleases from
the wholly owned subsidiary of Lyric described on Schedule 2 hereto  ("Lessor"),
which  Lessor in turn  leases its  Facilities  from the owner of the  Facilities
under the specified  Master Lease (the "Master  Lease")  described on Schedule 2
hereto.  Each  of  the  Facility  Subleases  contains   substantially  the  same
provisions as the associated Master Lease except for provisions  concerning rent
and other matters specific to the Facility.  In this Agreement "Lease" means the
Master Lease and the Facility Sublease as applicable to each Facility.

     Each Owner has entered into a Facility Franchise  Agreement with Integrated
Health Services  Franchising  Co., Inc. (each, a "Franchise  Agreement") for the
use of certain  "Proprietary  Information"  and the "IHS  Systems"  (as  defined
therein)  and the  provision  of certain  services  in order to  facilitate  the
operation of its Facility.

     Manager  is  engaged  in  the  operation  of  facilities   similar  to  the
Facilities,  and is experienced in various phases of the  management,  operation
and ownership thereof.


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     Lyric and Manager are entering into this Agreement to set forth the general
terms by which all of the Facilities shall be managed.  This Agreement also sets
forth the responsibilities of Manager with respect to the Franchise Agreements.

     Simultaneously  herewith,  Manager  shall enter into a Facility  Management
Agreement  with  the  Owner  of  each  Facility.  By  entering  into a  Facility
Management Agreement,  each Owner and Manager shall adopt the terms of Part I of
this  Agreement by reference  (except as expressly  provided  therein) and agree
upon  certain  additional  terms  and  conditions  for  the  management  of each
Facility.

     NOW,  THEREFORE,  in  consideration  of the promises and  covenants  herein
contained  and  intending  to be legally  bound  hereby,  the  parties  agree as
follows:


                                     PART I

                         MANAGEMENT TERMS AND CONDITIONS

     Lyric and Manager  hereby agree to the following  terms and  conditions for
the management of each Facility:


                                    ARTICLE I

                              RETENTION OF MANAGER

     1.1  RETENTION.  For and during the term of this  Agreement,  Owner  hereby
grants  to  Manager  the  sole and  exclusive  right,  and  employs  Manager  to
supervise,  manage,  and operate the Facility in the name and for the account of
Owner upon the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth.

     1.2 ACCEPTANCE.  Manager  accepts such  appointment and agrees that it will
(a) perform its duties and  responsibilities  hereunder in accordance  with this
Agreement,  (b) use commercially  reasonable efforts to supervise and direct the
management and operation of the Facility in an efficient manner, and (c) consult
with Owner and keep Owner  advised of all major policy  matters  relating to the
Facility.  Subject  to the  foregoing  and  to  the  other  provisions  of  this
Agreement,  Manager,  without the  approval of Owner  (unless  such  approval is
herein specifically required as to policies and manner of operation), shall have
the  unrestricted  control and sole  discretion with regard to the operation and
management of the Facility for all customary purposes (including the exercise of
its rights and  performance  of its duties  provided for in Article III hereof),
and the right to determine all policies  affecting the appearance,  maintenance,
standards of operation,  quality of service,  and any other matter affecting the
Facility or the operation thereof.

     1.3  INDEPENDENT  CONTRACTOR.  It is expressly  agreed by Owner and Manager
that Manager is at all times acting and  performing  under this  Agreement as an
independent contractor,  and that no act, commission or omission by either Owner
or Manager shall be


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construed to make or constitute the other its partner, member, principal, agent,
joint venturer or associate, except to the extent specified herein.

     1.4  OWNERSHIP.  Owner shall be the owner  and/or  holder of all  licenses,
permits and contracts  obtained with respect to the Facility (subject to Section
3.7 hereof),  and shall be the "provider"  within the meaning of all third-party
contracts for the Facility.  Specifically,  and without limitation,  Owner shall
own (a) the Medicare provider number,  (b) the Medicare provider  agreement with
Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA), and (c) the Medicare certification.


                                   ARTICLE II

                                      TERM

     The initial  term of this  Agreement  began on the  Commencement  Date,  as
defined in the Prior Master Management  Agreement (the "Commencement  Date") and
shall  continue for the same period as the Term,  as defined in the Lease.  This
Agreement  shall  automatically  renew for each extension or renewal term of the
Lease (the "Renewal  Terms"),  should Owner renew the Lease for one or more such
terms under the Lease; provided, however, Manager may decide not to renew in any
such case by giving  notice to Owner not less than six (6)  months  prior to the
expiration of the Initial Term or any Renewal Term.


                                   ARTICLE III

                          RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF MANAGER

     During the Term of this Agreement,  and in the course of its management and
operation of each Facility:

     3.1 EMPLOYEES.  Manager, on Owner's behalf, shall hire, promote, discharge,
and supervise the work of the Facility's Administrator, Assistant Administrator,
Department Heads, and all operating and service employees performing services in
and about the  Facility.  All of such  employees  shall be  employees  of Owner,
except for the Administrator and the Director of Nursing, who shall be employees
of Manager,  and the aggregate  compensation,  including fringe  benefits,  with
respect to such  employees,  including  the  Administrator  and the  Director of
Nursing,  shall be  charged  to  Owner as an  expense  of the  operation  of the
Facility.  The term "fringe  benefits" as used herein shall include,  but not be
limited to, the employer's contribution of FICA, unemployment compensation,  and
other employment taxes,  retirement plan contributions,  workman's compensation,
group  life,   accident,   and  health   insurance   premium,   profit   sharing
contributions, disability, and other similar benefits paid or payable by Manager
with  respect to other  facilities  which may be managed  by  Manager.  All such
employees of Manager shall be covered by appropriate  malpractice  and/or errors
and omissions insurance as approved by Manager and Owner. The cost of same shall
be charged to Owner as an expense of the operation


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<PAGE>



of said Facility.  Manager shall be responsible,  also, for coordinating  health
insurance  coverages  (including  COBRA  matters)  for  the  employees  of  each
Facility.

     3.2 LABOR CONTRACTS.  Manager,  if requested by Owner,  will negotiate,  on
Owner's behalf and at Owner's expense, with any labor union lawfully entitled to
represent the employees at the Facility, but any collective bargaining agreement
or labor contract resulting  therefrom must first be approved by Owner who shall
be the only person  authorized  to execute the same.  Owner agrees that all fees
and  costs  of  outside   professionals   in  conducting  and  concluding   such
negotiations shall be paid by Owner out of Facility Funds.

     3.3  CONCESSIONAIRES,  ETC.  Manager shall  negotiate and consummate in the
name  and  at  the   expense   of  Owner,   contracts   or   arrangements   with
concessionaires,  licensees,  tenants, and other intended users of the Facility.
Any fees and expenses incurred in connection therewith shall be charged to Owner
as an expense of the operation of the Facility.

     3.4  ANCILLARY  SERVICES,  UTILITIES  ETC.  Manager  shall  enter into such
contracts in the name of and at the expense of Owner as may be deemed  necessary
or  advisable  for  the  furnishing  of  all  ancillary   services,   utilities,
concessions,  supplies and other services as may be needed from time to time for
the maintenance and operation of the Facility. Manager is authorized to contract
for or provide ancillary services, including, but not limited to, pharmacy (drug
and  I.V.),   rehabilitation  and  respiratory  therapy  services,   and  mobile
diagnostic services, through providers which are affiliates of Manager, provided
that such  services  are  rendered  at levels of quality  and  pricing  that are
competitive with those available in the community.

     3.5 PURCHASES.  Manager shall supervise the purchasing by Facility staff of
food,  beverages,  operating supplies,  and other materials and supplies, in the
name of and for the account  and at the expense of Owner,  as may be needed from
time to time for the maintenance and operation of the Facility.

     3.6  REPAIRS.  Manager  shall make or install or cause to be  installed  at
Owner's  expense  and in the name of Owner  any  proper  repairs,  replacements,
additions,  and  improvements  in and to the  Facility and the  furnishings  and
equipment in order to keep and maintain the same in good repair,  working  order
and condition,  and outfitted and equipped for the proper  operation  thereof in
accordance with (a) industry  standards  comparable to those prevailing in other
similar  facilities,  (b) all applicable state or local rules,  regulations,  or
ordinances, and (c) the terms and conditions of the Lease.

     3.7  LICENSES  AND PERMITS.  Manager  shall apply for and use  commercially
reasonable  efforts to obtain  and  maintain  in the name and at the  expense of
Owner,  all licenses and permits  required in connection with the management and
operation of the  Facility.  If Manager is required by law to obtain any license
or permit in its name, Manager agrees to use commercially  reasonable efforts to
obtain and  maintain  such  license or permit in its name,  at Owner's  expense.
Owner  agrees  to  cooperate  with  Manager  in  applying  for,  obtaining,  and
maintaining such licenses and permits.


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     3.8 GOVERNMENTAL REGULATION.

          (A) Manager  shall use  commercially  reasonable  efforts to take such
action as shall be  reasonably  necessary  to insure that the  Facility  and the
management  thereof by Manager complies with all federal,  state and local laws,
regulations and ordinances  applicable to the Facility or the management thereof
by Manager,  including the particular laws and regulations  applicable to health
care facilities.

          (B) Manager  shall  promptly  provide to Owner as and when received by
Manager, all notices,  reports or correspondence from governmental agencies that
assert  deficiencies or charges against the Facility or that otherwise relate to
the  suspension,  revocation,  or any  other  action  adverse  to any  approval,
authorization,   certificate,  determination,  license  or  permit  required  or
necessary to own or operate the Facility. Manager may appeal any action taken by
any  governmental  agency against the Facility;  provided,  however,  that Owner
shall adequately  secure and protect Manager from loss, cost,  damage or expense
by bond or other  means  satisfactory  to  Manager in order to contest by proper
legal proceedings the validity of any such statute,  ordinance,  law, regulation
or order,  provided  that such  contest  shall not result in the  suspension  of
operations of the  Facility;  and  provided,  further,  that Owner shall have no
obligation to secure and protect Manager from any loss, cost,  damage or expense
that arises  directly out of Manager's  material  breach of any of its covenants
under this Agreement.

     3.9 TAXES. Manager shall cause all taxes, assessments, and charges of every
kind imposed upon the Facility by any governmental authority, including interest
and penalties thereon (collectively, "Taxes"), to be paid when due from Facility
Funds (as defined in Section 3.10 below), subject to the terms of the Lease, and
in  accordance  with the Budget (as defined in Section  3.17  hereof) and in the
order of priority set forth in Section 3.10 below.  Manager shall not cause such
Taxes to be paid if (a) such Taxes are in good faith being contested by Owner at
its sole expense and without cost to Manager,  (b) enforcement for nonpayment of
such Taxes is stayed,  and (c) Owner shall have given Manager  written notice of
such contest and stay and authorized the non-payment  thereof, not less than ten
(10) days prior to the date on which such Taxes are due and payable. Interest or
penalty  payments  shall be reimbursed by Manager to Owner if imposed upon Owner
by reason of the gross  negligence  on the part of Manager in making the payment
if funds  are  available  therefor.  Manager  shall  notify  Owner of all  Taxes
assessed against the Facility other than in the normal course of business.

     3.10 DEPOSIT AND DISBURSEMENT OF FUNDS.  Manager shall deposit in a banking
institution  which is a member of the FDIC in accounts  in  Manager's  name,  as
agent for Owner,  all monies  arising  from the  operation  of the  Facility  or
otherwise received by Manager for and on behalf of Owner (the "Facility Funds"),
and shall disburse and pay the same from said accounts on behalf and in the name
of Owner pursuant to the Budget, in the following order of priority, as and when
required to be made in connection with:

          (A)   Payment  of  all  costs  and   expenses   arising   out  of  the
administration,  maintenance and operation of the Facility,  including,  without
limitation, Taxes, reimbursable


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expenses of Manager,  and all accrued and unpaid interest on any unpaid balances
thereon, as set forth in Section 3.16;

          (B) Payment of the Facility  Rent or debt service on a first  mortgage
(if any) on the Facility;

          (C) Payment of the monthly  installment to the capital expense reserve
for the Facility described in the Budget;

          (D) Payment of interest due on the working  capital line of credit for
the Facility;

          (E)  Payment  of the letter of credit  fee (for the  security  deposit
under the Lease), if required;

          (F) Payment of all administrative and operating costs of Lyric;

          (G) Payment of the  "Annual  Continuing  Fee" due under the  Franchise
Agreement;

          (H) Payment of Manager's Base Management Fee provided for in Article V
hereof  (including any accrued and unpaid Base Management Fees, plus all accrued
and unpaid interest thereon, for prior periods);

          (I) Payment of subordinated mortgage debt (if any) with respect to the
Facility;

          (J) Payment of the monthly  installments to any  supplemental  capital
expense and working capital escrows and reserves described in the Budget;

          (K) Payment of  Manager's  Incentive  Management  Fee  provided for in
Article V hereof  (including any accrued and unpaid  Incentive  Management Fees,
plus all accrued and unpaid interest thereon, for prior periods); and

          (L) The  balance  of such  funds  shall be  distributed  to Owner,  at
Owner's request,  subject to the retention of an appropriate  operating reserve,
as determined in Manager's  reasonable  judgment.  In this  Agreement,  the term
"Facility Rent" means Rent, as defined in the Lease.

     3.11 STATEMENTS. Manager shall prepare and deliver (or cause to be prepared
and delivered) to Lyric's  Managing  Director all monthly,  quarterly and annual
financial  statements  and Compliance  Reports (as defined in Lyric's  Operating
Agreement) and other reports,  in the same form, and within the same periods, as
Lyric prepares or receives under Article 12 of Lyric's Operating Agreement.


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     3.12 LEGAL ACTIONS. Manager shall institute, in its own name or in the name
of Owner, but in any event at the expense of Owner, any and all legal actions or
proceedings  to collect  charges,  rent,  or other sums due the  Facility  or to
lawfully oust or dispossess  tenants or other  persons in possession  under,  or
lawfully  cancel,  modify,  or  terminate  any  lease,  license,  or  concession
agreement for the breach thereof or default thereunder by the tenant,  licensee,
or  concessionaire.  Unless  otherwise  directed by Owner,  Manager may take, at
Owner's expense,  appropriate steps to protect and/or litigate to final judgment
in any  appropriate  court any violation or order  affecting  the Facility.  Any
counsel to be engaged  under this  Section  shall be  approved  by Owner,  which
approval shall not be unreasonably withheld. Manager shall promptly notify Owner
and Lessor of all legal actions.

     3.13 MANAGEMENT  SERVICES.  Without  limitation,  Manager shall provide the
Facility with all of the customary  management  services and techniques which it
employs in operating other  facilities  which it manages which may be applicable
to and beneficial to the Facility.

     3.14 DATA  PROCESSING.  Manager  shall,  directly or through an  affiliate,
provide the data  processing  required to maintain the financial,  payroll,  and
accounting records of the Facility; except that Manager agrees that the Facility
payroll will not be moved to Manager's central payroll administration until same
can be accomplished without a material disruption to Facility cash flow.

     3.15 BOOKS AND  RECORDS.  Manager on behalf of Owner  shall  supervise  and
direct the keeping of full and accurate  books of account and such other records
reflecting the results of operation of the Facility as required by law.

     3.16 PAYMENT OF EXPENSES.

          (A) OWNER  EXPENDITURES.  All  expenditures and advances of every kind
required or permitted of Manager under this  Agreement  are for Owner's  account
("Owner  Expenditures"),  except for Manager's Staff Services (described below).
Manager is authorized to pay all Owner  Expenditures from Facility Funds.  Owner
shall pay directly (or reimburse Manager promptly if Manager advances funds for)
any Owner Expenditures not paid from Facility Funds.  Manager's "Staff Services"
- -- not  reimbursable  by Owner -- means only  salaries and benefits of Manager's
officers and home office staff,  as well as Manager's  home office  overhead not
specifically allocable to the Facility.

          (B)  REIMBURSEMENT  OF  ADVANCES.  Manager  may from time to time (but
shall not be obligated to) advance or incur expenses in respect of the operation
or maintenance of the Facility,  including, without limitation, the items listed
on Exhibit A hereto. Such expenses shall be immediately  reimbursable to Manager
out of Facility Funds in the priority set forth in Section 3.10 hereof. Any such
expenses  advanced from Manager and not reimbursed within thirty (30) days shall
bear  interest  from the date  advanced  until  paid in full at a rate per annum
equal to the prime rate of Citibank,  N.A., as then in effect,  plus two percent
(2%).


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     3.17 BUDGETS.  Manager  shall be  responsible  for the following  budgetary
items:

          (A)  PREPARING  BUDGETS.  Manager at its sole cost shall  prepare  and
submit to Owner for Owner's review and approval a yearly  operating budget and a
yearly capital budget in a form  reasonably  acceptable to Owner.  Manager shall
present  such  budgets on a cash basis also.  Manager  shall  submit each year's
proposed budgets to Owner no later than December 15 of the preceding year. Owner
will  consider  the  proposed  budgets and then consult with Manager in order to
finalize an approved budget on or before December 30 of the preceding year. Such
budgets shall:

          (i) set  forth on a month  to  month  basis  all  anticipated  income,
     operating  expenses,  working  capital  and other  necessary  reserves  and
     capital  expenditures  for  such  calendar  year  in  connection  with  the
     operation of the Facility;

          (ii) contain all of the items  referenced  in the approved  budget for
     1998; and

          (iii) include all supporting schedules requested by Owner.

          The  operating  budget and the capital  budget,  as approved by Owner,
shall be referred to herein as the "Operating  Budget" and the "Capital Budget,"
respectively, and shall be referred to collectively as the "Budget."

          (B) REVISED BUDGET/UNFORESEEN  INCREASES. If Owner or Manager believes
that it is necessary to revise the Budget  after it has been  approved,  Manager
shall prepare and deliver to Owner a revised budget. Any proposed changes to the
Budget shall be addressed in the revised  budget and Manager  shall explain such
changes.  Manager  shall  not  implement  the  revised  budget  without  Owner's
approval, which may be granted or withheld in Owner's sole discretion.  If Owner
approves  the revised  budget,  the terms of such revised  budget,  as approved,
shall amend the Budget  accordingly.  During each calendar  year,  Manager shall
promptly inform Owner of any major increases in costs and expenses that were not
foreseen during the Budget preparation period and thus were not reflected in the
Budget.

          (C) OWNER'S  APPROVAL  REQUIRED.  If Owner shall not have approved any
proposed  budgets,  the Operating  Budget then in effect shall continue until an
Operating Budget is agreed upon; provided, however, that until such agreement is
reached,  Manager may  reasonably  exceed the Operating  Budget for the previous
fiscal year for taxes,  utility charges,  costs under existing  agreements which
(by the terms of such agreements) automatically increase at the beginning of the
new year, and other items not within Manager's reasonable control. There will be
no Capital  Budget for any year until a Capital Budget for such year is approved
by Owner.

     3.18 COMPLIANCE WITH FRANCHISE  AGREEMENT.  Manager shall use  commercially
reasonable best efforts to cause Owner to comply with Owner's obligations as the
"Franchisee"  under the Franchise  Agreement to the extent that such obligations
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for)  performance  by  Manager  on  Owner's  behalf,  subject  to the  terms and
conditions of this Agreement, and are not personal to Owner.

     3.19 COMPLIANCE  PROGRAM.  Manager shall implement and monitor a compliance
program  designed  to identify  and  eradicate  fraud and abuse  relating to the
Facility  and its  operation.  Such program will  include,  among other  things,
advertising  the  toll  free  "fraud  and  abuse"  telephone  line  operated  by
Integrated Health Services Franchising Co., Inc.


                                   ARTICLE IV

                           RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF OWNER

     During the term of this Agreement:

     4.1 RIGHT OF  INSPECTION.  Owner (and Lessor,  subject to and in accordance
with the Lease) shall have the right to enter upon any part of the Facility upon
reasonable  advance notice to Manager for the purpose of examining or inspecting
same or examining or making  extracts of books and records of the Facility,  but
the same shall be done with as little disruption to the business of the Facility
as possible. However, the books and records of the Facility shall not be removed
from the  Facility  without  the  express  written  consent  of  Manager.  Owner
acknowledges  that some  books  and  records  will be  maintained  at  Manager's
principal place of business.

     Owner  shall  direct  all  inquiries  regarding   operations,   procedures,
policies, employee relations, patient care, and all other matters concerning the
Facility to the Senior Vice  President  of Manager's  Managed  Division or other
officer of Manager as it may from time to time  designate in a written notice to
Owner.

     4.2  COOPERATION  WITH MANAGER.  Owner will fully cooperate with Manager in
operating and  supervising  the  operations  of the Facility and will  reimburse
Manager for all funds  expended or costs and expenses  incurred to which Manager
is entitled to reimbursement hereunder.

     4.3  OPERATING  CAPITAL.  Owner shall  provide  Manager with such amount of
working  capital as may be required  from time to time for the  operation of the
Facility on a sound  financial  basis  (including the payment of management fees
and  reimbursable  expenses owed to Manager).  If additional  working capital is
required,  Manager shall notify Owner thereof in writing and Owner shall provide
Manager  with  such  increase  in  working  capital  within  fifteen  (15)  days
thereafter.  If Owner fails to provide such additional working capital,  Manager
may, but is not obligated to,  provide the same as a loan to Owner in accordance
with Section 3.16.

     4.4 CAPITAL  IMPROVEMENTS.  Owner shall provide Manager with such amount of
funds  as may be  required  from  time to time to  make  all  necessary  capital
improvements  to the  Facility in order to maintain  and  continue  standards of
operation of the Facility as a nursing home. If additional  capital  improvement
funds are required, Manager shall notify Owner thereof


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in  writing  and  Owner  shall  provide  Manager  with such  additional  capital
improvement funds within fifteen (15) days thereafter. If Owner fails to provide
such additional capital improvement funds, Manager may, but is not obligated to,
provide the same as a loan to Owner in accordance with Section 3.16.


                                    ARTICLE V

                         COMPENSATION AND DISTRIBUTIONS

     5.1 As  full  and  exclusive  compensation  for all of the  services  to be
rendered  by  Manager  during  the Term of this  Agreement,  Owner  shall pay to
Manager at its principal office, or at such other place as Manager may from time
to time designate in writing, and at the times hereinafter specified:

          (A) A monthly fee (the "Base  Management  Fee") equal to three percent
(3%) of Gross  Revenues  derived for each calendar  month of the Term;  provided
that if Gross Revenues for any calendar year exceed $350 million,  then the Base
Management  Fee for such year shall be four percent  (4%) of Gross  Revenues for
such calendar year and the resulting  increase shall be paid in one  installment
with the last monthly  payment of Base  Management  Fee for such year.  The Base
Management  Fee shall be payable  five (5) days after  delivery  to Owner of the
monthly financial  statements  referred to in Section 3.11 (each such date being
hereinafter  referred to as a "Payment Date") and shall be calculated based upon
the Gross Revenues of the Facilities  during the preceding month as set forth in
such financial statements.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, if Gross Revenues for
any three (3)  consecutive  month  period in any calendar  year  beginning as of
January 1, 1998,  represent  annualized Gross Revenues for such calendar year in
excess of $350 million, then the monthly Base Management Fee thenceforth payable
to Manager  during such  calendar  year shall be an amount equal to four percent
(4%) of Gross Revenues  derived for each calendar  month of the Term;  provided,
however,  that if the actual Gross Revenues for any calendar year did not exceed
$350 million,  then the one percent (1%)  overpayment of the Base Management Fee
shall be offset against  installments  of the Base  Management Fee next becoming
due to Manager;  and, provided,  further, that if an Event of Default exists for
failure  to pay  Rent  under  any  Facility  Sublease,  then the  amount  of any
overpayment of the Base  Management Fee shall instead be paid by Manager for and
on behalf of Owner to the owner of the  Facility  under the  specified  Facility
Sublease to remedy the Event of Default,  with the remainder of such overpayment
(if any) used to offset  against  installments  of the Base  Management Fee next
becoming due to Manager.  For purposes of  determining  whether the actual Gross
Revenues for the calendar  year ending  December 31, 1998 exceeded $350 million,
Gross  Revenues for the Facilities  shall be calculated  using both (i) revenues
and income  received by the Owners  during the period of such calendar year that
Manager manages the Facilities  pursuant to this Agreement and (ii) revenues and
income  received  by the Owners (or any  predecessor  in  interest  to an Owner)
during the prior period of such calendar year.

          (B) An annual fee (the  "Incentive  Management  Fee") equal to seventy
percent  (70%) of the Net Cash Flow for each  calendar  year  during the Term of
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Incentive Management Fee shall be: (1) calculated and earned on an annual basis;
and (2) paid to  Manager  on an  estimated  basis in  advance  in equal  monthly
installments  on each Payment Date. The estimated  Incentive  Management Fee for
each year (other  than the first  year)  shall be equal to the actual  Incentive
Management  Fee paid to Manager for the previous  year.  For the first year, the
estimated  Incentive  Management Fee shall be determined promptly after the date
hereof by  Manager  and  Owner.  Promptly  after the  annual  audited  financial
statements have been delivered to Owner's Managing Director,  Manager shall give
notice to Owner stating whether the installments of the Incentive Management Fee
paid to Manager  for such year were  greater  or less than the actual  Incentive
Management Fee earned. If there is a deficiency,  Owner shall pay such amount to
Manager  within  fifteen  (15)  days  after  such  notice;  and if  there  is an
overpayment, the amount of such overpayment shall be offset against installments
of the Incentive Management Fee next becoming due to Manager; provided, however,
that if an Event of Default  exists for  failure to pay Rent under any  Facility
Sublease,  then the amount of any overpayment of Incentive Management Fees shall
instead  be paid by  Manager  for and on  behalf  of Owner  to the  owner of the
Facility under the specified  Facility  Sublease to remedy the Event of Default,
with  the  remainder  of  such  overpayment  (if  any)  used to  offset  against
installments  of the  Incentive  Management  Fee next  becoming  due to Manager.
Manager shall be entitled to a pro-rata portion of the Incentive  Management Fee
for any partial  calendar  year during the Term. If and to the extent that Owner
experiences bad debts or poor collections  exceeding the amounts reserved for in
its  Budget,  and as a  result  Owner  is  unable  to pay all or any part of the
monthly installment of the Incentive  Management Fee for a particular month, the
unpaid portion of such installment shall accrue and be payable (with interest as
calculated pursuant to Section 5.3) as soon as cash flow permits but in no event
later than at the end of the current  year.  The  foregoing  sentence  shall not
apply for more than one year.

          The formula for calculating the Net Cash Flow for the Facilities shall
be as follows:

          From:     Gross Revenues for the Facilities  (calculated  according to
                    GAAP)

          Subtract: All amounts  described in Sections  3.10(a),  (b), (c), (d),
                    (e), (f), (g), (h), (i), and (j) hereof

     5.2 For the purposes of determining such management fees,  "Gross Revenues"
means,  for any period,  all revenues and income of any kind derived directly or
indirectly by the Owners during such period,  including  rental or other payment
from  concessionaires,  licensees,  tenants,  and other users of all  Facilities
covered by this  Agreement,  and from the sale of products and/or the furnishing
of services  (including all revenues or receipts derived from or associated with
the  Proprietary  Materials  (as  defined  in  the  Franchise  Agreement)),  but
excluding therefrom all bequests, gifts, or similar donations, whether on a cash
basis or on credit, paid or unpaid,  collected or uncollected,  as determined in
accordance with GAAP, excluding, however:

          (A)  federal,  state,  and  municipal  excise,  sales,  and use  taxes
collected  directly  from patients as a part of the sales prices of any goods or
services;


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          (B) proceeds of any life insurance policies;

          (C)  gains or losses  arising  from the sale or other  disposition  of
capital assets;

          (D) any reversal or accrual of any contingency or tax reserve;

          (E) interest earned on sinking funds, Special Security Accounts, bonds
funds,  etc.  originally  and  specifically  formed as a requirement of any bond
issue (if any) utilized to finance the Facility; and

          (F) bad debt expense.

     The proceeds of business interruption  insurance or proceeds as a result of
Medicare and Medicaid  audits shall be included in Gross Revenues for the period
in which they are received.  However, funds required to be repaid as a result of
Medicare  and  Medicaid  audits  shall be deducted  from Gross  Revenues for the
period in which they are paid.

     5.3  Notwithstanding  the  foregoing,  the  Base  Management  Fee  and  the
Incentive  Management  Fee  (including  any amount  carried over pursuant to the
succeeding  sentence  hereof)  shall be payable on each Payment Date only to the
extent that the Facility  Funds (as defined in Section 3.10) shall be sufficient
as of such date.  In the event that any portion of the Base  Management  Fee and
the Incentive  Management Fee is not paid due to the  insufficiency  of Facility
Funds,  interest shall accrue on such unpaid amount at a rate per annum equal to
the prime rate of Citibank, N.A. then in effect, plus two percent (2%), and such
total amount shall be carried over and be payable on the immediately  succeeding
Payment  Date.  When  Facility  Funds  become  available  to pay  past  due Base
Management  Fees and Incentive  Management  Fees, the fees shall be deemed to be
paid in the order in which they were earned. Any and all accrued and unpaid Base
Management Fees and Incentive Management Fees shall become immediately and fully
payable by Owner  upon the  expiration  or any  termination  of this  Agreement,
regardless of the availability of Facility Funds.

     5.4 (A) In order to secure  performance  and payment of all obligations and
liabilities  of Owner to Manager under this  Agreement,  whether now existing or
hereafter arising, including,  without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
the  payment  of all  Base  Management  Fees,  Incentive  Management  Fees,  and
reimbursable expenses of Manager (collectively, the "Obligations"), Owner hereby
grants to Manager a  security  interest  in all of the  assets of the  Facility,
including,  but not limited to, the following described property  (collectively,
the "Collateral"):

          (I) Owner's leasehold  interest in the Facility and any and all rights
     that Owner now has or may hereafter acquire to purchase the Facility;

          (II) all accounts  receivable now owned or hereafter acquired by Owner
     in connection with the Facility;


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          (III) all  equipment,  furniture,  and fixtures now owned or hereafter
     acquired by Owner and located at or used in connection with the Facility;

          (IV) all contract  rights now owned or hereafter  acquired by Owner in
     connection with the operation of the Facility;

          (V) all inventory,  supplies,  goods,  merchandise,  work in progress,
     finished goods, and other personal property other than accounts  receivable
     now  owned  or  hereafter  acquired  by  Owner  and  located  at or used in
     connection with the Facility;

          (VI) all licenses, permits and other intangible assets; and

          (VII) any and all proceeds of any of the foregoing.

          (B) Manager shall have, in any jurisdiction  where enforcement of this
Agreement is sought, in addition to any and all other rights and remedies it may
have under this Agreement,  or at law, in equity,  by statute or otherwise,  all
the rights and remedies of a secured creditor under the Uniform Commercial Code,
including,  but not  limited  to, the right to any  deficiency  remaining  after
disposition of the Collateral.

          (C) This security  interest is (and shall at all times be) subordinate
to: (i) any security interests granted (or to be granted) in connection with the
working  capital line of credit for the  Facility,  (ii) any security  interests
granted (or to be granted) to Lessor under the Lease, and (iii) any mortgages of
the Facility.


                                   ARTICLE VI

                              INTENTIONALLY OMITTED


                                   ARTICLE VII

                              INTENTIONALLY OMITTED


                                  ARTICLE VIII

                               TERMINATION RIGHTS

     8.1  TERMINATION  BY OWNER.  If at any time or from time to time during the
Term any of the  following  events  shall occur and not be  remedied  within the
applicable period of time herein specified, namely:


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          (A)  Manager  shall  apply  for or  consent  to the  appointment  of a
receiver,  trustee, or liquidator of Manager of all or a substantial part of its
assets,  file a voluntary petition in bankruptcy,  make a general assignment for
the benefit of creditors, file a petition or an answer seeking reorganization or
arrangement  with creditors or take  advantage of any  insolvency  law, or if an
order,   judgment  or  decree  shall  be  entered  by  any  court  of  competent
jurisdiction, on the application of a creditor, adjudicating Manager as bankrupt
or  insolvent  or  approving  a petition  seeking  reorganization  of Manager or
appointing  a  receiver,  trustee,  or  liquidator  of  Manager  or  of  all  or
substantial  part of its  assets,  and such  order,  judgment  or  decree  shall
continue  unstayed and in effect for any period of ninety (90) consecutive days;
or

          (B) Manager shall  materially  fail to keep,  observe,  or perform any
covenant,  agreement,  term or provision of this Agreement to be kept, observed,
or performed by Manager,  and such default shall  continue for a period of sixty
(60) days after written notice thereof by Owner to Manager; or

          (C) Manager  shall,  in the  performance  of its  services  hereunder,
engage in self-dealing,  commit fraud, or act (or fail to act) in a manner which
constitutes willful misconduct or gross negligence and shall not cure or correct
such matter  within  sixty (60) days after  written  notice  thereof by Owner to
Manager;

then in case of any such  event and upon the  expiration  of the period of grace
(if any) applicable thereto, the Term of this Agreement shall expire, at Owner's
option and upon ten (10) days written notice to Manager; provided, however, that
in the case of a default as described in subsection  (b) above,  this  Agreement
may be terminated only as to the Facility with respect to which such default has
occurred.

     8.2 TERMINATION BY MANAGER.  If at any time or from time to time during the
Term any of the  following  events  shall occur and not be  remedied  within the
applicable period of time herein specified, namely:

          (A) Owner  shall  fail to keep,  observe,  or  perform  any  covenant,
agreement,  term or  provision  of  this  Agreement  to be  kept,  observed,  or
performed by Owner  (except for a payment  default  described in Section  8.2(b)
below) and such  default  shall  continue  for a period of sixty (60) days after
written notice thereof by Owner to Manager;

          (B) Owner shall fail to make any payment  required  hereunder and such
default shall continue for a period of sixty (60) days after written notice from
Owner to Manager;

          (C) The Facility or any portion  thereof shall be damaged or destroyed
by fire or other  casualty  and (i) Owner  shall  fail to  undertake  to repair,
restore,  rebuild,  or replace any such damage or destruction  within forty-five
(45) days after such fire or other casualty, or shall fail to complete such work
diligently,  and (ii) Owner shall fail to permit Manager to undertake to repair,
restore, rebuild, or replace, at Owner's expense, any such damage or destruction
within forty-five (45) days after such fire or other casualty;


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          (D) Owner shall apply for or consent to the appointment of a receiver,
trustee,  or liquidator of Owner or of all or a substantial  part of its assets,
file a voluntary petition in bankruptcy or admit in writing its inability to pay
its debts as they  become  due,  make a general  assignment  for the  benefit of
creditors,  file a petition or any answer seeking  reorganization or arrangement
with creditors or take advantage of any insolvency law, or if an order, judgment
or  decree  shall  be  entered  by a court  of  competent  jurisdiction,  on the
application of a creditor, adjudicating Owner bankrupt or appointing a receiver,
trustee,  or liquidator of Owner with respect to all or substantial  part of the
assets of Owner, and such order,  judgment or decree shall continue unstayed and
in effect for any period of ninety (90) consecutive days;

          (E)  Any  license  for  the  Facility  or the  Lease  is at  any  time
suspended,   terminated,  or  revoked  and  such  suspension,   termination,  or
revocation  shall  continue  unstayed  and in effect  for a period of sixty (60)
consecutive days; or

          (F) Facility Funds shall be  insufficient  for the payment of the Base
Management Fees to Manager pursuant to Article V hereof for a period of at least
two consecutive  fiscal quarters (other than as a result of the mismanagement or
other wrongful act or omission of Manager);

then in case of any such  event and upon the  expiration  of the period of grace
(if  any)  applicable  thereto,  the term of this  Agreement  shall  expire,  at
Manager's  option  and upon ten (10) days  written  notice to Owner and  Lessor;
provided,  however, that in the case of a default as described in subsection (b)
above,  this Agreement may be terminated only as to the Facility with respect to
which such default has occurred.

     8.3 MATERIAL  ADVERSE  CHANGE.  Manager shall be entitled to terminate this
Agreement  as to any  Facility  in the event that any  material  adverse  change
occurs in the financial or operating condition of such Facility, its business or
prospects.  Such  termination  shall  become  effective  three (3) months  after
Manager delivers a termination notice to Owner and Lessor; however, if Owner and
Manager agree that Owner should sell its interest in the Facility, Manager shall
continue to manage the  Facility for a period not to exceed six (6) months after
delivery of the termination notice to facilitate the sale of its interest in the
Facility. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, Manager shall have no right to
terminate  this Agreement  pursuant to this Section 8.3 if the material  adverse
change in the Facility is due to the  mismanagement  or other act or omission of
Manager.

     8.4 SURVIVING RIGHTS UPON TERMINATION. If either party exercises its option
to terminate pursuant to this Article VIII, each party shall account for and pay
to the  other  all sums due and owing  pursuant  to the terms of this  Agreement
within  thirty  (30)  days  after the  effective  date of  termination.  Without
limiting the  generality  of the  foregoing,  within  thirty (30) days after the
effective date of termination of this Agreement, Owner shall be obligated to pay
to Manager all accrued and unpaid Base  Management  Fees, a pro-rata  portion of
the Incentive  Management Fees, and reimbursable  expenses of Manager,  together
with all accrued and unpaid  interest  thereon,  notwithstanding  that available
Facility  Funds may not be sufficient  for such  purposes.  All other rights and
obligations of the parties under this Agreement shall  terminate  (except as set


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forth in Article IX hereof),  except  that  Manager's  security  interest in the
Collateral shall not terminate until Manager has been paid in full.

     8.5 DISPUTE RESOLUTION.

          (A) In the event of any  dispute or  controversy  arising  under or in
connection  with this  Agreement,  the  parties  shall  attempt to resolve  such
dispute or  controversy by mediation as provided in this Section 8.5(a) prior to
exercising  any rights under the  remaining  provisions  of Section 8.5.  Either
party may  commence  mediation  by notice to the  other  party  (the  "Mediation
Notice"),  which  notice shall name a proposed  Mediator  (as defined  below) to
resolve the dispute. The party receiving the Mediation Notice, within seven days
after receipt, shall send the other party notice accepting the proposed Mediator
(the  "Acceptance  Notice") or proposing an alternate  Mediator (the  "Alternate
Notice").  Within  seven (7) days after  receipt  of an  Alternate  Notice,  the
receiving  party shall  deliver  notice  accepting  or rejecting  the  alternate
Mediator.  Within five (5) days after the Mediator has been selected the dispute
shall be submitted to him or her by both parties,  and the Mediator shall decide
the dispute within fourteen (14) days  thereafter.  The decision of the Mediator
shall not be binding upon the parties,  and after the Mediator issues a decision
either  party may submit the  dispute to  arbitration,  as  provided in Sections
8.5(b) and (c). If the parties fail to agree upon a Mediator  within twenty (20)
days after  receipt of the  Mediation  Notice,  the  dispute  may be resolved as
provided  in  Sections  8.5(b)  and (c).  "Mediator"  means an  individual  with
experience  relevant  to  the  matter  in  dispute  who is  not  employed  by or
affiliated  with  either  party  and who does not have  (and is not an  officer,
employee or director of an entity which has) significant  business contacts with
either party. Each party shall pay fifty percent of the costs of the Mediator.

          (B) Subject to Section  8.5(a),  any dispute between Owner and Manager
regarding a financial,  tax, or accounting  issue shall be resolved  exclusively
through  arbitration  conducted  by  a  principal  of  KPMG  Peat  Marwick  (the
"Financial  Arbitrator").  Either  party may commence  arbitration  hereunder by
notice to the other party and to the Financial Arbitrator,  who shall decide the
dispute.  Each  party  shall pay  fifty  percent  of the costs of the  Financial
Arbitrator. The Financial Arbitrator shall conduct the arbitration in any manner
he or she elects; however, the Financial Arbitrator shall issue a final decision
with  respect to such  dispute  within  thirty  (30) days  after the  dispute is
referred to him or her. The decision of such Financial Arbitrator shall be final
and binding upon the parties and shall not be subject to appeal.  Judgment  upon
the award  rendered  by the  Financial  Arbitrator  may be  entered in any court
having in personam and subject matter jurisdiction over the parties.

          (C) Subject to  Sections  8.5(a) and (b),  any dispute or  controversy
arising under or in connection with this Agreement shall be settled  exclusively
by arbitration,  conducted  before a panel of three  arbitrators,  in accordance
with the rules of the American  Arbitration  Association ("AAA") then in effect,
and  judgment  may be entered on the  arbitrators'  award in any court having in
personam and subject matter jurisdiction over the parties.  Each party shall pay
fifty  percent of the costs of the AAA and the  arbitrators.  Each  party  shall
select  one  arbitrator,  and  the  two  so  designated  shall  select  a  third
arbitrator.  If either party shall fail to designate an arbitrator  within seven
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select a third  arbitrator  within  fourteen  (14)  days  after  arbitration  is
requested,  then an arbitrator  shall be selected by the AAA upon application of
either party.  In considering  any issue under this  Agreement,  the arbitrators
shall  construe and interpret  this  Agreement  strictly in accordance  with the
specific  terms  and  provisions  hereof  and in  accordance  with the  judicial
decisions, statutes, and other indicia of the law of the state of Maryland.


                                   ARTICLE IX

                                 INDEMNIFICATION

     9.1  INDEMNIFICATION OF OWNER BY MANAGER.  Manager shall indemnify and hold
Owner  and  its  members,  officers,  directors,  shareholders,   employees  and
affiliates  harmless  from  any  and all  claims,  losses,  judgments,  damages,
expenses and liabilities  whatsoever,  (including  reasonable  attorneys' fees),
incurred  by any of them,  arising  out of  Manager's  material  breach  of this
Agreement  or any third party claims which are caused in whole or in part by any
grossly  negligent act,  willful  omission,  fraud or self-dealing of Manager in
connection  with the  performance of its duties under this  Agreement.  However,
Manager's  obligation  to indemnify  Owner shall not extend to any Medicare cost
disallowances,  or any  Medicare,  Medicaid,  or  other  governmental  fines  or
penalties.   Manager's   obligations   under  this  Section  9.1  shall  survive
termination of this Agreement.

     9.2  INDEMNIFICATION  OF MANAGER BY OWNER.  Owner shall  indemnify and hold
Manager  and  Manager's  officers,   directors,   shareholders,   employees  and
affiliates  harmless  from  any  and all  claims,  losses,  judgments,  damages,
expenses and  liabilities  whatsoever  (including  reasonable  attorneys'  fees)
incurred by any of them in connection with, by reason of, or arising out of: (i)
Manager's performance of services, or undertaking of responsibilities under this
Agreement;  (ii) Manager's status as manager of the Facility;  (iii) any default
by Owner in keeping Owner's obligations under this Agreement; (iv) any damage to
property,  or injury or death to persons,  occurring  in or with  respect to the
Facility;  and/or (v) any other claim asserted against any of them in connection
with the  Facility  or any matter  relating  thereto,  excluding,  however,  any
matters covered by Manager's indemnity under Section 9.1.

     9.3  CONTROL  OF  DEFENSE  OF   INDEMNIFIABLE   CLAIMS.   A  party  seeking
indemnification  under this Article IX shall give the other party prompt written
notice of the claim for  which it seeks  indemnification.  Failure  of the party
seeking  indemnification  to give such prompt notice shall not relieve the other
party of its  indemnification  obligation,  provided  that such  indemnification
obligation  shall  be  reduced  by any  damages  suffered  by such  other  party
resulting from a failure to give prompt notice  hereunder.  The party  receiving
the  aforementioned  notice shall provide the defense of such claim,  including,
without limitation, retention and payment of attorneys.

     9.4 LIMITATION OF EXPENDITURE OBLIGATION.  Notwithstanding  anything to the
contrary in this Agreement,  Manager shall have no obligation whatsoever to make
any  advance to or for the account of Owner,  or to pay any amount  contemplated
for, or required of, Manager


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under this Agreement, or to incur any expenditure  obligation--whether  ordinary
or  capital--except  to the extent that funds are available for such purpose (in
Manager's  reasonable  judgment),  either from working  capital or capital funds
provided by Owner or otherwise from the Facility Funds.  Moreover, if Manager so
requests,  from time to time,  Owner shall sign, as  principal,  any contract or
agreement  which Manager is  authorized or required to execute  pursuant to this
Agreement to evidence  that Manager is acting solely as Owner's agent and not as
principal.


                                    ARTICLE X

                        CONFIDENTIALITY; NON-SOLICITATION

     10.1  NON-DISCLOSURE OF CONFIDENTIAL  INFORMATION.  Owner acknowledges that
Manager's business involves the development and use of Confidential  Information
(defined  below)  and  that  Manager  will  make  available  such   Confidential
Information to Owner and the Facility in connection with Manager's  duties under
this  Agreement.  Manager  acknowledges  that Owner and the Facility's  business
involves the development and use of Confidential  Information and that Owner and
the Facility will make  available  such  Confidential  Information to Manager in
connection  with  Manager's  duties  under this  Agreement  (subject  to Owner's
obligations as Franchisee  under the Franchise  Agreement).  Except as Owner and
Manager may disclose in fulfillment of their duties and  responsibilities  under
this Agreement (subject to Owner's obligations as Franchisee under the Franchise
Agreement)  or as may be required to be  disclosed  by Owner,  the  Facility and
Manager by law, the parties and their respective officers, directors,  employees
or agents  shall not,  at any time  during or after the term of this  Agreement,
divulge,  furnish or make accessible  Confidential  Information to any person or
entity  for  any  purpose  whatsoever.   "Confidential  Information"  means  any
confidential or proprietary information, including, without limitation, manuals,
forms,  policies and procedures,  computer  programs,  system  documentation and
related  software,  patient  records  and  patient  information,  and any  other
information of any kind with respect to the finances, business plans or business
operations of the parties.

     10.2 NON-USE AND RETURN OF MATERIALS.  Effective upon a termination of this
Agreement for any reason whatsoever,  the parties and their respective officers,
directors,  employees and agents shall not use any Confidential  Information for
any purpose  whatsoever,  including,  but not limited to, use in connection with
the operation and management of Facility.

     10.3 NON-SOLICITATION. Owner and Manager agree that, for the entire term of
this  Agreement and for twelve (12) months after the date that this Agreement is
terminated,  (a) Owner shall not entice or induce,  directly or indirectly,  any
employee  to leave the employ of  Manager to work with or for Owner,  or to work
with any person or entity with whom Owner  becomes  affiliated,  and (b) Manager
shall not entice or induce,  directly or  indirectly,  any employee to leave the
employ of Owner to work with or for Manager, or to work with any other person or
entity with whom Manager is or becomes affiliated.


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     10.4  REMEDIES.  The  parties  agree  that an  aggrieved  party  who is the
beneficiary  of  any  restriction   contained   herein  may  not  be  adequately
compensated for damages for a breach of the covenants  contained in this Article
X, and such aggrieved party shall be entitled to injunctive  relief and specific
performance  in  addition  to  all  other  remedies.  If a  court  of  competent
jurisdiction  shall finally  determine that the restraints  provided for in this
Article X are too broad as to the  activity,  geographic  area or time  covered,
said  activity,  geographic  area or time  covered  will be reduced to  whatever
extent the court deems necessary, and such covenant shall be enforced as to such
reduced activity, geographic area or time period.


                                   ARTICLE XI

                                  CONDEMNATION

     If the whole of any  Facility  shall be taken or  condemned  in any eminent
domain, condemnation,  compulsory acquisition, or like proceeding by a competent
authority  for any public or  quasi-public  use or  purpose  or if such  portion
thereof  shall be taken or  condemned as to make it  unsuitable  for its primary
intended use, then the Term shall cease and terminate as to such Facility on the
date on which Owner shall be required to surrender  possession  of the Facility.
Manager shall  continue to supervise  and direct the  management of the Facility
until  such time as Owner  shall be  required  to  surrender  possession  of the
Facility as a consequence of such taking or condemnation.

     If only a part of a Facility  shall be taken or condemned and the taking or
condemnation  of such part does not make it unsuitable for its primary  intended
use, this Agreement shall not terminate.


                                   ARTICLE XII

                             SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS

     12.1  ASSIGNMENTS  BY  MANAGER.  Manager,  without  the consent of Owner or
Lessor,  shall have the right to assign this  Agreement  to a wholly or majority
owned subsidiary of Manager or Integrated Health Services,  Inc., provided, that
Manager shall not thereby be released  from its  obligations  hereunder.  In the
event that all or  substantially  all the assets of Manager or its capital stock
shall  during the term of this  Agreement  be  acquired  by another  corporation
(hereinafter  referred  to as the  "Acquiring  Corporation")  as a  result  of a
merger, consolidation,  reorganization,  or other transaction, and the Acquiring
Corporation assumes all of the obligations of Manager then accrued hereunder, if
any, then Manager shall be relieved of all such  obligations (and such Acquiring
Corporation  shall be relieved of  liability  hereunder  if it  subsequently  is
involved in such an acquisition).  Except as otherwise permitted herein, Manager
shall have no right to assign this Agreement.


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     12.2 SALE,  ASSIGNMENT  OR SUBLEASE BY OWNER;  RELATED  MATTERS.  Any sale,
sublease,  or assignment  with respect to any  Facility,  other than to Manager,
shall be expressly  subject to the terms and  provisions  of this  Agreement and
shall not relieve Owner of its  liability or  obligations  hereunder,  and Owner
shall cause any purchaser,  assignee, or sublessee to deliver to Manager written
acknowledgment  of its agreement to perform  hereunder  including the payment of
the  management  fees  described  herein.  Owner shall not  sublease  all or any
portion of any Facility without the prior written consent of Manager,  which may
be granted or withheld in Manager's  sole and absolute  discretion.  Except with
respect to matters  involving  the Lease and Lessor,  Owner may not at any time,
without the prior  written  consent of  Manager,  incur any  additional  debt or
subject its  interest in any  Facility or any part thereof to the lien of one or
more deeds of trust, mortgages, or other security instruments. In the event that
such  consent is given,  such  additional  debt or  security  interest  shall be
subordinate to Manager's  rights and security  interest granted pursuant to this
Agreement.


                                  ARTICLE XIII

                            MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

     13.1 NO PARTNERSHIP OR JOINT  VENTURE.  Nothing  contained in the Agreement
shall  constitute or be construed to be or create a partnership or joint venture
between  Owner,  its  successors,  or assigns on the one part and  Manager,  its
successors,  or assigns on the other part.  Notwithstanding  the foregoing,  the
parties  hereby  agree that they shall each have a duty to act in good faith and
to deal fairly with the other party hereto.

     13.2  MODIFICATIONS  AND  CHANGES.  This  Agreement  cannot be  changed  or
modified except by another agreement in writing signed by Owner and Manager.

     13.3  UNDERSTANDING  AND  AGREEMENTS.  This  Agreement  and the  Facilities
Management  Agreements  constitute  the entire  understanding  and  agreement of
whatsoever nature or kind existing between the parties with respect to Manager's
management of the Facility.

     13.4 HEADINGS, ETC. The article and paragraph headings contained herein are
for  convenience  of reference  only and are not intended to define,  limit,  or
describe the scope of intent of any  provision of this  Agreement.  The Exhibits
and Schedules attached hereto form part of this Agreement.

     13.5 APPROVAL OR CONSENT.  Whenever under any provisions of this Agreement,
the approval or consent of either party is required,  the decision thereon shall
be  promptly  given and such  approval  or  consent  shall  not be  unreasonably
withheld, unless this Agreement expressly provides that a decision shall be made
in a party's sole discretion.  It is further understood and agreed that whenever
under any  provisions  of this  Agreement  the  approval  or consent of Owner is
required,  such approval or consent may be given by Timothy F. Nicholson or such
other person  designated in a notification  signed by or on behalf of Owner. For
all purposes  under this  Agreement,  Manager  shall  determine  solely from the
latest such notification received by it the


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person or persons  authorized  to give such  approval or consent.  Manager shall
rely  exclusively  and  conclusively  on  the  designation  set  forth  in  such
notification, notwithstanding any notice of knowledge to the contrary.

     13.6 GOVERNING  LAW. This  Agreement  shall be deemed to have been made and
shall be construed and  interpreted in accordance  with the laws of the State of
Maryland.

     13.7   ENFORCEABILITY.   Should  any   provision   of  this   Agreement  be
unenforceable as between the parties, such unenforceability shall not affect the
enforceability of the other provisions of this Agreement.

     13.8  COUNTERPARTS.   This  Agreement  may  be  executed  in  two  or  more
counterparts,  each of  which  shall be  deemed  an  original,  but all of which
together shall constitute one and the same instrument.







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                                     PART II
                           OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS


                                    ARTICLE I

                              INTENTIONALLY OMITTED


                                   ARTICLE II

                         REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

     2.1  ORGANIZATION  AND STANDING OF LYRIC.  Lyric represents and warrants to
Manager  that  Lyric is a limited  liability  company  duly  organized,  validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware. Copies of
the  Certificate  of  Formation  and  Operating  Agreement  of  Lyric,  and  all
amendments  thereof to date,  have been, if requested,  delivered to Manager and
are  complete  and  correct in all  material  respects.  Lyric has the power and
authority  to own the  property  and assets  now owned by it and to conduct  the
business presently being conducted by it.

     2.2 ABSENCE OF  CONFLICTING  AGREEMENTS.  Lyric  represents and warrants to
Manager that neither the execution or delivery of this Agreement,  including all
Exhibits and Schedules  hereto,  or any of the other  instruments  and documents
required or  contemplated  hereby and thereby (the  "Transaction  Documents") by
Lyric, nor the performance by Lyric of the transactions  contemplated hereby and
thereby, conflicts with, or constitutes a breach of or a default or requires the
consent  of any  third  party  under (i) the  Certificate  of  Formation  or the
Operating  Agreement of Lyric;  or (ii) to the best of its  knowledge  after due
inquiry, any applicable law, rule, judgment,  order, writ, injunction, or decree
of any court,  currently in effect;  or (iii) to the best of its knowledge after
due inquiry,  any applicable rule or regulation of any administrative  agency or
other  governmental  authority  currently  in  effect;  or (iv)  any  agreement,
indenture,  contract or instrument to which Lyric is now a party or by which the
assets of Lyric are bound.

     2.3 ORGANIZATION AND STANDING OF MANAGER.  Manager  represents and warrants
to Lyric that Manager is a corporation  duly organized,  validly existing and in
good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware. Copies of the Articles of
Incorporation and By-Laws of Manager,  and all amendments  thereof to date, have
been,  if  requested,  delivered  to Lyric and are  complete  and correct in all
material  respects.  Manager has the power and authority to own the property and
assets now owned by it and to conduct the business  presently being conducted by
it.

     2.4 ABSENCE OF CONFLICTING  AGREEMENTS.  Manager represents and warrants to
Lyric that neither the  execution or delivery of this  Agreement,  including all
Exhibits and Schedules hereto,  or any of the Transaction  Documents by Manager,
nor the  performance  by Manager  of the  transactions  contemplated  hereby and
thereby, conflicts with, or constitutes a breach of or a default or requires the
consent of any third party under (i) the Articles of  Incorporation or ByLaws of
Manager, or (ii) to the best of its knowledge after due inquiry,  any applicable
law, rule,


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judgment,  order, writ, injunction, or decree of any court, currently in effect;
or (iii) to the best of its knowledge after due inquiry,  any applicable rule or
regulation  of  any  administrative  agency  or  other  governmental   authority
currently in effect; or (iv) any agreement, indenture, contract or instrument to
which Manager is now a party or by which the assets of Manager are bound.


                                   ARTICLE III

                               TERMINATION RIGHTS

     This Agreement may be terminated and, except as to liabilities or claims of
either  party  hereto  which  shall have  theretofore  accrued  or  arisen,  the
obligations  of the  parties  hereto  with  respect  to  this  Agreement  may be
terminated, upon the happening of any of the following events:

     3.1  TERMINATION  BY LYRIC.  If at any time or from time to time during the
term of this  Agreement  any of the  following  events  shall  occur  and not be
remedied within the applicable period of time herein specified, namely:

          (A)  Manager  shall  apply  for or  consent  to the  appointment  of a
receiver,  trustee, or liquidator of Manager of all or a substantial part of its
assets,  file a voluntary petition in bankruptcy,  make a general assignment for
the benefit of creditors, file a petition or an answer seeking reorganization or
arrangement  with creditors or take  advantage of any  insolvency  law, or if an
order,   judgment  or  decree  shall  be  entered  by  any  court  of  competent
jurisdiction, on the application of a creditor, adjudicating Manager as bankrupt
or  insolvent  or  approving  a petition  seeking  reorganization  of Manager or
appointing  a  receiver,  trustee,  or  liquidator  of  Manager  or  of  all  or
substantial  part of its  assets,  and such  order,  judgment  or  decree  shall
continue  unstayed and in effect for any period of ninety (90) consecutive days;
or

          (B) all of the Facility Management Agreements are terminated;

then in case of any such  event and upon the  expiration  of the period of grace
(if any) applicable thereto, the term of this Agreement shall expire, at Lyric's
option and upon ten (10) days written notice to Manager.

     3.2 TERMINATION BY MANAGER.  If at any time or from time to time during the
term of this  Agreement  any of the  following  events  shall  occur  and not be
remedied within the applicable period of time herein specified, namely:

          (A) Lyric shall apply for or consent to the appointment of a receiver,
trustee,  or liquidator of Lyric or of all or a substantial  part of its assets,
file a voluntary petition in bankruptcy or admit in writing its inability to pay
its debts as they  become  due,  make a general  assignment  for the  benefit of
creditors,  file a petition or any answer seeking  reorganization or arrangement
with creditors or take advantage of any insolvency law, or if an order, judgment
or  decree  shall  be  entered  by a court  of  competent  jurisdiction,  on the
application of a creditor, adjudicating Lyric bankrupt or appointing a receiver,
trustee, or liquidator of Lyric with respect


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to all or substantial part of the assets of Lyric,  and such order,  judgment or
decree  shall  continue  unstayed  and in effect for any  period of ninety  (90)
consecutive days; or

          (B) all of the Facility Management Agreements are terminated;

then in case of any such  event and upon the  expiration  of the period of grace
(if  any)  applicable  thereto,  the term of this  Agreement  shall  expire,  at
Manager's option and upon ten (10) days written notice to Lyric.

     3.3  NO  SURVIVING  RIGHTS  UPON  TERMINATION.  Upon  termination  of  this
Agreement  all rights and  obligations  of Lyric and  Manager in this  Agreement
shall terminate.


                                   ARTICLE IV

                                    INSURANCE

     4.1  POLICIES.  Subject to Section  4.4 of this Part II,  Lyric shall apply
for,  obtain and  maintain on behalf of the Owners and at its own expense at all
times during the Term,  all  insurance  required to be  maintained by the Owners
under the Leases,  or if the Leases are not in effect,  such insurance as Owners
shall direct Lyric to maintain.

     4.2 INSURANCE  COMPANIES.  All  insurance  provided for under the foregoing
provisions  of this  Section  shall be effected by policies  issued by insurance
companies  with at least an "A-XI"  rating from A.M.  Best and Company,  of good
reputation,  of sound adequate financial  responsibility,  and properly licensed
and qualified to do business.

     4.3 INSURED PARTIES.  Each of the polices of insurance required by Part II,
Section 4.1 shall  insure  each Owner and their  respective  members,  officers,
partners,  directors,  shareholders,  managers  and  employees,  as well as each
Lessor  and  mortgage  lender.  Manager,  its  officers,  partners,   directors,
shareholders,  managers and employees shall, to the extent permissible, be named
as additional insured under all such policies of insurance.

     4.4 MASTER POLICY. Notwithstanding the other provisions of Part II, Article
4, Manager is  authorized  and  directed to obtain a master  policy of insurance
naming the parties  described  in Part II,  Section 4.3 as  additional  or named
insureds (as specified  therein),  in the amounts and for the coverages required
by Part II,  Section  4.1,  which  policy may be obtained by  Integrated  Health
Services,  Inc.  or its  affiliates  and which  may be a policy  of a  so-called
"captive" insurance company.


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                                    ARTICLE V

                            MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

     5.1 NOTICES. Any notice or other communication by either party to the other
shall be in  writing  and shall be given and be deemed to have been duly  given,
upon the date delivered if delivered personally (including by commercial express
service)  or upon the date  received  if mailed  postage  pre-paid,  registered,
express, or certified mail, addressed as follows:

         To Lyric:         LYRIC HEALTH CARE LLC

                           10065 Red Run Boulevard
                           Owings Mills, Maryland  21117
                           Attention:       Daniel J. Booth
                           Copy to:         Marshall A. Elkins, Esq.

         To Manager:       IHS FACILITY MANAGEMENT, INC.

                           10065 Red Run Boulevard
                           Owings Mills, Maryland  21117
                           Attention:       Daniel J. Booth
                           Copy to:         Marshall A. Elkins, Esq.

         With a copy to:   INTEGRATED HEALTH SERVICES, INC.
                           10065 Red Run Boulevard
                           Owings Mills, Maryland  21117
                           Attention:       Daniel J. Booth
                           Copy to:         Marshall A. Elkins,  Esq.

or to such other  address,  and to the attention of such other person or officer
as either party may designate in writing by notice.

     5.2 NO  PARTNERSHIP OR JOINT  VENTURE.  Nothing  contained in the Agreement
shall  constitute or be construed to be or create a partnership or joint venture
between  Lyric,  its  successors,  or assigns on the one part and  Manager,  its
successors,  or assigns on the other part.  Notwithstanding  the foregoing,  the
parties  hereby  agree that they shall each have a duty to act in good faith and
to deal fairly with the other party hereto.

     5.3 MODIFICATIONS AND CHANGES. This Agreement cannot be changed or modified
except by another agreement in writing signed by Lyric and Manager.

     5.4 UNDERSTANDING AND AGREEMENTS.  This Agreement and the Master Management
Agreement constitute the entire understanding and agreement of whatsoever nature
or kind existing between the parties with respect to Manager's management of the
Facility.

     5.5 HEADINGS,  ETC. The article and paragraph headings contained herein are
for  convenience  of reference  only and are not intended to define,  limit,  or
describe the scope of


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intent of any provision of this Agreement.  The Exhibits and Schedules  attached
hereto form part of this Agreement.

     5.6 APPROVAL OR CONSENT.  Whenever under any provisions of this  Agreement,
the approval or consent of either party is required,  the decision thereon shall
be  promptly  given and such  approval  or  consent  shall  not be  unreasonably
withheld, unless this Agreement expressly provides that a decision shall be made
in a party's sole discretion.  It is further understood and agreed that whenever
under any  provisions  of this  Agreement  the  approval  or consent of Lyric is
required,  such  approval  or  consent  is given by the person or any one of the
persons, as the case may be, designated in a notification signed by or on behalf
of Lyric. For all purposes under this Agreement,  Manager shall determine solely
from  the  latest  such  notification  received  by it  the  person  or  persons
authorized to give such approval or consent.  Manager shall rely exclusively and
conclusively on the designation set forth in such notification,  notwithstanding
any notice of knowledge to the contrary.

     5.7  GOVERNING  LAW. This  Agreement  shall be deemed to have been made and
shall be construed and  interpreted in accordance  with the laws of the State of
Maryland.

     5.8 ENFORCEABILITY. Should any provision of this Agreement be unenforceable
as  between   the   parties,   such   unenforceability   shall  not  affect  the
enforceability of the other provisions of this Agreement.

     5.9   COUNTERPARTS.   This  Agreement  may  be  executed  in  two  or  more
counterparts,  each of  which  shall be  deemed  an  original,  but all of which
together shall constitute one and the same instrument.


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     IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the parties  hereto have executed and delivered  this
Amended and  Restated  Master  Management  Agreement  as of the date first above
written.

                                       MANAGER:

                                       IHS FACILITY MANAGEMENT, INC.

                                       By:                            (Seal)
                                          ----------------------------
                                       Name:  Daniel J. Booth
                                            --------------------------
                                       Title: Senior Vice President
                                             -------------------------

                                       LYRIC:

                                       LYRIC HEALTH CARE LLC

                                       By: Integrated Health Services, Inc., its
                                           Member

                                       By:                            (Seal)
                                          ----------------------------
                                       Name:  Daniel J. Booth
                                            --------------------------
                                       Title: Senior Vice President
                                             -------------------------




                                       S-1

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                                    EXHIBIT A

                        EXAMPLES OF REIMBURSABLE EXPENSES

The following is a list of expenses not included in the Base  Management  Fee or
Incentive Management Fee. These  Facility-specific  expenses are passed directly
to the Facility in connection with which the expense was incurred.

          o    Administrator wages, benefits and related travel expenses.  (This
               includes an annual administrator conference).

          o    Computer hardware and software purchased for the Facility.

          o    Facility-specific legal and accounting fees.

          o    Facility-specific   fees  associated   with  union   organization
               attempts, elections, etc.

          o    Payroll processing fee.

          o    Outside  consultants  used for Medicare or Medicaid  cost reports
               and Medicare exception requests.

          o    Travel costs for Facility personnel training.

          o    Other  travel  costs of  Manager  specifically  allocable  to the
               Facility.




                                     Ex. A-1

<PAGE>



                                   SCHEDULE 1

                          CURRENT OWNERS AND FACILITIES

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
OWNER                                                   NAME OF FACILITY
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                                     <C>
F. L. C. Sarasota Nursing Pavilion, Inc.                Integrated Health Services of Florida at Sarasota
                                                        Nursing Pavilion
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Pinellas Park Nursing Home, Inc.                        Integrated Health Services of Pinellas Park
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Central Park Lodges (Tarpon Springs), Inc.              Integrated Health Services of Tarpon Springs
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Integrated Health Services at Waterford                 Integrated Health of Waterford Commons, Inc.
Commons
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Cambridge Group of Pennsylvania, Inc.                   Integrated Health Services of Hershey at
                                                        Woodlands
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Gainesville Health Care Center, Inc.                    Integrated Health Services at Gainesville
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Rest Haven Nursing Center (Chestnut Hill), Inc.         Integrated Health Services of Chestnut Hill
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Claremont Integrated Health, Inc.                       Integrated Health Services of New Hampshire at
                                                        Claremont
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IHS Acquisition No. 123, Inc.                           Crestwood Care Center
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Integrated Management - Governor's Park, Inc.           Governor's Park Nursing and Rehabilitation
                                                        Center
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Integrated Health Services of Colorado Springs,         Integrated Health Services of Colorado Springs
Inc.
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IHS Acquisition No. 103, Inc.                           Horizon Healthcare & Specialty Center
                                                        (HHC- Daytona)
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Integrated Health Services at Central Florida,          Integrated Health Services of Vero Beach
Inc.
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Briar Hill, Inc.                                        Integrated Health Services of Florida at
                                                        Auburndale
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bethamy Living Center Limited Partnership               Integrated Health Services of Florida at
                                                        Clearwater
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Integrated Health Services at Central Florida,          Integrated Health Services of Florida at Fort
Inc.                                                    Pierce
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
</TABLE>


                                    Sch. 1-1

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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
OWNER                                                   NAME OF FACILITY
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                                     <C>
Integrated Health Services at Briarcliff Haven,         Integrated Health Services of Atlanta at
Inc.                                                    Briarcliff Haven
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IHS Acquisition No. 114, Inc.                           Lynwood Manor
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Cedarcroft Health Services, Inc.                        Integrated Health Services of St. Louis at Big
                                                        Bend Woods
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Manchester Integrated Health, Inc.                      Integrated Health Services of New Hampshire at
                                                        Manchester
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IHS Acquisition No. 121, Inc.                           Ruidoso Care Center
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IHS Acquisition No. 125, Inc.                           Meadowview Care Center
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IHS Acquisition No. 124, Inc.                           Washington Square
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IHS Acquisition No. 168, Inc.                           HSH Midwest City
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IHS Acquisition No. 127, Inc.                           Midwest City Nursing
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Rest Haven Nursing Center (Whitemarsh), Inc.            Integrated Health Services at Whitemarsh
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Integrated of Amarillo, Inc.                            Amarillo Specialty Hospital
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IHS Acquisition No. 128, Inc.                           Doctors Healthcare Center
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IHS Acquisition No. 140, Inc.                           Harbor View  Care Center
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IHS Acquisition No. 134, Inc.                           Heritage Estates
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IHS Acquisition No. 132, Inc.                           Heritage Gardens
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IHS Acquisition No. 138, Inc.                           Heritage Manor Longview
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IHS Acquisition No. 129, Inc.                           Heritage Manor Plano
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IHS Acquisition No. 133, Inc.                           Heritage Place of Grand Prairie
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IHS Acquisition No. 131, Inc.                           Horizon Healthcare -El Paso
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IHS Acquisition No. 170, Inc.                           HSH- Corpus Christi
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IHS Acquisition No. 171, Inc.                           HSH- El Paso
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Integrated of Amarillo, Inc.                            Integrated Health Services of Amarillo
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Integrated Health Services at Hanover House,            Mountain View Place
Inc.
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IHS Acquisition No. 139, Inc.                           Parkwood Place
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IHS Acquisition No. 174, Inc.                           Plano Specialty Hospital (HSH- Plano)
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
</TABLE>


                                    Sch. 1-2


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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
OWNER                                                   NAME OF FACILITY
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                                     <C>
IHS Acquisition No. 136, Inc.                           Silver Springs Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------




</TABLE>



                                    Sch. 1-3



<PAGE>



                                   SCHEDULE 2

                        MASTER LEASES/FACILITY SUBLEASES


A.   Master  Lease,  dated as of January 13,  1998,  between  Lyric  Health Care
     Holdings, Inc. and Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc.:

     1.   Facility  Sublease,  dated as of January 13, 1998,  between Rest Haven
          Nursing Center (Chestnut  Hill),  Inc. and Lyric Health Care Holdings,
          Inc.

     2.   Facility  Sublease,  dated as of January 13, 1998,  between  Claremont
          Integrated Health, Inc. and Lyric Health Care Holdings, Inc.

     3.   Facility Sublease,  dated as of January 13, 1998, between  Gainesville
          Healthcare Center, Inc. and Lyric Health Care Holdings, Inc.

     4.   Facility  Sublease,  dated  as  of  December  __,  1998,  between  IHS
          Acquisition No. 123, Inc. and Lyric Health Care Holdings, Inc.

     5.   Facility  Sublease,  dated as of January 13, 1998,  between Integrated
          Management-  Governor's  Park,  Inc.,  and Lyric Health Care Holdings,
          Inc.

B.   Master  Lease,  dated as of March  31,  1998,  between  Lyric  Health  Care
     Holdings II, Inc. and Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc.:

     1.   Facility  Sublease,  dated  as of March  31,  1998,  between  F. L. C.
          Sarasota  Nursing  Pavilion,  Inc. and Lyric Health Care  Holdings II,
          Inc..

     2.   Facility  Sublease,  dated as of March 31, 1998, between Pinellas Park
          Nursing Home, Inc. and Lyric Health Care Holdings II, Inc.

     3.   Facility  Sublease,  dated as of March 31, 1998,  between Central Park
          Lodges (Tarpon Springs), Inc. and Lyric Health Care Holdings II, Inc.

     4.   Facility  Sublease,  dated as of March 31,  1998,  between  Integrated
          Health of Waterford  Commons,  Inc. and Lyric Health Care Holdings II,
          Inc.

     5.   Facility Sublease, dated as of March 31, 1998, between Cambridge Group
          of Pennsylvania, Inc. and Lyric Health Care Holdings II, Inc.


                                    Sch. 2-1

<PAGE>



C.   Master  Lease,  dated as of December  31, 1998,  between  Lyric Health Care
     Holdings III, Inc. and Monarch Properties, LP:

     1.   Facility  Sublease,  dated as of December 31, 1998, between Integrated
          Health  Services  at  Colorado  Springs,  Inc.  and Lyric  Health Care
          Holdings III, Inc.

     2.   Facility  Sublease,  dated  as  of  December  31,  1998,  between  IHS
          Acquisition No. 103, Inc. and Lyric Health Care Holdings III, Inc.

     3.   Facility  Sublease,  dated as of December 31, 1998, between Integrated
          Health  Services  at  Central  Florida,  Inc.  and Lyric  Health  Care
          Holdings III, Inc.

     4.   Facility Sublease,  dated as of December 31, 1998, between Briar Hill,
          Inc. and Lyric Health Care Holdings III, Inc.

     5.   Facility  Sublease,  dated as of December  31, 1998,  between  Bethamy
          Living Center Limited  Partnership and Lyric Health Care Holdings III,
          Inc.

     6.   Facility  Sublease,  dated as of December 31, 1998, between Integrated
          Health  Services  at  Central  Florida,  Inc.  and Lyric  Health  Care
          Holdings III, Inc.

     7.   Facility  Sublease,  dated as of December 31, 1998, between Integrated
          Health  Services  at  Briarcliff  Haven,  Inc.  and Lyric  Health Care
          Holdings III, Inc.

     8.   Facility  Sublease,  dated  as  of  December  31,  1998,  between  IHS
          Acquisition No. 114, Inc. and Lyric Health Care Holdings III, Inc.

     9.   Facility  Sublease,  dated as of December 31, 1998, between Cedarcroft
          Health Services, Inc. and Lyric Health Care Holdings III, Inc.

     10.  Facility  Sublease,  dated as of December 31, 1998, between Manchester
          Integrated Health, Inc. and Lyric Health Care Holdings III, Inc.

     11.  Facility  Sublease,  dated  as  of  December  31,  1998,  between  IHS
          Acquisition No. 121, Inc. and Lyric Health Care Holdings III, Inc.

     12.  Facility  Sublease,  dated  as  of  December  31,  1998,  between  IHS
          Acquisition No. 125, Inc. and Lyric Health Care Holdings III, Inc.

     13.  Facility  Sublease,  dated  as  of  December  31,  1998,  between  IHS
          Acquisition No. 124, Inc. and Lyric Health Care Holdings III, Inc.

     14.  Facility  Sublease,  dated  as  of  December  31,  1998,  between  IHS
          Acquisition No. 168, Inc. and Lyric Health Care Holdings III, Inc.


                                    Sch. 2-2

<PAGE>



     15.  Facility  Sublease,  dated  as  of  December  31,  1998,  between  IHS
          Acquisition No. 127, Inc. and Lyric Health Care Holdings III, Inc.

     16.  Facility  Sublease,  dated as of December 31, 1998, between Rest Haven
          Nursing Center (Whitemarsh),  Inc. and Lyric Health Care Holdings III,
          Inc.

     17.  Facility  Sublease,  dated as of December 31, 1998, between Integrated
          of Amarillo, Inc. and Lyric Health Care Holdings III, Inc.

     18.  Facility  Sublease,  dated  as  of  December  31,  1998,  between  IHS
          Acquisition No. 128, Inc. and Lyric Health Care Holdings III, Inc.

     19.  Facility  Sublease,  dated  as  of  December  31,  1998,  between  IHS
          Acquisition No. 140, Inc. and Lyric Health Care Holdings III, Inc.

     20.  Facility  Sublease,  dated  as  of  December  31,  1998,  between  IHS
          Acquisition No. 134, Inc. and Lyric Health Care Holdings III, Inc.

     21.  Facility  Sublease,  dated  as  of  December  31,  1998,  between  IHS
          Acquisition No. 132, Inc. and Lyric Health Care Holdings III, Inc.

     22.  Facility  Sublease,  dated  as  of  December  31,  1998,  between  IHS
          Acquisition No. 138, Inc. and Lyric Health Care Holdings III, Inc.

     23.  Facility  Sublease,  dated  as  of  December  31,  1998,  between  IHS
          Acquisition No. 129, Inc. and Lyric Health Care Holdings III, Inc.

     24.  Facility  Sublease,  dated  as  of  December  31,  1998,  between  IHS
          Acquisition No. 133, Inc. and Lyric Health Care Holdings III, Inc.

     25.  Facility  Sublease,  dated  as  of  December  31,  1998,  between  IHS
          Acquisition No. 131, Inc. and Lyric Health Care Holdings III, Inc.

     26.  Facility  Sublease,  dated  as  of  December  31,  1998,  between  IHS
          Acquisition No. 170, Inc. and Lyric Health Care Holdings III, Inc.

     27.  Facility  Sublease,  dated  as  of  December  31,  1998,  between  IHS
          Acquisition No. 171, Inc. and Lyric Health Care Holdings III, Inc.

     28.  Facility  Sublease,  dated as of December 31, 1998, between Integrated
          of Amarillo, Inc. and Lyric Health Care Holdings III, Inc.

     29.  Facility  Sublease,  dated as of December 31, 1998, between Integrated
          Health Services at Hanover House,  Inc. and Lyric Health Care Holdings
          III, Inc.


                                    Sch. 2-3

<PAGE>


     30.  Facility  Sublease,  dated  as  of  December  31,  1998,  between  IHS
          Acquisition No. 139, Inc. and Lyric Health Care Holdings III, Inc.

     31.  Facility  Sublease,  dated  as  of  December  31,  1998,  between  IHS
          Acquisition No. 174, Inc. and Lyric Health Care Holdings III, Inc.

     32.  Facility  Sublease,  dated  as  of  December  31,  1998,  between  IHS
          Acquisition No. 136, Inc. and Lyric Health Care Holdings III, Inc.



                                    Sch. 2-4






                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.77


                                  MASTER LEASE

                                     BETWEEN

                             MONARCH PROPERTIES, LP

                                       AND

                      LYRIC HEALTH CARE HOLDINGS III, INC.




                          DATED AS OF DECEMBER 31, 1998



<PAGE>



                                TABLE OF CONTENTS

                                                                            Page

ARTICLE 1  LEASE; TERM; RENEWALS...............................................1
   1.1     Lease...............................................................1
   1.2     Term................................................................2
   1.3     Allocation of Base Rent.............................................2
   1.4     First Option to Renew...............................................2
   1.5     Second Option to Renew.  ...........................................2
   1.6     Third Option to Renew.  ............................................2
   1.7     Other Conditions of Renewal.........................................2

ARTICLE 2  DEFINITIONS.........................................................3
   2.1     Certain Definitions.................................................3
   2.2     Other Definitions..................................................21

ARTICLE 3  RENT; RELATED MATTERS..............................................21
   3.1     Rent...............................................................21
   3.2     Additional Charges.................................................21
   3.3     Earn Out Rent......................................................21
   3.4     Late Charge; Interest..............................................22
   3.5     Method of Payment of Rent..........................................22
   3.6     Net Lease; No Offset...............................................22

ARTICLE 4  IMPOSITIONS; RELATED MATTERS.......................................22
   4.1     Payment of Impositions.............................................22
   4.2     Adjustment of Impositions..........................................23
   4.3     Utility Charges....................................................23
   4.4     Insurance Premiums.................................................23

ARTICLE 5  NO TERMINATION, ABATEMENT, ETC.....................................24

ARTICLE 6  OWNERSHIP OF LEASED PROPERTY; PERSONAL
           PROPERTY...........................................................24
   6.1     Ownership of the Leased Property...................................24
   6.2     Landlord's Personal Property.......................................25
   6.3     Tenant's Personal Property.........................................25
   6.4     Grant of Security Interest in Tenant's Personal Property;
           Restriction on Other Liens.........................................26


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ARTICLE 7  CONDITION AND USE OF LEASED PROPERTIES.............................26
   7.1     Condition of the Leased Properties.................................26
   7.2     Use of the Leased Property.........................................27

ARTICLE 8  LEGAL AND INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS...................................27
   8.1     Compliance with Legal and Insurance Requirements...................27
   8.2     Legal Requirement Covenants........................................28
   8.3     Certain Financial and Other Covenants..............................28
   8.4     Other Businesses.  ................................................29

ARTICLE 9  MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR; ENCROACHMENTS..............................29
   9.1     Maintenance and Repair.............................................29
   9.2     Encroachments, Restrictions, etc...................................32

ARTICLE 10 ALTERATIONS AND ADDITIONS..........................................32
   10.1    Construction of Alterations and Additions to Leased Property.......32
   10.2    Asbestos Removal for Alterations and Additions.....................33

ARTICLE 11 REMOVAL OF LIENS...................................................33

ARTICLE 12 CONTEST OF LEGAL REQUIREMENTS, ETC.................................33
   12.1    Permitted Contests.................................................34
   12.2    Landlord's Requirement for Deposits................................34

ARTICLE 13 INSURANCE..........................................................35
   13.1    General Insurance Requirements.....................................35
   13.2    Replacement Cost...................................................37
   13.3    Worker's Compensation Insurance....................................37
   13.4    Waiver of Liability; Waiver of Subrogation.........................37
   13.5    Other Requirements.................................................37
   13.6    Intentionally Omitted..............................................38
   13.7    Blanket Policy.....................................................38
   13.8    No Separate Insurance..............................................38

ARTICLE 14 CASUALTY LOSS......................................................39
   14.1    Insurance Proceeds.................................................39
   14.2    Restoration in the Event of Damage or Destruction..................39
   14.3    Intentionally Omitted..............................................40
   14.4    Tenant's Personal Property.........................................40
   14.5    Restoration of Tenant's Property...................................40
   14.6    No Abatement of Rent...............................................40
   14.7    Consequences of Purchase of Damaged Leased Property................40



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<PAGE>



   14.8    Damage Near End of Term............................................40
   14.9    Waiver.............................................................41
   14.10   Procedure for Disbursement of Insurance Proceeds...................41

ARTICLE 15 TAKINGS............................................................42
   15.1    Total Taking.......................................................42
   15.2    Allocation of Portion of Award.....................................42
   15.3    Partial Taking.....................................................43
   15.4    Temporary Taking...................................................43

ARTICLE 16 CONSEQUENCES OF EVENTS OF DEFAULT..................................44
   16.1    Events of Default..................................................44
   16.2    Landlord's Rights Upon Tenant's Default............................44
   16.3    Liability for Costs and Expenses...................................44
   16.4    Certain Remedies...................................................44
   16.5    Damages............................................................44
   16.6    Waiver.............................................................45
   16.7    Application of Funds...............................................45

ARTICLE 17 LANDLORD'S RIGHT TO CURE TENANT'S DEFAULT..........................45

ARTICLE 18 CERTAIN ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS  ....................................46
   18.1    Prohibition Against Use of Hazardous Substances....................46
   18.2    Notice of Environmental Claims, Actions or Contaminations..........46
   18.3    Costs of Remedial Actions with Respect to Environmental Matters....46
   18.4    Delivery of Environmental Documents................................46
   18.5    Environmental Audit................................................47
   18.6    Entry onto Leased Property for Environmental Matters...............47
   18.7    Environmental Matters Upon Termination or Expiration of Term of
           This Lease.........................................................47
   18.8    Compliance with Environmental Laws.................................48
   18.9    Environmental Related Remedies.....................................49
   18.10   Environmental Indemnification......................................50
   18.11   Rights Cumulative and Survival.....................................51

ARTICLE 19 HOLDOVER MATTERS...................................................52
   19.1    Holding Over.......................................................52
   19.2    Indemnity..........................................................52

ARTICLE 20 SUBORDINATION; ATTORNMENT; ESTOPPELS...............................52
   20.1    Subordination......................................................52
   20.2    Attornment.........................................................53
   20.3    Estoppel Certificate...............................................53



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ARTICLE 21 RISK OF LOSS.......................................................53

ARTICLE 22 INDEMNIFICATION....................................................53
   22.1    Indemnification....................................................53
   22.2    Survival of Indemnification; Tenant Right to Defend Landlord.......55

ARTICLE 23 LIMITATIONS ON TRANSFERS...........................................55
   23.1    General Prohibition against Transfer...............................55
   23.2    Corporate or Partnership Transactions..............................56
   23.3    Permitted Subleases................................................56
   23.4    Transfers to a Controlled Entity...................................57
   23.5    Subordination and Attornment.......................................57
   23.6    Sublease Limitation................................................57
   23.7    Facility Subleases Permitted.......................................57

ARTICLE 24 CERTAIN FINANCIAL MATTERS..........................................58
   24.1    Officer's Certificates and Financial Statements....................58
   24.2    Public Offering Information........................................59

ARTICLE 25 LANDLORD INSPECTION................................................60

ARTICLE 26 [INTENTIONALLY OMITTED]............................................61

ARTICLE 27 [INTENTIONALLY OMITTED]............................................61

ARTICLE 28 ACCEPTANCE OF SURRENDER............................................61

ARTICLE 29 MERGER OF TITLE; PARTNERSHIP.......................................61
   29.1    No Merger of Title.................................................61
   29.2    No Partnership.....................................................61

ARTICLE 30 CONVEYANCE BY LANDLORD.............................................62

ARTICLE 31 QUIET ENJOYMENT....................................................62

ARTICLE 32 [INTENTIONALLY OMITTED]............................................62

ARTICLE 33 APPRAISERS.........................................................62

ARTICLE 34 BREACH OF LEASE BY LANDLORD........................................63



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<PAGE>


ARTICLE 35 PERSONAL PROPERTY OPTION; TRANSFER OF FACILITY CONTROL.............64
   35.1    Landlord's Option to Purchase Tenant's Personal Property...........64
   35.2    Facility Trade Names...............................................64
   35.3    Transfer of Operational Control of the Facilities..................65
   35.4    Intangibles and Personal Property..................................66

ARTICLE 36 [INTENTIONALLY OMITTED]............................................66

ARTICLE 37 MISCELLANEOUS......................................................66
   37.1    Notices............................................................66
   37.2    Survival, Choice of Law............................................67
   37.3    Limitation on Recovery.............................................67
   37.4    Waivers............................................................68
   37.5    Consents...........................................................68
   37.6    Counterparts.......................................................68
   37.7    Options Follow Lease...............................................68
   37.8    Rights Cumulative..................................................68
   37.9    Entire Agreement...................................................68
   37.10   Amendments in Writing..............................................68
   37.11   Severability.......................................................69
   37.12   Successors.........................................................69
   37.13   Late Charges.......................................................69
   37.14   Binding Effect.....................................................69
   37.15   Exhibits and Schedules.............................................69
   37.16   Waiver of Jury Trial...............................................69
   37.17   Memorandum of Lease................................................69
   37.18   Additional Tenant Obligations......................................69



                                        v

<PAGE>



                                  MASTER LEASE

     THIS MASTER  LEASE (this  "Lease") is made and entered  into as of the 31st
day of  December,  1998  between  MONARCH  PROPERTIES,  LP, a  Delaware  limited
partnership,  with  principal  offices at 8889  Pelican Bay  Boulevard,  Naples,
Florida 34108  ("Landlord") and LYRIC HEALTH CARE HOLDINGS III, INC., a Delaware
corporation,  with principal  offices at 10065 Red Run Boulevard,  Owings Mills,
Maryland 21117 ("Tenant").


                              W I T N E S S E T H:

     WHEREAS,  pursuant  to  the  Facilities  Purchase  Agreement,  dated  as of
December  31,  1998  (the  "Facilities   Purchase  Agreement")  among  Landlord,
Integrated   Health  Services,   Inc.  ("IHS")  and  the  various  wholly  owned
subsidiaries of Tenant described on Exhibit A hereto (individually,  a "Facility
Subtenant" and,  collectively,  the "Facility Subtenants") Landlord acquired and
is the present owner of the real property,  improvements  fixtures, and personal
property  constituting the health care facilities  described on Exhibit A hereto
(each a "Facility" or a "Leased Property"); and

     WHEREAS,  Landlord  wishes to lease to Tenant,  and Tenant  wishes to lease
from Landlord, all of the Facilities;

     WHEREAS,  immediately  prior hereto,  the  Facilities  were operated by the
Facility  Subtenants and,  contemporaneously  with the execution and delivery of
this Lease,  Tenant and each of the Facility  Subtenants will execute a Facility
Sublease (as defined below) with respect to their respective Facilities;

     NOW,  THEREFORE,  in  consideration  of the rents,  mutual  covenants,  and
agreements set forth in this Lease, the parties agree that the use and occupancy
of the Facility  demised herein shall be subject to, and be in accordance  with,
the terms, conditions and provisions of this Lease, as follows:


                                    ARTICLE 1

                              LEASE; TERM; RENEWALS

     1.1 LEASE.  Upon and subject to the terms and  conditions set forth in this
Lease, Landlord leases to Tenant, and Tenant hires and takes from Landlord,  all
the Leased Properties.

     1.2 TERM. The Term shall  commence for all  Facilities on the  Commencement
Date  and end for  each  Facility  on the  Expiration  Date  indicated  for such
Facility on Exhibit B hereto,  subject to the renewals described in Sections 1.4
through 1.7 hereof.

                                        1
<PAGE>



     1.3  ALLOCATION OF BASE RENT.  The allocation of Base Rent among the Leased
Properties (as of the Commencement  Date as agreed by Landlord and Tenant solely
for purposes of this Lease),  is set forth on Exhibit B hereto.  Notwithstanding
the foregoing, within one hundred twenty (120) days after the earlier of (a) the
end of the  third  Lease  Year  or (b) any  refinancing  of the  Loan  Facility,
Landlord may, in its sole  discretion,  amend Exhibit B hereto to reallocate the
then current total Base Rent among the Leased  Properties based upon each of the
Leased  Properties'  allocable  percentage  of the  actual  Cash  Flow  from the
Facilities for the prior Lease Year or based upon any other reasonable method of
reallocation mutually acceptable to Landlord and Tenant.

     1.4 FIRST  OPTION TO RENEW.  Tenant is hereby  granted  the option to renew
this Lease for a First  Renewal  Term for each  Facility,  which option shall be
exercised by Notice to Landlord at least one hundred  eighty (180) days, but not
more than three hundred sixty (360) days,  before the  Expiration  Date for such
Facility  specified  in Exhibit B hereto;  provided,  however,  that no Event of
Default  exists either on the date on which Tenant gives such Notice to Landlord
or on the applicable  Expiration Date. During the First Renewal Term, all of the
terms and conditions of this Lease shall remain in full force and effect.

     1.5 SECOND  OPTION TO RENEW.  If the Term of this Lease has been renewed as
provided above,  Tenant is hereby granted the option to renew this Lease for the
Second Renewal Term for each Facility, which option shall be exercised by Notice
to  Landlord  at least one hundred  eighty  (180) days,  but not more than three
hundred sixty (360) days,  prior to the expiration of the First Renewal Term for
such Facility;  provided, however, that no Event of Default exists either on the
date on which  Tenant  gives such Notice to Landlord or on the date on which the
First Renewal Term expires. During the Second Renewal Term, all of the terms and
conditions of this Lease shall remain in full force and effect.

     1.6 THIRD  OPTION TO RENEW.  If the Term of this Lease has been  renewed as
provided above,  Tenant is hereby granted the option to renew this Lease for the
Third Renewal Term for each Facility,  which option shall be exercised by Notice
to  Landlord  at least one hundred  eighty  (180) days,  but not more than three
hundred sixty (360) days,  prior to the  expiration of the Second  Renewal Term;
provided,  however,  that no Event of Default exists either on the date on which
Tenant gives such Notice to Landlord or on the date on which the Second  Renewal
Term expires.  During the Third Renewal Term, all of the terms and conditions of
this Lease shall remain in full force and effect.

     1.7 OTHER  CONDITIONS OF RENEWAL.  The options to renew granted pursuant to
Sections  1.4, 1.5 and 1.6 hereof may be  exercised  only with respect to all of
the Leased  Properties  specified  in Exhibit A hereto for the  exercise of such
options  and the Base Rent and Earn Out Rent (if any) will be computed as if the
respective Renewal Term were merely an automatic extension of the preceding Term
(as specified in the definitions of Base Rent and Earn Out Rent).


                                       2
<PAGE>



                                    ARTICLE 2

                                   DEFINITIONS

     2.1  CERTAIN  DEFINITIONS.  For all  purposes  of  this  Lease,  except  as
otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise  requires,  (a) all
accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them
in accordance with GAAP, (b) all references to designated "Articles," "Sections"
and  other  subdivisions  are to the  designated  Articles,  Sections  and other
subdivisions of this Lease, and (c) the words "herein," "hereof" and "hereunder"
and other words of similar  import refer to this Lease as a whole and not to any
particular  Article,  Section or other subdivision.  In addition,  the following
terms shall have the following meanings:

          Accounts:  With respect to each Facility  Subtenant,  and to Tenant in
     the event it should at any time  operate  the  health  care  business  on a
     Leased  Property,  all accounts,  accounts  receivable,  deposits,  prepaid
     items,  documents,  chattel paper,  instruments,  contract rights,  general
     intangibles,  choses in action and rights to any refund of taxes previously
     or subsequently  paid to any governmental  authority,  in each case arising
     from  or  in  connection  with  such  Facility  Subtenant's  (or  Tenant's)
     operation and use of the Leased Property.

          Additional Charges:  All Impositions and all amounts,  liabilities and
     obligations  other than Base Rent and Earn Out Rent that Tenant assumes and
     agrees to pay under this Lease.

          Affiliate:  Any Person  who,  directly or  indirectly,  Controls or is
     Controlled by or is under Common Control with another Person.

          Approval Threshold: One Million Dollars ($1,000,000).

          Assessment:  With respect to any Leased  Property,  any assessment for
     public  improvements  or benefits  commenced  or  completed  after the date
     hereof and whether or not to be completed within the Term.

          Award: All  compensation,  sums or anything of value awarded,  paid or
     received in connection with a Taking or Partial Taking.

          Base Rent: (a) For the first Lease Year,  the sum of Thirteen  Million
     Nine Hundred Seventy-Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars  ($13,972,500),  and
     (b) for each  Lease  Year  thereafter  (including  each  Lease  Year in any
     Renewal  Term),  the sum of (i) the Base Rent for the preceding  Lease Year
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     preceding  Lease  Year and the lower of (x) two (2)  times  the  percentage
     increase in the Cost of Living Index during the period commencing as of the
     beginning of the  preceding  Lease Year and ending as of the  expiration of
     the  preceding  Lease Year or (y) three  percent  (3%) (except that for the
     first Lease Year,  the Cost of Living Index shall be measured  from the end
     of the month preceding the Commencement Date);  provided,  however, that in
     no event shall the annual Base Rent increase be less than one percent (1%).
     Notwithstanding  the  forgoing,  for each Lease Year after the first  Lease
     Year  (including  each Lease Year in any Renewal Term) the annual Base Rent
     increase  described in clause (ii) hereof shall not apply to increase  Base
     Rent for such Lease Year if the average  occupancy  level of the total beds
     in service at all the Facilities covered by this Lease throughout the prior
     Lease Year was less than seventy percent (70%).

          Business Day:  Each Monday,  Tuesday,  Wednesday,  Thursday and Friday
     which is not a day on which  national  banks in the City of New  York,  New
     York are authorized, or obligated, by law or executive order, to close.

          Capital  Lease:  Any lease (other then this Lease) for which Tenant is
     required, under GAAP, to account on its balance sheet as a capital lease.

          Capitalized Lease  Obligation:  Any obligation of Tenant, as tenant or
     guarantor, under a Capital Lease.

          Cash  Flow  from the  Facilities:  The sum of (a) Net  Income  for the
     applicable  period;  (b) the amount  deducted  by Tenant in  computing  Net
     Income for the  applicable  period for (i)  depreciation  on any  leasehold
     improvements to the Facilities  constructed by Tenant,  (ii)  amortization,
     (iii)  Base  Rent and (iv) Earn Out Rent (if any);  (c)  interest;  and (d)
     Fees.

          Cash Flow to Debt  Service  Requirement:  For any fiscal  period,  the
     ratio of Cash  Flow  from the  Facilities  to Debt  Service  (in each  case
     determined  on a  consolidated  or  combined  basis  with all the  Facility
     Subtenants) set forth with respect to such period on the schedule  attached
     as Exhibit C hereto.

          Claim(s): Any lien, attachment, levy, encumbrance, charge or claim, or
     any encroachment or restriction burdening any Leased Property.

          Clean-Up: The investigation,  removal, restoration, remediation and/or
     elimination  of, or other response to,  Contamination,  in each case to the
     satisfaction  of all  governmental  agencies having  jurisdiction  over the
     applicable  Leased Property and in compliance with or as may be required by
     Environmental Laws.

          Code: The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.


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          Commencement Date: January 1, 1999.

          Condemnor:   Any  public  or   quasi-public   authority,   or  private
     corporation or individual, having the power of condemnation.

          Construction  Funds:  The Net Proceeds  available for  restoration  or
     repair work pursuant to Article 14 of this Lease.

          Contamination:  The  presence,  Release or  threatened  Release of any
     Hazardous  Substance at a Leased Property in violation of any Environmental
     Law,  or in a quantity  that would  give rise to any  affirmative  Clean-Up
     obligation under an Environmental Law,  including,  but not limited to, the
     existence  of any  injury or  potential  injury to public  health,  safety,
     natural resources or the environment associated therewith.

          Control (and Controlled by and under Common Control with): possession,
     directly or  indirectly,  of the power to direct or cause the  direction of
     the  management  and policies of a Person,  through the ownership of voting
     securities, partnership interests or other equity interests.

          Cost of Living Index: The United States Department of Labor, Bureau of
     Labor  Statistics  Revised  Consumer  Price  Index for All Urban  Consumers
     (1982-84=100),  U.S.  City  Average,  All  Items,  or, if such Index is not
     available for the United States,  an index  available for the  geographical
     area in the United  States  which most  closely  corresponds  to the entire
     United States,  published by such bureau or its successor,  or, if none, by
     any other instrumentality of the United States.

          Date of  Taking:  The date on which  the  Condemnor  has the  right to
     possession  of the  Leased  Property  that is the  subject of the Taking or
     Partial Taking.

          Debt:  As of  any  date,  all  (a)  obligations,  whether  current  or
     long-term, that in accordance with GAAP would be included as liabilities on
     a Person's balance sheet; (b) Capitalized Lease Obligations of such Person;
     (c)  obligations  of others for which  that  Person is liable  directly  or
     indirectly,  by way of guaranty  (whether by direct  guaranty,  suretyship,
     discount,  endorsement,  take-or-pay  agreement,  agreement  to purchase or
     advance  or keep in  funds  or  other  agreement  having  the  effect  of a
     guaranty) or otherwise; (d) liabilities and obligations secured by liens on
     any assets of that Person,  whether or not those liabilities or obligations
     are recourse to that Person;  and(e)  liabilities  and  obligations of that
     Person, direct or contingent,  with respect to letters of credit issued for
     the account of that Person or others or with respect to bankers acceptances
     created for that Person.  However,  Additional  Charges shall not be deemed
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          Debt Service:  With respect to any fiscal period of a Person,  the sum
     of (a) all  interest  due on Debt during the period  (other  than  interest
     imputed,  pursuant  to  GAAP,  on any  Capitalized  Lease  Obligations  and
     interest on Debt that comprises Purchase Money Financing), (b) all payments
     of  principal of Debt  required to be made during the period,  (c) all Base
     Rent due  during  the  period and (d) all Earn Out Rent (if any) due during
     the period.

          Earn Out Rent:  (a) For any  Lease  Year,  the  amount of any earn out
     payments (if any) made by Landlord to IHS in accordance with Section 3.2 of
     the Facilities  Purchase  Agreement times a rate equal to (i) the Base Rent
     for the Lease Year in which the subject earn out payment is made divided by
     (ii) $138,000,000,  and (b) for each Lease Year thereafter  (including each
     Lease Year in any Renewal Term),  the sum of (i) the full Earn Out Rent for
     the  preceding  Lease Year as if all earn out payments and the related Earn
     Out Rent were made effective the first day of the preceding Lease Year plus
     (ii) the product of the Earn Out Rent for the preceding  Lease Year and the
     lower of (x) two (2) times the  percentage  increase  in the Cost of Living
     Index during the period  commencing  as of the  beginning of the  preceding
     Lease Year and ending as of the  expiration of the preceding  Lease Year or
     (y) three  percent (3%) (except that for the first Lease Year,  the Cost of
     Living  Index shall be  measured  from the end of the month  preceding  the
     Commencement Date);  provided,  however,  that in no event shall the annual
     Earn Out Rent increase be less than one percent (1%).  Notwithstanding  the
     forgoing,  for each Lease Year after the first Lease Year  (including  each
     Lease Year in any Renewal Term) the annual Earn Out Rent increase described
     in clause  (ii) hereof  shall not apply to increase  Earn Out Rent for such
     Lease Year if the average  occupancy level of the total beds in services at
     all the  Facilities  covered by this Lease  throughout the prior Lease Year
     was less than seventy percent (70%).  Notwithstanding  further, no Earn Out
     Rent shall be due in respect of earn out  payments  made by Landlord to IHS
     involving  any Leased  Property  that after such payments will no longer be
     subject to this Lease.

          Encumbrance:  With respect to a Leased Property, any mortgage, deed of
     trust,  lien,  encumbrance  or other matter  affecting  title to the Leased
     Property, or any portion thereof or interest therein.

          Environmental  Audit:  A written  certificate,  in form and  substance
     satisfactory  to  Landlord,   from  an  environmental  firm  acceptable  to
     Landlord,  which states that there is no evidence of  Contamination  on the
     applicable  Leased  Property  and that the  applicable  Leased  Property is
     otherwise in compliance with Environmental Laws.

          Environmental Documents: Documents received by Tenant or any Affiliate
     from,  or  submitted  by Tenant or any  Affiliate  to,  the  United  States
     Environmental  Protection Agency and/or any other federal, state, county or
     municipal  agency  responsible for enforcing or implementing  Environmental
     Laws with respect to the condition of the



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     Leased  Property  leased by Tenant or  Tenant's  operations  at the  Leased
     Property;   and  written  reviews,   audits,  reports  or  other  documents
     pertaining to environmental conditions,  including, but not limited to, the
     presence or absence of  Contamination,  at, in or under or with  respect to
     the Leased  Property leased by Tenant that have been prepared by, for or on
     behalf of Tenant.

          Environmental  Laws:  All  federal,  state and local laws  (including,
     without limitation, common law), statutes, codes, ordinances,  regulations,
     rules, orders,  permits or decrees from time to time in effect and relating
     to (a) the  introduction,  emission,  discharge  or  release  of  Hazardous
     Substances  into the  indoor or  outdoor  environment  (including,  without
     limitation,  air,  surface  water,  groundwater,  land  or  soil);  or  the
     manufacture,    processing,    distribution,   use,   treatment,   storage,
     transportation or disposal of Hazardous  Substances;  or (c) the Cleanup of
     Contamination.

          Equipment  Lease Facility:  Any equipment lease financing  facility in
     connection with Personal Property of a Facility  designated as an Equipment
     Lease  Facility  in  Article  7  of  any  applicable   Facility  Management
     Agreement.

          Escrow  Agreement:  The Escrow Agreement of even date herewith between
     Landlord and Tenant.

          Estoppel Certificate: A statement in writing in substantially the same
     form as Exhibit D hereto,  with such changes  thereto as reasonably  may be
     requested by the person relying on such certificate.

          Event of Default: The occurrence of any of the following:

               (a) If  Tenant  fails to pay Base Rent and Earn Out Rent (if any)
     under this Lease when the same  becomes due and payable  within the earlier
     of (i) five (5) Business  Days after Notice or (ii) ten (10)  Business Days
     after the same  becomes  due and  payable;  or if  Tenant  fails to pay any
     Additional Charges within ten (10) Business Days after Notice;

               (b) If Tenant  (i)  admits in writing  its  inability  to pay its
     debts  generally as they become due, (ii) files a petition in bankruptcy or
     a petition to take advantage of any  insolvency  law, (iii) makes a general
     assignment  for  the  benefit  of  its  creditors,  (iv)  consents  to  the
     appointment of a receiver of itself or of the whole or any substantial part
     of its property,  or (v) files a petition or answer seeking  reorganization
     or arrangement  under the Federal  Bankruptcy Laws or any other  applicable
     law or statute of the United States of America or any state thereof; or


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               (c) If Tenant,  on a petition in bankruptcy  filed against it, is
     adjudicated  a  bankrupt  or has an order  for  relief  thereunder  entered
     against it, or a court of competent  jurisdiction enters an order or decree
     appointing a receiver of such Tenant or of the whole or  substantially  all
     of Tenant's property,  or approving a petition filed against Tenant seeking
     reorganization  or arrangement of Tenant under the Federal  Bankruptcy Laws
     or any other  applicable  law or statute of the United States of America or
     any state thereof, and such judgment, order or decree is not vacated or set
     aside or stayed within ninety (90) days from the date of the entry thereof;
     or

               (d) If Tenant is liquidated or dissolved,  or begins  proceedings
     toward  liquidation or  dissolution,  or has filed against it a petition or
     other  proceeding  to  cause  it to be  liquidated  or  dissolved,  and the
     proceeding is not dismissed  within sixty (60) days  thereafter,  or in any
     manner permits the sale or divestiture of  substantially  all of its assets
     except in connection with a dissolution or liquidation following or related
     to a merger or  transfer  of all or  substantially  all of the  assets  and
     liabilities of Tenant with or to an Affiliate; or

               (e) If the estate or interest of Tenant in the Leased Property or
     any part thereof is levied upon or attached in any  proceeding and the same
     is not  vacated or  discharged  within  sixty (60) days after  commencement
     thereof  (unless  Tenant  is in the  process  of  contesting  such  lien or
     attachment in good faith in accordance with Section 12.1 hereof); or

               (f) If Tenant  ceases  operation  of a  Facility  for a period in
     excess of five (5) Business Days except upon prior  written  Notice to, and
     with the express prior written consent of Landlord (which consent  Landlord
     may withhold in its absolute discretion), or as the unavoidable consequence
     of damage or destruction as a result of a casualty,  or a Taking or Partial
     Taking,  or as a result of an event described in subparagraph (g) below (as
     to which the provisions of subparagraph (g) shall govern); or

               (g) If the  license  to operate  any  Facility  as a provider  of
     health  care  services  in  accordance  with its  Primary  Intended  Use is
     revoked, or allowed to lapse, or, without Landlord's prior written consent,
     transferred to a facility that is not one of the Leased  Properties,  or an
     order is imposed with respect to a Facility suspending the right to operate
     or accept  patients,  and Tenant does not promptly take reasonable steps to
     cure the  condition or conditions  leading to such  revocation or order and
     cause  such  license  and  right  to  operate  and  accept  patients  to be
     reinstated within sixty (60) days; or

               (h) If any obligation of Tenant or of Guarantor to repay borrowed
     money in excess of Three Million Dollars ($3,000,000) or, in the aggregate,
     obligations in excess of Seven Million Dollars  ($7,000,000) is accelerated
     by a creditor after default,  unless (i) Notice of a dispute between Tenant
     or  Guarantor  and  such  creditor  is  given  to


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     Landlord prior to such acceleration, (ii) Tenant or Guarantor have provided
     Landlord with assurance,  satisfactory to Landlord in its sole  discretion,
     that such acceleration will not materially affect Tenant, any of the Leased
     Properties  or the  ability  of  Tenant  and  Guarantor  to  perform  their
     obligations  under  this  Lease  and the  applicable  Guaranty,  and  (iii)
     Landlord has given Notice of such satisfaction to Tenant or Guarantor; or

               (i) If  Tenant  fails to  observe  or  perform  any  other  term,
     covenant or  condition of this Lease and such failure is not cured within a
     period of thirty (30) days after Notice thereof from  Landlord,  unless the
     failure  cannot with due  diligence be cured within a period of thirty (30)
     days,  in which case the  failure  shall not be deemed to  continue  if (i)
     Tenant proceeds  promptly and with due diligence to cure the failure,  (ii)
     Tenant  diligently  and  continuously  completes the cure thereof and (iii)
     such  failure is cured prior to the time that the same  results in civil or
     criminal penalties to Landlord, Tenant or any Affiliates of either; or

               (j) If any  representation  or  warranty  made by  Tenant  in the
     Facilities   Purchase  Agreement  or  in  the  certificates   delivered  in
     connection therewith proves to be untrue when made in any material respect,
     and Landlord is  materially  and  adversely  affected  thereby,  and Tenant
     fails,  within twenty (20) days after Notice from Landlord thereof, to cure
     such condition by terminating such adverse effect and making Landlord whole
     for any  damage  suffered  therefrom,  or if with due  diligence  such cure
     cannot be  effected  within  twenty  (20)  days,  if Tenant  has  failed to
     commence to cure the same within the twenty (20) days or failed  thereafter
     to proceed  promptly  and with due  diligence to cure such  conditions  and
     prior to the time that the same  results in civil or criminal  penalties to
     Landlord,   Tenant,  any  Affiliates  of  either,  or  any  of  the  Leased
     Properties; or

               (k) If a default occurs under any Guaranty of this Lease given to
     Landlord to secure  performance  of any term or provision of this Lease and
     is not cured within any applicable  grace or cure period set forth therein;
     or

               (l)  Subject to Article 23, if Tenant or any  Facility  Subtenant
     transfers the operational  control or management of the Facility  currently
     being operated by it without Landlord's prior written consent; or

               (m) If (i) a default  occurs on the part of Tenant or a  Facility
     Subtenant  under the Master  Management  Agreement,  the  Master  Franchise
     Agreement, a Facility Management Agreement, a Facility Franchise Agreement,
     the Escrow Agreement and any Facility  Sublease and is not cured within any
     applicable grace or cure period set forth therein, or (ii) a default occurs
     on the part of  Tenant or a  Facility  Subtenant  under any other  material
     contract  affecting  any of the  Facilities,  Tenant  or any  Affiliate  of
     Tenant, or any Facility Subtenant,  and the default is not cured within any
     applicable grace or cure


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     period contained therein, provided, as to any such default under such other
     contract,  such  default  materially  and  adversely  affects,  or has  the
     reasonable potential of materially and adversely  affecting,  the operation
     or value of the applicable Facility; or

               (n) If a default  occurs under the Security  Agreement and is not
     cured within any applicable grace or cure period set forth therein; or

               (o) If  Tenant  breaches  the  financial  covenants  set forth in
     Section 8.3 hereof, or Guarantor breaches the financial covenants set forth
     in its  Guaranty,  and such failure is not cured within thirty (30) days of
     the  earlier  of (i) the date on  which  Tenant  or  Guarantor  has  actual
     knowledge of such breach or (ii) Notice from Landlord; or

               (p) If a default occurs under any Equipment Lease Facility and is
     not cured within any applicable grace or cure period set forth therein; or

               (q)  If   Tenant  or  any   Facility   Subtenant   breaches   any
     representation  or  warranty  or fails to  observe  or  perform  any of the
     covenants, duties and obligations set forth on Exhibit G hereto as required
     to be made or performed under Section 37.18 hereof,  which activity results
     in a default or event of default under the Loan Facility.

          Executive  Officer:  The  Chairman  of the  Board  of  Directors,  the
     President, any Vice President and the Secretary of a corporation.

          Expiration  Date: The "Expiration  Date" for each particular  Facility
     specified on Exhibit B hereto.

          Facilities: The Leased Properties.

          Facility: Any one of the Leased Properties.

          Facility Franchise  Agreement:  The facility franchise agreement among
     Franchisor,  Tenant  and a Facility  Subtenant  relating  to such  Facility
     Subtenant's operations at its Facility.

          Facility Management Agreement: The facility management agreement among
     Manager, Tenant and a Facility Subtenant relating to the management of such
     Facility Subtenant's operations at its Facility.

          Facility  Purchase Price: The Purchase Price allocated to the Facility
     on the  Commencement  Date, as set forth on Exhibit F hereto,  increased by
     three  percent  (3%)  per  Lease  Year,   compounded  annually,   from  the
     Commencement  Date to the date in question  and prorated for any portion of
     such period that is less than a full Lease Year.


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          Facility Rental Value:  The Base Rent and Earn Out Rent (if any) (each
     determined at the time in question) allocable to a Facility.

          Facility  Sublease:  The  facility  sublease  between  Tenant  and the
     Facility Subtenant of such Facility.

          Facility Subtenant: The subtenant of a Facility pursuant to a Facility
     Sublease.

          Facility Trade Names:  The names under which the Facilities do or have
     done business during the Term.

          Fair Rental Value:  The amount  determined to be the Fair Rental Value
     of the applicable Leased Property  pursuant to the appraisal  procedure set
     forth in Article 33.

          Fees: The fees payable by Tenant or a Facility Subtenant to Manager or
     Franchisor pursuant to the Management Agreement or the Franchise Agreement,
     as the case may be.

          Financial  Statement:  For a fiscal year or other  accounting  period,
     statements  of earnings and  retained  earnings and of changes in financial
     position and profit and loss for such period (for an interim  period,  from
     the beginning of the respective  fiscal year to the end of such period) and
     the related  balance sheet as at the end of such period,  together with the
     notes  thereto,  all in reasonable  detail and setting forth in comparative
     form  the  corresponding  figures  for  the  corresponding  period  in  the
     preceding fiscal year, and prepared in accordance with GAAP and reported on
     by a "Big Six" certified public accounting firm or another certified public
     accounting   firm  approved  by  Landlord,   which  approval  will  not  be
     unreasonably  withheld  or  delayed;  provided,  however,  the "Big Six" or
     approved Accounting Firm requirements will not apply to statements prepared
     for an interim period.

          First  Renewal  Term:  The period  described  as such for a particular
     Facility as specified in Exhibit B hereto.

          Fiscal Year: The calendar year.

          Fixtures: All permanently affixed equipment,  machinery, fixtures, and
     other items of real and/or  personal  property,  including  all  components
     thereof,  now and hereafter  located in, on or used in connection with, and
     permanently  affixed  to or  incorporated  into  the  Leased  Improvements,
     including,  without  limitation,  any and all furnaces,  boilers,  heaters,
     electrical   equipment,    heating,   plumbing,   lighting,    ventilating,
     refrigerating,   incineration,  air  and  water  pollution  control,  waste
     disposal,  air-cooling and  air-conditioning  systems and apparatus  (other
     than individual  units),  sprinkler  systems and


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     fire and  theft  protection  equipment,  and  built-in  oxygen  and  vacuum
     systems,  all of which to the greatest extent  permitted by law, are hereby
     deemed  to  constitute  real  estate,   together  with  all   replacements,
     modifications, alterations and additions thereto but specifically excluding
     all items included within the definition of the "Personal Property".

          Franchise Agreement:  Collectively, the Master Franchise Agreement and
     each Facility Franchise Agreement.

          Franchisor:  Integrated  Health  Services  Franchising  Co.,  Inc.,  a
     Delaware corporation.

          GAAP: Generally accepted accounting  principles in effect from time to
     time, consistently applied.

          Guarantor:  Lyric  Health  Care  LLC,  a  Delaware  limited  liability
     company.

          Guaranty: The Lyric Guaranty.

          Hazardous  Substances:  Any  and  all  toxic  or  hazardous  material,
     substance,  pollutant,  contaminant,  chemical,  waste  (including  medical
     waste) or  substance,  including  petroleum  products,  asbestos  and PCBs,
     regulated, restricted or prohibited under any Environmental Law.

          IHS: Integrated Health Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation.

          IHS  Indemnity:  The Indemnity  Agreement  executed by IHS in favor of
     Landlord.

          Impartial Appraiser:  An appraiser selected by Landlord and reasonably
     acceptable to Tenant.

          Impositions:  Collectively,  all taxes (including, without limitation,
     all real property taxes, ad valorem, sales and use, single business,  gross
     receipts,  transaction  privilege,  rent or  similar  taxes),  assessments,
     ground rents, water, sewer or other rents and charges, excises, tax levies,
     fees  (including,   without  limitation,   license,   permit,   inspection,
     authorization  and similar fees), and all other  governmental  charges,  in
     each case  whether  general  or  special,  ordinary  or  extraordinary,  or
     foreseen  or  unforeseen,  of every  character  in  respect  of any  Leased
     Property  or the  business  conducted  thereon  by Tenant  and/or  the Rent
     (including all interest and penalties thereon due to any failure of payment
     by Tenant)  applicable  to periods of time within the Term hereof  which at
     any time may be  assessed  or imposed on or in respect of or be a lien upon
     (a) the Facilities or any part thereof or (b) any rent therefrom or (c) any
     estate, right, title or interest therein, or (d) any occupancy,  operation,
     use or  possession  of,  or sales  from,  or  activity  conducted


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     on,  the  applicable  Leased  Property  or (e)  the  leasing  or use of the
     Facilities or any part thereof or (f) the Rent.  So long as the  Facilities
     include a Facility in New Hampshire,  the term  "Imposition"  shall include
     any  "enterprise  tax" imposed upon Landlord by the State of New Hampshire;
     provided, however, that if and when Landlord owns property in New Hampshire
     in  addition to the  Facility  leased  hereunder,  such tax shall be fairly
     allocated among such properties.  "Imposition"  shall not include:  (a) any
     federal,  state  or  local  tax  based  on  gross  or net  income  (whether
     denominated  as an income,  capital stock or other tax) imposed on Landlord
     generally and not  exclusively in connection with any Leased  Property,  or
     (b) any net revenue tax of  Landlord  or any other  person,  or (c) any tax
     imposed with respect to the sale, financing,  exchange or other disposition
     by Landlord  of any Leased  Property or the  proceeds  thereof,  or (d) any
     principal or interest on any  indebtedness of Landlord or (e) on any ground
     rent or other rent payable by Landlord.

          Initial  Term:The period between,  and inclusive of, the  Commencement
     Date and the  earlier of the  Expiration  Date and the date upon which this
     Lease terminates as provided herein.

          Insurance Requirements:  The terms, conditions and requirements of any
     insurance policy required by this Lease.

          Investigations:  Soil and  chemical  tests or any other  environmental
     investigations, examinations or analyses.

          Land: The real property described on attached Exhibit A hereto.

          Landlord's Personal Property:  All Personal Property,  except Tenant's
     Personal  Property,  that at the Commencement Date or thereafter during the
     Term  is  located,  or,  but for a  temporary  relocation  off-site  on the
     Commencement  Date  is  normally  located,  on the  Land  or in the  Leased
     Improvements.

          Lease Year:  The period  commencing  on the first day of the  calendar
     month following the month in which the Commencement  Date occurs and ending
     on the  last day of the  twelfth  (12th)  full  calendar  month  thereafter
     (unless the  Commencement  Date is the first day of a month, in which event
     the first  Lease Year shall  commence  on such day).  The  period,  if any,
     between  the  Commencement  Date and the first day of the  following  month
     shall be deemed to be part of the first Lease Year. Thereafter,  each Lease
     Year will be January 1 through  December  31. If this  Lease is  terminated
     before the end of any Lease  Year,  the final  Lease Year will be January 1
     through the date of termination thereof.

          Leased  Improvements:  All buildings,  structures,  Fixtures and other
     improvements of every kind currently situated on the Land,  including,  but
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     connecting tunnels,  sidewalks,  utility pipes, conduits and lines (on-site
     and off-site), parking areas and roadways appurtenant to such buildings and
     structures.

          Leased Properties (also "Facilities"):  Collectively, the Land, Leased
     Improvements,  Related Rights and  Landlord's  Personal  Property,  and the
     licensed  nursing homes and/or other  healthcare  facilities being operated
     thereon and therein, as identified on Exhibit A hereto.

          Leased Property: Any one of the Leased Properties.

          Legal  Requirements:  As to any Leased Property,  all federal,  state,
     county,  municipal and other governmental  statutes,  laws, rules,  orders,
     regulations,  ordinances,  judgments, decrees and injunctions affecting the
     Leased Property or the construction, use or alteration thereof, whether now
     or  hereafter  enacted  and in force,  including  any which may (a) require
     repairs,  modifications  or alterations in or to the Leased Property or (b)
     in any way adversely affect the use and enjoyment thereof, and all permits,
     licenses and  authorizations and regulations  relating thereto,  including,
     but not limited to, those relating to existing health care licenses,  those
     authorizing  the current  number of licensed beds and the level of services
     delivered  from  the  Leased  Property,  and  all  covenants,   agreements,
     restrictions  and  encumbrances  contained  in any  instruments,  either of
     record  or  known to  Tenant  at any time in  force  affecting  the  Leased
     Property, other than covenants,  agreements,  restrictions and encumbrances
     created by Landlord without the consent of Tenant.

          Lender:   GMAC   Commercial   Mortgage   Corporation,   a   California
     corporation.

          Loan Facility:  The loan evidenced by the Loan Agreement,  dated as of
     December 30, 1998,  between  Landlord and Lender and the Loan Documents (as
     defined  therein),  together with any and all other agreements or documents
     executed by Landlord or others  evidencing,  securing or otherwise relating
     to the Loan Facility.

          Lyric: Lyric Health Care LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

          Lyric Guaranty: The Guaranty, dated as of the date hereof, executed by
     Lyric in favor of Landlord.

          Manager: IHS Facility Management, Inc., a Delaware corporation.

          Management  Agreement:  Collectively,  the Master Management Agreement
     and each Facility Management Agreement.


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          Master Franchise Agreement:  The Amended and Restated Master Franchise
     Agreement,  dated as of December 31, 1998, between Lyric and Franchisor, as
     amended from time to time,  setting forth common terms and  conditions  for
     the  franchising  of certain  trade  names,  systems and other  proprietary
     materials for the Facilities.

          Master   Management   Agreement:   The  Amended  and  Restated  Master
     Management  Agreement,  dated as of December  31, 1998,  between  Lyric and
     Manager,  as amended  from time to time,  setting  forth  common  terms and
     conditions for management of the Facilities.

          Mechanics Liens: Liens of mechanics, laborers, materialmen,  suppliers
     or vendors.

          Monarch:  Monarch  Properties,   LLC,  a  Delaware  limited  liability
     corporation.

          Net Income:  The aggregate net income of the Facility  Subtenants from
     the  operation  of  the  Facilities,  determined  on an  accrual  basis  in
     accordance  with GAAP,  before federal,  state and local income taxes,  but
     excluding extraordinary items.

          Net Proceeds:  All proceeds,  net of any costs incurred by Landlord in
     obtaining  such  proceeds,  payable  under  any risk  policy  of  insurance
     required by Article 13 of this Lease  (including  proceeds  with respect to
     the Personal  Property that Tenant elects to restore or replace pursuant to
     Section 14.2 hereof).

          Notice: A written notice given pursuant to Section 37.1 hereof.

          Officer's Certificate:  A certificate signed by any one or more of the
     Executive Officers.

          Overdue Rate: On any date, a rate equal to three (3) percentage points
     above the Prime Rate,  but in no event  greater  than the maximum rate then
     permitted under applicable law.

          Partial  Taking:  A Taking of a portion of a Facility  or of less than
     the whole fee title to a Facility.

          Payment Date: The due date for the payment of the installments of Base
     Rent, Earn Out Rent (if any),  Additional Charges or any other sums payable
     under this Lease.


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          Permitted Debt: Any of the following:

               (a) Debt (other than Debt as to which an  Affiliate  of Tenant is
     the creditor)  incurred by Tenant and/or the Facility  Subtenants solely to
     provide working capital to the respective Facilities;

               (b) Debt of Tenant to Landlord;

               (c)  unsecured  Debt of Tenant,  other  than for money  borrowed,
     incurred solely for trade payables in the ordinary course of business;

               (d) Debt of Tenant to  taxing or other  governmental  authorities
     for taxes, assessments,  governmental charges or levies, to the extent that
     payment  thereof shall not at the time be required to be made in accordance
     with the provisions of Article 4 or Article 12 hereof;

               (e) Debt of Tenant in  respect of  judgments  or awards (i) which
     have  been in force  for less  than the  applicable  appeal  period  and in
     respect of which  execution  thereof  shall have been stayed  pending  such
     appeal or review,  or (ii) which are fully covered by insurance  payable to
     Tenant,  or (iii)  which are for an amount  not in excess of Three  Million
     Dollars ($3,000,000) in the aggregate at any one time outstanding,  and (A)
     which have been in force for not longer than the applicable  appeal period,
     so long as execution is not levied  thereunder,  or (B) in respect of which
     an appeal or proceedings for review shall at the time be prosecuted in good
     faith in  accordance  with the  provisions  of Article  12  hereof,  and in
     respect of which  execution  thereof  shall have been stayed  pending  such
     appeal or review.

               (f) unsecured  borrowings of Tenant from its Affiliates which are
     by their terms  expressly  subordinate  to the payment and  performance  of
     Tenant's obligations under this Lease; or

               (g) Debt  incurred  solely for the  purchase or lease of Tenant's
     Personal Property.

          Permitted Encumbrances: With respect to each of the Leased Properties,
     matters constituting  Permitted  Encumbrances under the Facilities Purchase
     Agreement,  including any such matters arising after the Commencement  Date
     which,  had  they  existed  on  the  Commencement  Date,  would  have  been
     considered Permitted Encumbrances under the Facilities Purchase Agreement.

          Permitted Environmental Conditions: The asbestos-containing materials,
     underground  storage tanks,  and other Hazardous  Substances that currently
     are located in,


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     on, under or about the Leased Properties,  in each case as disclosed in the
     Environmental  Audits  delivered by Tenant to Landlord prior to the date of
     this Lease,  except to the extent that any such  conditions are required to
     be remedied  by Tenant  under the  Facilities  Purchase  Agreement  and the
     Escrow Agreement.

          Person:  Any natural person,  trust,  partnership,  limited  liability
     company, corporation, joint venture or other legal entity.

          Personal  Property:  All  equipment,  furniture,  fixtures,  inventory
     (including  linens,   dietary  supplies  and  housekeeping   supplies,  and
     including  food and other  consumable  inventories),  furnishings,  movable
     walls  or  partitions,  trade  fixtures,   computers,   software  and  data
     pertaining  to the business of a Facility  (whether  such data is stored in
     computers or peripheral equipment that is included within the definition of
     the term "Personal  Property" or is otherwise in the possession of a Tenant
     or a Facility Subtenant, or in computers and equipment that is not included
     within the definition of the term  "Personal  Property" but is either owned
     by Tenant  or a  Facility  Subtenant  or as to which  Tenant or a  Facility
     Subtenant has a right of retrieval)  and other tangible  personal  property
     used in  connection  with the  business  of a Facility,  together  with all
     replacements,  modifications, alterations and additions thereto, except (a)
     items,  if any,  included  within  the  definition  of  Fixtures  or Leased
     Improvements,   (b)  personal  property  leased  from  third  parties,  (c)
     computers  owned  or  leased  by a  Tenant  or a  Facility  Subtenant  that
     customarily  are  not  located  on any of the  Leased  Properties,  and (d)
     proprietary  software  owned by  parties  other than a Tenant or a Facility
     Subtenant.

          Primary  Intended Use: With respect to any Facility,  the operation of
     the Facility as a licensed health care facility.

          Prime Rate:  On any date, a rate equal to the annual rate on such date
     publicly  announced  by  Citibank,  N.A.  to be its prime  rate for  90-day
     unsecured loans to its corporate  borrowers of the highest credit standing,
     but in no  event  greater  than  the  maximum  rate  then  permitted  under
     applicable law.

          Proceeding:  Any action,  proposal or  investigation  by any agency or
     entity.

          Purchase Money  Financing:  Any financing  (whether by lease,  chattel
     mortgage, installment sale, or otherwise) provided by a Person to Tenant or
     a  Facility  Subtenant  in  connection  with the  acquisition  of  Personal
     Property  used in connection  with the operation of a Facility,  whether by
     way of installment sale or otherwise.

          Purchase  Price:  The  Purchase  Price  set  forth  in the  Facilities
     Purchase Agreement.


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          Qualified Capital Expenditures:  Expenditures capitalized on the books
     of the Tenant or a Facility Subtenant for any of the following: replacement
     of furniture,  fixtures and  equipment,  including  refrigerators,  ranges,
     major appliances, bathroom fixtures, doors (exterior and interior), central
     air  conditioning  and heating systems  (including  cooling  towers,  water
     chilling  units,  furnaces,  boilers  and fuel  storage  tanks)  and  major
     replacement   of  siding;   major  roof   replacements,   including   major
     replacements of gutters,  downspouts,  eaves and soffits; major repairs and
     replacements  of  plumbing  and  sanitary  systems;  overhaul  of  elevator
     systems; major repaving,  resurfacing and sealcoating of sidewalks, parking
     lots and driveways;  repainting of entire building exterior;  but excluding
     major alterations, renovations and additions.

          Reconstruction Period: A period of three hundred sixty-five (365) days
     following the date of any damage or destruction  or the Date of Taking,  as
     applicable,  subject to  extension  to the extent  required by  Unavoidable
     Delay.

          Regulatory  Actions:  With respect to any Leased Property,  any claim,
     demand,   notice,   action  or  proceeding  brought  or  initiated  by  any
     governmental authority in connection with any Environmental Law, including,
     without limitation,  civil, criminal and/or administrative proceedings, and
     whether or not seeking costs,  damages,  equitable  remedies,  penalties or
     expenses.

          Related Rights:  All easements,  rights and appurtenances  relating to
     the Land and the Leased Improvements.

          Release: The intentional or unintentional spilling,  leaking, dumping,
     pouring, emptying, seeping, disposing,  discharging,  emitting, depositing,
     injecting,  leaching,  escaping,  abandoning or other release or threatened
     release, however defined, of any Hazardous Substance.

          Rent: Collectively,  the Base Rent, the Earn Out Rent (if any) and the
     Additional Charges.

          Rental  Value:  (a) With respect to any Leased  Property that has been
     relet during the period in question, the Rent actually received by Landlord
     for the  period  in  question  from the  reletting,  net of all  reasonable
     expenses,   including   brokerage   commissions,   fees  of  attorneys  and
     consultants and the cost of any repairs and alterations  required to obtain
     such reletting;  provided,  however, that Landlord shall use its reasonable
     efforts to negotiate and obtain terms and  conditions  for any reletting of
     the Leased Property that are  commercially  reasonable terms and conditions
     under the  circumstances,  including,  but not  limited  to,  Rent from the
     reletting  that is reasonable for the Leased  Property,  and Landlord shall
     abide by the real  property  laws  applicable  to the  Leased  Property  in
     respect of reletting the Leased  Property and  mitigating the liability and
     obligations of Tenant and


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     (b) with respect to any Leased  Property that has not been relet during the
     period  in  question,  the  Worth  at the  Time of the  Award  of the  Rent
     obtainable for the applicable  Leased  Property for the period in question,
     under a lease of the  applicable  Leased  Property  on the same  terms  and
     conditions as are set forth in this Lease,  from a Tenant that is unrelated
     to Landlord and has experience and a reputation in the health care industry
     and  a  credit  standing  reasonably  equivalent  to  that  of  Tenant  and
     Guarantors.

          Replaced Property: Any Fixtures or Personal Property that from time to
     time are replaced, pursuant to Section 9.1.5 hereof, after the date of this
     Lease.

          Replacement  Property:  Any Fixtures or Personal  Property acquired by
     Tenant or a Facility  Subtenant,  in accordance  with Section 9.1.5 hereof,
     after the date of this Lease for use in  connection  with any  Facility  in
     replacement of any Replaced Property.

          SEC: Securities and Exchange Commission.

          Second  Renewal  Term:  The period  described as such for a particular
     Facility as specified in Exhibit B hereto.

          Security Agreement: The security agreement of even date herewith among
     Landlord, Tenant and the Facility Subtenants.

          State:  With  respect  to each  Facility,  the  state  in  which it is
     located.

          Taking: The exercise by a Condemnor of any governmental power, whether
     by legal  proceedings  or  otherwise,  to acquire an interest in any Leased
     Property,  or a voluntary  sale or  transfer by Landlord to any  Condemnor,
     either  under  threat  of  condemnation  or  while  legal  proceedings  for
     condemnation are pending.

          Tenant's Personal Property:  All Personal Property (a) which Tenant or
     a  Facility  Subtenant  owns and  uses,  as of the date of this  Lease,  in
     connection with the operation of the Leased Property, but that has not been
     conveyed to Landlord pursuant to the Facilities  Purchase  Agreement or (b)
     which Tenant or a Facility  Subtenant  acquires after the Commencement Date
     for use by it in connection with any Facility.

          Term:  The Initial  Term and, if renewed as provided in Article 1, the
     First Renewal Term,  the Second Renewal Term and the Third Renewal Term, as
     applicable.

          Third  Party  Claims:  Any legal  actions or  proceedings  (other than
     Regulatory  Actions  but  including,  without  limitation,  those  based on
     negligence,  trespass,  strict  liability,  nuisance  or toxic  tort due to
     Contamination),  and whether or not seeking  costs,


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     damages,  penalties or expenses, brought by any person or entity other than
     a governmental agency.

          Third  Renewal  Term:  The period  described  as such for a particular
     Facility as specified in Exhibit B hereto.

          Transfer:  The (a) assignment,  mortgaging or other encumbering of all
     or any part of  Tenant's  interest in this  Lease,  a Facility  Subtenant's
     interest  in a Facility  Sublease  or  Tenant's  or a Facility  Subtenant's
     interest in the Leased  Property,  (b) the  subletting  of the whole or any
     part of the Leased  Property to any Person other than a Facility  Subtenant
     or (c) the  entering  into of any  management  agreement  (other  than  the
     Management  Agreement)  or other  arrangement  under which any  Facility is
     operated by or licensed to be operated by an entity  other than  Tenant,  a
     Facility Subtenant or the Manager.

          Transferee:  Any assignee,  subtenant or other  occupant of any Leased
     Property pursuant to any Transfer.

          Umbrella Policies: Policies of insurance that cover risks in excess of
     the liability limits of policies required to be carried under this Lease.

          Unavoidable  Delays:  Delays due to strikes,  lock-outs,  inability to
     procure materials,  power failure, acts of God, governmental  restrictions,
     enemy action, civil commotion,  fire,  unavoidable casualty or other causes
     beyond the reasonable  control of the party  responsible  for performing an
     obligation  hereunder,  provided  that lack of funds  shall not be deemed a
     cause beyond the control of a party.

          Unsuitable  for Its Primary  Intended  Use: A state or  condition of a
     Facility such that, by reason of damage or destruction or a Partial Taking,
     such  Facility  cannot  reasonably  be expected to be repaired and restored
     within the Reconstruction Period to a condition in which it may be operated
     on a commercially  practicable  basis for its Primary  Intended Use, taking
     into account, among other relevant factors, the number of useable beds, the
     amount of square footage and the estimated  revenue affected by such damage
     or destruction or Partial Taking.

          Worth at the Time of the Award:  The present  value of the  applicable
     amount,  determined  at the  time  required  in  Section  16.5  hereof,  by
     discounting the applicable amount by the Prime Rate.

     2.2 OTHER  DEFINITIONS.  Other words and phrases are defined  elsewhere  in
this Lease and in the Exhibits and Schedules hereto.


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                                    ARTICLE 3

                              RENT; RELATED MATTERS

     3.1 RENT. Tenant shall pay the Rent in lawful money of the United States of
America and legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.  The first
payment of Base Rent shall be due on the  Commencement  Date,  prorated  for the
period from the Commencement  Date until the last day of the first full calendar
month of the Term.  After the first  payment,  Tenant shall pay the Base Rent in
equal,  consecutive  monthly  installments  in  advance on the first day of each
calendar month of the Term.  Unless otherwise agreed by the parties,  Rent shall
be prorated as to any partial month at the end of the Term.

     3.2 ADDITIONAL  CHARGES. In addition to the Base Rent, Tenant will also pay
and  discharge  as and when due and payable all  Additional  Charges.  If Tenant
fails to pay any Additional  Charges as and when due,  Tenant will also promptly
pay and discharge as Additional Charges every fine,  penalty,  interest and cost
which may be added for non-payment or late payment.

     3.3 EARN OUT RENT.  The first  payment of Earn Out Rent shall be due on the
first day of the month  following the date Landlord makes an earn out payment to
IHS  in  accordance  with  Section  3.2 of the  Facilities  Purchase  Agreement;
provided,  however,  that the  amount  of Earn Out  Rent due  Landlord  shall be
prorated for the period from the date Landlord makes the earn out payment to IHS
until the last day of the Lease Year,  with the full amount of Earn Out Rent due
in the following  Lease Year and  throughout  the remainder of the Term.  Tenant
shall  pay the Earn Out  Rent in  equal,  consecutive  monthly  installments  in
advance on the first day of each calendar month of the remaining Term.

     3.4 LATE CHARGE;  INTEREST.  If any installment of Base Rent, Earn Out Rent
(if any) or any Additional  Charges  payable by Tenant to Landlord  hereunder is
not paid  within  five (5)  Business  Days of the due  date,  Tenant  shall  pay
Landlord on demand, as an Additional  Charge,  (a) a late charge of five percent
(5%) of the amount due and  unpaid  and (b) if such  payment is not made  within
thirty (30) days of the date due, interest thereon at the Overdue Rate from such
thirtieth  (30th) day until the date on which such payment plus such late charge
and interest is paid in full.

     3.5  METHOD OF PAYMENT OF RENT.  All Rent to be paid to  Landlord  shall be
paid by electronic  funds transfer debit  transactions  through wire transfer of
immediately available funds to Landlord per the wiring instructions set forth on
Exhibit  I hereto  (as from time to time be  changed  by  Landlord  by Notice to
Tenant) and shall be  initiated  by Tenant for  settlement  on or before the due
date each calendar month;  provided,  however, if the due date is not a Business
Day,  then  settlement  shall  be made on the  next  succeeding  day  which is a
Business  Day.  Tenant  shall  inform  Landlord  of each  payment  by  sending a
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transfer confirmation not later than noon, eastern standard or daylight time, on
the Business Day immediately following the applicable payment date.

     3.6 NET  LEASE;  NO  OFFSET.  The  Rent  shall  be paid  absolutely  net to
Landlord,  so that this Lease  shall  yield to  Landlord  the full amount of the
installments of Base Rent, Earn Out Rent (if any) and Additional Charges payable
hereunder  throughout the Term, subject to the terms and conditions hereof. This
Lease is and shall be a  "pure-net"  or  "triple-net"  lease,  as such terms are
commonly used in the real estate  industry,  it being intended that Tenant shall
pay all costs,  expenses  and  charges  arising  out of the use,  occupancy  and
operation of the Leased Properties, without any offset, deduction, abatement, or
counterclaim whatsoever.  Landlord shall not be required to furnish any services
whatsoever to any Facilities or to make any payment of any kind whatsoever;  and
Landlord  shall not be  responsible  for any loss or damage to any  property  of
Tenant, or a Facility Subtenant or any other user or occupant of any part of any
Facility,  absent the gross  negligence or willful  misconduct of Landlord,  its
employees or agents.


                                    ARTICLE 4

                          IMPOSITIONS; RELATED MATTERS

     4.1 PAYMENT OF IMPOSITIONS. Subject to the provisions of Article 12, Tenant
will pay or cause to be paid all Impositions before any fine, penalty,  interest
or cost may be added for  non-payment,  and Tenant will promptly,  upon request,
furnish to Landlord  copies of official  receipts  or other  satisfactory  proof
evidencing  such  payments.  If any such  Imposition  may,  at the option of the
taxpayer, lawfully be paid in installments (whether or not interest shall accrue
on the unpaid balance of such Imposition), Tenant may exercise the option to pay
the same (and any accrued  interest on the unpaid balance of such Imposition) in
installments and, in such event,  Tenant shall pay such installments  during the
Term hereof as the same  respectively  become due and before any fine,  penalty,
premium,  further interest or cost may be added thereto.  Refunds of Impositions
paid by Tenant  shall be paid to or  retained  by Tenant.  Landlord  shall remit
promptly to Tenant any refunds of Impositions received by Landlord. Landlord and
Tenant shall,  upon request of the other,  provide such data as is maintained by
the party to whom the request is made with  respect to each  Leased  Property as
may be  necessary  to prepare  any  required  returns and  reports.  Tenant will
provide  Landlord,  upon  request,  with cost and  depreciation  records  in its
possession  that are  reasonably  necessary for filing  returns for any property
classified as personal property.  Tenant may, at Tenant's sole cost and expense,
protest,  appeal  or  institute  such  other  proceedings  as  Tenant  may  deem
appropriate to effect a reduction of  Impositions,  and Landlord shall cooperate
with Tenant in such  protest,  appeal or other  action.  Tenant shall  reimburse
Landlord for Landlord's  direct costs of cooperating with Tenant with respect to
such  protest,  appeal or other  action  and shall  indemnify,  defend  and hold
Landlord harmless against any expense or loss as a result thereof. The foregoing
shall  not be  construed  as  indemnifying  Landlord  against  its  own  grossly
negligent acts or omissions or willful misconduct.


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     4.2  ADJUSTMENT  OF  IMPOSITIONS.  Impositions  imposed  in  respect of the
tax-fiscal  period  during  which the Term ends shall be adjusted  and  prorated
between Landlord and Tenant, whether or not such Imposition is imposed before or
after termination or expiration,  and Tenant's  obligation to pay their prorated
share  thereof,  if the same becomes due after such  termination  or expiration,
shall survive such termination or expiration.

     4.3  UTILITY  CHARGES.  Tenant  will pay or  cause to be paid  when due all
charges for electricity,  power, gas, oil, water and other utilities used in the
respective Leased Properties during the Term.

     4.4  INSURANCE  PREMIUMS.  Tenant will pay or cause to be paid when due all
premiums  for the  insurance  coverage  required  to be  maintained  pursuant to
Article 13 during the Term.


                                    ARTICLE 5

                         NO TERMINATION, ABATEMENT, ETC.

     Except as  otherwise  specifically  provided  in this Lease,  Tenant  shall
remain bound by this Lease in  accordance  with its terms and shall not take any
action  without the consent of Landlord to modify,  surrender or  terminate  the
same, and shall not seek or be entitled to any offset,  deduction abatement,  or
counterclaim,  or any deferral or reduction of Rent . The respective obligations
of Landlord  and Tenant shall not be affected by reason of (a) any damage to, or
destruction  of, any Leased  Property or any portion thereof from whatever cause
or any Taking of any Leased Property or any portion thereof, except as expressly
set forth  herein;  (b) the lawful or unlawful  prohibition  of, or  restriction
upon,  Tenant's  use of any Leased  Property,  or any  portion  thereof,  or the
interference  with such use by any Person  (other than Landlord or its employees
or agents) or by reason of  eviction  by  paramount  title;  (c) any claim which
Tenant has or might have against  Landlord or by reason of any default or breach
of any  warranty by  Landlord  under this Lease or any other  agreement  between
Landlord  and  Tenant,  or to which  Landlord  and Tenant are  parties,  (d) any
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,  composition, readjustment, liquidation,
dissolution,  winding up or other proceedings affecting Landlord or any assignee
or transferee of Landlord,  or (e) any other cause whether similar or dissimilar
to any of  the  foregoing  other  than a  discharge  of  Tenant  from  any  such
obligations as a matter of law.  Tenant hereby  specifically  waives all rights,
arising from any occurrence whatsoever,  which may now or hereafter be conferred
upon it by law to (i)  modify,  surrender  or  terminate  this  Lease or quit or
surrender  any  Leased  Property  or any  portion  thereof,  or (ii)  except  as
otherwise  specifically provided in this Lease, entitle Tenant to any reduction,
suspension  or  deferral of the Rent or other sums  payable by Tenant  hereunder
except and unless as otherwise specifically provided in this Lease.


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                                    ARTICLE 6

                 OWNERSHIP OF LEASED PROPERTY; PERSONAL PROPERTY

     6.1 OWNERSHIP OF THE LEASED PROPERTY.  Tenant  acknowledges that the Leased
Properties  are the  property of Landlord  and that Tenant has only the right to
the  possession and use of the Leased  Property  leased by it upon the terms and
conditions  of this  Lease.  Tenant  will not (a) file any  income tax return or
other  associated  documents;  (b) file any other  document  with or submit  any
document  to any  governmental  body or  authority;  (c) enter into any  written
contractual arrangement with any Person; or (d) release any financial statements
of Tenant, in each case that takes any position other than that,  throughout the
Term,  Landlord is the owner of the Leased  Properties  for  federal,  state and
local income tax purposes and that this Lease is a "true lease".

     6.2 LANDLORD'S  PERSONAL  PROPERTY.  Tenant shall,  during the entire Term,
maintain all of Landlord's Personal Property in good order, condition and repair
as shall  be  necessary  in order to  operate  the  Facilities  for the  Primary
Intended  Use  in  compliance  with  applicable   licensure  and   certification
requirements,  applicable  Legal  Requirements and Insurance  Requirements,  and
customary  industry  practice for the Primary Intended Use. If any of Landlord's
Personal  Property  requires  replacement in order to comply with the foregoing,
Tenant  shall  replace  it with  other  similar  property  of the same or better
quality at Tenant's sole cost and expense; the Replaced Property shall no longer
be Landlord's Personal Property;  and the Replacement Property shall become part
of Landlord's  Personal  Property.  Tenant shall not permit or suffer Landlord's
Personal  Property  to be subject to any lien,  charge,  encumbrance,  financing
statement or agreement or contract of sale or the like,  except for any purchase
money security interest on equipment or Landlord's  interest therein,  expressly
approved in advance,  in writing,  by  Landlord.  At the  expiration  or earlier
termination  of  this  Lease,  all of  Landlord's  Personal  Property  shall  be
surrendered  to Landlord with the Leased  Property in the condition  required by
Section 9.1.6 hereof.

          6.2.1 Motor  Vehicles.  Tenant  acknowledges  that the motor  vehicles
          described in the Bill of Sale were  purchased by Landlord  pursuant to
          the Facilities Purchase Agreement,  are the property of Landlord,  and
          are leased to Tenant hereunder,  notwithstanding the fact that for the
          convenience  of the  parties  record  title to such  vehicles  has not
          changed  and  the  interest  of  Landlord  is  not  reflected  on  the
          certificates  of title of such  vehicles.  Upon  demand  of  Landlord,
          Tenant shall deliver to Landlord, and cause the Facility Subtenants to
          deliver to Landlord, the certificates of title to any such vehicles.

     6.3 TENANT'S PERSONAL PROPERTY.  Tenant shall provide and maintain,  during
the entire Term,  such Personal  Property,  in addition to  Landlord's  Personal
Property,  as shall be  necessary  and  appropriate  in  order to  operate  each
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compliance with all licensure and certification requirements, in compliance with
all applicable Legal  Requirements  and Insurance  Requirements and otherwise in
accordance with customary practice in the industry for the Primary Intended Use.
Upon the expiration or earlier termination of this Lease, without the payment of
any additional  consideration by Landlord,  Tenant shall be deemed to have sold,
assigned,  transferred and conveyed to Landlord all of Tenant's right, title and
interest in and to any of the  respective  Tenant's  Personal  Property  that is
integral to the use of the respective Facilities for their Primary Intended Use,
and shall,  upon Landlord's  request,  execute and deliver to Landlord a bill of
sale with respect thereto,  and without  Landlord's prior written consent Tenant
shall not remove the same from the respective Leased Properties. Any of Tenant's
Personal  Property that is not integral to the use of the respective  Facilities
at such time may be removed by Tenant,  and, if not removed  within  thirty (30)
days  following the expiration or earlier  termination  of this Lease,  shall be
considered  abandoned  by Tenant and may be  appropriated,  sold,  destroyed  or
otherwise  disposed of by Landlord  without  giving notice thereof to Tenant and
without  any payment to Tenant or any  obligation  to account  therefor.  Tenant
will, at its expense,  repair all damage to the Leased Properties that is caused
by the removal of any of Tenant's Personal Property,  whether effected by Tenant
or Landlord.

     6.4 GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST IN TENANT'S PERSONAL  PROPERTY;  RESTRICTION
ON OTHER LIENS. Tenant and each Facility Subtenant have concurrently  granted to
Landlord a security  interest in Tenant's  Personal  Property upon the terms set
forth in the Security Agreement.  Without Landlord's  consent,  Tenant shall not
permit or suffer Tenant's Personal  Property to be subject to any lien,  charge,
encumbrance,  financing  statement  or  contract  of sale  other  than to secure
Permitted Debt.


                                    ARTICLE 7

                     CONDITION AND USE OF LEASED PROPERTIES

     7.1 CONDITION OF THE LEASED PROPERTIES. Tenant acknowledges that Tenant has
examined and otherwise  has  knowledge of the  condition of the Leased  Property
leased by it prior to the execution and delivery of this Lease and has found the
same to be in good order and repair and satisfactory for its purposes hereunder.
Tenant is leasing the applicable Leased Property "as is" in its condition on the
Commencement Date. Tenant waives any claim or action against Landlord in respect
of the condition of the Leased  Property  being leased by it.  LANDLORD MAKES NO
WARRANTY  OR  REPRESENTATION,  EXPRESS  OR  IMPLIED,  IN  RESPECT  OF ANY LEASED
PROPERTY  OR ANY PART  THEREOF,  EITHER  AS TO ITS  FITNESS  FOR USE,  DESIGN OR
CONDITION FOR ANY PARTICULAR  USE OR PURPOSE,  OR OTHERWISE AS TO THE QUALITY OF
THE MATERIAL OR WORKMANSHIP THEREIN,  LATENT OR PATENT, IT BEING AGREED THAT ALL
SUCH  RISKS  ARE TO BE BORNE BY  TENANT.  TENANT  ACKNOWLEDGES  THAT THE  LEASED
PROPERTY  LEASED BY IT HAS BEEN  INSPECTED  BY  TENANT  AND IS  SATISFACTORY  TO
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TENANT  FURTHER  ACKNOWLEDGES  THAT,  ON AND  AFTER  THE  COMMENCEMENT  DATE AND
THROUGHOUT  THE TERM,  TENANT IS SOLELY  RESPONSIBLE  FOR THE  CONDITION  OF THE
LEASED PROPERTY LEASED BY IT. TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, HOWEVER,  LANDLORD
HEREBY  ASSIGNS  TO TENANT  ALL OF  LANDLORD'S  RIGHTS TO  PROCEED  AGAINST  ANY
PREDECESSOR IN TITLE FOR BREACHES OF WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS OR FOR LATENT
DEFECTS IN THE APPLICABLE  LEASED PROPERTY.  LANDLORD SHALL FULLY COOPERATE WITH
TENANT IN THE  PROSECUTION  OF ANY SUCH CLAIMS,  IN LANDLORD'S OR TENANT'S NAME,
ALL AT TENANT'S SOLE COST AND EXPENSE. TENANT SHALL INDEMNIFY,  DEFEND, AND HOLD
HARMLESS  LANDLORD  FROM  AND  AGAINST  ANY  LOSS,  COST,  DAMAGE  OR  LIABILITY
(INCLUDING  REASONABLE  ATTORNEYS'  FEES, COSTS AND  DISBURSEMENTS)  INCURRED BY
LANDLORD IN CONNECTION WITH SUCH COOPERATION.

     7.2 USE OF THE LEASED PROPERTY.

          7.2.1  Subject to the  exceptions  in clause (f) of the  definition of
"Event of  Default"  in  Article 2 hereof,  throughout  the Term,  Tenant  shall
continuously  use the Leased Property leased by it for the Primary  Intended Use
and for such other uses as may be necessary or incidental thereto, and no Tenant
shall use any Leased  Property or any portion  thereof for any other use without
the prior written  consent of Landlord.  No use shall be made or permitted to be
made of, or allowed in, any Leased  Property,  and no acts shall be done,  which
will  cause the  cancellation  of, or be  prohibited  by, any  insurance  policy
covering any Leased Property or any part thereof.

          7.2.2 Tenant  agrees that the Leased  Property  and Tenant's  Personal
Property shall not be used for any unlawful purpose,  nor shall Tenant commit or
suffer any waste on the Leased Property or cause or permit any nuisance thereon.

          7.2.3  Tenant shall not suffer or permit the Leased  Property,  or any
portion thereof,  or Tenant's  Personal  Property to be used in such a manner as
(i) might reasonably tend to impair Landlord's (or Tenant's, as the case may be)
title thereto or to any portion thereof,  or (ii) may reasonably make possible a
claim or claims of  adverse  usage or  adverse  possession  by the  public or of
implied dedication of the applicable Leased Property or any portion thereof.


                                    ARTICLE 8

                        LEGAL AND INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS

     8.1 COMPLIANCE  WITH LEGAL AND INSURANCE  REQUIREMENTS.  Subject to Article
12, Tenant,  at its expense,  will promptly (i) comply with all applicable Legal
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Insurance Requirements in respect of the use, operation, maintenance, repair and
restoration of the Leased Property and Tenant's  Personal  Property,  whether or
not  compliance  therewith  requires  structural  changes  in any of the  Leased
Improvements  (which  structural  changes shall be subject to  Landlord's  prior
written approval,  which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed)
or interferes with or prevents the use and enjoyment of the Leased Property, and
(ii)  procure,  maintain  and comply with all  licenses,  certificates  of need,
provider agreements and other authorizations  required for the use of the Leased
Property  and Tenant's  Personal  Property  then being made,  and for the proper
erection, installation,  operation and maintenance of the Leased Property or any
part thereof.

     8.2 LEGAL REQUIREMENT COVENANTS.  Tenant's use, maintenance,  operation and
any  alteration  of the  Leased  Property  shall  at all  times  conform  to all
applicable local,  state, and federal laws,  ordinances,  rules, and regulations
(including but not limited to the Americans with Disabilities Act). The judgment
of any court or administrative body of competent  jurisdiction,  or the decision
of any  arbitrator  (final  beyond any appeal) that Tenant has violated any such
Legal Requirements or Insurance  Requirements,  shall be conclusive of that fact
as between Landlord and Tenant.

     8.3 CERTAIN FINANCIAL AND OTHER COVENANTS.

          8.3.1 Certain Financial Covenants.

               8.3.1.1  Minimum  Capital  Expenditures.  During the second Lease
Year,  Tenant shall make at least Three Hundred Dollars ($300)  per-licensed-bed
of Qualified Capital  Expenditures,  and thereafter  throughout the Term, Tenant
shall in each Lease Year make Qualified Capital  Expenditures in an amount equal
to the amount of such expenditures  required for the immediately preceding Lease
Year, multiplied by the percentage increase in the Cost of Living Index from the
first day of the prior  Lease Year to the first day of the  current  Lease Year.
The amount of Qualified Capital Expenditures  per-licensed-bed may never be less
in any Lease Year than the amount established in the prior Lease Year.

               8.3.1.2  Permitted Debt.  Except for Permitted Debt, Tenant shall
not incur or permit any  Facility  Subtenant to incur any Debt without the prior
written  consent of Landlord,  which  Landlord  may withhold in its  discretion;
provided,  however,  that Landlord  agrees that for a period of ninety (90) days
from the date hereof, Permitted Debt shall include the obligations of Tenant and
the Facility  Subtenants arising out of the Guaranty and the Pledge and Security
Agreement  pursuant  to which  obligations  of IHS are  guaranteed  under  IHS's
Revolving  Credit and Term Loan  Agreement,  dated as of September  15, 1997, as
amended, provided further, however, that upon the expiration of such ninety (90)
day period,  such  obligations  shall no longer be deemed Permitted Debt and the
existence of such  obligations  thereafter  shall constitute an Event of Default
hereunder.


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               8.3.1.3  Cash  Flow to Debt  Service  Requirement.  At all  times
during the Term,  Tenant shall maintain a ratio of Cash Flow from the Facilities
to Debt Service at least equal to the Cash Flow to Debt Service Requirement.

          8.3.2 Management; Franchise.

               8.3.2.1 Management Agreements.  With respect to any of the Leased
Properties,  Tenant shall not enter into,  or permit any  Facility  Subtenant to
enter into, any management agreement other than the Management Agreement without
Landlord's consent, which consent Landlord may withhold or condition in its sole
discretion,  and in no event without a satisfactory subordination by the manager
of its right to receive any  management  fees to the obligation of Tenant to pay
the Base Rent, the Earn Out Rent (if any) and Additional Charges to Landlord. As
long as  Manager  is owned or  controlled  by IHS,  in the  ordinary  course  of
business  Tenant shall have the right to amend,  modify or otherwise  change the
terms of the Management Agreement without the prior written consent of Landlord;
provided, however, that any such amendments, modifications or other changes that
are material shall require the prior written consent of Landlord,  which consent
shall not unreasonably be withheld.

               8.3.2.2  Franchise  Agreements.  With the  approval of  Landlord,
Tenant has entered into the Franchise Agreement.  As long as Franchisor is owned
or controlled by IHS, in the ordinary  course of business  Tenant shall have the
right to amend,  modify or otherwise change the terms of the Franchise Agreement
without the prior written consent of Landlord;  provided, however, that any such
amendments,  modifications  or other changes that are material shall require the
prior  written  consent of Landlord,  which consent  shall not  unreasonably  be
withheld.

     8.4 OTHER  BUSINESSES.  During the Term of this  Lease,  Tenant  shall not,
directly or indirectly,  own, operate or manage any businesses other than health
care businesses.


                                    ARTICLE 9

                      MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR; ENCROACHMENTS

     9.1 MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR.

          9.1.1 Tenant,  at its expense,  shall keep the Leased Property and all
fixtures  thereon and all  landscaping,  private  roadways,  sidewalks and curbs
appurtenant  thereto and which are under Tenant's control and Tenant's  Personal
Property  that is integral  to the use of the  respective  Facilities  for their
Primary Intended Use, in good order and repair (whether or not the need for such
repairs  occurs as a result of Tenant's  use, any prior use, the elements or the
age of the  applicable  Leased  Property  or any portion  thereof,  or any cause
whatever  except the  failure of  Landlord to make any payment or to perform any
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negligence or willful misconduct of Landlord), and, except as may be provided to
the contrary in Article 14, with reasonable  promptness,  make all necessary and
appropriate  repairs  thereto  of every kind and  nature,  whether  interior  or
exterior, structural or non-structural,  ordinary or extraordinary,  foreseen or
unforeseen  or  arising  by  reason  of  a  condition   existing  prior  to  the
commencement of the Term of this Lease (concealed or otherwise).

          9.1.2  Tenant shall do or cause others to do all shoring of the Leased
Property leased by it or adjoining  property  (whether or not owned by Landlord)
or of the foundations and walls of the Leased Improvements,  and every other act
necessary or appropriate for the preservation  and safety thereof,  by reason of
or in connection with any  subsidence,  settling or excavation or other building
operation upon the Leased Property leased by it or adjoining  property,  whether
or not Tenant or Landlord shall, by any Legal Requirements,  be required to take
such action or be liable for the failure to do so; provided,  however, that such
shoring  and any other  material  acts  shall be  subject  to the prior  written
consent of Landlord,  which shall not  unreasonably be withheld or delayed.  All
repairs shall, to the extent  reasonably  achievable,  be at least equivalent in
quality to the original work, and, subject to the provisions of paragraph 9.1.6,
where, by reason of age or condition, such repairs cannot be made to the quality
of the original work, the property to be repaired shall be replaced.

          9.1.3 Landlord shall not under any  circumstances be required to build
or  rebuild  any  improvements  on  any  Leased  Property  or  on  any  property
appurtenant  thereto,  or  to  make  any  repairs,  replacements,   alterations,
restorations  or renewals of any nature or description  to any Leased  Property,
whether ordinary or  extraordinary,  structural or  non-structural,  foreseen or
unforeseen, or upon any adjoining property,  whether to provide lateral or other
support  for any  Leased  Property  or abate a  nuisance  affecting  any  Leased
Property,  or  otherwise,  or to make any  expenditure  whatsoever  with respect
thereto, in connection with the Lease, or to maintain any Leased Property in any
way. Tenant hereby waives, to the extent permitted by law, any right provided by
law, but not provided by the terms of this Lease, to make repairs at the expense
of Landlord.

          9.1.4  Nothing  contained  in this  Lease  shall be  construed  as (a)
constituting  the consent or request of Landlord,  expressed or implied,  to any
contractor,  subcontractor,  laborer,  materialmen  or  vendor  to  or  for  the
performance of any labor or services or the furnishing of any materials or other
property for the construction,  alteration, addition, repair or demolition of or
to any Leased  Property  or any part  thereof,  or (b) giving  Tenant any right,
power or  permission to contract for or permit the  performance  of any labor or
services or the furnishing of any materials or other property in such fashion as
would permit the making of any claim against  Landlord in respect  thereof or to
make any  agreement  that may create,  or in any way be the basis for any right,
title, interest, lien, claim or other encumbrance upon the estate of Landlord in
any Leased  Property or any portion  thereof.  Landlord  shall have the right to
give, record and post, as appropriate,  notices of non-responsibility  under any
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          9.1.5 Tenant shall, from time to time as and when needed, replace with
Replacement  Property any of the Fixtures or Personal  Property (except Tenant's
Personal  Property that is not integral to the use of the respective  Facilities
for their Primary  Intended Use) which shall have (a) become worn out,  obsolete
or  unusable  for the  purpose  for which it is  intended  (if such  Fixtures or
Personal Property  continues to be necessary),  (b) been the subject of a Taking
(in which  event  Tenant  shall be  entitled  to that  portion of any Award made
therefor), or (c) been lost, stolen or damaged or destroyed;  provided, however,
that the Replacement Property shall (i) be in good operating condition,  (ii) be
of a quality reasonably equivalent to that of the Replaced Property and (iii) be
suitable  for a use  which  is the  same or  similar  to  that  of the  Replaced
Property.  Tenant  shall  repair at its sole cost and  expense all damage to the
applicable  Leased Property caused by the removal of Replaced  Property or other
personal  property of Tenant or the  installation of Replacement  Property.  All
Replacement  Property  shall  become the  property of Landlord  and shall become
Fixtures or Landlord's Personal Property, as the case may be, to the same extent
as the Replaced Property had been. Upon Landlord's  written request Tenant shall
with  reasonable  promptness  cause to be executed and  delivered to Landlord an
invoice, bill of sale or other appropriate instrument evidencing the transfer or
assignment to Landlord of all estate,  right, title and interest (other than the
leasehold  estate  created  hereby) of Tenant or any other  Person in and to any
Replacement  Property  which,  by operation of this Section  9.1.5,  constitutes
Fixtures or Landlord's  Personal Property,  and the cost of which exceeds Twenty
Five Thousand  Dollars  ($25,000),  free from all liens and other  exceptions to
title,  and Tenant shall pay all taxes,  fees, costs and other expenses that may
become payable as a result thereof.

          9.1.6 Upon the expiration or earlier  termination of the Term,  Tenant
shall vacate and  surrender  the Leased  Property  leased by it to Landlord as a
fully equipped,  licensed health care facility,  with all equipment  required by
the laws of the State to maintain its then current license, and shall assign and
transfer to Landlord (or to another Person  designated by Landlord) the Facility
Trade Names  (excluding the words  "Integrated,"  "IHS" and any variants thereof
from such trade names),  local  telephone  numbers,  local  electronic  mail and
"Internet"  addresses,  if any, under which the  Facilities are then  conducting
business, and all Facility- specific licenses, permits and rights to do business
of every kind  (subject  to such  governmental  approvals  as may be  required),
patient admission  agreements and records,  supplier and operator  contracts,  a
copy of all  then-current  data  maintained  by Tenant in writing or recorded on
computer media with respect to the business of the  applicable  Facility and all
computer software necessary to access and manipulate such data. Tenant shall not
be required to transfer  proprietary  software to Landlord,  but shall cause the
data it is to  transfer  to  Landlord to be  transferred  to  Landlord,  without
charge.  At the expiration of the Term or the sooner  termination of this Lease,
the  Leased  Properties,   including  all  Leased  Improvements,   Fixtures  and
Landlord's  Personal  Property,  shall be returned to Landlord in good operating
condition, ordinary wear and tear, Taking and casualty damage that Tenant is not
required by this Lease to repair or restore,  excepted,  and except as repaired,
rebuilt,  restored,  altered  or  added  to as  permitted  or  required  by  the
provisions  of this  Lease.  Notwithstanding  anything  to the  contrary in this
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of the value of the Personal  Property  returned to Landlord as required  herein
may at the time of such return be subject to Purchase  Money  Financing,  and at
the time of such return Tenant shall assign to Landlord all of its right,  title
and interest in and to such any and all documents evidencing such Purchase Money
Financing.

     9.2  ENCROACHMENTS,  RESTRICTIONS,  ETC.  Except  in the case of  Permitted
Encumbrances,  if any of the Leased  Improvements (other than as existing on the
Commencement Date), at any time encroaches in a material adverse manner upon any
property,  street or right-of-way adjacent to any Leased Property, or materially
violates  the  agreements  or  conditions  contained  in any lawful  restrictive
covenant or other  agreement  affecting any Leased Property or any part thereof,
or materially impairs the rights of others under any easement or right-of-way to
which any Leased Property is subject, then promptly upon the request of Landlord
or at the behest of any person  legitimately  affected by any such encroachment,
violation or impairment,  Tenant shall, at its expense,  either (a) obtain valid
and effective  waivers or  settlements  of all claims,  liabilities  and damages
resulting from each such encroachment, violation or impairment, or (b) make such
changes  to the  Leased  Improvements,  and  take  such  other  actions,  as are
reasonably practicable,  to remove such encroachment,  and to end such violation
or impairment,  including, if necessary, the alteration of any of the applicable
Leased Improvements,  and in any event take all such actions as may be necessary
in order to be able to continue the operation of the applicable  Leased Property
for the Primary  Intended Use  substantially in the manner and to the extent the
applicable  Leased  Property  was  operated  prior  to  the  assertion  of  such
violation, impairment or encroachment.


                                   ARTICLE 10

                            ALTERATIONS AND ADDITIONS

     10.1  CONSTRUCTION OF ALTERATIONS AND ADDITIONS TO LEASED PROPERTY.  Tenant
shall not make or permit to be made any  alterations,  improvements or additions
of or to the  Leased  Property  leased  by it or any part  thereof,  other  than
non-structural  alterations  having no material effect on the roof,  foundation,
utility  systems  or  structure,  unless and until  Tenant has caused  plans and
specifications  therefor  to have  been  prepared,  at  Tenant's  expense,  by a
licensed  architect  and submitted to Landlord at least thirty (30) days (ninety
(90)  days,  if such  alterations,  improvements  or  additions  are  reasonably
estimated  to  cost  more  than  the  Approval  Threshold)  in  advance  of  the
commencement  of  construction,  and has obtained  Landlord's  written  approval
thereof.   Landlord  shall  have  the  right  to  require  that,  prior  to  the
commencement of construction of any alterations, improvements or additions as to
which its  approval is required  hereunder,  Tenant also provide  Landlord  with
reasonable assurance of the payment of the cost thereof and, if the cost thereof
is in excess of the Approval  Threshold,  Tenant  shall  comply with  Landlord's
requirements  with respect to the periodic delivery of lien waivers and evidence
of payment for such cost.  If such  approval is granted,  Tenant shall cause the
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plans and  specifications to be performed,  at its expense,  promptly,  and in a
good,   workerlike  manner  by  licensed  contractors  and  in  compliance  with
applicable  governmental and Insurance  Requirements and Legal  Requirements and
the standards  set forth in this Lease,  which  improvements  shall in any event
constitute a complete  architectural  unit (if  applicable)  in keeping with the
character of the applicable Leased Property and the area in which the applicable
Leased  Property  is  located  and  which  will not  diminish  the  value of the
applicable  Leased Property or change the Primary Intended Use of the applicable
Leased  Property.  Tenant  shall  be  responsible  for  the  completion  of such
improvements  in  accordance  with the  plans  and  specifications  approved  by
Landlord,  and shall promptly correct any failure with respect thereto. Each and
every such improvement,  alteration or addition shall immediately  become a part
of the applicable  Leased  Property and shall belong to Landlord  subject to the
terms and  conditions  of this Lease.  Tenant  shall not have any claim  against
Landlord  at any time in respect  of the cost or value of any such  improvement,
alteration  or addition.  There shall be no adjustment in the Base Rent and Earn
Out Rent (if any) by reason of any such  improvement,  alteration  or  addition,
unless such  improvement,  alteration or addition is financed by Landlord.  With
Landlord's  consent,  expenditures  made by a Tenant pursuant to this Article 10
may be included as capital expenditures for purposes of inclusion in the capital
expenditures  budget for the  applicable  Facility and for measuring  compliance
with the obligations of Tenant set forth in Section 8.3.1.1 hereof.

     10.2 ASBESTOS REMOVAL FOR ALTERATIONS AND ADDITIONS. In connection with any
alteration  other than removal  pursuant to the Escrow  Agreement which involves
the removal,  demolition or  disturbance  of any  asbestos-containing  material,
Tenant  shall cause to be prepared  at its  expense a full  asbestos  assessment
applicable to such alteration,  and shall carry out such asbestos monitoring and
maintenance  program as shall reasonably be required  thereafter in light of the
results of such assessment.


                                   ARTICLE 11

                                REMOVAL OF LIENS

     Without the consent of Landlord, and except as expressly provided elsewhere
herein,  Tenant shall not directly or indirectly create or allow to remain,  and
within thirty (30) business days after notice thereof shall  promptly  discharge
at its expense, any lien, encumbrance,  attachment, title retention agreement or
claim upon the Leased Property,  and any attachment,  levy, claim or encumbrance
in respect of the Rent,  excluding  (a)  Permitted  Encumbrances,  (b) Mechanics
Liens  for sums not yet due,  (c)  liens  created  by the acts or  omissions  of
Landlord,  and (d) Mechanics Liens which Tenant is contesting (provided that the
aggregate  amount of such contested liens shall not exceed one months' Base Rent
allocable to the Facility in question).


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                                   ARTICLE 12

                       CONTEST OF LEGAL REQUIREMENTS, ETC.

     12.1 PERMITTED CONTESTS.  Tenant, on its own or on Landlord's behalf (or in
Landlord's  name),  but at  Tenant's  sole cost and  expense,  may  contest,  by
appropriate  legal  proceedings  conducted in good faith and with due diligence,
the  amount  or  validity  of  any  Imposition,  Legal  Requirement,   Insurance
Requirement  or Claim not otherwise  permitted by Article 11, but this shall not
be deemed or construed in any way as relieving,  modifying or extending Tenant's
covenants  to pay or to cause to be paid any such charges at the time and in the
manner as in this Lease provided,  nor shall any such legal proceedings  operate
to relieve  Tenant from its  obligations  hereunder and or cause the sale of any
Leased Property,  or any part thereof,  to satisfy the same or cause Landlord or
Tenant to be in  default  under any  Encumbrance  or in  violation  of any Legal
Requirements or Insurance  Requirements upon any Leased Property or any interest
therein.  Upon request of Landlord, if the claim exceeds the Approval Threshold,
Tenant  shall  either (a)  provide a bond,  letter of credit or other  assurance
reasonably  satisfactory to Landlord that all Claims, together with interest and
penalties,  if any,  thereon,  will be  paid,  or (b)  deposit  within  the time
otherwise required for payment with a bank or trust company selected by Landlord
as trustee,  as  security  for the  payment of such  Claims,  money in an amount
sufficient  to pay the same,  together with interest and penalties in connection
therewith, and all Claims which may be assessed against or become a Claim on the
applicable  Leased  Property,  or any part thereof,  in said legal  proceedings.
Tenant  shall  furnish  Landlord  and any lender to Landlord and any other party
entitled to assert or enforce any Legal  Requirements or Insurance  Requirements
with evidence of such deposit within five (5) days of the same.  Landlord agrees
to join in any such  proceedings  if the same be required  to legally  prosecute
such contest of the validity of such Claims;  provided,  however,  that Landlord
shall not thereby be subjected to any  liability for the payment of any costs or
expenses  in  connection  with any such  proceedings;  and Tenant  covenants  to
indemnify and save harmless Landlord from any such costs or expenses,  including
but not  limited to  attorney's  fees  incurred in any  arbitration  proceeding,
trial,  appeal  and  post-judgment  enforcement  proceedings.  Tenant  shall  be
entitled to any refund of any Claims and such charges and  penalties or interest
thereon  which  have  been  paid by  Tenant  or paid by  Landlord  and for which
Landlord  has been  fully  reimbursed.  If Tenant  fails to pay or  satisfy  the
requirements or conditions of any Claims when finally determined to be due or to
provide the security  therefor as provided in this  paragraph  and to diligently
prosecute  any contest of the same,  Landlord may, upon thirty (30) days advance
written Notice to Tenant,  pay such charges or satisfy such claims together with
any interest and penalties and the same (or the cost thereof) shall be repayable
by Tenant to Landlord forthwith as Additional  Charges.  If Landlord  reasonably
determines  that a shorter  period is  necessary in order to prevent loss to the
applicable Leased Property or avoid damage to Landlord, then Landlord shall give
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     12.2  LANDLORD'S  REQUIREMENT  FOR DEPOSITS.  Upon and at any time after an
Event of Default,  and  regardless of whether or not Tenant  subsequently  cures
such Event of Default,  Landlord,  in its sole discretion,  shall be entitled to
require  Tenant to pay  monthly a pro rata  portion of the  amounts  required to
comply  with  the  Insurance   Requirements,   any   Imposition  and  any  Legal
Requirements,  and when such obligations become due, Landlord shall pay them (to
the extent of the deposit). If sufficient funds have not been deposited to cover
the amount of the  obligations  due at least  thirty (30) days in advance of the
due date,  Tenant shall  forthwith  deposit the same with  Landlord upon written
request  from  Landlord.  Landlord  shall  deposit  such  funds  in  a  separate
interest-bearing  account and shall not commingle such deposited  funds with its
other funds, and Tenant shall be entitled to all interest paid on any deposit so
held by Landlord unless and except to the extent that Landlord, having the right
to do so by  the  terms  of  this  Lease,  applies  such  interest  to  Tenant's
obligations  hereunder.  Upon an Event of Default  under this Lease,  any of the
funds remaining on deposit may be applied under this Lease, in any manner and on
such  priority as is  determined  by Landlord  and after five (5) days Notice to
Tenant.


                                   ARTICLE 13

                                    INSURANCE

     13.1 GENERAL INSURANCE  REQUIREMENTS.  During the Term, Tenant shall at all
times keep the Leased Property, and all property located in or on the applicable
Leased  Property,  including all Personal  Property,  insured with the kinds and
amounts  of  insurance  described  below.  This  insurance  shall be  written by
companies  authorized to do insurance  business in the State.  All such policies
provided and maintained  during the Term shall be written by companies  having a
rating  classification  of not less than "A-VI" and a financial size category of
"Class X,"  according to the then most recent issue of Best's Key Rating  Guide.
The policies (other than Workers' Compensation  policies) shall name Landlord as
an  additional  insured.  Losses  shall be  payable to  Landlord  and Tenant and
disbursed  as  provided  in  Article  14.  Tenant  shall pay when due all of the
premiums for the insurance required hereunder,  and deliver certificates thereof
(in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Landlord) to Landlord prior to
their  effective  date,  or, with  respect to any renewal  policy,  prior to the
expiration of the existing policy.  In the event of the failure of Tenant either
to effect such  insurance as herein called for or to pay the premiums  therefor,
or to deliver  such  certificates  thereof to  Landlord  at the times  required,
Landlord  shall be  entitled,  but shall  have no  obligation,  to  effect  such
insurance  and pay the  premiums  therefor  when due,  which  premiums  shall be
repayable to Landlord upon written demand therefor as Rent, and failure to repay
the same  within  thirty (30) days after  Notice  shall  constitute  an Event of
Default. The policies on each Leased Property, including the Leased Improvements
and Fixtures,  and on the Personal Property,  shall insure against the following
risks:

          13.1.1  Loss or  damage by fire,  vandalism  and  malicious  mischief,
earthquake (if available at commercially reasonable rates) and extended coverage
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"Special Risk," and all physical loss perils  normally  included in such Special
Risk insurance, including but not limited to sprinkler leakage, in an amount not
less than ninety  percent  (90%) of the then full  replacement  cost thereof (as
defined in Section 13.2 hereof);

          13.1.2 Loss or damage by explosion of steam boilers,  pressure vessels
or similar apparatus, now or hereafter installed in the applicable Facility;

          13.1.3 Loss of rental  included in a business  income or rental  value
insurance policy covering risk of loss during reconstruction necessitated by the
occurrence of any of the hazards  described in Sections  13.1.1 or 13.1.2 hereof
(but in no event for a period  of less than  twelve  (12)  months)  in an amount
sufficient to prevent either Landlord or Tenant from becoming a co-insurer;

          13.1.4 Claims for personal injury or property damage under a policy of
commercial  general public liability  insurance with a combined single limit per
occurrence  in respect of bodily  injury  and death and  property  damage of One
Million  Dollars  ($1,000,000),  and an aggregate  limitation  of Three  Million
Dollars  ($3,000,000),  which  insurance  shall  include  contractual  liability
insurance;

          13.1.5 Claims arising out of professional malpractice in an amount not
less than One Million Dollars  ($1,000,000) for each occurrence and an aggregate
limit of Three Million Dollars ($3,000,000);

          13.1.6 Flood (when the applicable  Leased Property is located in whole
or in part within a designated  flood plain area) and such other  hazards and in
such amounts as may be customary for comparable properties in the area;

          13.1.7 During such time as Tenant is  constructing  any  improvements,
Tenant,  at its sole cost and  expense,  shall  carry or cause to be carried (a)
workers' compensation  insurance and employers' liability insurance covering all
persons employed in connection with the improvements in statutory limits,  (b) a
completed  operations  endorsement to the commercial general liability insurance
policy  referred to above,  and (c) builder's risk  insurance,  completed  value
form,  covering all physical loss, in an amount and subject to policy conditions
reasonably satisfactory to Landlord;

          13.1.8 Tenant shall procure,  and at all times during the Term of this
Lease shall maintain,  a policy of primary automobile  liability  insurance with
limits  of One  Million  Dollars  ($1,000,000)  per  occurrence  for  owned  and
non-owned and hired vehicles; and

          13.1.9 If Tenant  chooses  to carry  umbrella  liability  coverage  to
obtain the limits of liability required hereunder,  all such policies must cover
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primary  commercial  general  liability  policy and must  contain no  additional
exclusions or limitations materially different from those of the primary policy.

     13.2 REPLACEMENT  COST. The term "full  replacement  cost" means the actual
replacement cost of the applicable Leased Improvements,  Fixtures and Landlord's
Personal Property, including an increased cost of construction endorsement, less
exclusions  provided  in the  standard  form of fire  insurance  policy.  In all
events,  full  replacement  cost  shall be an  amount  sufficient  that  neither
Landlord  nor  Tenant is  deemed to be a  co-insurer  of the  applicable  Leased
Property.  If Landlord in good faith  believes that full  replacement  cost (the
then replacement cost less such exclusions) of any Leased Property has increased
at any time during the Term, it shall have the right,  upon Notice to Tenant, to
have  such  full  replacement  cost  reasonably  redetermined  by  an  Impartial
Appraiser.  The  determination  of the  Impartial  Appraiser  shall be final and
binding on Landlord and Tenant,  and Tenant shall forthwith adjust the amount of
the  insurance  carried  pursuant  to this  Section,  as the case may be, to the
amount so determined by the Impartial Appraiser.  Landlord and Tenant shall each
pay one-half of the fee, if any, of the Impartial Appraiser.

     13.3 WORKER'S  COMPENSATION  INSURANCE.  Tenant shall at all times maintain
workers'  compensation  insurance coverage for all persons employed by Tenant on
the applicable  Leased  Property to the extent  required under and in accordance
with applicable law.

     13.4 WAIVER OF LIABILITY;  WAIVER OF  SUBROGATION.  Landlord  shall have no
liability to Tenant, and, provided Tenant carries the insurance required by this
Lease, Tenant shall have no liability to Landlord,  regardless of the cause, for
any loss or  expense  resulting  from or in  connection  with  damage  to or the
destruction or other loss of any Leased Property or Tenant's Personal  Property,
and no party will have any right or claim against the other for any such loss or
expense by way of  subrogation.  Each  insurance  policy  carried by Landlord or
Tenant covering any Leased Property and Tenant's  Personal  Property,  including
without limitation, contents, fire and casualty insurance, shall expressly waive
any  right of  subrogation  on the  part of the  insurer,  if such a  waiver  is
commercially  available.  Tenant shall pay any  additional  costs or charges for
obtaining such waivers.

     13.5  OTHER  REQUIREMENTS.  The form of all of the  policies  of  insurance
referred to in this Article shall be the standard forms issued by the respective
insurers  meeting the specific  requirements  of this Lease.  The property  loss
insurance policy shall contain a Replacement Cost Endorsement. If Tenant obtains
and maintains the professional malpractice insurance described in Section 13.1.5
hereof on a  "claims-made"  basis,  Tenant shall  provide  continuous  liability
coverage for claims  arising  during the Term either by obtaining an endorsement
providing for an extended reporting period reasonably  acceptable to Landlord in
the event such policy is canceled or not renewed for any reason  whatsoever,  or
by obtaining "tail" insurance  coverage  converting the policies to "occurrence"
basis  policies  providing  coverage  for a period  of at least  three (3) years
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Article 13 to agree,  by endorsement on the policy or policies  issued by it, or
by independent  instrument furnished to Landlord,  that it will give to Landlord
at least  thirty  (30) days'  written  notice  before the policy or  policies in
question shall be materially altered or canceled. If requested by Landlord,  and
if  available  at a  commercially  reasonable  cost,  all public  liability  and
property  damage  insurance  shall contain a provision that  Landlord,  although
named as an insured,  shall  nevertheless  be  entitled  to recovery  under said
policies for any loss, damage, or injury to Landlord,  its servants,  agents and
employees by reason of the negligence of Tenant or Landlord.

     13.6 INTENTIONALLY OMITTED.

     13.7 BLANKET POLICY.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in
this Article 13, Tenant's obligations to carry the insurance provided for herein
may be brought within the coverage of a so-called  blanket policy or policies of
insurance carried and maintained by Tenant; provided, however, that the coverage
afforded  Landlord  will not be reduced or diminished or otherwise be materially
different from that which would exist under a separate  policy meeting all other
requirements  hereof by reason of the use of the blanket  policy,  and  provided
further that the  requirements of this Article 13 are otherwise  satisfied,  and
provided  further  that  Tenant  maintain  specific  allocations  acceptable  to
Landlord.

     13.8 NO SEPARATE INSURANCE.

          13.8.1  Tenant  shall not,  on its own  initiative  or pursuant to the
request  or  requirement  of  any  third  party,  take  out  separate  insurance
concurrent  in form or  contributing  in the event of loss with that required in
this  Article,  to be furnished  by, or which may  reasonably  be required to be
furnished by, Tenant,  or increase the amount of any then existing  insurance by
securing an additional policy or additional policies,  unless all parties having
an insurable  interest in the subject matter of the insurance,  including in all
cases Landlord,  are included  therein as additional  insureds,  and the loss is
payable under said insurance in the same manner as losses are payable under this
Lease.

          13.8.2  Nothing  herein  shall  prohibit   Tenant  from  (a)  securing
insurance  required to be carried  hereby with higher  limits of liability  than
required in this Lease, (b) securing  umbrella  policies or (c) insuring against
risks  not  required  to be  insured  pursuant  to  this  Lease,  and as to such
insurance,  Landlord need not be included therein as an additional insured,  nor
must the loss  thereunder  be payable in the same  manner as losses are  payable
under this Lease.  Tenant shall immediately notify Landlord of the taking out of
any such  separate  insurance or of the  increasing of any of the amounts of the
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                                   ARTICLE 14

                                  CASUALTY LOSS

     14.1 INSURANCE PROCEEDS.  All Net Proceeds payable under any risk policy of
insurance required by Article 13 of this Lease,  whether or not paid directly to
Landlord  and/or  Tenant,  shall  promptly be deposited  with or paid over to an
insurance  company,  title  insurance  company  or other  financial  institution
reasonably  selected by Landlord and disbursed as provided in this Lease.  If no
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing,  the Net Proceeds shall be made
available  for  restoration  or repair,  as the case may be, of any damage to or
destruction of the applicable Leased Property or any portion thereof as provided
in Section 14.10 hereof;  provided,  however,  that, within fifteen (15) days of
the  receipt of the Net  Proceeds,  Landlord  and Tenant  shall  agree as to the
portion thereof attributable to the Tenant's Personal Property (and failing such
shall submit the matter to arbitration pursuant to the provisions of this Lease)
and those Net Proceeds which the parties agree are payable by reason of any loss
or damage to any of Tenant's Personal Property shall be disbursed to Tenant.

     14.2 RESTORATION IN THE EVENT OF DAMAGE OR DESTRUCTION.

          14.2.1 If any Leased  Improvements are totally or partially damaged or
destroyed  and the  Facility  thereon is  thereby  rendered  Unsuitable  for its
Primary  Intended  Use,  Tenant  shall give  Landlord  Notice of such  damage or
destruction within fifteen (15) Business Days of the occurrence thereof.  Within
ninety  (90) days of such  occurrence,  Tenant  shall  commence  and  thereafter
diligently  proceed to complete  the  restoration  of the  damaged or  destroyed
Leased  Improvements  to  substantially  the same (or better)  condition as that
which existed immediately prior to such damage or destruction.

          14.2.2 If any Leased  Improvements are totally or partially damaged or
destroyed,  but the Facility thereon is not thereby rendered  Unsuitable for its
Primary  Intended  Use,  Tenant  shall give  Landlord  Notice of such  damage or
destruction  within fifteen (15) Business Days of the occurrence  thereof,  and,
within ninety (90) days of the occurrence,  Tenant shall commence and thereafter
diligently proceed to restore the Leased  Improvements within the Reconstruction
Period to  substantially  the same (or better)  condition as that which  existed
immediately prior to such damage or destruction.

          14.2.3 No such damage or destruction  shall terminate this Lease as to
the affected Facility; provided, however, that if Tenant, after diligent effort,
cannot  within a  reasonable  time obtain all  necessary  government  approvals,
including   building  permits,   licenses,   conditional  use  permits  and  any
certificates  of need,  in order to be able to perform all  required  repair and
restoration  work and  thereafter  to operate  the Leased  Improvements  for the
Primary Intended Use thereof in  substantially  the same manner as that existing
immediately  prior to such damage or  destruction,  Tenant  shall  purchase  the
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destroyed Leased Improvements are located for the Facility Purchase Price, which
shall be determined as of the day of the damage or destruction.

     14.3 INTENTIONALLY OMITTED.

     14.4 TENANT'S PERSONAL  PROPERTY.  All insurance proceeds payable by reason
of any loss of or damage to any of Tenant's  Personal  Property shall be paid to
Tenant.

     14.5 RESTORATION OF TENANT'S PROPERTY. If Tenant is required to restore the
Leased Property as provided in Section 14.2 hereof, Tenant shall also restore or
replace all alterations and improvements  made by Tenant and all of the Personal
Property,  to the extent  required to maintain the then  current  license of the
applicable Leased Property.

     14.6 NO  ABATEMENT OF RENT.  Except as to any  Facility or Leased  Property
purchased  by Tenant  pursuant to this  Article 14, as to which this Lease shall
terminate  upon the closing of such  purchase,  this Lease shall  remain in full
force and effect and  Tenant's  obligation  to pay Rent shall  continue  without
abatement  during any period required for repair and restoration  (except to the
extent  that any  insurance  proceeds  for loss of rental  shall  have been paid
directly to Landlord).

     14.7  CONSEQUENCES  OF  PURCHASE  OF  DAMAGED  LEASED  PROPERTY.  If Tenant
purchases a damaged  Facility or Leased  Property  pursuant to the provisions of
this Article 14, this Lease shall  terminate as to such Facility upon payment of
the price set  forth  herein,  Landlord  shall  remit to Tenant  any and all Net
Proceeds  pertaining to the purchased Facility or Leased Property,  and the Base
Rent shall be reduced by the Facility Rental Value of the purchased  Facility or
Leased  Property,  determined  as of the day prior to the date of the  damage or
destruction to such Facility.

     14.8 DAMAGE NEAR END OF TERM.  Notwithstanding  any  provisions  of Section
14.2  hereof,  if damage to or  destruction  of any Leased  Improvements  occurs
during  the last  twelve  (12)  months  of the Term of this  Lease,  and if,  as
reasonably estimated by a qualified  construction  consultant selected by Tenant
and approved by Landlord  (which  approval shall not  unreasonably be withheld),
such damage or destruction  cannot be fully repaired and restored within six (6)
months  immediately  following  the date of loss,  then  Tenant  shall  have the
option,  which Tenant shall exercise by written notice to Landlord within thirty
(30) days of such damage or destruction,  to (a) restore the damaged Facility or
Leased  Property  within the  remaining  twelve  (12) months of the Term of this
Lease,  or (b) to purchase the Facility or Leased  Property on which the damaged
or destroyed Leased  Improvements  are located from Landlord,  within sixty (60)
days following the date of the damage or destruction,  for the Facility Purchase
Price,  which shall be  determined as of the day prior to the date of the damage
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     14.9 WAIVER.  Except as  specifically  provided  elsewhere  herein,  Tenant
hereby waives any statutory or common law rights of termination  which may arise
by reason of any damage to or destruction of any Facility.

     14.10 PROCEDURE FOR DISBURSEMENT OF INSURANCE PROCEEDS.  If Tenant restores
or repairs the damaged Facility or Leased Property pursuant to any Subsection of
this Article 14, the restoration or repair shall be performed in accordance with
the following procedures:

          (a) If the Net Proceeds exceed the Approval Threshold, the restoration
     or repair work shall be done pursuant to plans and specifications  approved
     by Landlord (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed),  and Tenant shall
     cause to be prepared  and  presented  to Landlord a certified  construction
     statement,  reasonably acceptable to Landlord,  showing the total estimated
     cost of the restoration or repair.

          (b) The  Construction  Funds shall be made  available to Tenant as the
     restoration  and repair work  progresses.  If the Net  Proceeds  exceed the
     Approved  Threshold,  such  funds  shall  be  made  available  pursuant  to
     certificates  of an  architect  selected by Tenant  that in the  reasonable
     judgment of Landlord is qualified in the design and  construction of health
     care  facilities,  or of the type of property  for which the repair work is
     being done.

          (c) If the Net Proceeds exceed the Approval Threshold,  there shall be
     delivered to Landlord,  with such  certificates,  sworn statements and lien
     waivers from the general contractor and major  subcontractors  (i.e., those
     having contracts of One Hundred  Thousand  Dollars  ($100,000) or more), in
     the form customary for the applicable State, in an amount at least equal to
     the amount of Construction  Funds to be paid out to Tenant pursuant to each
     architect's  certificate  and dated as of the date of the  disbursement  to
     which they relate.

          (d) There  shall be  delivered  to  Landlord  such other  evidence  as
     Landlord may reasonably request,  from time to time, during the restoration
     and repair,  as to the progress of the work,  compliance  with the approved
     plans and specifications,  the cost of restoration and repair and the total
     amount needed to complete the restoration and repair.

          (e) There  shall be  delivered  to  Landlord  such other  evidence  as
     Landlord may reasonably request,  from time to time, showing that there are
     no liens against the applicable  Leased Property arising in connection with
     the  restoration and repair and that the cost of the restoration and repair
     at least equals the total amount of  Construction  Funds then  disbursed to
     Tenant hereunder.

          (f) If the  Construction  Funds are at any time determined by Landlord
     not to be adequate for  completion of the  restoration  and repair,  Tenant
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     Landlord, upon request, that Tenant has sufficient funds available to cover
     the  difference,  and  shall  disburse  such  funds  pari  passu  with  the
     Construction Funds.

          (g) The Construction  Funds may be disbursed by the depository thereof
     to Tenant or, at Tenant's  direction,  to the  persons  entitled to receive
     payment thereof from Tenant,  and such  disbursement in either case may, at
     Landlord's discretion,  reasonably exercised, be made directly or through a
     third party escrow  agent,  such as, but not limited to, a title  insurance
     company,  or its agent.  Provided no Event of Default has  occurred  and is
     continuing,  any excess  Construction  Funds  shall be paid to Tenant  upon
     completion of the restoration or repair.

          (h) If Tenant at any time  fails to  promptly  and fully  perform  the
     conditions and covenants set out in  subparagraphs  (a) through (f) hereof,
     and the failure is not corrected  within thirty (30) days of written Notice
     thereof,  or if during the restoration or repair an Event of Default occurs
     hereunder,  Landlord  may,  at its  option,  immediately  cease  making any
     further payments to Tenant for the restoration and repair.

          (i) Landlord may reimburse itself out of the Construction Fund for its
     reasonable  and  documented  expenses  of  consultants,  attorneys  and its
     employee-  inspectors  incurred in administering the Construction  Funds as
     hereinbefore provided.


                                   ARTICLE 15

                                     TAKINGS

     15.1  TOTAL  TAKING.  If title to the fee of the whole of any  Facility  or
Leased  Property  shall be acquired by any  Condemnor as the result of a Taking,
this Lease shall cease and terminate as to such  Facility or Leased  Property as
of the Date of Taking by said  Condemnor,  and the Base Rent  payable  by Tenant
hereunder  shall be  reduced,  as of the  date  the  Lease  shall  have  been so
terminated as to such Facility or Leased Property,  by the Facility Rental Value
of the Facility taken.

     15.2  ALLOCATION  OF PORTION OF AWARD.  The Award made with  respect to the
Taking of all or any portion of any Leased Property or for loss of rent shall be
the  property  of and  payable  to  Landlord  up to the sum of (a) all costs and
expenses  reasonably  incurred and documented by Landlord in connection with the
Taking,  (b) any loss of Rent  suffered  by  Landlord  as a result of the Taking
(except for any Rent  accruing  after the  completion of a purchase by Tenant of
the affected Facility upon a Partial Taking as hereinafter  provided) and (c) in
the case of a Taking of the entire Facility,  the Facility  Purchase Price as of
the time  possession is delivered to the Condemnor.  To the extent that the laws
of the State in which the applicable Facility is located permit Tenant to make a
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or  business,  and  Tenant's  claim  does  not  have  the  effect,  directly  or
indirectly,  of reducing Landlord's claim, Tenant shall have the right to pursue
such claim in the Taking proceeding and shall be entitled to the Award therefor.
In any Taking proceedings, Landlord and Tenant shall each seek its own Award, at
its own expense.

     15.3 PARTIAL TAKING. In the event of a Partial Taking of a Facility, Tenant
shall  commence  and  diligently  proceed to restore the untaken  portion of the
Leased  Improvements  on the  applicable  Leased  Property  so that such  Leased
Improvements  shall constitute a complete  architectural unit (if applicable) of
the same general character and condition (as nearly as may be possible under the
circumstances)  as the Leased  Improvements  existing  immediately prior to such
Partial Taking;  provided,  however, that if a Partial Taking renders a Facility
Unsuitable  for  Its  Primary   Intended  Use,  Tenant  shall  have  the  right,
exercisable  by written  notice to Landlord  within  thirty (30) days after such
Partial Taking is final without appeal permitted, and before the Condemnor takes
possession,  to purchase the affected  Facility for the Facility Purchase Price,
which  purchase  shall be  completed  within  sixty  (60)  days of such  notice.
Landlord  shall  contribute to the cost of  restoration,  or if Tenant elects to
purchase the affected  Facility,  Landlord  shall pay over to Tenant,  any Award
payable to Landlord for such Partial Taking; provided,  however, that the amount
of such  contribution  shall not exceed the cost of  restoration.  If (a) Tenant
elects to restore the Facility  and (b) no Event of Default is then  continuing,
then Landlord shall make the Award available to Tenant in the manner provided in
Section 14.10  hereof.  The Base Rent shall be reduced by reason of such Partial
Taking to an amount  agreed upon by Landlord  and  Tenant,  and if Landlord  and
Tenant  cannot  agree upon a new Base Rent,  the new Base Rent  amount  shall be
equal to the Base Rent prior to the Partial Taking, reduced in proportion to the
reduction in the Fair Rental Value of the affected  Facility of Leased  Property
resulting from the Partial Taking.

     15.4  TEMPORARY  TAKING.  In the event of a temporary  Taking of the Leased
Property or any part  thereof  that is for a period of less than six (6) months,
this Lease shall not terminate with respect to the affected Leased Property, and
the  entire  amount  of any Award  therefor  shall be paid to  Tenant.  Upon the
cessation of any such Taking of less than six (6) months,  Tenant shall  restore
the Leased  Property as nearly as may be  reasonably  possible to the  condition
existing  immediately prior to such Taking. If any such Taking continues for six
(6)  months or more,  such  Taking  shall be  considered  a Taking  governed  by
Sections  15.1  through  15.3  hereof,  and the  parties  shall  have the rights
provided thereunder.


                                   ARTICLE 16

                        CONSEQUENCES OF EVENTS OF DEFAULT

     16.1  EVENTS  OF  DEFAULT.  Upon the  occurrence  of an  Event of  Default,
Landlord  shall have the rights and  remedies  hereinafter  provided  (provided,
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is cured prior to the exercise of any remedies by Landlord, it shall cease to be
such for purposes of this Lease).

     16.2 LANDLORD'S RIGHTS UPON TENANT'S DEFAULT. If an Event of Default occurs
with respect to this Lease,  Landlord may terminate  this Lease by giving Tenant
Notice, whereupon as provided herein, the Term of this Lease shall terminate and
all rights of Tenant hereunder shall cease. The Notice provided for herein shall
be in lieu of, and not in  addition  to, any notice  required by the laws of the
respective  States in which the Leased  Properties are located as a condition to
bringing an action for possession of any of the Leased  Properties or to recover
damages under this Lease. In addition thereto, Landlord shall have all rights at
law and in equity available as a result of Tenant's breach.

     16.3 LIABILITY FOR COSTS AND EXPENSES. Tenant will, to the extent permitted
by law, be liable for the payment,  as Additional  Charges,  of  reasonable  and
documented  costs of and  expenses  incurred  by or on behalf of  Landlord  as a
consequence of an Event of Default,  including,  without limitation,  reasonable
attorneys'  fees (whether or not  litigation is commenced,  and if litigation is
commenced,  including  fees and expenses  incurred in appeals and  post-judgment
proceedings).

     16.4 CERTAIN REMEDIES. If an Event of Default has occurred,  and whether or
not this Lease has been  terminated,  Tenant shall,  to the extent  permitted by
law, if required by Landlord so to do,  immediately  surrender  to Landlord  the
Leased  Properties  and quit the same, and Landlord may enter upon and repossess
the respective Leased Properties by legal process, and may remove Tenant and all
other  persons and any and all  Personal  Property  from the  respective  Leased
Properties,  subject  to  rights  of  any  residents  or  patients  and  to  any
requirement of law.

     16.5 DAMAGES. None of (a) the termination of this Lease pursuant to Section
16.1 hereof,  (b) the  repossession of any Leased  Property,  (c) the failure of
Landlord to relet any Leased  Property,  (d) the reletting of all or any portion
thereof or (e) the  failure of  Landlord  to collect or receive  any rentals due
upon any  reletting  shall  relieve  Tenant  of its  liability  and  obligations
hereunder,  all  of  which  shall  survive  such  termination,  repossession  or
reletting.  In the  event of any  termination,  Tenant  shall  forthwith  pay to
Landlord all Rent due and payable with respect to the Leased  Properties  to and
including  the  date  of the  termination.  At  Landlord's  option,  as and  for
liquidated and agreed current  damages for Tenant's  default,  Tenant shall also
forthwith pay to Landlord:

     (i) the sum of:

          (A) the  Worth at the Time of the  Award of the  amount  by which  the
     unpaid Rent which would have been earned after  termination  until the time
     of the award  exceeds the aggregate  Rental Value of the Leased  Properties
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          (B) the  Worth at the Time of the  Award of the  amount  by which  the
     unpaid Rent for the balance of the Term after the time of the award exceeds
     the aggregate Rental Value of the Leased Properties for such period, and

          (C) any other  amount  necessary  to  compensate  Landlord for all the
     damage  proximately  caused by Tenant's  failure to perform its obligations
     under this Lease or which in the ordinary  course would be likely to result
     therefrom; or

     (ii) without  termination of Tenant's right to possession of the respective
          Leased Properties, each installment of the Rent and other sums payable
          by Tenant to  Landlord  under this Lease as the same  becomes  due and
          payable,  which Rent and other sums shall bear interest at the Overdue
          Rate from the date when due until paid,  and Landlord may enforce,  by
          action or otherwise, any other term or covenant of this Lease.

     16.6 WAIVER.  If this Lease is terminated  pursuant to Section 16.2 hereof,
Tenant  waives  the  benefit  of any laws now or  hereafter  in force  exempting
property from liability for rent or for debt.

     16.7  APPLICATION OF FUNDS.  Any payments  received by Landlord  during the
existence  or  continuance  of any Event of  Default  (and any  payment  made to
Landlord  rather  than  Tenant  due to the  existence  of an Event of  Default),
including  rentals  received  upon any  reletting,  shall be applied to Tenant's
obligations in the order which Landlord may determine or as may be prescribed by
the laws of the respective States in which the Leased Properties are located.


                                   ARTICLE 17

                    LANDLORD'S RIGHT TO CURE TENANT'S DEFAULT

     If Tenant  fails to make any payment or to perform  any act  required to be
made or  performed  under  this  Lease,  and fails to cure the same  within  the
relevant time periods  provided in the definition of Event of Default in Section
2.1 hereof or elsewhere in this Lease,  Landlord may (but shall not be obligated
to), after five (5) days' prior Notice to Tenant  (except in an emergency),  and
without  waiving or releasing any  obligation of Tenant or any Event of Default,
at any time thereafter make such payment or perform such act for the account and
at the expense of Tenant,  and may, to the extent  permitted by law,  enter upon
the respective  Facilities for such purpose and take all such action thereon as,
in Landlord's sole opinion, may be necessary or appropriate  therefor.  However,
if Landlord reasonably  determines that the giving of such Notice as is provided
for in this  Article or  elsewhere  in this Lease  would risk loss to any Leased
Property or cause damage to Landlord,  then Landlord will give such Notice as is
practical under the circumstances.  No such entry shall be deemed an eviction of
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Landlord and all reasonable costs and expenses  (including,  without limitation,
reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses) so incurred, together with the interest
provided for in Section 3.3 thereon from the date on which such sums or expenses
are paid or incurred by Landlord,  shall be paid by Tenant to Landlord on demand
and shall constitute Additional Charges. The obligations of Tenant and rights of
Landlord  contained  in this Article  shall  survive the  expiration  or earlier
termination of this Lease.


                                   ARTICLE 18

                          CERTAIN ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS

     18.1  PROHIBITION  AGAINST USE OF  HAZARDOUS  SUBSTANCES.  Tenant shall not
permit,  conduct  or  allow  on any of the  Leased  Properties  the  generation,
introduction,   presence,  maintenance,  use,  receipt,  acceptance,  treatment,
manufacture, production, installation,  management, storage, disposal or release
of any Hazardous  Substance,  except for those types and quantities of Hazardous
Substances ordinarily associated with the operation of the Leased Property as it
is being  conducted  on the date of this  Lease and  except in  compliance  with
Environmental  Laws;  provided,   however,  that  the  Permitted   Environmental
Conditions shall be permitted to remain in place.

     18.2 NOTICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL CLAIMS, ACTIONS OR CONTAMINATIONS. Tenant will
notify Landlord, in writing, promptly upon learning of any existing,  pending or
threatened:  (a) Regulatory  Actions,  (b) Contamination of any Leased Property,
(c) Third Party Claims or (d) violation of Environmental Law.

     18.3 COSTS OF REMEDIAL  ACTIONS WITH RESPECT TO ENVIRONMENTAL  MATTERS.  If
any  investigation   and/or  Clean-Up  of  any  Hazardous   Substance  or  other
environmental  condition on, under, about or with respect to any Leased Property
is  required by any  Environmental  Law and by the terms of this Lease is within
the scope of Tenant's  responsibility,  then Tenant shall  complete,  at its own
expense, such investigation and/or Clean-Up or cause each person responsible for
any of the foregoing to conduct such investigation and/or Clean-Up.

     18.4  DELIVERY  OF  ENVIRONMENTAL  DOCUMENTS.  If  and to  the  extent  not
delivered to Landlord  prior to the date of this Lease,  Tenant shall deliver to
Landlord complete copies of any and all Environmental  Documents that may now be
in, or at any time hereafter come into, the possession of Tenant.

     18.5 ENVIRONMENTAL AUDIT. At Landlord's expense,  Tenant shall from time to
time,  but in no  case  more  often  than  annually,  after  Landlord's  request
therefor, provide to Landlord an Environmental Audit with respect to each of the
Leased  Properties.  All tests and samplings in connection with an Environmental
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scientifically  valid  technology  and  methodologies.  Tenant  shall  give  the
engineer  or  environmental   consultant   conducting  the  Environmental  Audit
reasonable  access to the applicable  Leased  Property and to all records in the
possession of Tenant that may indicate the presence (whether current or past) or
a Release or  threatened  Release of any Hazardous  Substances  on, in, under or
about the applicable Leased Property.  Tenant shall also provide the engineer or
environmental  consultant an opportunity  to interview such persons  employed in
connection  with the  applicable  Leased  Property as the engineer or consultant
deems  appropriate.  However,  Landlord  shall not be entitled  to request  such
Environmental Audit from Tenant unless (a) there have been any material changes,
modifications or additions to any Environmental  Laws as applied to or affecting
the applicable Leased Property; (b) a significant change in the condition of the
applicable Leased Property has occurred;  or (c) Landlord has another reasonable
basis for requesting such certificate or certificates. If an Environmental Audit
discloses  the  presence  of  Contamination  at,  or  any   noncompliance   with
Environmental Laws by, any Leased Property, Tenant shall immediately perform all
of Tenant's  obligations  hereunder with respect to such Hazardous Substances or
noncompliance.

     18.6 ENTRY ONTO LEASED PROPERTY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL  MATTERS. If Tenant fails
to provide to Landlord an  Environmental  Audit as  contemplated by Section 18.5
hereof,  Tenant  shall  permit  Landlord  from time to time,  by its  employees,
agents,  contractors or  representatives,  to enter upon the  applicable  Leased
Property  for the purposes of  conducting  such  Investigations  as Landlord may
desire.  Landlord and its employees,  agents,  contractors,  consultants  and/or
representatives  shall conduct any such Investigation in a manner which does not
unreasonably  interfere  with Tenant's use of and  operations on the  applicable
Leased Property (however,  reasonable  temporary  interference with such use and
operations is permissible if the  Investigation  cannot  otherwise be reasonably
and inexpensively conducted). Other than in an emergency, Landlord shall provide
Tenant with prior notice  before  entering  the  applicable  Leased  Property to
conduct such  Investigation,  and shall provide copies of any reports or results
to Tenant, and Tenant shall cooperate fully in such Investigation.

     18.7  ENVIRONMENTAL  MATTERS UPON TERMINATION OR EXPIRATION OF TERM OF THIS
LEASE.  Upon the  termination  or expiration  of the Term of this Lease,  Tenant
shall  cause the Leased  Properties  to be  delivered  to  Landlord  free of all
Contamination  the removal of which is recommended by the Phase I  Environmental
Survey (or the equivalent at the time) completed by the engineering  firm chosen
by the parties or otherwise  selected as provided below,  and in compliance with
all  Environmental  Laws  with  respect  thereto,  except  for  those  Permitted
Environmental  Conditions that are in compliance with all Environmental  Laws in
effect at the time of the  termination  of expiration of the Term of this Lease.
At any time during (a) the three hundred  sixty-five (365) days prior to, or the
sixty (60) days  subsequent to, the  expiration of the original Term hereof,  if
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given the notice required by Section 1.4 hereof in order to renew the Term or by
the terms hereof is not entitled to renew the Term, or, if the original Term has
been  renewed,  at any time during (b) the three hundred  sixty-five  (365) days
prior to, or the sixty  (60) days  subsequent  to, the  expiration  of the First
Renewal Term hereof,  if Tenant has not given the notice required by Section 1.5
hereof  in order to renew the Term or by the terms  hereof  is not  entitled  to
renew the Term, or, if this Lease is terminated  upon the occurrence of an Event
of  Default,  during (c) the sixty (60) days  after the  effective  date of such
termination,  Landlord may by written  notice to Tenant  specify a Cleanup to be
undertaken  by  Tenant  (but not with  respect  to any  Permitted  Environmental
Condition  that is in compliance  with all  Environmental  Laws in effect at the
time of such  notice),  and upon receipt of such notice  Tenant shall  forthwith
begin and with reasonable  diligence complete such Cleanup;  provided,  however,
that if Tenant in good faith  disputes  the need for such Cleanup on the grounds
that it is not required by any then applicable Environmental Laws, Tenant may by
written notice to Landlord demand an Environmental Audit of the Leased Property.
The  Environmental  Audit  demanded by Tenant  shall be  performed by one of the
engineering  firms  listed on Exhibit H hereto or, if no such firms exist at the
time, by an  engineering  firm  succeeding to the practice of one of such firms.
The  question  of  whether  or  not a  Cleanup  is  required  by  an  applicable
Environmental  Law,  and, if so, the extent of such required  Cleanup,  shall be
determined by the conclusions  reached in the  Environmental  Audit conducted by
the engineering firm so selected,  and such determination  shall be binding upon
the parties.  The cost of such Environmental Audit shall be borne by Landlord if
the  determination  is  that  no  Cleanup  is  required,  or by  Tenant  if  the
determination  is that a Cleanup  is  required.  Tenant  shall  promptly  at its
expense complete any Cleanup determined by such process to be necessary.

     18.8  COMPLIANCE  WITH  ENVIRONMENTAL  LAWS.  Tenant shall comply with, and
cause its agents,  servants  and  employees  to comply with  Environmental  Laws
applicable  to the  respective  Leased  Properties.  Specifically,  but  without
limitation:

          (a)  Maintenance  of Licenses  and  Permits.  Tenant  shall obtain and
     maintain  all  permits,  certificates,  licenses  and  other  consents  and
     approvals  required by any applicable  Environmental  Law from time to time
     with respect to Tenant and the Leased Property leased by it;

          (b)  Contamination.  No Tenant  shall  cause,  suffer  or  permit  any
     Contamination in, on, under or about any Leased Property;

          (c)  Clean-Up.  If  Contamination  occurs in,  on,  under or about any
     Leased Property  during the Term,  Tenant promptly shall cause the Clean-Up
     and the  removal  of any  Hazardous  Substance,  and in any such  case such
     Clean-Up and removal of the Hazardous Substance shall be effected in strict
     compliance  with and in accordance  with the  provisions of the  applicable
     Environmental Laws;

          (d)  Discharge  of Lien.  Within  forty-five  (45) days of the date on
     which Tenant becomes aware of any lien imposed  against any Leased Property
     or any part  thereof  under any  Environmental  Law (or,  in the event that
     under  the  applicable   Environmental   Law,  Tenant  is  unable,   acting
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     period as is required  for Tenant,  acting  diligently,  to do so),  Tenant
     shall cause such lien to be discharged by payment, bond or otherwise;

          (e) Notification of Landlord.  Tenant shall notify Landlord in writing
     promptly upon receipt by Tenant of notice of any breach or violation of any
     environmental covenant or agreement; and

          (f) Requests, Orders and Notices. Promptly upon receipt of any written
     request,  order  or  other  notice  relating  to  any  Declaratory  Action,
     Contamination,   Third   Party   Claims  or  Leased   Property   under  any
     Environmental  Law concerning the Leased  Property,  Tenant shall forward a
     copy thereof to Landlord.

     18.9  ENVIRONMENTAL  RELATED  REMEDIES.  If,  subject to Tenant's  right of
contest as set forth in Section 12.1 hereof,  Tenant fails to perform any of its
covenants with respect to environmental  matters and if such breach is not cured
within any applicable  notice and/or grace period or within an additional thirty
(30) days after Landlord gives Notice to Tenant, Landlord may do any one or more
of the following  (the exercise of one right or remedy  hereunder not precluding
the simultaneous or subsequent taking of any other right hereunder):

          (a) Cause a Clean-Up.  Cause the Clean-Up of any  Contamination  on or
     under  the  applicable  Leased  Property,  or both,  at  Tenant's  cost and
     expense; or

          (b)  Payment of  Regulatory  Damages.  Pay,  on behalf of Tenant,  any
     damages,  costs,  fines or  penalties  imposed on Tenant as a result of any
     Regulatory Actions; or

          (c) Payments to Discharge Liens.  Make any payment on behalf of Tenant
     or  perform  any  other  act or cause any act to be  performed  which  will
     prevent  a lien in  favor  of any  federal,  state  or  local  governmental
     authority from attaching to the  applicable  Leased  Property or which will
     cause the  discharge  of any lien then  attached to the  applicable  Leased
     Property; or

          (d) Payment of Third  Party  Damages.  Pay,  on behalf of Tenant,  any
     damages,  cost,  fines or  penalties  imposed  on Tenant as a result of any
     Third Party Claims; or

          (e) Demand of Payment.  Demand that Tenant make  immediate  payment of
     all of the costs of such Clean-Up and/or exercise of the remedies set forth
     in this  Section  18.9  incurred by Landlord  and not  theretofore  paid by
     Tenant as of the date of such demand,  whether or not such costs exceed the
     amount  of Rent  and  Additional  Charges  that  are  otherwise  to be paid
     pursuant  to this  Lease,  and  whether  or not any court has  ordered  the
     Clean-Up,  and payment of said costs shall become  immediately due, without
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     18.10 ENVIRONMENTAL INDEMNIFICATION.  Tenant shall and does hereby agree to
indemnify,  defend  and  hold  harmless  Landlord,  its  principals,   officers,
directors,  agents and  employees  from and against each and every  incurred and
potential  claim,  cause of  action,  demand or  proceeding,  obligation,  fine,
laboratory fee, liability,  loss, penalty,  imposition,  settlement,  levy, lien
removal,  litigation,  judgment,  disbursement,  expense and/or cost (including,
without limitation,  the cost of each and every Clean-Up and including,  but not
limited to,  reasonable  and  documented  attorneys'  fees,  consultants'  fees,
experts' fees and related expenses,  capital,  operating and maintenance  costs,
incurred  in  connection  with  (a)  any  investigation  or  monitoring  of site
conditions at any Leased Property,  (b) the presence of any  asbestos-containing
materials  in,  on,  under or about  any  Leased  Property  and (c) any Clean Up
required or  performed  by any federal,  state or local  governmental  entity or
performed by any other entity or person because of the presence of any Hazardous
Substance,  Release,  threatened  Release or any  Contamination on, in, under or
about  any  Leased  Property)  which may be  asserted  against,  imposed  on, or
suffered or incurred by each and every  Indemnitee  arising out of or in any way
related  to, or  allegedly  arising out of or due to any  environmental  matter,
including, but not limited to, any one or more of the following:

          (i) Release Damage or Liability. The presence of Contamination in, on,
     at, under or near any Leased  Property or migrating to any Leased  Property
     from another location;

          (ii) Injuries.  All injuries to health or safety  (including  wrongful
     death), or to the environment,  by reason of environmental matters relating
     to the condition of or  activities  past or present on, at, in or under any
     Leased Property;

          (iii) Violations of Law. All violations,  and alleged  violations,  of
     any  Environmental  Law by Tenant  relating  to any Leased  Property or any
     activity on, in, at, under or near any Leased Property;

          (iv) Misrepresentation.  All material  misrepresentations  relating to
     environmental  matters in any documents or materials furnished by Tenant to
     Landlord and/or its representatives in connection with this Lease;

          (v)  Event of  Default.  Each and  every  Event of  Default  hereunder
     relating to environmental matters;

          (vi) Lawsuits.  Any and all lawsuits brought or threatened against any
     one or more of the Indemnitees, settlements reached and governmental orders
     relating to any Hazardous  Substances  at, on, in, under or near any Leased
     Property, and all demands or requirements of governmental  authorities,  in
     each case based upon or in any way related to any Hazardous  Substances at,
     on, in or under any Leased Property; and


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          (vii)  Presence of Liens.  All liens imposed upon any Leased  Property
     and charges imposed on any Indemnitee in favor of any  governmental  entity
     or any person as a result of the presence,  disposal,  release or threat of
     release  of  Hazardous  Substances  at,  on,  in,  from or under any Leased
     Property.

     If the matter  that is the  subject of a claim for  indemnification  by any
     Indemnitee pursuant to this Section 18.10 arises or is in connection with a
     claim,  suit or demand filed by a third party,  Tenant shall be entitled to
     defend  against  such Claim with  counsel  reasonably  satisfactory  to the
     applicable Indemnitee(s).  The Indemnitee(s) may continue to employ counsel
     of its own, but such costs shall be borne by the  Indemnitee(s)  as long as
     Tenant  continues to so defend.  With  respect to such Claims  arising from
     third parties (A) if an Indemnitee  declines to accept a bona fide offer of
     settlement that is recommended by Tenant,  which settlement includes a full
     and complete release of such Indemnitee from the subject Claim, the maximum
     liability  of Tenant  arising  from such claim shall not exceed that amount
     for which it would have been liable had such settlement been accepted,  and
     (B) if an  Indemnitee  settles  the  subject  Claim  without the consent of
     Tenant,  the maximum  liability of Tenant  under this Section  arising from
     such Claim  shall not exceed the fair and  reasonable  settlement  value of
     such Claim.

     18.11 RIGHTS  CUMULATIVE AND SURVIVAL.  The rights  granted  Landlord under
this  Article are in addition to and not in  limitation  of any other  rights or
remedies  available to Landlord  hereunder  or allowed at law or in equity.  The
obligations of Tenant to defend, indemnify and hold the Indemnitees harmless, as
set forth in this Article, arising as a result of an act, omission, condition or
other  matter  occurring  or existing  during the Term,  whether or not the act,
omission,  condition or matter as to which such obligations relate is discovered
during the Term, shall survive the expiration or earlier termination of the Term
of this Lease.


                                   ARTICLE 19

                                HOLDOVER MATTERS

     19.1 HOLDING  OVER. If Tenant  remains in  possession of a Leased  Property
after the  expiration  of the Term or earlier  termination  of this Lease,  such
possession  shall be as a  month-to-month  tenant during which time Tenant shall
pay as rental each month one and one-half times the aggregate of (a) one-twelfth
of the  aggregate  Base Rent and Earn Out Rent (if any)  payable with respect to
the applicable Leased Property during the last Lease Year of the preceding Term,
and (b) all  Additional  Charges  accruing  during the month with respect to the
applicable Leased Property.  Any interest,  however, will be payable only at the
rate  provided  in this Lease and shall not exceed the maximum  rate  allowed by
law. During such period of month-to-month  tenancy, Tenant shall be obligated to
perform and observe all of the terms,  covenants  and  conditions of this Lease,
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the extent given by law to month-to-month  tenancies,  to continue its occupancy
and use of the applicable  Leased Property until the  month-to-month  tenancy is
terminated.  Nothing  contained herein shall constitute the consent,  express or
implied,  of Landlord  to the holding  over by Tenant  after the  expiration  or
earlier termination of this Lease.

     19.2 INDEMNITY.  If Tenant fails to surrender a Leased Property in a timely
manner and in  accordance  with the  provisions of Section 9.1.6 hereof upon the
expiration or termination of this Lease, in addition to any other liabilities to
Landlord  accruing  therefrom,  Tenant shall  indemnify and hold  Landlord,  its
principals,  officers,  directors,  agents and  employees  harmless from loss or
liability  resulting  from  such  failure,   including,   without  limiting  the
generality  of the  foregoing,  loss of rental with  respect to any new lease in
which the rental payable  thereunder  exceeds any rental paid by Tenant pursuant
to this Lease and any claims by any proposed new tenant founded on such failure.
The  provisions of this Section 19.2 shall survive the expiration or termination
of this Lease.


                                   ARTICLE 20

                      SUBORDINATION; ATTORNMENT; ESTOPPELS

     20.1  SUBORDINATION.   Upon  written  request  of  Landlord,   Tenant  will
subordinate  its rights pursuant to this Lease in writing (a) to the lien of any
mortgage,  deed of trust,  security  deed or the  interest of any lease in which
Landlord  is the  Tenant  and to all  modifications,  extensions,  substitutions
thereof (or, at  Landlord's  option,  cause the lien of said  mortgage,  deed of
trust,  security  deed or the  interest  of any lease in which  Landlord  is the
Tenant  to be  subordinated  to this  Lease),  and (b) to all  advances  made or
hereafter  to be made  thereunder.  As a condition  to each such  subordination,
Landlord shall deliver to Tenant a  non-disturbance  agreement  providing  inter
alia that,  if such  mortgagee,  beneficiary,  security deed grantee or Landlord
acquires any of the Leased  Properties  by way of  foreclosure  or deed in lieu,
such mortgagee,  beneficiary, security deed grantee or Landlord will not disturb
Tenant's  possession  under  this  Lease  and  will  recognize  Tenant's  rights
hereunder provided this Lease has not been terminated under Section 16.2 hereof.

     20.2 ATTORNMENT. If any proceedings are brought for foreclosure,  or if the
power of sale is exercised  under any  mortgage,  deed of trust or security deed
made by  Landlord  encumbering  any  Leased  Property,  or if a lease  in  which
Landlord is the Tenant is  terminated,  Tenant shall attorn to the  purchaser or
Landlord under such lease upon any foreclosure or deed in lieu thereof,  sale or
lease termination and recognize the purchaser or Landlord as Landlord under this
Lease,  provided  that the  purchaser  or  Landlord  acquires  and  accepts  the
applicable  Leased  Property  subject to, and upon the terms and  conditions set
forth in, this Lease.

     20.3 ESTOPPEL  CERTIFICATE.  Each of Landlord and Tenant  agrees,  upon not
less than ten (10) days prior Notice from the other, to execute, acknowledge and
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Estoppel  Certificate.  It is intended that any Estoppel  Certificate  delivered
pursuant hereto may be relied upon by Landlord,  Tenant, any prospective tenant,
subtenant,  assignee  or  purchaser  of  the  applicable  Leased  Property,  any
mortgagee or  prospective  mortgagee,  or by any other party who may  reasonably
rely on such statement.


                                   ARTICLE 21

                                  RISK OF LOSS

     During  the  Term of this  Lease,  the risk of loss or of  decrease  in the
enjoyment and beneficial  use of any of the Leased  Properties in consequence of
the damage or  destruction  thereof by fire, the elements,  casualties,  thefts,
riots, wars or otherwise, or in consequence of foreclosures, attachments, levies
or  executions  (other than those  caused by Landlord and those  claiming  from,
through or under  Landlord)  is assumed by Tenant,  and, in the absence of gross
negligence,  willful  misconduct  or material  breach of this Lease by Landlord,
Landlord shall in no event be answerable or  accountable  therefor nor shall any
of the events  mentioned in this Section entitle Tenant to any abatement of Rent
under this Lease.


                                   ARTICLE 22

                                 INDEMNIFICATION

     22.1 INDEMNIFICATION.  Subject to Section 13.4 hereof,  notwithstanding the
existence of any insurance or self-insurance  provided for in Article 13 hereof,
and without  regard to the policy  limits of such  insurance or  self-insurance,
Tenant will, subject to Section 13.4 hereof, protect,  indemnify,  save harmless
and  defend   Landlord,   its   principals,   partners,   officers,   directors,
shareholders,   agents,   and  employees  from  and  against  all   liabilities,
obligations,  claims, damages,  penalties,  causes of action, costs and expenses
(including,  without limitation,  reasonable and documented  attorneys' fees and
expenses),  to the  maximum  extent  permitted  by law,  whenever  asserted,  or
incurred by or asserted against Landlord by reason of:

          (a) any  accident,  injury to or death of persons or loss of or damage
     to  property  occurring  on or  about  the  Leased  Property  or  adjoining
     sidewalks, including without limitation any claims of malpractice;

          (b) any use,  misuse,  non-use,  condition,  maintenance  or repair by
     Tenant of any Leased Property;

          (c) the failure to pay Impositions which are the obligations of Tenant
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          (d) any  failure by Tenant to perform or comply  with any of the terms
     of this Lease;

          (e) the  nonperformance  of any  contractual  obligation,  express  or
     implied,  assumed  or  undertaken  by Tenant or any party in  privity  with
     Tenant  with  respect  to any  Leased  Property  or any  business  or other
     activity  carried on with respect to any Leased Property during the Term or
     thereafter  during any time in which  Tenant or any such other  party is in
     possession  of any Leased  Property  or  thereafter  to the extent that any
     conduct by Tenant or any such person (or failure of such conduct thereby if
     the same should have been  undertaken  during such time of  possession  and
     leads to such damage or loss) causes such loss or claim;

          (f) the  use,  operation,  possession,  or  management  of each of the
     Facilities by Tenant before or after the  Commencement  Date and during the
     Term of this Lease until the Lease Termination Date;

          (g) the breach by Tenant of any  representation  or  warranty  in this
     Lease;

          (h) any and all Claims accruing before or after the Commencement  Date
     relating  to any  current or former  employee,  consultant  or  independent
     contractor of Tenant or any of the Facilities,  including,  but not limited
     to,  the  termination  or  discharge  of any  current  or former  employee,
     consultant,  or  independent  contractor of Tenant or any of the Facilities
     before or after the  Commencement  Date,  Claims under federal,  state,  or
     local laws, rules or regulations, accruing before or after the Commencement
     Date,  related to wages,  hours,  fair employment  practices,  unfair labor
     practices,  or other terms and  conditions of employment and claims arising
     under  the  Worker  Adjustment  and  Retraining  Notification  Act  or  any
     analogous  state  statute,  or matters  arising from any severance  policy,
     claim, agreement or contract;

          (i) any and all Claims with respect to any qualified or  non-qualified
     retirement or benefit plans or arrangements established before or after the
     Commencement  Date  involving  any  employee,   consultant  or  independent
     contractor of Tenant or any of the Facilities;

          (j)  Facilities  which were  decertified  by Tenant during the Term of
     this Lease;

          (k)  the  removal  of  Tenant's  Personal  Property  from  any  of the
     Facilities; and

          (l) the breach or failure by Tenant or any  Facility  Subtenant of any
     representation  or  warranty  or the  failure  by  Tenant  or any  Facility
     Subtenant  to  observe  or  perform  any  of  the  covenants,   duties  and
     obligations  set forth on  Exhibit G hereto and as  required  to be made or
     performed under Section 37.18 hereof.


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Any amounts  which become  payable by Tenant  under this  Section  shall be paid
within  thirty  (30)  days  after  liability  therefor  on the part of Tenant is
finally  determined by litigation  or otherwise,  and if not timely paid,  shall
bear interest (to the extent permitted by law) at the Overdue Rate from the date
of such determination to the date of payment.  Nothing herein shall be construed
as indemnifying  Landlord against its own grossly negligent acts or omissions or
willful misconduct.

     22.2 SURVIVAL OF INDEMNIFICATION; TENANT RIGHT TO DEFEND LANDLORD. Tenant's
liability under this Article shall survive any termination of this Lease. Tenant
shall have the right (at Tenant's  expense) to defend Landlord  against any such
claim by counsel reasonably acceptable to Landlord (who may also act as Tenant's
counsel in the particular matter, provided Landlord's and Tenant's interests are
coincident  and not  adverse to one  another).  Tenant  shall  apprise  Landlord
regularly as to the status of the particular matter.


                                   ARTICLE 23

                            LIMITATIONS ON TRANSFERS

     23.1 GENERAL  PROHIBITION  AGAINST TRANSFER.  Tenant shall not Transfer its
interest in this Lease or any Leased Property,  except as specifically permitted
by this Lease or consented  to in advance by Landlord in writing.  Except to the
extent  otherwise   specified  herein,  the  parties  agree  that  Landlord  may
arbitrarily  and  unreasonably  withhold  its consent to any such request and no
court shall imply any agreement by Landlord to act in a reasonable fashion.  Any
such attempted  Transfer not  specifically  permitted by this Lease or otherwise
approved by Landlord  shall be null and void and of no force and effect;  but in
the event of any such Transfer, Landlord may collect rent and other charges from
the  Transferee  and apply the amounts  collected to the rent and other  charges
herein  reserved,  but no Transfer or collection of rent and other charges shall
be deemed to be a waiver of Landlord's  rights to enforce Tenant's  covenants or
the  acceptance  of the  Transferee  as Tenant,  or a release of Tenant from the
performance   of  any   covenants  on  the  part  of  Tenant  to  be  performed.
Notwithstanding any Transfer, Tenant and any Guarantor shall remain fully liable
for the performance of all terms,  covenants and provisions of this Lease,  both
before  and  after  any  such  Transfer.  Any  violation  of this  Lease  by any
Transferee shall be deemed to be a violation of this Lease by Tenant.

     23.2 CORPORATE OR  PARTNERSHIP  TRANSACTIONS.  If Tenant,  Guarantor or the
Manager is a corporation,  then the merger,  consolidation or  reorganization of
such corporation and/or the sale,  issuance or transfer,  cumulatively or in one
transaction,  of any voting  stock by Tenant,  Guarantor  or the  Manager or the
stockholders of record of any of them as of the date of this Lease which results
in a change in the voting  control of Tenant,  Guarantor  or the  Manager or the
stockholders  of record of any of them shall  constitute a Transfer.  If Tenant,
Guarantor or the Manager is a joint venture,  partnership or other  association,
then the transfer of or change in,  cumulatively or in one  transaction,  voting
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in such  Tenant,  Guarantor  or Manager  within  any  five-year  period,  or the
termination  of such joint  venture,  partnership  or other  association,  shall
constitute a Transfer.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, if there occurs a "change
of control" with respect to Monarch,  then the  provisions of this Section shall
only apply to matters  involving  Tenant and not  Guarantor or the Manager.  For
purposes of this  Section,  a "change of control"  shall mean a  transaction  or
series of transactions whereby any Person or group within the meaning of Section
13(d)(3) of the  Securities  Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules and  regulations
promulgated thereunder acquires beneficial ownership, directly or indirectly, of
membership  interests  of  Monarch  (or other  interests  convertible  into such
membership  interests)  representing  over fifty  percent  (50%) of the combined
voting  power of all  membership  interests  of Monarch  entitled to vote in the
election of members of the Management Committee; provided, however, a "change of
control"  with respect to Monarch shall not include an initial  public  offering
and sale of interests in Monarch pursuant to an effective registration statement
under the  Securities  Act of 1933,  as amended,  if Robert N. Elkins  continues
thereafter as the Chairman of the Management Committee of Monarch or Chairman of
the Board of Directors or Chairman of the Management  Committee of any successor
in interest of Monarch.

     23.3 PERMITTED SUBLEASES. Subject to Section 23.4 hereof, Tenant shall have
the right to sublease up to ten percent (10%) of the floor area of a Facility in
the ordinary course of the health care business being conducted in such Facility
without Landlord's consent,  and subject to Landlord's consent,  which shall not
unreasonably be withheld or delayed an additional ten percent (10%) of the floor
area of such Facility.

     23.4  TRANSFERS TO A  CONTROLLED  ENTITY.  Notwithstanding  anything to the
contrary  herein  contained,  Tenant may without  the prior  consent of Landlord
Transfer its interest herein to an entity Controlled by Lyric upon the condition
that (a) such entity expressly and in writing assumes all of the obligations and
liability of the Tenant hereunder,  (b) such Transfer has no effect on the Lyric
Guaranty and Lyric confirms in writing that the Lyric Guaranty remains unchanged
and in full force and effect, (c) the stock of such entity (if a corporation) is
at the time of the  Transfer  pledged to Landlord to secure  performance  of its
obligations under this Lease, (d) all obligations of such entity to Lyric or any
Affiliate  of  Lyric,  and all  Debt of such  entity  to any  third  party,  are
subordinated  to its  liability  and  obligations  as Tenant  hereunder  and (e)
without the consent of Landlord, no such Transfer shall release the Tenant named
herein from liability hereunder.

     23.5  SUBORDINATION  AND  ATTORNMENT.  Tenant  shall insert in any sublease
permitted by Landlord provisions to the effect that (a) such sublease is subject
and  subordinate  to all of the terms and  provisions  of this  Lease and to the
rights of Landlord hereunder, (b) if this Lease terminates before the expiration
of such sublease, the subtenant thereunder will, at Landlord's option, attorn to
Landlord and waive any right the subtenant may have to terminate the sublease or
to surrender possession thereunder as a result of the termination of this Lease,
and (c) if the subtenant  receives a written  Notice from Landlord or Landlord's
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Event of Default has occurred under this Lease,  the subtenant shall  thereafter
be obligated to pay all rentals  accruing  under said  sublease  directly to the
party giving such Notice or as such party may direct.  All rentals received from
the subtenant by Landlord or Landlord's  assignees,  if any, as the case may be,
shall be credited against the amounts owing by Tenant under this Lease.

     23.6 SUBLEASE LIMITATION.  Anything contained in this Lease to the contrary
notwithstanding,  even if a sublease of a Leased  Property is permitted,  Tenant
shall not  sublet  the  applicable  Leased  Property  on any basis such that the
rental to be paid by the  subtenant  thereunder  would be based,  in whole or in
part, on either (a) the income or profits derived by the business  activities of
the  subtenant,  or (b) any other  formula such that any portion of the sublease
rental  received by Landlord would fail to qualify as "rents from real property"
within the meaning of Section  856(d) of the Code,  or any similar or  successor
provision  thereto.  The  parties  agree that this  Section  shall not be deemed
waived or modified  by  implication,  but may be waived or  modified  only by an
instrument in writing explicitly referring to this Section by number.

     23.7  FACILITY  SUBLEASES  PERMITTED.  Landlord  expressly  consents to the
Facility  Subleases to the Facility  Subtenants  identified in Exhibit A hereto;
provided,  however,  that any  material  modification  or amendment of the terms
thereof shall require the prior written approval of Landlord.


                                   ARTICLE 24

                            CERTAIN FINANCIAL MATTERS

     24.1 OFFICER'S CERTIFICATES AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.  Tenant shall furnish
to Landlord:

          (a) Quarterly Financials. As soon as available and in any event within
     fifty-five (55) days after the end of each calendar  quarter,  an unaudited
     operating statement for each of the Facilities for the period commencing at
     the end of the  previous  quarter and ending with the end of such  quarter,
     together with an Officer's Certificate of Tenant stating that Tenant is not
     in default of any covenant  set forth in Article 8 hereof,  or if Tenant is
     in default,  specifying all such defaults, the nature thereof and the steps
     being taken to remedy the same.

          (b) Annual  Financials.  As soon as available  and in any event within
     one  hundred  twenty  (120)  days  after  the end of each  Fiscal  Year,  a
     consolidated  balance sheet of the Facility Subtenants and Tenant as at the
     end of such  Fiscal Year and a  consolidated  operating  statement  for the
     Facilities for such Fiscal Year, in each case accompanied by (i) an opinion
     acceptable  to Landlord of KPMG Peat  Marwick or other  independent  public
     accountants of recognized  standing  reasonably  acceptable to Landlord and
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     Officer's  Certificate  of Tenant  stating that Tenant is not in default in
     the  performance  or  observance  of any of the terms of this Lease,  or if
     Tenant is in default,  specifying all such defaults, the nature thereof and
     the steps being taken to remedy the same.

          (c) Cost  Reports.  Upon the request of Landlord and no more than once
     in each  calendar  year,  Tenant  shall  furnish to Landlord  complete  and
     accurate  copies of the most  recent  annual  Medicaid  and  Medicare  cost
     reports for the Facilities and any and all amendments filed with respect to
     such reports and all responses,  audit reports or inquiries with respect to
     each such report.

          (d) Licensing Agency Reports.  Upon the reasonable request of Landlord
     and no more than once during any calendar  year,  Tenant  shall  furnish to
     Landlord a copy of the most  recent  federal  and state  agency  surveys or
     report and any statement of  deficiencies  with respect to the  Facilities,
     and within the time period required by the particular agency for furnishing
     a plan of  correction,  and without the need of any request from  Landlord,
     Tenant  shall  also  furnish to  Landlord a copy of the plan of  correction
     generated  from such  survey or report for the  Facilities,  and correct or
     cause to be corrected a  deficiency,  the curing of which is a condition of
     continued  licensure or for full participation in Medicare and Medicaid for
     existing  patients  or for new  patients to be  admitted  with  Medicare or
     Medicaid  coverage,  by the date  required  for cure by such  agency  (plus
     extensions granted by such agency.)

          (e) Notices. Tenant shall require that each Facility Subtenant furnish
     to Landlord within ten (10) days from its receipt, and Tenant shall furnish
     to  Landlord  within ten (10) days from its  receipt,  any and all  notices
     (regardless  of form) from any licensing  and/or  certifying  agency that a
     Facility's  license or Medicare or Medicaid  certification of a Facility is
     being revoked or suspended.

          (f)  Patient  Data.  Within  fifty-five  (55)  days of the end of each
     fiscal  quarter and to the extent not included in the operating  statements
     delivered  pursuant to  subsection  (i),  above,  a statement of the actual
     patient days  incurred  for the quarter,  together  with  quarterly  census
     information  for the  Facilities  as of the end of such quarter by patient-
     mix (i.e., private, Medicare, Medicaid and V.A.) of the Facilities.

          (g) Capital  Budget.  As soon as it is prepared in each Lease Year,  a
     capital budget for the  Facilities  for that and the following  Lease Year,
     for Landlord's information and not for approval;

          (h)  Other  Information.   With  reasonable  promptness,   such  other
     information  respecting the financial  condition and affairs of Tenant, the
     Facility  Subtenants and the Facilities as Landlord may reasonably  request
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     limitation,  any  such  other  information  as  may  be  available  to  the
     administration of the Facilities; and

          (i) At times  reasonably  required by  Landlord,  and upon  request as
     appropriate, audited year-end information and unaudited quarterly financial
     information  concerning  the Leased  Properties,  Tenant  and the  Facility
     Subtenants as Landlord may require for applicable on-going filings with the
     SEC,  under both the  Securities Act of 1933, as amended and the Securities
     Exchange  Act of 1934,  as  amended,  including,  but not  limited to, 10-Q
     Quarterly  Reports,  10-K Annual Reports,  8- and  registration  statements
     which may be filed by Landlord during the Term of this Lease.

     24.2 PUBLIC OFFERING INFORMATION.  Tenant specifically agrees that Landlord
may include financial information and such information  concerning the operation
of  the  Facilities   which  does  not  violate  the   confidentiality   of  the
facility-patient   relationship  and  the   physician-patient   privilege  under
applicable laws, in offering memoranda or prospectuses,  or similar publications
in connection with syndications or public offerings of Landlord's  securities or
interests,  and any other reporting  requirements  under applicable  federal and
State laws,  including  those of any  successor  to Landlord.  Tenant  agrees to
provide such other reasonable  information  necessary with respect to Tenant and
the applicable Leased Property to facilitate a public offering or to satisfy SEC
or regulatory disclosure  requirements.  Landlord shall provide to Tenant a copy
of any  information  prepared by Landlord to be so  published,  and Tenant shall
have a reasonable  period of time (not to exceed three (3) Business  Days) after
receipt of such  information  to notify  Landlord of any  corrections.  Landlord
shall  protect,  indemnify,  save harmless and defend  Tenant,  its  principals,
officers,  directors and agents and employees from and against all  liabilities,
claims,  damages,  penalties,  causes of action,  costs and expenses (including,
without  limitation,  reasonable  attorneys'  fees and expenses),  to the extent
permitted  by law,  imposed  upon or incurred by or asserted  against  them by a
third  party or  parties  as a result  of the  publication  of any such  audited
financial  statements  by or at the  direction of Landlord,  but not against any
such  liabilities,  claims,  damages,  penalties,  causes  of  action,  costs or
expenses as may be suffered by Tenant, its principals,  officers,  directors and
agents and employees in or as a result of any action or proceeding  with respect
to any such  audited  financial  statement  (a) in which a  judgment  is entered
against IHS, Lyric,  Tenant, any Seller ( as defined in the Facilities  Purchase
Agreement) or any principal,  officer,  director,  agent or employee thereof, or
(b) is  settled  in whole or in part on the basis of a payment  of Ten  Thousand
Dollars  ($10,000) or more to the claimant or moving party in such proceeding by
IHS, Lyric,  Tenant, any Seller or any principal,  officer,  director,  agent or
employee  thereof alone or in combination  with any payment made by IHS,  Lyric,
Tenant,  any  Seller or any  principal,  officer,  director,  agent or  employee
thereof  (and  as to  expenses  previously  paid  by  Landlord  pursuant  to the
foregoing  indemnity prior to an event described in (a) or (b),  hereof,  Tenant
shall repay such expenses promptly after the event specified).


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                                   ARTICLE 25

                               LANDLORD INSPECTION

     Tenant shall permit Landlord and its authorized representatives to inspect,
during normal  business  hours, at least once per quarter per Lease Year (a) the
respective  Leased  Properties  and, (b) upon one Business  Day's prior  Notice,
which Notice shall set forth a reasonable  cause for such  inspection,  Tenant's
books and records pertaining thereto (provided,  however, that upon any Event of
Default,  such  Notice  need not set  forth  any  cause  for  such  inspection).
Notwithstanding  the  foregoing,  Landlord  shall  have the  unlimited  right to
inspect any Leased Property,  upon  twenty-four (24) hours prior Notice,  if any
Leased  Property  is  determined  after a  second  inspection  or  review  by an
applicable governmental regulatory authority not to be in substantial compliance
with applicable laws, rules and regulations  which could result in a loss of the
Leased Property's operating  healthcare license,  payment of a material monetary
fine, penalty or judgment,  termination of a provider agreement,  restriction on
new patient  admissions or other material  decertification;  provided,  however,
Landlord  may  not  inspect  any  Leased  Property  during  the  period  that  a
governmental regulatory authority inspection or survey is being conducted at the
Leased Property.


                                   ARTICLE 26

                             [INTENTIONALLY OMITTED]


                                   ARTICLE 27

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                                   ARTICLE 28

                             ACCEPTANCE OF SURRENDER

     No  surrender  to Landlord  of this Lease or of the Leased  Property or any
part thereof,  or of any interest  therein,  shall be valid or effective  unless
specifically  agreed to and  accepted  in  writing  by  Landlord,  and no act by
Landlord or any representative or agent of Landlord,  other than such a specific
written  acceptance  by Landlord,  shall  constitute  an  acceptance of any such
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                                   ARTICLE 29

                          MERGER OF TITLE; PARTNERSHIP

     29.1 NO MERGER OF TITLE.  There  shall be no merger of this Lease or of the
leasehold  estate  created  thereby by reason of the fact that the same  person,
firm,  corporation  or  other  entity  may  acquire,  own or hold,  directly  or
indirectly, (a) the Lease or the leasehold estate created hereby or any interest
in the Lease or such  leasehold  estate,  and (b) the fee  estate in any  Leased
Property.

     29.2 NO  PARTNERSHIP.  Nothing  contained  in this Lease shall be deemed or
construed to create a partnership or joint venture  between  Landlord and Tenant
or to  cause  either  party  to be  responsible  in any  way for  the  debts  or
obligations  of the other or any other  party,  it being  the  intention  of the
parties that the only relationship hereunder is that of Landlord and Tenant.


                                   ARTICLE 30

                             CONVEYANCE BY LANDLORD

     If  Landlord  or any  successor  owner of any Leased  Property  conveys any
Leased Property in accordance with the terms hereof other than as security for a
debt,  Landlord or such successor  owner, as the case may be, shall thereupon be
released from all future  liabilities  and  obligations  of Landlord  under this
Lease  arising or accruing from and after the date of such  conveyance,  and all
such future  liabilities and obligations shall thereupon be binding upon the new
owner,  provided that the transferee gives Notice to Tenant that such transferee
has  received any funds in the hands of Landlord or the then grantor at the time
of the transfer in which Tenant has an interest.


                                   ARTICLE 31

                                 QUIET ENJOYMENT

     So long as Tenant pays all Rent as it becomes due and complies  with all of
the terms of the Lease and performs  its  obligations  thereunder,  Tenant shall
peaceably  and quietly have,  hold and enjoy the  respective  Leased  Properties
hereby  leased for the Term,  free of any claim or action by  Landlord or anyone
claiming by, through or under Landlord.


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                                   ARTICLE 32

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                                   ARTICLE 33

                                   APPRAISERS

     If it becomes  necessary to  determine  the Fair Rental Value of any of the
Leased  Properties  for any purpose of this  Lease,  Landlord  and Tenant  shall
attempt to agree upon a single appraiser to make such determination. If Landlord
and Tenant are unable to agree upon a single  appraiser  within thirty (30) days
thereafter, then the party required or permitted to give Notice of such required
determination  shall include in the Notice the name of a person  selected to act
as appraiser on its behalf. Within ten (10) days after such Notice, Landlord (or
Tenant, as the case may be) shall by Notice to Tenant (or Landlord,  as the case
may be) appoint a second person as appraiser on its behalf.  The appraisers thus
appointed,  each of whom  must be a member  of the  American  Institute  of Real
Estate  Appraisers (or any successor  organization  thereto) and  experienced in
appraising nursing home properties, shall, within forty-five (45) days after the
date of the Notice  appointing  the first  appraiser,  proceed to  appraise  the
applicable  Leased  Property to determine  the Fair Rental Value of it as of the
relevant date (giving  effect to the impact,  if any, of inflation from the date
of their decision to the relevant  date);  provided,  however,  that if only one
appraiser has been so appointed, or if two appraisers have been so appointed but
only one such  appraiser  has made such deter  mination  within  fifty (50) days
after the making of Tenant's or Landlord's  request,  then the  determination of
such  appraiser  shall be final and binding upon the parties.  If two appraisers
have been  appointed and have made their  determinations  within the  respective
requisite  periods set forth above and if the difference  between the amounts so
determined does not exceed ten percent (10%) of the lesser of such amounts, then
the Fair Rental Value shall be an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of the sum
of the  amounts  so  determined.  If  the  difference  between  the  amounts  so
determined  exceeds ten percent (10%) of the lesser of such  amounts,  then such
two appraisers shall have twenty (20) days to appoint a third  appraiser.  If no
such appraiser has been  appointed  within such twenty (20) day period or within
ninety  (90) days of the  original  request for a  determination  of Fair Rental
Value,  whichever is earlier,  either  Landlord or Tenant may apply to any court
having  jurisdiction to have such  appointment made by such court. Any appraiser
appointed by the original  appraisers  or by such court shall be  instructed  to
determine the Fair Rental Value within forty-five (45) days after appointment of
such appraiser.  The  determination of the appraiser which differs most in terms
of dollar amount from the  determinations  of the other two appraisers  shall be
excluded,  and the average of the sum of the remaining two determinations  shall
be final and binding  upon  Landlord  and Tenant as the Fair Rental Value of the
applicable  Leased  Property.  Any  such  appraisal  shall  conform  to  FDIC or
equivalent requirements and format.


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         This provision for determining the Fair Rental Value by appraisal shall
be  specifically  enforceable  to the  extent  such  remedy is  available  under
applicable law, and any determination  hereunder shall be final and binding upon
the parties and  judgment may be entered  upon such  determination  in any court
having  jurisdiction of the matter.  Landlord and Tenant shall each pay the fees
and  expenses of the  appraiser  appointed by it, and each shall pay one-half of
the fees and expenses of the third appraiser and one-half of all other costs and
expenses incurred in connection with each appraisal.


                                   ARTICLE 34

                           BREACH OF LEASE BY LANDLORD

     Landlord  shall not be in breach of this  Lease  unless  Landlord  fails to
observe or perform any term,  covenant or condition of this Lease on its part to
be performed  and such failure  continues for a period of thirty (30) days after
written  Notice  specifying  such failure and the necessary  curative  action is
received by Landlord  from Tenant.  If the failure  cannot with due diligence be
cured  within a period of thirty (30) days,  the failure  shall not be deemed to
continue if Landlord,  within said thirty (30) day period, proceeds promptly and
with due  diligence  to cure the failure  and  diligently  completes  the curing
thereof.  The time within  which  Landlord  shall be  obligated to cure any such
failure shall also be subject to extension of time due to the  occurrence of any
Unavoidable Delay.


                                   ARTICLE 35

             PERSONAL PROPERTY OPTION; TRANSFER OF FACILITY CONTROL

     35.1 LANDLORD'S OPTION TO PURCHASE TENANT'S PERSONAL PROPERTY. Landlord may
purchase Tenant's  Personal Property (other than proprietary  software and data)
at the  expiration or  termination of this Lease for an amount equal to the then
fair  market  value  thereof   (determined  in  accordance  with  the  appraisal
procedures  set forth in Article 33 hereof),  subject  to, and with  appropriate
credits for, any obligations owing from Tenant to Landlord and for all equipment
leases,  conditional sale contracts and any other encumbrances to which Tenant's
Personal Property is subject.  Landlord's option shall be exercised by Notice to
Tenant no more than one hundred  eighty  (180)  days,  nor less than ninety (90)
days,  before the  expiration of the Initial Term (or,  before the expiration of
the First Renewal Term or the Second  Renewal Term, as the case may be),  unless
this Lease is terminated  prior to its expiration date (a) by reason of an Event
of  Default,  in  which  event  Landlord's  option  shall  be  exercised  within
forty-five (45) days following the date of termination,  or (b) by reason of the
exercise by a Tenant of a right to terminate provided for herein in the event of
a Taking,  in which event Landlord's option shall be exercised within forty-five
(45) days following  Tenant's  exercise of such right.  Landlord's  option



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shall terminate upon Tenant's  purchase of the applicable  Leased  Property.  If
Landlord exercises its option,  Tenant shall, in exchange for Landlord's payment
of the purchase price, deliver Tenant's Personal Property to Landlord,  together
with a bill of sale and such other documents as Landlord may reasonably  request
in order to carry out the  purchase  of  Tenant's  Personal  Property,  and such
purchase  shall be closed by such  delivery  and such payment on the date set by
Landlord in its Notice of exercise.

     35.2  FACILITY  TRADE NAMES.  If this Lease is  terminated  by reason of an
Event of Default,  or if Landlord  purchases the Tenant's Personal Property with
respect to any Leased Property  pursuant to Section 35.1 hereof,  Landlord shall
be permitted to use the Facility Trade Names (except for the names "Integrated,"
"IHS" and variants  thereof) under which the applicable Leased Property conducts
business in the market in which the applicable  Facility is located,  and Tenant
shall not after any such  termination  use the Facility  Trade Names under which
the applicable  Leased Property  conducts business in any business that competes
with the applicable Leased Property.

     35.3  TRANSFER  OF  OPERATIONAL  CONTROL OF THE  FACILITIES.  Tenant  shall
cooperate in transferring  operational  control of the Facilities to Landlord or
Landlord's  nominee if the Term expires without  extension or renewal by Tenant,
or if this Lease is terminated upon the occurrence of an Event of Default or for
any other reason,  and shall use its best efforts,  (without  incurring material
cost or liability  except after Event of Default),  to accomplish  such transfer
with minimal disruption of the business conducted at each Facility. To that end,
pending  completion of the transfer of operational  control of the Facilities to
Landlord or its nominee,  Tenant agrees that during the period  beginning ninety
(90) days prior to the expiration of the Term of this Lease (or at any time upon
the occurrence of an Event of Default):

          (a) Tenant will not terminate the employment of any employees  without
     just cause,  or change any salaries (other than normal merit raises and the
     pre-announced wage increases of which Landlord has knowledge) or employment
     agreements  without  Landlord's  consent  other  than  customary  raises to
     non-officers  at  regular  review  dates,  and  will  not  hire  additional
     employees except in good faith in the ordinary course of business.

          (b)  Tenant  will  use its  best  efforts  to  provide  all  necessary
     information  requested by Landlord or its nominee for the  preparation  and
     filing  of any and  all  necessary  applications  or  notifications  of any
     federal or state governmental  authority having  jurisdiction over a change
     in the  operational  control of the  applicable  Facility,  and Tenant will
     cooperate  (without  incurring  material cost or liability  except after an
     Event of  Default),  to cause  the  operating  health  care  license  to be
     transferred to Landlord or Landlord's  nominee and will also cooperate with
     any healthcare  certification procedures required of Landlord or Landlord's
     nominee by applicable law.


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          (c) Tenant shall  continue to operate the business in accordance  with
     reasonable  and  standard  industry  practices  to keep  the  business  and
     organization of the applicable Facility intact and to preserve for Landlord
     or its nominee the goodwill of the suppliers,  distributors,  residents and
     others having business relations with Tenant with respect to the applicable
     Facility.

          (d) Tenant shall engage only in transactions or other  activities with
     respect to the applicable  Facility which are in the ordinary course of its
     business and shall perform all maintenance and repairs reasonably necessary
     to keep the applicable  Facility in  satisfactory  operating  condition and
     repair,  and shall maintain the supplies and foodstuffs at levels which are
     consistent and in compliance  with all health care  regulations,  and shall
     not sell or remove any personal  property  except in the ordinary course of
     business.

          (e) Tenant  shall  cooperate  fully with  Landlord  or its  nominee in
     supplying  any  information  that may be  reasonably  required to effect an
     orderly transfer of the applicable Facility.

          (f)  Tenant  shall  provide  Landlord  or its  nominee  with  full and
     complete information regarding the employees of the applicable Facility and
     shall  reimburse  Landlord  or its  nominee  for  all  outstanding  accrued
     employee  benefits,  including  accrued  vacation,  sick  and  holiday  pay
     calculated  on a true accrual  basis,  including  all earned and a prorated
     portion of all unearned benefits.

          (g) Tenant shall use its best  efforts,  (without  incurring  material
     cost  or  liability   except  after  Event  of  Default),   to  obtain  the
     acknowledgment  and the consent of any creditor,  Landlord or  sublandlord,
     mortgagee,  beneficiary of a deed of trust or security agreement  affecting
     the real and  personal  properties  of  Tenant  or any  other  party  whose
     acknowledgment  and/or consent would be required because of a change in the
     operational  control of the  applicable  Facility  and transfer of personal
     property.

     35.4 INTANGIBLES AND PERSONAL PROPERTY. Notwithstanding any other provision
of this  Lease,  but  subject to  Section  6.4 hereof  (relating  to  Landlord's
security interest),  Landlord's Personal Property shall not include goodwill, or
other intangible personal property severable from Landlord's  "interests in real
property"  within the meaning of Section  856(d) of the Code.  All of Landlord's
Personal Property is leased to Tenant pursuant to the terms hereof.


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                                   ARTICLE 36

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                                   ARTICLE 37

                                  MISCELLANEOUS

     37.1  NOTICES.  All notices,  consents or other  communications  under this
Lease must be in writing and  addressed to each party at its  respective  Notice
Addresses (or at any other address which the respective parties may designate by
notice given to the other party from time to time).  Any notice required by this
Lease to be given or made within a specified period of time, on or before a date
certain,  shall be deemed  given or made if sent by hand,  or by  registered  or
certified mail (return receipt requested and postage and registry fees prepaid).
Delivery  "by hand"  shall  include  delivery by  commercial  express or courier
service.  A notice sent by registered or certified mail shall be deemed given on
the date of receipt (or attempted  delivery if refused)  indicated on the return
receipt.  All other  notices  shall be deemed given when  actually  received.  A
notice may be given by a party or by its legal counsel.  The Notice Addresses of
the parties are as follows:

         If to Landlord:            Monarch Properties, LP
                                    8889 Pelican Bay Boulevard - Suite 501
                                    Naples, Florida  34108
                                    Attention:  John B. Poole
                                    Telephone No.:  (941) 596-3259
                                    Fax No.:  (941) 596-3266

         With a copy to:            LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae, L.L.P.
                                    125 West 55th Street
                                    New York, New York 10019-5389
                                    Attention: John R. Fallon, Jr., Esq.
                                    Telephone No.: (212) 424-8279
                                    Fax No.: (212) 424-8500

         If to Tenant:              Lyric Health Care Holdings III, Inc.
                                    10065 Red Run Boulevard
                                    Owings Mills, Maryland  21117
                                    Attention:  Daniel J. Booth
                                    Copy to:  Marshall A. Elkins, Esq.
                                    Telephone No.:  (410) 998-8768
                                    Fax No.:  (410) 998-8695


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     37.2 SURVIVAL,  CHOICE OF LAW. TENANT'S  OBLIGATIONS UNDER THIS LEASE SHALL
SURVIVE THE EXPIRATION OR EARLIER TERMINATION OF THE TERM. AT LANDLORD'S OPTION,
THIS LEASE SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED EITHER (A) UNDER THE LAW OF THE STATE
OF NEW YORK OR, (B) IN ANY PARTICULAR CASE, THE LAW OF THE STATE IN WHICH ANY OF
THE FACILITIES IS LOCATED,  IN ANY SUCH CASE WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO PRINCIPLES
OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS. TENANT IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS TO JURISDICTION IN ANY STATE IN
WHICH ANY  FACILITY  IS LOCATED  (AND  AGREES  THAT  SERVICE  OF PROCESS  MAY BE
EFFECTED  UPON  TENANT  UNDER  ANY  METHOD  PERMISSIBLE  UNDER  THE  LAWS OF THE
RESPECTIVE STATE IN WHICH LANDLORD COMMENCES A PROCEEDING AND IRREVOCABLY WAIVES
ANY OBJECTION TO VENUE IN THE STATE AND FEDERAL COURTS OF ANY SUCH STATE).

     37.3 LIMITATION ON RECOVERY.  Tenant  specifically agrees to look solely to
Landlord's  interest  in the  Leased  Property  leased by it,  the net  proceeds
received by Landlord from the sale or any financing or refinancing of the Leased
Property  leased by it, any funds  deposited by Tenant  pursuant to Section 12.2
hereof and any Net Proceeds for recovery of any judgment  against  Landlord,  it
being  specifically  agreed  that no  partner,  manager,  shareholder,  officer,
director,  or employee of Landlord shall ever be personally  liable for any such
judgment or for the payment of any monetary  obligation to Tenant.  Furthermore,
Landlord  (original  or  successor)  shall not ever be liable to Tenant  for any
indirect or consequential damages suffered by Tenant from whatever cause.

     37.4 WAIVERS.  Tenant  waives all  presentments,  demands for  performance,
notices of nonperformance,  protests,  notices of protest,  notices of dishonor,
and notices of acceptance, and waives all notices of the existence, creation, or
incurring of new or additional obligations.

     37.5  CONSENTS.  Whenever  the  consent or approval of Landlord is required
hereunder,  Landlord may in its sole discretion and without reason withhold that
consent or approval  unless a provision of this Lease  expressly  requires  that
Landlord be  reasonable  in not  withholding  or delaying  consent or  otherwise
provides to the contrary.

     37.6  COUNTERPARTS.  This  Lease may be  executed  (a) in  counterparts,  a
complete  set  of  which  together  shall  constitute  an  original  and  (b) in
duplicates,  each of which shall  constitute  an original.  Copies of this Lease
showing  the  signatures  of  the  respective   parties,   whether  produced  by
photographic,  digital,  computer,  or other  reproduction,  may be used for all
purposes as originals.

     37.7  OPTIONS  FOLLOW  LEASE.  The renewal  options  and any other  options
granted to Tenant in this Lease are not  assignable or  transferrable  except in
connection with a permitted transfer or assignment of this Lease. Any attempt to
assign or  transfer  such  options  otherwise  shall be void and of no force and
effect.


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     37.8 RIGHTS  CUMULATIVE.  Except as provided  herein to the  contrary,  the
respective  rights and remedies of the parties  specified in this Lease shall be
cumulative  and in addition to any rights and  remedies  not  specified  in this
Lease.

     37.9  ENTIRE  AGREEMENT.  There  are  no  oral  or  written  agreements  or
representations  between the parties  hereto  affecting  this Lease.  This Lease
supersedes  and  cancels  any  and  all  previous  negotiations,   arrangements,
representations,  brochures,  agreements  and  understandings,  if any,  between
Landlord and Tenant.

     37.10  AMENDMENTS IN WRITING.  Neither this Lease nor any provision  hereof
may be changed,  waived,  discharged  or  terminated  except by an instrument in
writing signed by Landlord and Tenant

     37.11  SEVERABILITY.  If any provision of this Lease or the  application of
such  provision  to any  person,  entity or  circumstance  is found  invalid  or
unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, such determination shall not
affect the other provisions of this Lease and all other provisions of this Lease
shall be deemed valid and enforceable.

     37.12  SUCCESSORS.  The term "Landlord" shall mean only the owner or owners
at the time in question of fee title in the respective  Leased  Properties.  All
rights and  obligations  of Landlord and Tenant under this Lease shall extend to
and bind the  respective  heirs,  executors,  administrators  and the  permitted
concessionaires, successors, subtenants and assignees of the parties.

     37.13 LATE  CHARGES.  If any late charges  provided for in any provision of
this  Lease are based upon a rate in excess of the  maximum  rate  permitted  by
applicable  law,  the  parties  agree  that such  charges  shall be fixed at the
maximum permissible rate.

     37.14  BINDING  EFFECT.  This  Lease  (and all terms  thereof,  whether  so
expressed or not),  shall be binding upon the respective  permitted  successors,
assigns and legal  representatives of the parties and shall inure to the benefit
of and be enforceable by the parties and their respective permitted  successors,
assigns and legal representatives.

     37.15 EXHIBITS AND SCHEDULES.  The Exhibits and Schedules  attached  hereto
are (and shall be deemed) parts of this Lease.

     37.16 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL.  IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN CONNECTION WITH
THIS LEASE,  EACH OF  LANDLORD  AND TENANT  HEREBY  WAIVES THE RIGHT TO TRIAL BY
JURY.

     37.17  MEMORANDUM OF LEASE.  Landlord and Tenant  shall,  promptly upon the
request of either, enter into a short form Memorandum of Lease, in form suitable
for recording under the



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laws of the applicable  State in which reference to this Lease,  and all options
contained  therein,  shall be made.  Tenant  shall pay all costs and expenses of
recording such Memorandum of Lease.

     37.18 ADDITIONAL TENANT OBLIGATIONS. Tenant and the Facility Subtenants (a)
hereby make the  representations  and  warranties  and shall take all reasonable
measures  to assure that such  representations  and  warranties  remain true and
correct  at all times  during the term of the Loan  Facility,  (b) shall pay the
charges,  fees,  costs and expenses during the term of the Loan Facility and (c)
shall perform the covenants,  duties and obligations during the term of the Loan
Facility,  all as set forth on Exhibit G hereto and as required therein,  unless
Landlord otherwise consents in writing; provided,  however, that in the event of
a refinance, amendment, modification or supplement of the Loan Facility (a "Loan
Facility  Refinance")  evidenced by a note,  Tenant and the Facility  Subtenants
shall (i) make such representations and warranties, (ii) pay such charges, fees,
costs and expenses  and (iii)  perform and observe  such  covenants,  duties and
obligations  which are required by the  instruments  evidencing  the security or
pertaining  to  such  Loan  Facility  Refinance,  providing  they  are  no  more
burdensome than those relating to the Loan Facility.


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     IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the parties have  executed this Master Lease by their
duly authorized officers as of the date first above written.

                                      MONARCH PROPERTIES, LP

                                      By: MP Operating, LLC, its General Partner

                                           By: MP Operating, Inc., its Manager

                                           By:                            (Seal)
                                              ----------------------------
                                           Name:  Douglas Listman
                                                --------------------------
                                           Title: Chief Financial Officer
                                                 -------------------------

                                      LYRIC HEALTH CARE HOLDINGS III, INC.

                                      By:                            (Seal)
                                         ----------------------------
                                      Name:  Daniel J. Booth
                                           --------------------------
                                      Title: Senior Vice President
                                            -------------------------



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                        LIST OF EXHIBITS TO MASTER LEASE


EXHIBIT A                 Facilities (Leased Properties); Facility Subtenants;
                          Land

EXHIBIT B                 Facility Lease Expiration Dates; Facility Renewal
                          Terms; Allocation of Base Rent

EXHIBIT C                 Cash Flow to Debt Service Requirement

EXHIBIT D                 Form of Estoppel Certificate

EXHIBIT E                 Initial Facility Subleases

EXHIBIT F                 Facility Purchase Prices

EXHIBIT G                 Additional Tenant Obligations

EXHIBIT H                 List of Engineering Firms

EXHIBIT I                 Landlord Wiring Instructions





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                                    EXHIBIT A

            FACILITIES (LEASED PROPERTIES); FACILITY SUBTENANTS; LAND
            ---------------------------------------------------------

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
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FACILITY NAME                      ADDRESS                                   BEDS      SUBTENANT NAME                     STATE OF
                                                                                                                      INCORPORATION
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<S>                                <C>                                       <C>       <C>                            <C>
Integrated Health Services         3625 Parkmoor Village                     155       Integrated Health              Delaware
of Colorado Springs                Colorado Springs, Colorado 80917                    Services at Colorado
                                   719-550-0200                                        Springs, Inc.
                                   719-637-0756 (fax)
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Horizon Healthcare &               1350 S. Nova Road                         158       IHS Acquisition No.            Delaware
Specialty Center                   Daytona Beach, Florida 32114                        103, Inc.
(HHC- Daytona)                     904-258-5544
                                   904-255-5623 (fax)
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Integrated Health Services         3663 15th Avenue                          110       Integrated Health              Delaware
of Vero Beach                      Vero Beach, Florida 32960                           Services at Central
                                   561-567-2552                                        Florida, Inc.
                                   561-567-8929 (fax)
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Integrated Health Services         919 Old Winter Haven Road                 120       Briar Hill, Inc.               Florida
of Florida at Auburndale           Auburndale, Florida 33823
                                   941-967-4125
                                   941-551-9407 (fax)
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Integrated Health Services         2055 Palmetto Street                      150       Bethamy Living Center,         Florida
of Florida at Clearwater           Clearwater, Florida 34625                           Limited Partnership
                                   813-461-6613
                                   813-442-2839 (fax)
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Integrated Health Services         703 South 29th Street                     107       Integrated Health              Delaware
of Florida at Fort Pierce          Fort Pierce, Florida 34947                          Services at Central
                                   561-466-3322                                        Florida, Inc.
                                   561-466-8057 (fax)
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Integrated Health Services         1000 Briarcliff Road                      128       Integrated Health              Georgia
of Atlanta at Briarcliff           Atlanta, Georgia 30306                              Services at Briarcliff
Haven                              404-875-6456                                        Haven, Inc.
                                   404-874-4604 (fax)
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Lynwood Manor                      730 Kimole Lane                           99        IHS Acquisition No.            Delaware
                                   Adrian, Michigan 49221                              114, Inc.
                                   517-263-6771
                                   517-265-8599 (fax)
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</TABLE>


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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FACILITY NAME                      ADDRESS                                   BEDS      SUBTENANT NAME                     STATE OF
                                                                                                                      INCORPORATION
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                <C>                                       <C>       <C>                            <C>
Integrated Health Services         110 Highland Ave.                         176       Cedarcroft Health              Pennsylvania
of St. Louis at Big Bend           Valley Park, Missouri 63088                         Services, Inc.
Woods                              314-225-5144
                                   314-225-8427 (fax)
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Integrated Health Services         191 Hackett Hill Road                     68        Manchester Integrated          Pennsylvania
of New Hampshire at                Manchester, New Hampshire                           Health, Inc.
Manchester                         03102
                                   603-668-8161
                                   603-622-2584 (fax)
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Ruidoso Care Center                5th & D Street                            73        IHS Acquisition No.            Delaware
                                   Ruidoso, New Mexico                                 121, Inc.
                                   505-257-9071
                                   505-257-3101 (fax)
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Meadowview Care Center             76 High Street                            100       IHS Acquisition No.            Delaware
                                   Seville, Ohio 44273                                 125, Inc.
                                   330-769-2015
                                   330-769-3790 (fax)
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Washington Square                  202 Washington St. NW                     96        IHS Acquisition No.            Delaware
                                   Warren, Ohio 44483                                  124, Inc.
                                   330-399-8997
                                   330-393-5889 (fax)
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HSH - Midwest City                 8200 National Avenue                      31        IHS Acquisition No.            Delaware
                                   Midwest City, Oklahoma 73110                        168, Inc.
                                   405-739-0800
                                   405-739-6480 (fax)
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Midwest City Nursing               8200 National Avenue                      106       IHS Acquisition No.            Delaware
                                   Midwest City, Oklahoma 73110                        127, Inc.
                                   405-737-8200
                                   405-736-1227 (fax)
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Integrated Health Services         9209 Ridge Pike                           244       Rest Haven Nursing             Pennsylvania
at Whitemarsh                      Whitemarsh, Pennsylvania 19128                      Center (Whitemarsh),
                                   610-825-6560                                        Inc.
                                   610-941-9524 (fax)
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Amarillo Specialty Hospital        5601 Plum Creek Drive                     30        Integrated of Amarillo,        Texas
                                   Amarillo, Texas 79124                               Inc.
                                   806-351-1000
                                   806-355-9650 (fax)
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
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FACILITY NAME                      ADDRESS                                   BEDS      SUBTENANT NAME                     STATE OF
                                                                                                                      INCORPORATION
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                <C>                                       <C>       <C>                            <C>
Doctors Healthcare Center          9009 White Rock Trail                     325       IHS Acquisition No.            Delaware
                                   Dallas, Texas                                       128, Inc.
                                   214-348-8100
                                   214-343-3865 (fax)
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Harbor View  Care Center           1314 Third Street                         116       IHS Acquisition No.            Delaware
                                   Corpus Christi, Texas 78401                         140, Inc.
                                   (Nueces County)
                                   512-888-5511
                                   512-888-6267 (fax)
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Heritage Estates                   201 Sycamore School Road                  152       IHS Acquisition No.            Delaware
                                   Ft. Worth, Texas 76134                              134, Inc.
                                   (Tarrant County)
                                   817-293-7610
                                   817-293-5766 (fax)
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Heritage Gardens                   2135 North Denton Drive                   150       IHS Acquisition No.            Delaware
                                   Carrollton, Texas 75006                             132, Inc.
                                   214-242-0666
                                   214-323-9279 (fax)
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Heritage Manor Longview            112 Ruthlynn Drive                        150       IHS Acquisition No.            Delaware
                                   Longview, Texas 75601                               138, Inc.
                                   (Gregg County)
                                   903-753-8611
                                   903-758-4026 (fax)
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Heritage Manor Plano               1621 Coit Rd.                             186       IHS Acquisition No.            Delaware
                                   Plano, Texas 75075                                  129, Inc.
                                   214-596-7930
                                   214-867-6798 (fax)
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Heritage Place of Grand            820 Small Street                          166       IHS Acquisition No.            Delaware
Prairie                            Grand Prairie, Texas 75050                          133, Inc.
                                   214-262-1351
                                   214-642-8056 (fax)
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Horizon Healthcare -El             2301 N. Oregon Street.                    182       IHS Acquisition No.            Delaware
Paso                               El Paso, Texas 79902                                131, Inc.
                                   915-532-8941
                                   915-545-5050 (fax)
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
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FACILITY NAME                      ADDRESS                                   BEDS      SUBTENANT NAME                     STATE OF
                                                                                                                      INCORPORATION
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                <C>                                       <C>       <C>                            <C>
HSH- Corpus Christi                1310 Third Street                         31        IHS Acquisition No.            Delaware
                                   Corpus Christi, Texas 78401                         170, Inc.
                                   (Nueces County)
                                   512-888-5511
                                   512-888-6267 (fax)
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HSH- El Paso                       2311 N. Oregon Street                     31        IHS Acquisition No.            Delaware
                                   El Paso, Texas 79902                                171, Inc.
                                   915-545-1823
                                   915-545-6378 (fax)
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Integrated Health Services         5601 Plum Creek Drive                     120       Integrated of Amarillo,        Texas
of Amarillo                        Amarillo, Texas 79124                               Inc.
                                   806-351-1000
                                   806-355-9650 (fax)
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Mountain View Place                1600 Murchison Road                       187       Integrated Health              Delaware
                                   El Paso, Texas  79902                               Services at Hanover
                                   915-544-2002                                        House, Inc.
                                   915-544-0696 (fax)
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Parkwood Place                     300 N. Bynum                              157       IHS Acquisition No.            Delaware
                                   Lufkin, Texas 75904                                 139, Inc.
                                   409-637-7215
                                   409-637-2368 (fax)
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Plano Specialty Hospital           1621 Coit Road                            30        IHS Acquisition No.            Delaware
(HSH- Plano)                       Plano, Texas 75075                                  174, Inc.
                                   214-596-7930
                                   214-867-6788 (fax)
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Silver Springs Nursing and         12350 Wood Bayou Drive                    150       IHS Acquisition No.            Delaware
Rehabilitation Center              Houston, Texas 77013                                136, Inc.
                                   (Harris County)
                                   713-453-0446
                                   713-450-3037 (fax)
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                                    EXHIBIT B

                        FACILITY LEASE EXPIRATION DATES;
                 FACILITY RENEWAL TERMS; ALLOCATION OF BASE RENT
                 -----------------------------------------------

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FACILITY NAME                      BASE RENT     COMMENCEMENT            EXPIRATION             LEASE TERM      NUMBER     LENGTH
                                                 DATE                    DATE                                   OF         OF
                                                                                                                RENEWAL    RENEWALS
                                                                                                                TERMS
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                <C>           <C>                     <C>                        <C>           <C>        <C>
Integrated Health Services of      $622,688      January 1, 1999         December 31, 2008          10            3          5
Colorado Springs
Horizon Healthcare & Specialty     $501,188      January 1, 1999         December 31, 2008          10            3          5
Center
Integrated Health Services of      $372,094      January 1, 1999         December 31, 2008          10            3          5
Vero Beach
Integrated Health Services of      $561,938      January 1, 1999         December 31, 2008          10            3          5
Florida at Auburndale
Integrated Health Services of      $782,156      January 1, 1999         December 31, 2008          10            3          5
Florida at Clearwater
Integrated Health Services of      $280,968      January 1, 1999         December 31, 2008          10            3          5
Florida at Fort Pierce
Integrated Health Services of      $539,136      January 1, 1999         December 31, 2008          10            3          5
Atlanta at Briarcliff Haven
Lynwood Manor                      $349,312      January 1, 1999         December 31, 2008          10            3          5
Integrated Health Services of St.  $379,687      January 1, 1999         December 31, 2008          10            3          5
Louis at Big Bend Woods
- ------------------------------------- ------------------ ---------------------------- -------------------------  -------------------

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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FACILITY NAME                      BASE RENT     COMMENCEMENT            EXPIRATION             LEASE TERM      NUMBER     LENGTH
                                                 DATE                    DATE                                   OF         OF
                                                                                                                RENEWAL    RENEWALS
                                                                                                                TERMS
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                <C>           <C>                     <C>                        <C>           <C>        <C>
Integrated Health Services of New    $243,000    January 1, 1999         December 31, 2008          10            3          5
Hampshire at Manchester
Ruidoso Care Center                  $159,468    January 1, 1999         December 31, 2008          10            3          5
Meadowview Care Center               $410,063    January 1, 1999         December 31, 2008          10            3          5
Washington Square                    $243,000    January 1, 1999         December 31, 2008          10            3          5
HSH - Midwest City                   $136,688    January 1, 1999         December 31, 2008          10            3          5
Midwest City Nursing                 $303,750    January 1, 1999         December 31, 2008          10            3          5
Integrated Health Services at        $934,031    January 1, 1999         December 31, 2008          10            3          5
Whitemarsh
Amarillo Specialty Hospital          $174,656    January 1, 1999         December 31, 2008          10            3          5
Doctors Healthcare Center          $1,215,000    January 1, 1999         December 31, 2008          10            3          5
Harbor View Care Center              $303,750    January 1, 1999         December 31, 2008          10            3          5
Heritage Estates                     $561,938    January 1, 1999         December 31, 2008          10            3          5
Heritage Gardens                     $455,625    January 1, 1999         December 31, 2008          10            3          5
Heritage Manor Longview              $273,375    January 1, 1999         December 31, 2008          10            3          5
Heritage Manor Plano               $1,063,125    January 1, 1999         December 31, 2008          10            3          5
Heritage Place of Grand Prarie       $463,219    January 1, 1999         December 31, 2008          10            3          5
Horizon Healthcare - El Paso         $265,781    January 1, 1999         December 31, 2008          10            3          5

</TABLE>




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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FACILITY NAME                      BASE RENT     COMMENCEMENT            EXPIRATION             LEASE TERM      NUMBER     LENGTH
                                                 DATE                    DATE                                   OF         OF
                                                                                                                RENEWAL    RENEWALS
                                                                                                                TERMS
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                <C>           <C>                     <C>                        <C>           <C>        <C>
HSH - Corpus Christi                  $235,406   January 1, 1999         December 31, 2008          10            3          5
HSH - El Paso                         $303,750   January 1, 1999         December 31, 2008          10            3          5

Integrated Health Services of         $311,344   January 1, 1999         December 31, 2008          10            3          5
Amarillo
Mountain View Place                   $546,750   January 1, 1999         December 31, 2008          10            3          5
Parkwood Place                        $296,156   January 1, 1999         December 31, 2008          10            3          5
Plano Specialty Hospital              $288,563   January 1, 1999         December 31, 2008          10            3          5
Silver Springs Nursing and            $394,875   January 1, 1999         December 31, 2008          10            3          5
Rehabilitation Center
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TOTAL                              $13,972,500
- -------------------------------------------------
</TABLE>




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                                    EXHIBIT C

                      CASH FLOW TO DEBT SERVICE REQUIREMENT
                      -------------------------------------

         TEST                              COVERAGE
         DATE                               RATIO
         ----                              --------

         31-Mar-99                            1.25
         30-Jun-99                            1.30
         30-Sep-99                            1.30
         31-Dec-99                            1.35

         31-Mar-00                            1.35
         30-Jun-00                            1.40
         30-Sep-00                            1.40
         31-Dec-00                            1.45

         31-Mar-01                            1.45
         30-Jun-01                            1.50
         30-Sep-01                            1.50
         Thru Term                            1.50



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                                    EXHIBIT D

                          FORM OF ESTOPPEL CERTIFICATE
                          ----------------------------

     The  undersigned,   Lyric  Health  Care  Holdings  III,  Inc.,  a  Delaware
corporation  ("Tenant") under that certain Master Lease (the "Lease"),  dated as
of December 31, 1998, and made with Monarch Properties, LP ("Landlord"),  hereby
certifies:

     1. That it is the Tenant under the Lease; that attached hereto as Exhibit A
is a true and  correct  copy of the Lease;  that said Lease is now in full force
and effect and has not been amended, modified or assigned except as disclosed or
included  in  Exhibit A; and that said Lease  constitutes  the entire  agreement
between Landlord and Tenant.

     2. That to the  undersigned's  knowledge there exist no defenses or offsets
to enforcement of the Lease; that to the  undersigned's  knowledge there are, as
of the  date  hereof,  no  breaches  or  uncured  defaults  on the  part  of the
undersigned or, to the undersigned's  knowledge,  on the part of the other party
to the Lease;  and that the  undersigned has no notice or knowledge of any prior
assignment,  hypothecation,  subletting  or other  transfer of the other party's
interest in the Lease, except .

     3.  That the Base  Rent for the  current  Lease  Year  under  the  Lease is
$_______.  [That the Earn Out Rent for the current Lease Year under the Lease is
$_____.] All Rent which is due prior to the date hereof has been paid, and there
are no unpaid Additional  Charges owing to or by the undersigned under the Lease
as of the date hereof.  No Base Rent [, Earn Out Rent] or other items (including
without  limitation  any  impound  account  or  funds)  have  been  paid  by the
undersigned in advance under the Lease and the monthly  installment of Base Rent
[and Earn Out Rent] that became due on ___________, 19__.

     4. That the  undersigned  has no claim against the other party to the Lease
for any impound  account or prepaid  Rent  except as provided in  paragraph 3 of
this Certificate.

     5. That there are no  actions,  whether  voluntary  or  otherwise,  pending
against the  undersigned  under the bankruptcy  laws of the United States or any
State thereof,  nor has the  undersigned  nor, to the best of the  undersigned's
knowledge  has the  other  party to the  Lease  begun  any  action,  or given or
received any notice for the purpose of termination of the Lease.

     6. That to the undersigned's  knowledge,  there are, as of the date hereof,
no breaches or uncured  defaults on the part of the undersigned  under any other
agreement executed in connection with the Lease.


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     7. This  Estoppel  Certificate  has been  requested for the benefit of (the
"Relying Party"). The Relying Party is entitled to rely on the statements of the
undersigned contained in this Certificate.

     8, All capitalized  terms used herein and not defined herein shall have the
meanings for such terms set forth in the Lease.

Dated:  _____________, 19__                 LYRIC HEALTH CARE HOLDINGS III, INC.

                                            By:                           (Seal)
                                               ---------------------------
                                            Name:
                                                 -------------------------
                                            Title:
                                                  ------------------------





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                                    EXHIBIT E

                           INITIAL FACILITY SUBLEASES
                           --------------------------

1.   Facility Sublease, dated as of December 31, 1998, between Integrated Health
     Services at Colorado Springs, Inc. and Lyric Health Care Holdings III, Inc.

2.   Facility  Sublease,  dated as of December 31, 1998, between IHS Acquisition
     No. 103, Inc. and Lyric Health Care Holdings III, Inc.

3.   Facility Sublease, dated as of December 31, 1998, between Integrated Health
     Services at Central Florida, Inc. and Lyric Health Care Holdings III, Inc.

4.   Facility Sublease,  dated as of December 31, 1998, between Briar Hill, Inc.
     and Lyric Health Care Holdings III, Inc.

5.   Facility  Sublease,  dated as of December 31, 1998,  between Bethamy Living
     Center Limited Partnership and Lyric Health Care Holdings III, Inc.

6.   Facility Sublease, dated as of December 31, 1998, between Integrated Health
     Services at Central Florida, Inc. and Lyric Health Care Holdings III, Inc.

7.   Facility Sublease, dated as of December 31, 1998, between Integrated Health
     Services at Briarcliff Haven, Inc. and Lyric Health Care Holdings III, Inc.

8.   Facility  Sublease,  dated as of December 31, 1998, between IHS Acquisition
     No. 114, Inc. and Lyric Health Care Holdings III, Inc.

9.   Facility Sublease, dated as of December 31, 1998, between Cedarcroft Health
     Services, Inc. and Lyric Health Care Holdings III, Inc.

10.  Facility  Sublease,  dated as of  December  31,  1998,  between  Manchester
     Integrated Health, Inc. and Lyric Health Care Holdings III, Inc.

11.  Facility  Sublease,  dated as of December 31, 1998, between IHS Acquisition
     No. 121, Inc. and Lyric Health Care Holdings III, Inc.

12.  Facility  Sublease,  dated as of December 31, 1998, between IHS Acquisition
     No. 125, Inc. and Lyric Health Care Holdings III, Inc.


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13.  Facility  Sublease,  dated as of December 31, 1998, between IHS Acquisition
     No. 124, Inc. and Lyric Health Care Holdings III, Inc.

14.  Facility  Sublease,  dated as of December 31, 1998, between IHS Acquisition
     No. 168, Inc. and Lyric Health Care Holdings III, Inc.

15.  Facility  Sublease,  dated as of December 31, 1998, between IHS Acquisition
     No. 127, Inc. and Lyric Health Care Holdings III, Inc.

16.  Facility  Sublease,  dated as of  December  31,  1998,  between  Rest Haven
     Nursing Center (Whitemarsh), Inc. and Lyric Health Care Holdings III, Inc.

17.  Facility  Sublease,  dated as of December 31, 1998,  between  Integrated of
     Amarillo, Inc. and Lyric Health Care Holdings III, Inc.

18.  Facility  Sublease,  dated as of December 31, 1998, between IHS Acquisition
     No. 128, Inc. and Lyric Health Care Holdings III, Inc.

19.  Facility  Sublease,  dated as of December 31, 1998, between IHS Acquisition
     No. 140, Inc. and Lyric Health Care Holdings III, Inc.

20.  Facility  Sublease,  dated as of December 31, 1998, between IHS Acquisition
     No. 134, Inc. and Lyric Health Care Holdings III, Inc.

21.  Facility  Sublease,  dated as of December 31, 1998, between IHS Acquisition
     No. 132, Inc. and Lyric Health Care Holdings III, Inc.

22.  Facility  Sublease,  dated as of December 31, 1998, between IHS Acquisition
     No. 138, Inc. and Lyric Health Care Holdings III, Inc.

23.  Facility  Sublease,  dated as of December 31, 1998, between IHS Acquisition
     No. 129, Inc. and Lyric Health Care Holdings III, Inc.

24.  Facility  Sublease,  dated as of December 31, 1998, between IHS Acquisition
     No. 133, Inc. and Lyric Health Care Holdings III, Inc.

25.  Facility  Sublease,  dated as of December 31, 1998, between IHS Acquisition
     No. 131, Inc. and Lyric Health Care Holdings III, Inc.

26.  Facility  Sublease,  dated as of December 31, 1998, between IHS Acquisition
     No. 170, Inc. and Lyric Health Care Holdings III, Inc.


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27.  Facility  Sublease,  dated as of December 31, 1998, between IHS Acquisition
     No. 171, Inc. and Lyric Health Care Holdings III, Inc.

28.  Facility  Sublease,  dated as of December 31, 1998,  between  Integrated of
     Amarillo, Inc. and Lyric Health Care Holdings III, Inc.

29.  Facility Sublease, dated as of December 31, 1998, between Integrated Health
     Services at Hanover House, Inc. and Lyric Health Care Holdings III, Inc.

30.  Facility  Sublease,  dated as of December 31, 1998, between IHS Acquisition
     No. 139, Inc. and Lyric Health Care Holdings III, Inc.

31.  Facility  Sublease,  dated as of December 31, 1998, between IHS Acquisition
     No. 174, Inc. and Lyric Health Care Holdings III, Inc.

32.  Facility  Sublease,  dated as of December 31, 1998, between IHS Acquisition
     No. 136, Inc. and Lyric Health Care Holdings III, Inc.




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                                    EXHIBIT F

                            FACILITY PURCHASE PRICES
                            ------------------------

1.   Seller: Integrated Health Services at Colorado Springs, Inc.
     Facility:  Integrated  Health  Services  of  Colorado  Springs --  Colorado
          Springs, Colorado
     Purchase Price:  $8,200,000

2.   Seller: IHS Acquisition No. 103, Inc.
     Facility: Horizon Healthcare & Specialty Center -- Daytona Beach, Florida
     Purchase Price:  $6,600,000

3.   Seller: Integrated Health Services at Central Florida, Inc.
     Facility: Integrated Health Services of Vero Beach -- Vero Beach, Florida
     Purchase Price:  $4,900,000

     Facility:  Integrated  Health  Services  of Florida at Fort  Pierce -- Fort
          Pierce, Florida
     Purchase Price:  $3,700,000

4.   Seller: Briar Hill, Inc.
     Facility:   Integrated   Health   Services  of  Florida  at  Auburndale  --
          Auburndale, Florida
     Purchase Price:  $7,400,000

5.   Seller: Bethamy Living Center Limited Partnership
     Facility:   Integrated   Health   Services  of  Florida  at  Clearwater  --
          Clearwater, Florida
     Purchase Price:  $10,300,000

6.   Seller: Integrated Health Services at Briarcliff Haven, Inc.
     Facility:  Integrated  Health  Services of Atlanta at  Briarcliff  Haven --
          Atlanta, Georgia
     Purchase Price:  $7,100,000

7.   Seller: IHS Acquisition No. 114, Inc.
     Facility: Lynwood Manor -- Adrian, Michigan
     Purchase Price:  $4,600,000

8.   Seller: Cedarcroft Health Services, Inc.
     Facility:  Integrated  Health  Services  of St.  Louis at Big Bend Woods --
          Valley Park, Missouri
     Purchase Price:  $5,000,000



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9.   Seller: Manchester Integrated Health, Inc.
     Facility:  Integrated  Health  Services of New  Hampshire at  Manchester --
          Manchester, New Hampshire
     Purchase Price: $3,200,000

10.  Seller: IHS Acquisition No. 121, Inc.
     Facility: Ruidoso Care Center -- Ruidoso, New Mexico
     Purchase Price:  $2,100,000

11.  Seller: IHS Acquisition No. 125, Inc.
     Facility: Meadowview Care Center -- Seville, Ohio
     Purchase Price:  $5,400,000

12.  Seller: IHS Acquisition No. 124, Inc.
     Facility: Washington Square -- Warren, Ohio
     Purchase Price:  $3,200,000

13.  Seller: IHS Acquisition No. 168, Inc.
     Facility: HSH - Midwest City -- Midwest City, Oklahoma
     Purchase Price:  $1,800,000

14.  Seller: IHS Acquisition No. 127, Inc.
     Facility: Midwest City Nursing -- Midwest City, Oklahoma
     Purchase Price:  $4,000,000

15.  Seller: Rest Haven Nursing Center (Whitemarsh), Inc.
     Facility:   Integrated   Health   Services  at  Whitemarsh  --  Whitemarsh,
          Pennsylvania
     Purchase Price: $12,300,000

16.  Seller: Integrated of Amarillo, Inc.
     Facility: Amarillo Specialty Hospital -- Amarillo, Texas
     Purchase Price:  $2,300,000

     Facility: Integrated Health Services of Amarillo -- Amarillo, Texas
     Purchase Price:  $4,400,000

17.  Seller: IHS Acquisition No. 128, Inc.
     Facility: Doctors Healthcare Center -- Dallas, Texas
     Purchase Price:  $16,000,000



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18.  Seller: IHS Acquisition No. 140, Inc.
     Facility: Harbor View Care Center -- Corpus Christi, Texas
     Purchase Price:  $4,000,000

19.  Seller: IHS Acquisition No. 134, Inc.
     Facility: Heritage Estates -- Ft. Worth, Texas
     Purchase Price:  $7,400,000

20.  Seller: IHS Acquisition No. 132, Inc.
     Facility: Heritage Gardens -- Carrollton, Texas
     Purchase Price:  $6,000,000

21.  Seller: IHS Acquisition No. 138, Inc.
     Facility: Heritage Manor Longview -- Longview, Texas
     Purchase Price:  $3,600,000

22.  Seller: IHS Acquisition No. 129, Inc.
     Facility: Heritage Manor Plano -- Plano, Texas
     Purchase Price:  $14,000,000

23.  Seller: IHS Acquisition No. 133, Inc.
     Facility: Heritage Place of Grand Prairie -- Grand Prairie, Texas
     Purchase Price:  $6,100,000

24.  Seller: IHS Acquisition No. 131, Inc.
     Facility: Horizon Health Care - El Paso -- El Paso, Texas
     Purchase Price:  $3,500,000

25.  Seller: IHS Acquisition No. 170, Inc.
     Facility: HSH - Corpus Christi
     Purchase Price:  $3,100,000

26.  Seller: IHS Acquisition No. 171, Inc.
     Facility: HSH - El Paso
     Purchase Price:  $4,000,000

27.  Seller: Integrated Health Services at Hanover House, Inc.
     Facility: Mountain View Place
     Purchase Price:  $7,200,000



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28.  Seller: IHS Acquisition No. 139, Inc.
     Facility: Parkwood Place -- Justin, Texas
     Purchase Price:  $3,900,000

29.  Seller: IHS Acquisition No. 174, Inc.
     Facility: Plano Specialty Hospital (HSH - Plano) -- Plano, Texas
     Purchase Price:  $3,800,000

30.  Seller: IHS Acquisition No. 136, Inc.
     Facility:  Silver  Springs  Nursing and  Rehabilitation  Center -- Houston,
          Texas
     Purchase Price:  $5,200,000

SUMMARY:

Facilities           =       32
Beds                 =       4084
Purchase Price       =       $184,300,000




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                                    EXHIBIT G

                          ADDITIONAL TENANT OBLIGATIONS
                          -----------------------------

     All terms  appearing  herein having their first letter  capitalized and not
otherwise  defined  shall  have the  respective  meanings  set forth in the Loan
Agreement, dated as of December 30, 1998, between Landlord and Lender (the "Loan
Agreement") and/or this Lease. All references herein to Sections shall be deemed
to be references to such Sections in the Loan Agreement.

     1. In addition to the representations and warranties made by Tenant and the
Facility  Subtenants under this Lease,  Tenant and the Facility  Subtenants also
make the following representations and warranties:

          (a) The  representations  and  warranties  contained  in Sections  3.6
through 3.17 of the Loan Agreement;

          (b) The representations and warranties  contained in Sections 3.19 and
3.20 of the Loan Agreement;

          (c) The  representations  and warranties  contained in Section 3.23 of
the Loan Agreement; and

          (d) The representations and warranties  contained in Sections 3.25 and
3.26 of the Loan Agreement.

     2. In addition to the covenants,  duties and  obligations of Tenant and the
Facility  Subtenants under this Lease,  Tenant and the Facility Subtenants shall
have the following covenants, duties and obligations:

          (a) The covenants,  duties and obligations  under Sections 4.4 through
4.9 of the Loan Agreement;

          (b) The covenants,  duties and obligations under Sections 4.11 through
4.25 of the Loan Agreement;

          (c) The covenants,  duties and obligations  under Sections 5.1 and 5.2
of the Loan Agreement;

          (d) The covenants,  duties and obligations  under Sections 5.5 and 5.6
of the Loan Agreement;



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          (e) The covenants,  duties and obligations under Sections 5.10 through
5.12 of the Loan Agreement;

          (f) The covenants,  duties and  obligations  under Section 5.14 of the
Loan Agreement;

          (g) The covenants, duties and obligations under Article VI of the Loan
Agreement;

          (h) The covenants,  duties and obligations  under Sections 8.2 through
8.4 of the Loan Agreement;

          (i) The  covenants,  duties and  obligations  under Section 8.7 of the
Loan Agreement; and

          (j) The  covenants,  duties and  obligations  under Section 8.9 of the
Loan Agreement.

     3. In addition to the covenants,  duties and  obligations of Tenant and the
Facility  Subtenants under this Lease,  Tenant and the Facility Subtenants shall
fully comply with the following provisions of each of the Mortgages:

          (a) The covenants,  duties and obligations  under Sections 2 through 4
of each of the Mortgages;

          (b) The covenants,  duties and obligations under Sections 6 through 13
of each of the Mortgages; and

          (c) The covenants,  duties and obligations under Section 15 of each of
the Mortgages.

          (d) The covenants,  duties and obligations under Section 21 of each of
the Mortgages.

          (e) The covenants,  duties and obligations under Section 24 of each of
the Mortgages.

     4. In addition to the representations and warranties made by Tenant and the
Facility  Subtenants under this Lease, Tenant and the Facility Subtenants hereby
make the  representations  and warranties  contained in Sections 4 through 21 of
the Loan Closing Certification,  dated as of December 30, 1998, from Landlord to
Lender and shall take all reasonable  measures to assure



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that such  representations  and warranties  remain true and correct at all times
during the Loan Facility.

     5. In addition to the  covenants,  duties and  obligation of Tenant and the
Facility  Subtenants under this Lease,  Tenant and the Facility Subtenants shall
be  obligated  to  reimburse  Landlord or pay  directly on behalf of Landlord to
Lender the following charges,  fees, costs and expenses caused by the failure to
pay timely Rent or other payment obligations in respect of the Loan Facility:

          (a) Any Default  Rate  interest  under  section 1.3 of the  Promissory
Note;

          (b) Any Late Fees under Section 8.3 of the Promissory Note; and

          (c) Any other  charges,  fee, cost or expense  obligations of Landlord
provided for under the Promissory Note.

     6.  Tenant  and  the  Facility  Subtenants  shall  fully  comply  with  the
covenants,  duties and obligations of Tenant and the Facility  Subtenants  under
each of the following agreements in respect of the Loan Facility:

          (a) Subordination and Attornment  Agreement,  dated as of December 30,
1998, among Lender, Landlord, Tenant and the Facility Subtenants.

          (b) Capital Improvements Fund Escrow and Security Agreement,  dated as
of  December  30,  1998,  among  Lender,  Landlord,   Tenant  and  the  Facility
Subtenants.

          (c) Lessee  Security  Agreements,  each dated as of December 30, 1998,
from Tenant and each of the Facility Subtenants in favor of Lender.

          (d) Exceptions to Nonrecourse Guaranty, dated as of December 30, 1998,
from Tenant, Guarantor and the Facility Subtenants in favor of Lender.

          (e)  Subordination of Franchise  Agreements,  dated as of December 30,
1998, among Tenant, the Facility Subtenants, Lyric, Franchisor and Lender.

          (f) Subordination of Management  Agreements,  dated as of December 30,
1998, among Tenant, the Facility Subtenants, Lyric, Manager and Lender.

          (g) Stock Pledge Agreement, dated as of December 30, 1998, from Tenant
to Lender.



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<PAGE>



          (h) Master Operations and Maintenance Agreement,  dated as of December
30, 1998, between Lender and Landlord.

          (i) Lessee Environmental Indemnity Agreement, dated as of December 30,
1998, among Lender, Tenant and the Facility Subtenants.

          (j)  Assignment  of Leases and Rents,  dated as of December  30, 1998,
among Lender, Tenant and Landlord.

          (k) Post Closing  Agreement,  dated as of December  30, 1998,  between
Landlord and Lender.





                                       G-4

<PAGE>



                                    EXHIBIT H

                            LIST OF ENGINEERING FIRMS
                            -------------------------

ATC Associates Inc.
600 West Cummings Park
Suite 6500
Woburn, Massachusetts 01801
781-932-9400










                                       H-1

<PAGE>



                                    EXHIBIT I

                          LANDLORD WIRING INSTRUCTIONS
                          ----------------------------

Bank:                    SouthTrust Bank, National Association
- -----                    Birmingham, Alabama

Account Name:            Monarch Properties, LP
- -------------

Account #:               65-990-754
- ----------

ABA #:                   063 10 9430
- -----








                                       I-1





                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.78


                               INDEMNITY AGREEMENT

                                     BETWEEN

                        INTEGRATED HEALTH SERVICES, INC.

                                       AND

                             MONARCH PROPERTIES, LP



                          DATED AS OF DECEMBER 31, 1998



<PAGE>



                               INDEMNITY AGREEMENT

     THIS  INDEMNITY  AGREEMENT  (this  "Indemnity  Agreement")  is executed and
delivered as of the 31st day of December,  1998 (the  "Effective  Date") between
INTEGRATED  HEALTH SERVICES,  INC., a Delaware  corporation  ("IHS") and MONARCH
PROPERTIES, LP, a Delaware limited partnership ("Monarch").

     The  circumstances  underlying the execution and delivery of this Agreement
are as follows:

     A.  Capitalized  terms  used  but not  otherwise  defined  herein  have the
respective meanings given them in the Facilities Purchase Agreement, dated as of
the date  hereof,  among the  entities  described  on  EXHIBIT A hereto  (each a
"Seller"  and,  collectively,   "Sellers"),   IHS  and  Monarch  (the  "Purchase
Agreement"),  or, if not defined in the Purchase Agreement,  then the respective
meanings  given them in the Master Lease,  dated as of the date hereof,  between
Lyric Health Care Holdings III, Inc. ("Lyric Holdings") and Monarch.

     B. Lyric  Holdings is a wholly owned  subsidiary  of Lyric Health Care LLC.
Sellers are corporations  that are wholly owned by Lyric Holdings.  IHS is a 50%
member of Lyric  Health  Care LLC.  Sellers  also are the  respective  owners of
Sellers'  Assets.  Sellers desire to sell, and Purchaser  desires to acquire and
lease to Lyric  Holdings,  Sellers'  Assets.  The purchase and lease of Seller's
Assets will benefit IHS.

     C. As a condition  precedent to its agreement to purchase  Sellers' Assets,
Monarch has  required  that IHS  indemnify  Monarch on the terms and  conditions
hereinafter set forth with respect to certain environmental matters.

     NOW, THEREFORE, IHS and Monarch agree as follows:

     1. INDEMNIFICATION.  IHS shall indemnify and hold Monarch harmless from and
against  any  and all  damages,  losses,  liabilities,  costs,  actions,  suits,
proceedings, demands, assessments, and judgments, including, but not limited to,
reasonable and documented  attorneys' fees and reasonable  costs and expenses of
litigation,  arising  out of or in any  manner  related  to the  claims of third
parties resulting from:

          (a) Any failure of Sellers and Lyric  Holdings to complete as and when
     required to do so by the terms of the Escrow  Agreement  the  environmental
     remediation described on Exhibit B thereof; and

          (b) Any failure of Sellers and Lyric  Holdings to complete  if, as and
     when required to do so by the terms of the Master Lease, such environmental
     remediation as may be required by Article 18 thereof.

                                       1
<PAGE>



     2.  PROCEDURE.  If  Monarch  asserts  that IHS is  subject  to a claim  for
indemnification hereunder, Monarch shall describe the claim in sufficient detail
in order to permit IHS to  evaluate  the  nature and cause of the claim.  If the
asserted claim arises or is in connection with a claim, suit, or demand filed by
a third party,  IHS shall be entitled to defend  against such claim with counsel
reasonably satisfactory to Monarch.  Monarch may also employ counsel of its own,
but the costs of Monarch's separate counsel shall be borne by Monarch as long as
IHS  continues  to so  defend.  If IHS  fails  to  respond  or  does  not  admit
responsibility  for  indemnification,  Monarch may take such necessary  steps to
defend itself and any reasonable costs  associated  therewith may be included as
part of the asserted claim for indemnification.  If the claims do not arise from
a third party, within thirty (30) days of receipt of written notice from Monarch
describing  the claim in  reasonable  detail,  IHS shall  notify  Monarch  as to
whether or not it believes  such claim is covered by this  Indemnity  Agreement,
and if IHS believes such claim is not covered,  including  the specific  reasons
for its  position.  With  respect  to claims by third  parties,  (a) if  Monarch
declines to accept a bona fide offer of settlement  that is  recommended  by the
IHS,  which  settlement  without  cost to  Monarch  releases  Monarch  from  all
liability,  the maximum  liability of IHS shall not exceed that amount for which
it would have been  liable had such  settlement  been  accepted,  and (b) if IHS
declines to accept a bona fide offer of settlement  recommended by Monarch,  IHS
shall be liable  for  whatever  outcome  results  from such third  party  claim;
provided, however, that IHS shall not settle any claim covered by this Indemnity
Agreement  without either the written  consent of Monarch or a full and complete
release of Monarch.

     3. NOTICES.  Any notice,  request or other communication to be given by any
party hereunder shall be in writing and shall be sent by registered or certified
mail,  postage prepaid,  by overnight delivery or hand delivery to the following
address:

                  To IHS:             Integrated Health Services, Inc.
                                      10065 Red Run Boulevard
                                      Owings Mills, Maryland  21117
                                      Attention:  Daniel J. Booth
                                      Copy to:  Marshall A. Elkins, Esq.
                                      Telephone No.:  410/998-8768
                                      Facsimile No.:  410/998-8695

                  To Monarch:         Monarch Properties, LP
                                      8889 Pelican Bay Boulevard - Suite 501
                                      Naples, Florida  34108
                                      Attention:  John B. Poole
                                      Telephone No.:  941/596-3259
                                      Facsimile No.:  941/596-3266




                                       2
<PAGE>



                  With copy to        John R. Fallon, Jr., Esq.
                  (which shall not    LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae, L.L.P.
                  constitute notice): 125 West 55th Street
                                      New York, New York 10019-5389
                                      Telephone No.: 212/424-8279
                                      Facsimile No.: 212/424-8500

Notices shall be deemed given upon actual receipt.

     4.  CHOICE  OF LAW.  This  Indemnity  Agreement  shall be  governed  by and
construed in  accordance  with the laws of New York,  except as to matters which
under the laws of the State, or under  applicable  procedural  conflicts of laws
rules,  require  the  application  of laws of the  States  in which  the  Leased
Property is located.

     IHS  CONSENTS  TO IN  PERSONAM  JURISDICTION  BEFORE THE STATE AND  FEDERAL
COURTS OF THE STATES OF NEW YORK AND THE STATES IN WHICH THE LEASED  PROPERTY IS
LOCATED,  AND AGREES THAT ALL DISPUTES  CONCERNING  THIS INDEMNITY  AGREEMENT BE
HEARD IN THE STATE AND  FEDERAL  COURTS  LOCATED IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK OR THE
STATES IN WHICH THE LEASED  PROPERTY  IS  LOCATED.  IHS AGREES  THAT  SERVICE OF
PROCESS MAY BE EFFECTED UPON IT UNDER ANY METHOD  PERMISSIBLE  UNDER THE LAWS OF
THE STATE OF NEW YORK OR THE STATES IN WHICH THE LEASED  PROPERTY IS LOCATED AND
IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION TO VENUE IN THE STATE AND FEDERAL COURTS OF THE
STATE OF NEW YORK OR THE STATES IN WHICH THE LEASED PROPERTY IS LOCATED.


                             SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS


                                       3
<PAGE>



     IN WITNESS WHEREOF,  the parties hereby execute this Indemnity Agreement as
of the day and year first set forth above.

                                      INTEGRATED HEALTH SERVICES, INC.

                                      By:                           (Seal)
                                         ---------------------------
                                      Name:    Daniel J. Booth
                                           -------------------------
                                      Title:   Senior Vice President
                                            ------------------------


                                      MONARCH PROPERTIES, LP

                                      By: MP Operating, LLC, its General Partner

                                           By: MP Operating, Inc., its Manager

                                           By:                           (Seal)
                                              ---------------------------
                                           Name:  Douglas Listman
                                                -------------------------
                                           Title: Chief Financial Officer
                                                 ------------------------




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<PAGE>



                                    EXHIBIT A

                                     SELLERS
                                     -------

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SELLER NAME                             STATE OF INCORPORATION               FACILITY  D/B/A/
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                     <C>                                  <C>
Integrated Health Services at           Delaware                             Integrated Health Services of Colorado
Colorado Springs, Inc.                                                       Springs
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IHS Acquisition No. 103, Inc.           Delaware                             Horizon Healthcare & Specialty Center
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Integrated Health Services at Central   Delaware                             Integrated Health Services of Vero
Florida, Inc.                                                                Beach
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Briar Hill, Inc.                        Florida                              Integrated Health Services of Florida at
                                                                             Auburndale
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bethamy Living Center Limited           Florida                              Integrated Health Services of Florida at
Partnership                                                                  Clearwater
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Integrated Health Services at Central   Delaware                             Integrated Health Services of Florida at
Florida, Inc.                                                                Fort Pierce
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Integrated Health Services at           Georgia                              Integrated Health Services of Atlanta at
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Briarcliff Haven, Inc.                                                       Briarcliff Haven
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IHS Acquisition No. 114, Inc.           Delaware                             Lynwood Manor
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Cedarcroft Health Services, Inc.        Pennsylvania                         Integrated Health Services of St. Louis
                                                                             at Big Bend Woods
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Manchester Integrated Health, Inc.      Pennsylvania                         Integrated Health Services of New
                                                                             Hampshire at Manchester
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IHS Acquisition No. 121, Inc.           Delaware                             Ruidoso Care Center
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IHS Acquisition No. 125, Inc.           Delaware                             Meadowview Care Center
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IHS Acquisition No. 124, Inc.           Delaware                             Washington Square
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IHS Acquisition No. 168, Inc.           Delaware                             HSH - Midwest City
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IHS Acquisition No. 127, Inc.           Delaware                             Midwest City Nursing
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Rest Haven Nursing Center               Pennsylvania                         Integrated Health Services at
(Whitemarsh), Inc.                                                           Whitemarsh
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Integrated of Amarillo, Inc.            Texas                                Amarillo Specialty Hospital
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Integrated of Amarillo, Inc.            Texas                                Integrated Health Services of Amarillo
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IHS Acquisition No. 128, Inc.           Delaware                             Doctors Healthcare Center
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IHS Acquisition No. 140, Inc.           Delaware                             Harbor View Care Center
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IHS Acquisition No. 134, Inc.           Delaware                             Heritage Estates
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
</TABLE>



<PAGE>



<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SELLER NAME                             STATE OF INCORPORATION               FACILITY  D/B/A/
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                     <C>                                  <C>
IHS Acquisition No. 132, Inc.           Delaware                             Heritage Gardens
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IHS Acquisition No. 138, Inc.           Delaware                             Heritage Manor Longview
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IHS Acquisition No. 129, Inc.           Delaware                             Heritage Manor Plano
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IHS Acquisition No. 133, Inc.           Delaware                             Heritage Place of Grand Prairie
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IHS Acquisition No. 131, Inc.           Delaware                             Horizon Healthcare - El Paso
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IHS Acquisition No. 170, Inc.           Delaware                             HSH- Corpus Christi
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IHS Acquisition No. 171, Inc.           Delaware                             HSH- El Paso
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Integrated Health Services at           Delaware                             Mountain View Place
Hanover House, Inc.
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IHS Acquisition No. 139, Inc.           Delaware                             Parkwood Place
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IHS Acquisition No. 174, Inc.           Delaware                             Plano Specialty Hospital
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IHS Acquisition No. 136, Inc.           Delaware                             Silver Springs Nursing and
                                                                             Rehabilitation Center
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
</TABLE>







                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.79


                               INDEMNITY AGREEMENT

                                      AMONG

                        INTEGRATED HEALTH SERVICES, INC.,

                             LYRIC HEALTH CARE LLC,

                      LYRIC HEALTH CARE HOLDINGS III, INC.

                                       AND

                    THE ENTITIES LISTED ON ATTACHED EXHIBIT A



                          DATED AS OF DECEMBER 31, 1998



<PAGE>



                               INDEMNITY AGREEMENT

     THIS  INDEMNITY  AGREEMENT  (this  "Indemnity  Agreement")  is executed and
delivered  as of the 31st day of  December,  1998 (the  "Effective  Date") among
INTEGRATED HEALTH SERVICES,  INC., a Delaware corporation ("IHS"),  LYRIC HEALTH
CARE LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("Lyric LLC"),  LYRIC HEALTH CARE
HOLDINGS  III,  INC.,  a  Delaware  corporation  ("Lyric  III")  and each of the
entities  described on attached Exhibit A (collectively,  the "Lyric  Entities,"
together  with Lyric LLC and Lyric  III,  collectively,  the "Lyric  Indemnified
Parties").

     The  circumstances  underlying the execution and delivery of this Agreement
are as follows:

     A.  Capitalized  terms  used  but not  otherwise  defined  herein  have the
respective meanings given them in the Facilities Purchase Agreement, dated as of
the date hereof,  among the Lyric Entities,  IHS and Monarch  Properties,  LP, a
Delaware limited partnership ("Monarch") (the "Purchase Agreement"),  or, if not
defined in the Purchase  Agreement,  then the respective  meanings given them in
the Master Lease, dated as of the date hereof, between Lyric III and Monarch.

     B. Lyric III is a wholly owned  subsidiary of Lyric LLC. The Lyric Entities
are  corporations and a partnership that are wholly owned by Lyric III. IHS is a
50% member of Lyric LLC. The Lyric  Entities also are the  respective  owners of
Sellers'  Assets.  Sellers  sold and Monarch  acquired  and leased to Lyric III,
Sellers' Assets. The sale and lease of Seller's Assets will benefit IHS.

     C. As a condition  precedent to its agreement to sell the Sellers'  Assets,
the  Lyric  Indemnified  Parties  have  required  that IHS  indemnify  the Lyric
Indemnified  parties  on the terms and  conditions  hereinafter  set forth  with
respect to litigation matters.

     NOW, THEREFORE, IHS and the Lyric Indemnified Parties agree as follows:

     1.  INDEMNIFICATION.  IHS shall  indemnify  and hold the Lyric  Indemnified
Parties  harmless  from and against any and all  damages,  losses,  liabilities,
costs,  actions,  suits,  proceedings,   demands,  assessments,  and  judgments,
including,  but not limited to,  reasonable and documented  attorneys'  fees and
reasonable costs and expenses of litigation ("Claims"), arising out of or in any
manner related to any and all Claims that relate to any litigation,  arbitration
proceeding,  governmental  investigation,  citation, suit, action, proceeding or
claim of any kind relating to matters  occurring  prior to the  Effective  Date,
including,  but not  limited to, the matters  disclosed  on Schedule  7.5 to the
Purchase  Agreement,  involving IHS, any of the Lyric Indemnified Parties or any
of the Facilities.

     2. PROCEDURE.  If the Lyric Indemnified  Parties assert that IHS is subject
to a claim for  indemnification  hereunder,  the Lyric Indemnified Parties shall
describe the claim in  sufficient



                                       1
<PAGE>



detail in order to permit IHS to evaluate the nature and cause of the claim.  If
the asserted  claim arises or is in  connection  with a claim,  suit,  or demand
filed by a third party,  IHS shall be entitled to defend against such claim with
counsel  reasonably  satisfactory to the Lyric  Indemnified  Parties.  The Lyric
Indemnified  Parties may also employ  counsel of their own, but the costs of the
Lyric  Indemnified  Parties'  separate  counsel  shall  be  borne  by the  Lyric
Indemnified  Parties  as long as IHS  continues  to so  defend.  If IHS fails to
respond  or  does  not  admit  responsibility  for  indemnification,  the  Lyric
Indemnified  Parties may take such necessary steps to defend  themselves and any
reasonable  costs  associated  therewith may be included as part of the asserted
claim for indemnification. If the claims do not arise from a third party, within
thirty (30) days of receipt of written notice from the Lyric Indemnified Parties
describing  the  claim  in  reasonable   detail,  IHS  shall  notify  the  Lyric
Indemnified  Parties as to whether or not it  believes  such claim is covered by
this  Indemnity  Agreement,  and if IHS  believes  such  claim  is not  covered,
including the specific reasons for its position. With respect to claims by third
parties,  (a) if the Lyric  Indemnified  Parties  decline  to accept a bona fide
offer of settlement  that is recommended by the IHS,  which  settlement  without
cost to the Lyric  Indemnified  Parties releases the Lyric  Indemnified  Parties
from all  liability,  the maximum  liability of IHS shall not exceed that amount
for which it would have been liable had such settlement  been accepted,  and (b)
if IHS  declines to accept a bona fide offer of  settlement  recommended  by the
Lyric Indemnified Parties, IHS shall be liable for whatever outcome results from
such third party claim;  provided,  however, that IHS shall not settle any claim
covered by this Indemnity  Agreement  without either the written  consent of the
Lyric  Indemnified  Parties  or  a  full  and  complete  release  of  the  Lyric
Indemnified Parties.

     3. NOTICES.  Any notice,  request or other communication to be given by any
party hereunder shall be in writing and shall be sent by registered or certified
mail,  postage prepaid,  by overnight delivery or hand delivery to the following
address:

         To IHS:                      Integrated Health Services, Inc.
                                      10065 Red Run Boulevard
                                      Owings Mills, Maryland  21117
                                      Attention:  Daniel J. Booth
                                      Telephone No.:  410/998-8768
                                      Facsimile No.:  410/998-8695

         To the Lyric                 Lyric Health Care LLC
           Indemnified Parties:       10065 Red Run Boulevard
                                      Owings Mills, Maryland 21117
                                      Attention: Daniel J. Booth
                                      Telephone No.: 410/998-8768
                                      Facsimile No.: 410/998-8695


                                       2
<PAGE>




                  With copy to        John R. Fallon, Jr., Esq.
                  (which shall not    LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae, L.L.P.
                  constitute notice): 125 West 55th Street
                                      New York, New York 10019-5389
                                      Telephone No.: 212/424-8279
                                      Facsimile No.: 212/424-8500

Notices shall be deemed given upon actual receipt.

     4.  CHOICE  OF LAW.  This  Indemnity  Agreement  shall be  governed  by and
construed in  accordance  with the laws of New York,  except as to matters which
under the laws of the State, or under  applicable  procedural  conflicts of laws
rules,  require  the  application  of laws of the  States  in which  the  Leased
Property is located.

     IHS  CONSENTS  TO IN  PERSONAM  JURISDICTION  BEFORE THE STATE AND  FEDERAL
COURTS OF THE STATES OF NEW YORK AND THE STATES IN WHICH THE LEASED  PROPERTY IS
LOCATED,  AND AGREES THAT ALL DISPUTES  CONCERNING  THIS INDEMNITY  AGREEMENT BE
HEARD IN THE STATE AND  FEDERAL  COURTS  LOCATED IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK OR THE
STATES IN WHICH THE LEASED  PROPERTY  IS  LOCATED.  IHS AGREES  THAT  SERVICE OF
PROCESS MAY BE EFFECTED UPON IT UNDER ANY METHOD  PERMISSIBLE  UNDER THE LAWS OF
THE STATE OF NEW YORK OR THE STATES IN WHICH THE LEASED  PROPERTY IS LOCATED AND
IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION TO VENUE IN THE STATE AND FEDERAL COURTS OF THE
STATE OF NEW YORK OR THE STATES IN WHICH THE LEASED PROPERTY IS LOCATED.


                             SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS

                                       3
<PAGE>



     IN WITNESS WHEREOF,  the parties hereby execute this Indemnity Agreement as
of the day and year first set forth above.

                                INTEGRATED HEALTH SERVICES, INC.

                                By:                             (Seal)
                                   -----------------------------
                                Name:    Daniel J. Booth
                                     ---------------------------
                                Title:   Senior Vice President
                                      --------------------------


                                LYRIC HEALTH CARE LLC

                                By: Integrated Health Services, Inc., its Member

                                By:                             (Seal)
                                   -----------------------------
                                Name:    Daniel J. Booth
                                     ---------------------------
                                Title:   Senior Vice President
                                      --------------------------


                                LYRIC HEALTH CARE HOLDINGS, III, INC.

                                By:                             (Seal)
                                   -----------------------------
                                Name:    Daniel J. Booth
                                     ---------------------------
                                Title:   Senior Vice President
                                      --------------------------


                                BETHAMY LIVING CENTER
                                MANAGEMENT COMPANY, THE GENERAL
                                PARTNER OF BETHAMY LIVING CENTER
                                LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
                                BRIAR HILL, INC.
                                CEDARCROFT HEALTH SERVICES, INC.
                                IHS ACQUISITION NO. 103, INC.
                                IHS ACQUISITION NO. 114, INC.
                                IHS ACQUISITION NO. 121, INC.
                                IHS ACQUISITION NO. 124, INC.
                                IHS ACQUISITION NO. 125, INC.




                                       S-1


<PAGE>



                                IHS ACQUISITION NO. 127, INC.
                                IHS ACQUISITION NO. 128, INC.
                                IHS ACQUISITION NO. 129, INC.
                                IHS ACQUISITION NO. 131, INC.
                                IHS ACQUISITION NO. 132, INC.
                                IHS ACQUISITION NO. 133, INC.
                                IHS ACQUISITION NO. 134, INC.
                                IHS ACQUISITION NO. 136, INC.
                                IHS ACQUISITION NO. 138, INC.
                                IHS ACQUISITION NO. 139, INC.
                                IHS ACQUISITION NO. 140, INC.
                                IHS ACQUISITION NO. 168, INC.
                                IHS ACQUISITION NO. 170, INC.
                                IHS ACQUISITION NO. 171, INC.
                                IHS ACQUISITION NO. 174, INC.
                                INTEGRATED OF AMARILLO, INC.
                                INTEGRATED HEALTH SERVICES AT
                                BRIARCLIFF HAVEN, INC.
                                INTEGRATED HEALTH SERVICES AT
                                CENTRAL FLORIDA, INC.
                                INTEGRATED HEALTH SERVICES AT
                                COLORADO SPRINGS, INC.
                                INTEGRATED HEALTH SERVICES AT
                                HANOVER HOUSE, INC.
                                MANCHESTER INTEGRATED HEALTH,
                                INC.
                                REST HAVEN NURSING CENTER
                                (WHITEMARSH), INC.

                                By:                             (Seal)
                                   -----------------------------
                                Name:    Daniel J. Booth
                                     ---------------------------
                                Title:   Senior Vice President
                                      --------------------------



                                       S-2


<PAGE>



                                    EXHIBIT A

                                 LYRIC ENTITIES
                                 --------------

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
LYRIC ENTITY                            STATE OF INCORPORATION               FACILITY  D/B/A/
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                     <C>                                  <C>
Integrated Health Services at           Delaware                             Integrated Health Services of Colorado
Colorado Springs, Inc.                                                       Springs
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IHS Acquisition No. 103, Inc.           Delaware                             Horizon Healthcare & Specialty Center
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Integrated Health Services at Central   Delaware                             Integrated Health Services of Vero
Florida, Inc.                                                                Beach
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Briar Hill, Inc.                        Florida                              Integrated Health Services of Florida at
                                                                             Auburndale
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bethamy Living Center Limited           Florida                              Integrated Health Services of Florida at
Partnership                                                                  Clearwater
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Integrated Health Services at Central   Delaware                             Integrated Health Services of Florida at
Florida, Inc.                                                                Fort Pierce
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Integrated Health Services at           Georgia                              Integrated Health Services of Atlanta at
Briarcliff Haven, Inc.                                                       Briarcliff Haven
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IHS Acquisition No. 114, Inc.           Delaware                             Lynwood Manor
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Cedarcroft Health Services, Inc.        Pennsylvania                         Integrated Health Services of St. Louis
                                                                             at Big Bend Woods
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Manchester Integrated Health, Inc.      Pennsylvania                         Integrated Health Services of New
                                                                             Hampshire at Manchester
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IHS Acquisition No. 121, Inc.           Delaware                             Ruidoso Care Center
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IHS Acquisition No. 125, Inc.           Delaware                             Meadowview Care Center
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IHS Acquisition No. 124, Inc.           Delaware                             Washington Square
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IHS Acquisition No. 168, Inc.           Delaware                             HSH - Midwest City
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IHS Acquisition No. 127, Inc.           Delaware                             Midwest City Nursing
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Rest Haven Nursing Center               Pennsylvania                         Integrated Health Services at
(Whitemarsh), Inc.                                                           Whitemarsh
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Integrated of Amarillo, Inc.            Texas                                Amarillo Specialty Hospital
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Integrated of Amarillo, Inc.            Texas                                Integrated Health Services of Amarillo
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IHS Acquisition No. 128, Inc.           Delaware                             Doctors Healthcare Center
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IHS Acquisition No. 140, Inc.           Delaware                             Harbor View Care Center
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IHS Acquisition No. 134, Inc.           Delaware                             Heritage Estates
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<CAPTION>
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LYRIC ENTITY                            STATE OF INCORPORATION               FACILITY  D/B/A/
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<S>                                     <C>                                  <C>
IHS Acquisition No. 132, Inc.           Delaware                             Heritage Gardens
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IHS Acquisition No. 138, Inc.           Delaware                             Heritage Manor Longview
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IHS Acquisition No. 129, Inc.           Delaware                             Heritage Manor Plano
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IHS Acquisition No. 133, Inc.           Delaware                             Heritage Place of Grand Prairie
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IHS Acquisition No. 131, Inc.           Delaware                             Horizon Healthcare - El Paso
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IHS Acquisition No. 170, Inc.           Delaware                             HSH- Corpus Christi
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IHS Acquisition No. 171, Inc.           Delaware                             HSH- El Paso
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Integrated Health Services at           Delaware                             Mountain View Place
Hanover House, Inc.
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IHS Acquisition No. 139, Inc.           Delaware                             Parkwood Place
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IHS Acquisition No. 174, Inc.           Delaware                             Plano Specialty Hospital
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IHS Acquisition No. 136, Inc.           Delaware                             Silver Springs Nursing and
                                                                             Rehabilitation Center
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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.80



                        INTEGRATED HEALTH SERVICES, INC.

                     SUPPLEMENTAL EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT PLAN


                                   ("PLAN B")







                              Amended and Restated
                        Effective as of November 19, 1998

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                        INTEGRATED HEALTH SERVICES, INC.
                     SUPPLEMENTAL EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT PLAN
                                   ("PLAN B")

                              Amended and Restated
                        Effective as of November 19, 1998


                                TABLE OF CONTENTS

                              ARTICLE 1 DEFINITIONS

1.1   ACCOUNT..................................................................1
1.2   BENEFICIARY..............................................................1
1.3   CHANGE IN CONTROL........................................................1
1.4   CODE.....................................................................2
1.5   COMPENSATION.............................................................2
1.6   COMPENSATION DEFERRAL ACCOUNT............................................2
1.7   COMPENSATION DEFERRALS...................................................2
1.8   EFFECTIVE DATE...........................................................2
1.9   ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEE........................................................2
1.10  EMPLOYER.................................................................2
1.11  EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION CREDIT ACCOUNT.....................................2
1.12  EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION CREDITS............................................2
1.13  ENTRY DATE...............................................................2
1.14  NORMAL RETIREMENT AGE....................................................2
1.15  PARTICIPANT..............................................................2
1.16  PARTICIPANT ENROLLMENT AND ELECTION FORM.................................3
1.17  PLAN OR PLAN B...........................................................3
1.18  PLAN YEAR................................................................3
1.19  TRUST....................................................................3
1.20  TRUSTEE..................................................................3
1.21  VALUATION DATE...........................................................3


                     ARTICLE 2 ELIGIBILITY AND PARTICIPATION

2.1   REQUIREMENTS.............................................................3
2.2   RE-EMPLOYMENT............................................................3
2.3   CHANGE OF EMPLOYMENT CATEGORY............................................3


                       ARTICLE 3 CONTRIBUTIONS AND CREDITS

3.1   EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION CREDITS............................................4
3.2   PARTICIPANT COMPENSATION DEFERRALS.......................................4
3.3   CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE TRUST...............................................5


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                          ARTICLE 4 ALLOCATION OF FUNDS

4.1   ALLOCATION OF DEEMED EARNINGS OR LOSSES ON ACCOUNTS......................5
4.2   ACCOUNTING FOR DISTRIBUTIONS.............................................6
4.3   SEPARATE ACCOUNTS........................................................6
4.4   INTERIM VALUATIONS.......................................................6
4.5   EXPENSES.................................................................6
4.6   TAXES....................................................................6


                        ARTICLE 5 ENTITLEMENT TO BENEFITS

5.1   FIXED PAYMENT DATES: TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT...........................6
5.2   HARDSHIP DISTRIBUTIONS...................................................7
5.3   VESTING..................................................................7
5.4   RE-EMPLOYMENT OF RECIPIENT...............................................8
5.5   CHANGE IN CONTROL BENEFITS...............................................8


                       ARTICLE 6 DISTRIBUTION OF BENEFITS

6.1   AMOUNT...................................................................9
6.2   METHOD OF PAYMENT........................................................9
6.3   DEATH BENEFITS...........................................................9


                    ARTICLE 7 BENEFICIARIES: PARTICIPANT DATA

7.1   DESIGNATION OF BENEFICIARIES............................................10

7.2   INFORMATION TO BE FURNISHED BY PARTICIPANTS AND  BENEFICIARIES:
      INABILITY TO LOCATE PARTICIPANTS OR BENEFICIARIES.......................10


                            ARTICLE 8 ADMINISTRATION

8.1   ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY................................................11
8.2   UNIFORMITY OF DISCRETIONARY ACTS........................................11
8.3   LITIGATION..............................................................12
8.4   CLAIMS PROCEDURE........................................................12


                               ARTICLE 9 AMENDMENT

9.1   RIGHT TO AMEND..........................................................13
9.2   AMENDMENTS TO ENSURE PROPER CHARACTERIZATION OF PLAN....................13

                             ARTICLE 10 TERMINATION

10.1  EMPLOYER'S RIGHT TO TERMINATE OR SUSPEND PLAN...........................13

10.2  AUTOMATIC TERMINATION OF PLAN...........................................13
10.3  SUSPENSION OF DEFERRALS.................................................13
10.4  ALLOCATION AND DISTRIBUTION.............................................13
10.5  SUCCESSOR TO EMPLOYER...................................................14


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                              ARTICLE 11 THE TRUST

11.1  ESTABLISHMENT OF TRUST..................................................14


                            ARTICLE 12 MISCELLANEOUS

12.1  LIMITATIONS ON LIABILITY OF EMPLOYER....................................14
12.2  CONSTRUCTION............................................................14
12.3  UNFUNDED CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATION.........................................15
12.4  SPENDTHRIFT PROVISION...................................................15






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                        INTEGRATED HEALTH SERVICES, INC.
                     SUPPLEMENTAL EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT PLAN
                                   ("PLAN B")

                              Amended and Restated
                        Effective as of November 19, 1998

                                    RECITALS

     This amended and restated  Integrated  Health Services,  Inc.  Supplemental
Executive  Retirement  Plan (the "Plan",  or "Plan B") is adopted by  Integrated
Health  Services,  Inc. (the  "Employer")  for certain of its  executive  and/or
highly  compensated  employees.  The  purpose  of the  Plan  is to  offer  those
employees an opportunity to elect to defer the receipt of  compensation in order
to provide  termination of employment and related  benefits  taxable pursuant to
section 451 of the Internal  Revenue code of 1986, as amended (the "Code").  The
Plan is intended to be a "top-hat" plan (i.e., an unfunded deferred compensation
plan  maintained  for  a  select  group  of  management  or   highly-compensated
employees)  under  sections  201(2),  301(a)(3)  and  401(a)(1)  of the Employee
Retirement Security Act of 1974 ("ERISA").

     Accordingly,  the  following  amendment  and  restatement  of the  Plan  is
adopted.


                                    ARTICLE 1

                                   DEFINITIONS

     1.1 ACCOUNT means the balance  credited to a Participant's or Beneficiary's
Plan account, including contribution credits and deemed income, gains and losses
(as  determined  by  the  Employer,  in  its  discretion)  credited  thereto.  A
Participant's  or  Beneficiary's  Account  shall be determined as of the date of
reference.

     1.2 BENEFICIARY means any person or person so designated in accordance with
the provisions of Article 7.

     1.3 CHANGE IN CONTROL  means (a) the purchase or other  acquisition  by any
person, entity or group of persons, within the meaning of section 13(d) or 14(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Act"), or any comparable  successor
provisions,   of  beneficial   ownership  (within  the  meaning  of  Rule  13d-3
promulgated  under  the  Act) of  thirty  percent  (30%) or more of  either  the
outstanding  shares  of  common  stock  or  the  combined  voting  power  of the
Employer's then outstanding voting securities entitled to vote generally, or (b)
the approval by the stockholders of the Employer of a reorganization, merger, or
consolidation,  in each case with respect to which persons who were stockholders
of  the  Employer   immediately   prior  to  such   reorganization,   merger  or
consolidation do not, immediately thereafter,  own more than fifty percent (50%)
of the  combined  voting  power  entitled to vote  generally  in the election of
directors of the reorganized,  merged, or consolidated entity's then outstanding
securities, or (c) a liquidation or dissolution of the Employer, or (d) the sale
of all or substantially all of the Employer's assets. In the case of a Change in
Control  event  affecting an Employer that is not the common law Employer of the
Participant,  such event shall be deemed to  constitute a Change in


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Control  only if the Change in Control  event  affects  an  Employer  that owns,
directly or through one or more controlled  entities,  the stock or other equity
interests of the Participant's common law Employer.

     1.4 CODE  means  the  Internal  Revenue  Code of 1986  and the  regulations
thereunder, as amended from time to time.

     1.5  COMPENSATION  means the total  current cash  remuneration  paid by the
Employer  to an  Eligible  Employee  with  respect to his or her service for the
Employer (as determined by the Employer at its discretion).

     1.6 COMPENSATION DEFERRAL ACCOUNT is defined in Section 3.2.

     1.7 COMPENSATION DEFERRALS is defined in Section 3.2.

     1.8  EFFECTIVE  DATE  means  the  effective  date  of  this  amendment  and
restatement of the Plan, which shall be November 19, 1998.

     1.9  ELIGIBLE  EMPLOYEE  means,  for any Plan Year (or  applicable  portion
thereof), a person employed by the Employer who is determined by the Employer to
be a member of a select group of management or highly  compensated  employees of
the Employer and whose name appears on Schedule I or II, attached hereto.

     1.10 EMPLOYER means Integrated Health Services, Inc. and its successors and
assigns unless otherwise herein provided,  or any other  corporation or business
organization which, with the consent of Integrated Health Services, Inc., or its
successors or assigns,  assumes the  Employer's  obligations  hereunder,  or any
other  corporation or business  organization  which agrees,  with the consent of
Integrated Health Services, Inc., to become a party to the Plan.

     1.11 EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION CREDIT ACCOUNT is defined in Section 3.1.

     1.12 EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION CREDITS is defined in Section 3.1.

     1.13 ENTRY DATE with  respect to an  individual  means the first day of the
pay period following the date on which the individual first is given notice that
he or she is an Eligible Employee.

     1.14 NORMAL  RETIREMENT AGE means the later of a Participant's  sixty-fifth
(65th)  birthday or the date on which the  Participant  has  completed  five (5)
years of service with the Employer (as determined by the Employer).

     1.15  PARTICIPANT  means any person so designated  in  accordance  with the
provisions of Article 2, including,  where appropriate  according to the context
of the Plan,  any former  employee who is or may become (or whose  Beneficiaries
may become) eligible to receive a benefit under the Plan.


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     1.16  PARTICIPANT  ENROLLMENT  AND ELECTION FORM means the form or forms on
which a  Participant  elects to defer  Compensation  hereunder  and on which the
Participant makes certain other designations as required thereon.

     1.17  PLAN  or  PLAN  B  means  this  Integrated   Health  Services,   Inc.
Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan, as amended from time to time.

     1.18 PLAN YEAR means the twelve (12) month period ending on the December 31
of each year during which the Plan is in effect.

     1.19 TRUST means the Trust established pursuant to Article 11.

     1.20 TRUSTEE means the trustee of the Trust established pursuant to Article
11.

     1.21 VALUATION DATE means the last day of each Plan Year and any other date
that the Employer, in its sole discretion, designates as a Valuation Date.


                                    ARTICLE 2

                          ELIGIBILITY AND PARTICIPATION

     2.1 REQUIREMENTS. Every Eligible Employee as of the Effective Date shall be
eligible to become a Participant  on the Effective  Date.  Every other  Eligible
Employee  shall be  eligible  to become a  Participant  on the first  Entry Date
occurring  on or after the date on which he or she is notified  by the  Employer
that  he  or  she  is  an  Eligible  Employee.  No  individual  shall  become  a
Participant,  however,  if he or she is not an Eligible Employee on the date his
or her participation is to begin.

          Participation in the Participant  Compensation Deferral feature of the
Plan is  voluntary.  In order to  participate  in the  Participant  Compensation
Deferral feature of the Plan, an otherwise  Eligible  Employee must make written
application in such manner as may be required by Section 3.2 and by the Employer
and must agree to make Compensation Deferrals as provided in Article 3.

          Participation in the Employer  Contribution  Credit Account portion of
the Plan is automatic for all Participants.

     2.2  RE-EMPLOYMENT.  If a Participant whose employment with the Employer is
terminated is subsequently re-employed,  he or she shall become a Participant in
accordance with the provisions of Section 2.1.

     2.3 CHANGE OF EMPLOYMENT CATEGORY. During any period in which a Participant
remains in the employ of the Employer, but ceases to be an Eligible Employee, he
or she shall not be eligible to make Compensation Deferrals hereunder.


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                                    ARTICLE 3

                            CONTRIBUTIONS AND CREDITS

     3.1  EMPLOYER  CONTRIBUTION   CREDITS.   There  shall  be  established  and
maintained a separate Employer  Contribution  Credit Account in the name of each
Participant.  The Participant's  Employer  Contribution  Credit Account shall be
credited or debited,  as  applicable,  with (a) amounts equal to the  Employer's
Contribution  Credits credited to that Account;  and (b) any deemed earnings and
losses (to the extent  realized,  based upon  deemed  fair  market  value of the
Account's  deemed  assets as  determined  by the  Employer,  in its  discretion)
allocated to that Account.

          For purposes of this Section, the Employer's  Contribution Credits for
a particular Plan Year credited to the Employer  Contribution Credit Accounts of
Participants listed on Schedules I or II, attached hereto, shall be such amounts
(if any) determined by the Employer,  in its discretion,  by the last day of the
third  month of the year  following  such Plan  Year.  With  respect  to a given
Participant, the amount allocated to the Employer Contribution Credit Account of
that  Participant  each year that the  Employer  makes an Employer  Contribution
Credit to the Employer  Contribution  Credit Accounts of Participants  listed on
the  Schedule on which that  Participant's  name  appears  shall equal the total
Employer  Contribution Credits for the Plan Year with respect to that Schedule's
Participants   multiplied  by  a  fraction,  the  numerator  of  which  is  that
Participant's  highest  base  salary (as  determined  by the  Employer)  for the
calendar year prior to the Plan Year for which the Employer  Contribution Credit
is made and the  denominator  of which is the total of the highest base salaries
for such prior calendar year (as determined by the Employer) of all Participants
listed on that Schedule.

          The  Participant's  Employer  Contribution  Credit  Account  shall  be
credited or debited,  as  applicable,  as of each  Valuation  Date,  with deemed
earnings or losses, as applicable. The amount of deemed earnings or losses shall
be as  determined  by the Employer.  The Employer  shall have the  discretion to
allocate   such  deemed   earnings  or  losses  among   Participants'   Employer
Contribution  Credit Accounts  pursuant to such allocation rules as the Employer
deems to be reasonable and administratively practicable. This Section is subject
to the provisions set forth in Section 4.1 of the Plan.

          A  Participant  shall be  vested  in  amounts  credited  to his or her
Employer Contribution Credit Account as provided in Section 5.3.

     3.2   PARTICIPANT   COMPENSATION   DEFERRALS.   In  accordance  with  rules
established by the Employer, a Participant may elect to defer Compensation which
is due to be earned and which would otherwise be paid to the  Participant,  in a
lump sum or in any fixed periodic dollar amounts  designated by the Participant.
Amounts so deferred will be considered a Participant's "Compensation Deferrals."
Ordinarily,  a Participant  shall make such an election with respect to a coming
twelve (12) month Plan Year during the period  beginning  on the  December 1 and
ending on the December 31 of the prior Plan Year, or during such other period as
is established by the Employer.

          Compensation   Deferrals   shall  be  made  through   regular  payroll
deductions or through an election by the  Participant  to defer the payment of a
bonus not yet payable to him or her at the



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time of the  election.  The  Participant  may change his or her regular  payroll
deduction Compensation Deferral amount as of, and by written notice delivered to
the  Employer  at least  seven (7) days prior to, the  beginning  of any regular
payroll period, with such reduction being first effective for Compensation to be
earned in that payroll period. In the case of a bonus deferral,  the Participant
may reduce his or her bonuses due to be paid by the Employer by giving notice to
the  Employer of the bonus  Compensation  Deferral  amount prior to the date the
applicable bonus is first due to be paid.

          Once made, a Compensation  Deferral regular payroll deduction election
shall  continue  in force  indefinitely,  until  changed as  provided  above.  A
Compensation  Deferral  bonus payment  election shall continue in force only for
the Plan Year for which the election is first effective.  Compensation Deferrals
shall be deducted by the Employer  from the pay of a deferring  Participant  and
shall be credited to the Account of the deferring Participant.

          There shall be  established  and maintained by the Employer a separate
Compensation  Deferral Account in the name of each Participant to which shall be
credited  or  debited:  (a)  amounts  equal  to the  Participant's  Compensation
Deferrals; and (b) amounts equal to any deemed earnings or losses (to the extent
realized, based upon deemed fair market value of the Account's deemed assets, as
determined  by  the  Employer,  in its  discretion)  attributable  or  allocable
thereto.

          A Participant shall at all times be 100% vested in amounts credited to
his or her Participant Compensation Deferral Account.

     3.3  CONTRIBUTIONS  TO THE TRUST.  An amount  shall be  contributed  by the
Employer to the Trust maintained under Section 11.1 equal the amount(s) required
to be credited to the Participants' Accounts under Sections 3.1 and 3.2. Amounts
equal to a Participant's Compensation Deferrals will be contributed to the Trust
with reasonable promptness after the total of such Compensation Deferrals during
any  period  has been  determined.  Amounts  (if any)  equal to a  Participant's
Employer  Contribution Credits for a particular Plan Year will be contributed to
the Trust by the last day of the  third  month of the year  following  such Plan
Year.


                                    ARTICLE 4

                               ALLOCATION OF FUNDS

     4.1 ALLOCATION OF DEEMED EARNINGS OR LOSSES ON ACCOUNTS.  The assets of the
Trust shall be invested in such investments as the Employer shall determine. The
Employer shall direct the Trustee to invest the accounts maintained in the Trust
on behalf of the Participants pursuant to the Employer's investment directions.

          The value of the Participant's  Account shall be equal to the value of
the account maintained under the Trust on behalf of the Participant.  As of each
valuation  date of the Trust,  the  Participant's  Account  will be  credited or
debited  to reflect  the  Participant's  deemed  investments  of the Trust.  The
Participant's  Plan  Account  will be credited or debited  with the  increase or
decrease in the realizable net asset value or credited interest,  as applicable,
of the designated deemed investments, as follows. As of each Valuation Date, the
earnings and losses



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of the Trust fund will be  allocated to each  Participant's  Plan Account in the
ratio that such Account balance bears to all Participant Account balances.

     4.2  ACCOUNTING  FOR  DISTRIBUTIONS.  As of the  date  of any  distribution
hereunder,  the  distribution  made  hereunder to the  Participant or his or her
Beneficiary or Beneficiaries shall be charged to such Participant's Account.

     4.3  SEPARATE  ACCOUNTS.  A  separate  account  under  the  Plan  shall  be
established  and  maintained  by the  Employer  to reflect  the Account for each
Participant,  although there shall not be made or maintained an actual  physical
division  of the  assets  of  the  Trust  until  the  time  shall  arrive  for a
distribution hereunder to a Participant or a Beneficiary.

     4.4 INTERIM VALUATIONS.  If it is determined by the Employer that the value
of a Participant's  Account as of any date on which distributions are to be made
differs  materially  from the value of the  Participant's  Account  on the prior
Valuation Date upon which the distribution is to be based, the Employer,  in its
discretion,  shall  have the right to  designate  any date in the  interim  as a
Valuation  Date for the purpose of revaluing the  Participant's  Account so that
the Account will, prior to the distribution,  reflect its share of such material
difference in value.

     4.5  EXPENSES.   Expenses,   including  Trustee  fees,   allocable  to  the
administration  or  operation of an Account  maintained  under the Plan shall be
paid by the Employer.

     4.6 TAXES.  Any taxes  payable by the Employer  allocable to an Account (or
portion  thereof)  maintained  under  the Plan  which are  payable  prior to the
distribution  of the Account (or portion  thereof) shall be paid by the Employer
and shall not be charged  against that Account,  as an expense of the Account or
otherwise.


                                    ARTICLE 5

                             ENTITLEMENT TO BENEFITS

     5.1  FIXED  PAYMENT  DATES:  TERMINATION  OF  EMPLOYMENT.  On  his  or  her
Participant  Enrollment  and  Election  Form, a  Participant  may select a fixed
payment  date for the  payment or  commencement  of payment of his or her vested
Account  (or  elect to treat  his or her  vested  Account  as three  (3) or more
sub-accounts  and select fixed payment dates for the payment or  commencement of
payment of each sub-account),  which will be valued and payable according to the
provisions  of Article 6. Such  payment  dates may be extended to later dates so
long as  elections to so extend the dates are made by the  Participant  at least
six (6)  months  prior to the date on which  the  distribution  is to be made or
commence. Such payment dates may not be accelerated.

          Alternatively, on his or her Participant Enrollment and Election Form,
a Participant may select payment or commencement of payment of his or her vested
Account (or a sub-account  thereof) at his or her termination of employment with
the  Employer,  or at the earlier of a fixed payment date or dates or his or her
termination  of employment  with the Employer.  In this case,  the extension and
non-acceleration rules discussed above shall apply to such fixed payment date or
dates and/or termination of employment date, as applicable.


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          Any fixed payment date elected by a Participant as provided above must
be a date no earlier  than the January 1 of the second  calendar  year after the
calendar year in which the election is made.

          If a Participant  does not make an election as provided  above for any
particular amounts hereunder, and the Participant terminates employment with the
Employer for any reason,  the  Participant's  vested Account at the date of such
termination  shall be valued and payable at or  commencing  at such  termination
according to the provisions of Article 6.

     5.2  HARDSHIP  DISTRIBUTIONS.  In the event of  financial  hardship  of the
Participant,  as hereinafter  defined, the Participant may apply to the Employer
for the  distribution  of all or any  part  of his or her  vested  Account.  The
Employer  shall  consider  the  circumstances  of each such  case,  and the best
interests of the Participant and his or her family, and shall have the right, in
its  sole  discretion,  if  applicable,  to  allow  such  distribution,  or,  if
applicable,  to direct a  distribution  of part of the amount  requested,  or to
refuse to allow any  distribution.  Upon a finding of  financial  hardship,  the
Employer shall make the appropriate distribution to the Participant from amounts
held by the Employer in respect of the Participant's vested Account. In no event
shall the aggregate amount of the  distribution  exceed either the full value of
the Participant's  vested Account or the amount determined by the Employer to be
necessary to alleviate the  Participant's  financial  hardship (which  financial
hardship may be considered to include any taxes due because of the  distribution
occurring because of this Section),  and which is not reasonably  available from
other resources of the Participant.  For purposes of this Section,  the value of
the  Participant's  vested  Account  shall be  determined  as of the date of the
distribution.  "Financial hardship" means (a) a severe financial hardship to the
Participant  resulting from a sudden and  unexpected  illness or accident of the
Participant  or of a  dependent  (as  defined  in Code  section  152(a))  of the
Participant,  (b) loss of the  Participant's  property due to  casualty,  or (c)
other similar extraordinary and unforeseeable  circumstances arising as a result
of events beyond the control of the Participant,  each as determined to exist by
the  Employer.  A  distribution  may be made  under this  Section  only with the
consent of the Employer.

     5.3.  VESTING.  A  Participant  shall at all times be one  hundred  percent
(100%) vested in amounts credited to his or her Compensation  Deferral  Account.
Amounts credited to a Participant's  Employer  Contribution Credit Account shall
vest according to the following schedule:

             Years of Plan Participation                 Vested Percentage
             ---------------------------                 -----------------

                     Less than 1                                20%
                  1 but less than 2                             40%
                  2 but less than 3                             60%
                  3 but less than 4                             80%
                     4 or more                                 100%

          For  purposes  of  this  Section,   a  Participant's   years  of  Plan
participation  shall equal the  Participant's  total number of completed  twelve
(12) month  periods of  employment  with the  Employer,  whether  continuous  or
noncontinuous,  commencing  as of the date he or she first becomes a Participant
and ending as of the date of reference.


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          If a Participant  terminates  employment  because of death,  total and
permanent  disability  (as  determined  by  the  Employer  in  its  discretion),
involuntary  termination  by the Employer  other than for cause (as  hereinafter
defined),  or,  except as provided in the  following  paragraph,  for any reason
following  attainment of Normal Retirement Age, the Participant shall become one
hundred  percent  (100%)  vested  in  his or her  Employer  Contribution  Credit
Account.  Except  as  provided  in the  following  paragraph,  if a  Participant
terminates  employment  under any  other  circumstance,  he or she shall  become
vested in his or her Employer  Contribution Credit Account, if at all, under the
vesting schedule set forth above.

          If a Participant's  employment is terminated by the Employer for cause
prior to a Change in Control,  he or she shall forfeit all credits to his or her
Employer Contribution Credit Account not yet received hereunder. For purposes of
this Section, with respect to any particular  Participant  termination for cause
shall  have  the  same  meaning  as is  used in  that  Participant's  individual
agreement of employment.

          In the  event  Participant  does  not  have  an  employment  agreement
defining termination for cause, cause shall mean (1) the Participant  materially
fails to perform any duty of his/her  employment;  (2) a material  breach by the
Participant of his/her obligations regarding confidentiality, or any other duty,
whether  by law or  contract,  he/she has to the  Company;  (3)  Participant  is
convicted  of  or  pleads  guilty  or  confesses  to a  felony  involving  moral
turpitude;  (4)  Participant  is convicted  of or pleads  guilty or confesses to
theft,  larceny or embezzlement of Employer's  tangible or intangible  property;
(5)  notwithstanding  anything set forth above to the  contrary,  a  termination
shall not be for cause  unless  (i) the  party to whom the  Participant  reports
notifies the  Participant,  in writing,  of his/her  intention to terminate  the
Participant  for cause  (which  notice  shall set forth the  conduct  alleged to
constitute cause); and (ii) the Participant does not cure his/her conduct within
sixty days after the receipt of the cause notice.

     5.4  RE-EMPLOYMENT  OF RECIPIENT.  If a Participant  receiving  installment
distributions  pursuant  to Section  6.2 is  re-employed  by the  Employer,  the
remaining  distributions  due to the  Participant  shall be suspended until such
time as the Participant (or his or her Beneficiary)  once again becomes eligible
for benefits under Section 5.1, at which time such distribution  shall commence,
subject to the limitations and conditions contained in this Plan.

     5.5  CHANGE IN CONTROL  BENEFITS.  Notwithstanding  anything  herein to the
contrary, in the event of a Change in Control of the Employer,  each Participant
shall  become  fully  vested  in all  amounts  credited  to his or her  Employer
Contribution  Credit Account,  and each Participant shall receive payment of his
or her entire Account  immediately  following such Change of Control,  in a cash
lump sum. In addition,  there shall be paid by the Employer to each  Participant
whose name appears on Schedule I, attached  hereto,  immediately  following such
Change  in  Control,  an  amount  equal to that  Participant's  CIC  Factor,  as
hereinafter defined, as of the date of the Change in Control, multiplied by five
million dollars ($5,500,000).  For purposes of this Section, a Participant's CIC
Factor is a fraction,  the  numerator  of which is the number of whole months in
which  he or she has  held the  position  of  Executive  Vice  President  or its
equivalent  of the  Employer  and the  denominator  of which is the total of all
Schedule I  Participants'  number of whole months as Executive Vice President or
its equivalent of the Employer.


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                                    ARTICLE 6

                            DISTRIBUTION OF BENEFITS

     6.1 AMOUNT. A Participant (or his or her Beneficiary) shall become entitled
to receive on or about the date or dates  selected by the  Participant on his or
her  Participant  Enrollment and Election Form or, if none, on or about the date
of the Participant's  termination of employment with the Employer (or earlier as
provided in Article  5), a  distribution  in an  aggregate  amount  equal to the
Participant's  vested Account. Any payment due hereunder from the Trust which is
not paid by the  Trust  for any  reason  will be paid by the  Employer  from its
general assets.

     6.2. MEHOD OF PAYMENT.

          (a) Cash Payments. All payments under the Plan shall be made in cash.

          (b) Timing and Manner of Payment.  In the case of  distributions  to a
Participant or his or her  Beneficiary  by virtue of an entitlement  pursuant to
Section 5.1, an aggregate amount equal to the Participant's  vested Account will
be paid by the Trust or the  Employer as provided by Section  6.1, in a lump sum
or in up to ten (10 substantially equal annual installments  (adjusted for gains
and  losses),  as  selected  by the  Participant  as provided in Article 5. If a
Participant   fails  to  designate   properly  the  manner  of  payment  of  the
Participant's benefit under the Plan, such payment will be made in a lump sum.

          If  the  whole  or  any  part  of a  payment  hereunder  is  to  be in
installments, the total to be so paid shall continue to be deemed to be invested
pursuant to Section 4.1 under such procedures as the Employer may establish,  in
which case any deemed income,  gain or loss attributable  thereto (as determined
by the  Employer,  in its  discretion)  shall be  reflected  in the  installment
payments,  in such equitable manner as the Employer shall  determine.  Except in
the case of a Change in Control  (including a Change in Control  occurring after
the Participant's  receipt of benefits  hereunder  begin),  continued receipt of
installments may be made contingent upon the  Participant's  compliance with any
contractual obligations he or she may have to the Employer,  including,  but not
limited to, an obligation that the  Participant  may not enter into  competitive
employment with the Employer or disclose confidential  information following his
or her termination of employment.

     6.3 DEATH  BENEFITS.  If a Participant  dies before  terminating his or her
employment  with the  Employer  and before the  commencement  of payments to the
Participant  hereunder,  the entire value of the Participant's  Account shall be
paid,  as  provided  in Section  6.2,  to the person or  persons  designated  in
accordance with Section 7.1.

          Upon the death of a Participant  after  payments  hereunder have begun
but before he or she has  received  all  payments to which he or she is entitled
under the Plan,  the remaining  benefit  payments shall be paid to the person or
persons  designated in accordance  with Section 7.1, in the manner in which such
benefits  were payable to the  Participant,  unless the  Employer  elects a more
rapid form of distribution.


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                                    ARTICLE 7

                        BENEFICIARIES; PARTICIPAANT DATA

     7.1 DESIGNATION OF  BENEFICIARIES.  Each  Participant from time to time may
designate any person or persons (who may be named  contingently or successively)
to receive  such  benefits  as may be  payable  under the Plan upon or after the
Participant's  death,  and such  designation may be changed from time to time by
the Participant by filing a new  designation.  Each  designation will revoke all
prior designations by the same Participant, shall be in a form prescribed by the
Employer,  and will be  effective  only when filed in writing  with the Employer
during the Participant's lifetime.

          In the absence of a valid Beneficiary designation,  or if, at the time
any  benefit  payment is due to a  Beneficiary,  there is no living  Beneficiary
validly  named by the  Participant,  the  Employer  shall  pay any such  benefit
payment to the  Participant's  spouse,  if then  living,  but  otherwise  to the
Participant's then living descendants, if any, per stirpes, but, if none, to the
Participant's  estate.  In  determining  the  existence  or  identity  of anyone
entitled  to  a  benefit  payment,  the  Employer  may  rely  conclusively  upon
information supplied by the Participant's personal  representative,  executor or
administrator.  If a question  arises as to the  existence or identity of anyone
entitled to receive a benefit payment as aforesaid,  or if a dispute arises with
respect to any such payment, then,  notwithstanding the foregoing, the Employer,
in its sole discretion,  may distribute such payment to the Participant's estate
without liability for any tax or other  consequences which might flow therefrom,
or may take such other action as the Employer deems to be appropriate.

     7.2  INFORMATION  TO  BE  FURNISHED  BY  PARTICIPANTS  AND   BENEFICIARIES:
INABILITY TO LOCATE PARTICIPANTS OR BENEFICIARIES. Any communication,  statement
or notice addressed to a Participant or to a Beneficiary at his or her last post
office  address  as shown on the  Employer's  records  shall be  binding  on the
Participant or Beneficiary  for all purposes of the Plan. The Employer shall not
be obliged to search for any Participant or Beneficiary  beyond the sending of a
registered  letter to such last known  address.  If the  Employer  notifies  any
Participant  or  Beneficiary  that he or she is entitled to an amount  under the
Plan and the  Participant or Beneficiary  fails to claim such amount or make his
or her location known to the Employer within three (3) years  thereafter,  then,
except as otherwise  required by law, if the location of one or more of the next
of kin of the  Participant  is known to the  Employer,  the  Employer may direct
distribution  of such amount to any one or more or all of such next of kin,  and
in such proportions as the Employer  determines.  If the location of none of the
foregoing persons can be determined, the Employer shall have the right to direct
that the amount  payable  shall be deemed to be a  forfeiture,  except  that the
dollar amount of the  forfeiture,  unadjusted  for deemed gains or losses in the
interim,  shall be paid by the Employer if a claim for the benefit  subsequently
is made by the  Participant  or the  Beneficiary  to whom it was  payable.  If a
benefit payable to an unlocated Participant or Beneficiary is subject to escheat
pursuant to applicable state law, the Employer shall not be liable to any person
for any payment made in accordance with such law.


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                                    ARTICLE 8

                                 ADMINISTRATION

     8.1 ADMINISTRATIVE  AUTHORITY.  Except as otherwise  specifically  provided
herein, the Employer shall have the sole responsibility for and the sole control
of the operation and  administration  of the Plan,  and shall have the power and
authority to take all action and to make all decisions and interpretations which
may be necessary or  appropriate  in order to  administer  and operate the Plan,
including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the power, duty and
responsibility to:

          (a) Resolve and determine all disputes or questions  arising under the
Plan, and to remedy any ambiguities, inconsistencies or omissions in the Plan.

          (b) Adopt such rules of procedure  and  regulations  as in its opinion
may be necessary for the proper and efficient  administration of the Plan and as
are consistent with the Plan.

          (c) Implement the Plan in accordance  with its terms and the rules and
regulations adopted as above.

          (d)  Make  determinations  with  respect  to  the  eligibility  of any
Eligible  Employee  as a  Participant  and make  determinations  concerning  the
crediting of Plan Accounts.

          (e)  Appoint  any  persons  or  firms,  or  otherwise  act  to  secure
specialized  advice  or  assistance,  as it  deems  necessary  or  desirable  in
connection with the  administration  and operation of the Plan, and the Employer
shall be entitled to rely conclusively upon, and shall be fully protected in any
action or  omission  taken by it in good  faith  reliance  upon,  the  advice or
opinion  of such  firms or  persons.  The  Employer  shall  have the  power  and
authority to delegate from time to time by written instrument all or any part of
its duties,  powers or  responsibilities  under the Plan,  both  ministerial and
discretionary,  as it deems appropriate,  to any person or committee, and in the
same manner to revoke any such delegation of duties, powers or responsibilities.
Any action of such person or committee in the exercise of such delegated duties,
powers or responsibilities shall have the same force and effect for all purposes
hereunder  as if such  action  had been  taken  by the  Employer.  Further,  the
Employer  may  authorize  one or more  persons to  execute  any  certificate  or
document on behalf of the  Employer,  in which event any person  notified by the
Employer of such authorization shall be entitled to accept and conclusively rely
upon any such  certificate or document  executed by such person as  representing
action by the Employer  until such  notified  person shall have been notified of
the revocation of such authority.

     8.2 UNIFORMITY OF DISCRETIONARY  ACTS.  Whenever in the  administration  or
operation  of the Plan  discretionary  actions by the  Employer  are required or
permitted,  such actions  shall be  consistently  and  uniformly  applied to all
persons  similarly  situated,  and no such  action  shall be taken  which  shall
discriminate in favor of any particular person or group of persons.


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     8.3 LITIGATION.  Except as may be otherwise  required by law, in any action
or judicial  proceeding  affecting the Plan, no Participant or Beneficiary shall
be entitled to any notice or service of process,  and any final judgment entered
in such action shall be binding on all persons interested in, or claiming under,
the Plan.

     8.4  CLAIMS  PROCEDURE.  Any person  claiming  a benefit  under the Plan (a
"Claimant")  shall  present the claim,  in  writing,  to the  Employer,  and the
Employer shall respond in writing. If the claim is denied, the written notice of
denial shall state, in a manner calculated to be understood by the Claimant:

          (a) The  specific  reason or reasons  for the  denial,  with  specific
references to the Plan provisions on which the denial is based;

          (b) A description of any additional material or information  necessary
for the  Claimant  to perfect  his or her claim and an  explanation  of why such
material or information is necessary; and

          (c) An explanation of the Plan's claims review procedure.

          The written notice  denying or granting the Claimant's  claim shall be
provided to the Claimant within ninety (90) days after the Employer's receipt of
the  claim,  unless  special  circumstances  require  an  extension  of time for
processing  the claim.  If such an extension is required,  written notice of the
extension  shall be furnished by the Employer to the Claimant within the initial
ninety (90) day period and in no event shall such an  extension  exceed a period
of ninety  (90) days from the end of the initial  ninety  (90) day  period.  Any
extension  notice  shall  indicate  the  special  circumstances   requiring  the
extension and the date on which the Employer expects to render a decision on the
claim.  Any claim not granted or denied  within the period  noted above shall be
deemed to have been denied.

          Any  Claimant  whose  claim is denied,  or deemed to have been  denied
under the preceding  sentence (or such  Claimant's  authorized  representative),
may,  within  sixty  (60) days  after the  Claimant's  receipt  of notice of the
denial,  or after the date of the deemed denial,  request a review of the denial
by notice given,  in writing,  to the Employer.  Upon such a request for review,
the claim shall be reviewed by the Employer (or its  designated  representative)
which may,  but shall not be  required  to,  grant the  Claimant  a hearing.  In
connection with the review,  the Claimant may have  representation,  may examine
pertinent documents, and may submit issues and comments in writing.

          The decision on review  normally  shall be made within sixty (60) days
of the Employer's  receipt of the request for review. If an extension of time is
required  due to special  circumstances,  the  Claimant  shall be  notified,  in
writing, by the Employer, and the time limit for the decision on review shall be
extended to one hundred  twenty  (120) days.  The decision on review shall be in
writing  and  shall  state,  in a  manner  calculated  to be  understood  by the
Claimant,  the specific reasons for the decision and shall include references to
the  relevant  Plan  provisions  on which the  decision  is based.  The  written
decision on review shall be given to the Claimant within the sixty (60) day (or,
if applicable,  the one hundred twenty (120) day) time limit discussed above. If
the decision on review is not communicated to the Claimant within the sixty (60)
day (or, if  applicable,  the one  hundred  twenty  (120) day) period  discussed
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claim shall be deemed to have been denied upon review.  All  decisions on review
shall be final and binding with respect to all concerned parties.


                                    ARTICLE 9

                                    AMENDMENT

     9.1 RIGHT TO AMEND.  The Board may amend the Plan at any time,  without the
consent of any Participant or Beneficiary,  provided, however, that no amendment
shall divest any Participant or Beneficiary of the vested credits to his Account
and  provided  further that no  amendment  shall be effective  with respect to a
Participant whose employment  agreement prevents an amendment without his or her
written consent.

     9.2 AMENDMENTS TO ENSURE PROPER  CHARACTERIZATION OF PLAN.  Notwithstanding
the  provisions  of Section  9.1, the Plan may be amended by the Employer at any
time,  retroactively  if  required,  if found  necessary,  in the opinion of the
Employer, in order to ensure that the Plan is characterized as "top-hat" plan of
deferred  compensation  maintained  for a select group of  management  or highly
compensated employees as described under ERISA sections 201(2),  301(a)(3),  and
401(a)(1),  and to conform the Plan to the  provisions and  requirements  of any
applicable  law  (including  ERISA and the  Code).  No such  amendment  shall be
considered  prejudicial  to  any  interest  of a  Participant  or a  Beneficiary
hereunder.


                                   ARTICLE 10

                                   TERMINATION

     10.1 EMPLOYER'S  RIGHT TO TERMINATE OR SUSPEND PLAN. The Employer  reserves
the right to terminate the Plan and/or its obligation to make further credits to
Plan Accounts,  by action of its Board of Directors.  The Employer also reserves
the right to  suspend  the  operation  of the Plan for a fixed or  indeterminate
period of time, by action of its Board of Directors.

     10.2 AUTOMATIC  TERMINATION OF PLAN. The Plan automatically shall terminate
upon the dissolution of the Employer,  or upon its merger into or  consolidation
with any other corporation or business organization if there is a failure by the
surviving  corporation or business  organization to adopt specifically and agree
to continue the Plan.

     10.3 SUSPENSION OF DEFERRALS. In the event of a suspension of the Plan, the
Employer  shall  continue  all  aspects  of the Plan,  other  than  Compensation
Deferrals  and  Employer  Contribution   Credits,   during  the  period  of  the
suspension,  in which event  payments  hereunder will continue to be made during
the period of the suspension in accordance with Articles 5 and 6.

     10.4 ALLOCATION AND DISTRIBUTION.  This Section shall become operative on a
complete  termination  of the Plan.  The  provisions  of this Section also shall
become  operative  in  the  event  of a  partial  termination  of the  Plan,  as
determined  by the  Employer,  but only with respect to that portion of the Plan
attributable to the Participants to whom the partial  termination is applicable.
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the Plan, no persons who were not theretofore  Participants shall be eligible to
become  Participants  and the  value of the  interest  of all  Participants  and
Beneficiaries  shall be fully  vested and  determined  and,  after  paying  Plan
benefits, paid to them as soon as is practicable after such termination.

     10.5 SUCCESSOR TO EMPLOYER.  Any corporation or other business organization
which is a successor  to the  Employer by reason of a  consolidation,  merger or
purchase of substantially all of the assets of the Employer shall have the right
to become a party to the Plan by adopting the same by resolution of the entity's
board of directors or other  appropriate  governing body. If, within ninety (90)
days from the effective  date of such  consolidation,  merger or sale of assets,
such new entity  does not become a party  hereto,  as above  provided,  the Plan
automatically  shall be  terminated,  and the  provisions  of Section 10.4 shall
become operative.


                                   ARTICLE 11

                                    THE TRUST

     11.1  ESTABLISHMENT  OF TRUST.  The Employer shall establish the Trust with
the Trustee  pursuant to such terms and conditions as are set forth in the Trust
agreement to be entered into between the Employer and the Trustee.  The Trust is
intended to be treated as a "grantor" trust under the Code and the establishment
of the Trust is not intended to cause the  Participant to realize current income
on amounts contributed thereto, and the Trust shall be so interpreted.


                                   ARTICLE 12

                                  MISCELLANEOUS

     12.1 LIMITATIONS ON LIABILITY OF EMPLOYER. Neither the establishment of the
Plan nor any  modification  thereof,  nor the creation of any account  under the
Plan,  nor the  payment of any  benefits  under the Plan shall be  construed  as
giving to any  Participant or other person any legal or equitable  right against
the Employer, or any officer or employer thereof except as provided by law or by
any Plan provision. The Employer does not in any way guarantee any Participant's
Account from loss or depreciation, whether caused by poor investment performance
of a deemed  investment or the inability to realize upon an investment due to an
insolvency  affecting an  investment  vehicle or any other  reason.  In no event
shall the Employer, or any successor, employee, officer, director or stockholder
of the  Employer,  be liable to any person on  account  of any claim  arising by
reason  of the  provisions  of the  Plan  or of any  instrument  or  instruments
implementing its provisions, or for the failure of any Participant,  Beneficiary
or other person to be entitled to any particular tax  consequences  with respect
to the Plan, or any credit or distribution hereunder.

     12.2  CONSTRUCTION.  If any  provision of the Plan is held to be illegal or
void, such illegality or invalidity shall not affect the remaining provisions of
the Plan.  but shall be fully  severable,  and the Plan shall be  construed  and
enforced as if said illegal or invalid provision had never been inserted herein.
For all  purposes of the Plan,  where the context  admits,  the  singular  shall
include the plural,  and the plural  shall  include  the  singular.  Headings of
Articles and Sections  herein are inserted only for convenience of reference and
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construction  of the  Plan.  The laws of the  State of  Maryland  shall  govern,
control and  determine all questions of law arising with respect to the Plan and
the interpretation and validity of its respective provisions, except where those
laws are  preempted by the laws of the United  States.  Participation  under the
Plan will not give any  Participant  the right to be  retained in the service of
the  Employer  nor any right or claim to any benefit  under the Plan unless such
right or claim has specifically accrued hereunder.

     12.3 UNFUNDED CONTRACTUAL  OBLIGATION.  The Plan constitutes a mere promise
by the Employer to make payments in accordance  with the terms of the Plan,  and
Participants  and  Beneficiaries  shall  have the  status of  general  unsecured
creditors  of the  Employer.  Nothing in the Plan will be  construed to give any
Participant,  Beneficiary  or any person  rights to any  specific  assets of the
Employer or of any other person. In all events, it is the intent of the Employer
that the Plan be treated as unfunded  for tax purposes and for purposes of Title
I of  ERISA.  The  Plan  also  is  intended  to be  and at all  times  shall  be
interpreted,  operated and  administered  so as to qualify as a plan meeting the
requirements  of Rule 16b-3 for exemption from liability  under Section 16(b) of
the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934 (including Rule 16b-3's plan administration
requirements).

     12.4  SPENDTHRIFT  PROVISION.  No  amount  payable  to a  Participant  or a
Beneficiary  under the Plan will, except as otherwise  specifically  provided by
law,  be  subject  in  any  manner  to  anticipation,   alienation,  attachment,
garnishment,  sale,  transfer,  assignment  (either at law or in equity),  levy,
execution, pledge, encumbrance,  charge or any other legal or equitable process,
and any  attempt  to do so will be void;  nor will any  benefit be in any manner
liable for or subject to the debts, contracts, liabilities, engagements or torts
of the person entitled thereto.  Further, (i) the withholding of taxes from Plan
benefit  payments,  (ii) the recovery under the Plan of overpayments of benefits
previously  made to a  Participant  or  Beneficiary,  (iii) if  applicable,  the
transfer  of benefit  rights from the Plan to another  plan,  or (iv) the direct
deposit of benefit  payments  to an  account  in a banking  institution  (if not
actually part of an arrangement  constituting an assignment or alienation) shall
not be construed as an assignment or alienation.

          In  the  event  that  any  Participant's  or  Beneficiary's   benefits
hereunder  are  garnished  or  attached by order of any court,  the  Employer or
Trustee may bring an action or a  declaratory  judgment in a court of  competent
jurisdiction to determine the proper  recipient of the benefits to be paid under
the Plan.  During the pendency of said action,  any benefits that become payable
shall be held as credits to the  Participant's or  Beneficiary's  Account or, if
the Employer or Trustee prefers,  paid into the court as they become payable, to
be  distributed  by the court to the  recipient as the court deems proper at the
close of said action.


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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Employer has caused the Plan to be executed and its
seal to be affixed hereto, effective as of the 19th day of November, 1998.

ATTEST/WITNESS                       INTEGRATED HEALTH SERVICES, INC.


__________________________________    By: ________________________________(SEAL)

Print: ___________________________    Print Name: ______________________________

                                      Date: ____________________________________




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                                   SCHEDULE I

                          (Effective November 19, 1998)



William B. Bennett


Marshall A. Elkins


John F. Heller, III


Marc B. Levin


C. Taylor Pickett


Scott W. Robertson*


Sally Weisberg


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* No further  Compensation  Deferrals or Employer  Contribution  Credits will be
credited to Mr.  Robertson's  Account after March 13, 1998. Upon Mr. Robertson's
termination of employment,  he became vested in his Employer Contribution Credit
Account  under the vesting  schedule  set forth in Section  5.3,  using years of
participation as of such date of termination plus one additional, deemed year of
participation.  The Change in Control  Benefit  described in Section 5.5 will be
applicable to Mr. Robertson solely with respect to a Change in Control occurring
after March 13, 1998 and on or before December 31, 1998, provided, however, that
in calculating the Change in Control Benefit of Mr.  Robertson,  any such Change
in Control will be deemed to have occurred on March 13, 1998.


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                                   SCHEDULE II

                          (Effective November 1, 1998)

Elizabeth Kelly


Anthony R. Masso


Murry J. Mercier


Ruth Ann Skaggs


C. Christian Winkle




                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.82


                              EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

         This  AGREEMENT is made  effective  as of July 1, 1997 (the  "Effective
Date"), by and between INTEGRATED HEALTH SERVICES,  INC., a Delaware corporation
(hereinafter  referred to as the "Company"),  and C. TAYLOR PICKETT (hereinafter
referred to as the "Executive").

                              W I T N E S S E T H:

         WHEREAS,  the  Company  wishes to employ  Executive  and to ensure  the
continued  services of  Executive  for the Term (as  hereinafter  defined),  and
Executive  desires to be employed  by the Company for such Term,  upon the terms
and conditions hereinafter set forth.

         NOW,  THEREFORE,  in  consideration  of the  foregoing  premise and the
mutual agreements herein contained, the parties,  intending to be legally bound,
hereby agree as follows:

                                    ARTICLE

                             EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP

        1.1 Employment.  The Company hereby employs Executive in the position of
Executive  Vice  President  of the  Company,  and  for all of its  wholly  owned
subsidiaries and those  subsidiaries  over which the Company or its subsidiaries
exert  management  control,  with such  responsibilities  as may be  assigned to
Executive  from time to time by the Company's  Chief  Executive  Officer  and/or
President.  Executive  shall report to and be responsible to the Chief Executive
Officer  and/or  President  of the  Company  as of the  Effective  Date  of this
Agreement for the period hereinafter set forth, and the Executive hereby accepts
such employment.

         During the Term,  the Executive  agrees to devote all such working time
as is  reasonably  required  for the  discharge of his duties  hereunder  and to
perform such services faithfully and to the best of his ability. Notwithstanding
the  foregoing,  nothing in this  Agreement  shall  preclude  Executive from (a)
engaging in charitable  and community  affairs,  so long as they are  consistent
with his duties and  responsibilities  under this  Agreement,  (b)  managing his
personal investments,  and (c) serving on or advising the boards of directors of
other companies. 

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        1.2 Term.  Unless sooner  terminated  pursuant to Article III below, the
term of this Agreement (the "Term") shall commence on the Effective Date, and be
in effect for three (3) years; provided, however, that on each January 1st after
the date of this  Agreement (an  "Anniversary  Date"),  the then current term of
this Agreement automatically shall be extended by an additional period of twelve
(12) months,  so that, as of each Anniversary Date, this Agreement shall have an
unexpired Term of three (3) years.  Notwithstanding the foregoing,  either party
hereto may elect not to so extend this Agreement by giving written notice of his
or its election to the other party hereto at least one hundred twenty (120) days
prior to any Anniversary Date. In the event the Company elects not to renew this
Agreement with appropriate  notice as provided  herein,  the Company may buy out
the  remaining  term of the  Agreement  through  the  payment  of  severance  to
Executive as provided in Section 3.4.

                                     ARTICLE

                                  COMPENSATION

        2.1 Salary. The Executive shall receive a base salary at an initial rate
of Three  Hundred  Ten  Thousand  Dollars  ($310,000)  per year (the  "Salary"),
payable in  substantially  equal  installments in accordance with the pay policy
established  by the  Company  from time to time,  but not less  frequently  than
monthly.  On each  Anniversary  Date, the Salary shall be increased or decreased
(but not below Three Hundred Ten Thousand  Dollars  ($310,000))  by a percentage
which is equal to the percentage  increase or decrease,  as  applicable,  in the
"Consumer  Price Index for All Urban  Consumers"  published by the United States
Department  of Labor's  Bureau of Labor  Statistics  for the then most  recently
ended twelve (12) month period as of the date of such adjustment,  and increased
by such  additional  amounts as may be determined at the discretion of the Chief
Executive  Officer or  President.  Once  adjusted,  such  adjusted  amount shall
constitute  Salary  for  purposes  of  this  Agreement. 


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        2.2  Bonuses.  If the  Company's  earnings per share equal or exceed the
earnings goals set by the Board (the "Target"),  then no more than ten (10) days
following the date the Company  publicly  announces  its  earnings,  the Company
shall  pay  Executive  a  discretionary  bonus  ("Bonus")  based on  Executive's
performance,  benefit  to the  Company  at  large,  and the  extent to which the
Company equals or exceeds the Target.  Such Bonus shall be discretionary  except
that if the  Company's  earnings  per share  equal or  exceed  the  Target  then
Executive  shall  receive a bonus of not less than  fifty  percent  (50%) of his
Salary.


        2.3 Executive  Benefits and  Perquisites.  During the Term,  the Company
shall provide and/or pay for employee  benefits and perquisites that are, in the
aggregate,  no less favorable than the employee  benefits and  perquisites  that
Executive  enjoys as of the  Effective  Date,  as  increased  from time to time,
including, without limitation:


        (a)  comprehensive  individual  health  insurance,  including  dependent
coverage;

        (b)  life  insurance  coverage  in the  amount  of One  Million  Dollars
($1,000,000)  any proceeds of which shall be payable to  Executive's  designated
beneficiary or his estate;

        (c) four (4) weeks paid vacation annually;

        (d) disability  insurance  coverage in a monthly benefit amount equal to
the sum of 100% of Executive's Salary plus "Bonus Amount" (as defined in Section
3.4(a));

        (e) one-time initiation fee(s) not to exceed $15,000 (if not used within
the first 2 years of this  Agreement,  Executive  may apply the $15,000  towards
dues at a country club(s)),  and the cost of dues, assessments and other charges
for a full membership in one or more country club(s) of Executive's  choice,  in
an amount not to exceed $15,000 per year;

        (f) an automobile allowance and automobile insurance coverage or, in the
alternative  a leased  automobile,  at least  equal  to the  greater  of (i) the
largest down payment and monthly  lease  payment made by the Company  within the
previous  three (3) years or (ii) the  allowance  and  coverage  that  Executive
receives as of the Effective Date, and as increased from time to time; and

        (g) participation in the Company's SERP(s).

                  Once increased,  the level of benefits and  perquisites  shall
not be decreased without  Executive's  consent. No amendment of any SERP that is
adverse to  Executive  shall be  effective  as


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to Executive  without his prior written  consent (or, if he is no longer living,
the consent of his beneficiary (or beneficiaries)  designated in accordance with
the  Trust  Agreement(s)  (as  defined  in  the  SERP(s)).  Any  interpretation,
construction,  determination,  act or  failure  to act  of  the  Company  or the
"Committee"  (as  defined in the  SERP(s))  that  relates to the  SERP(s) and is
adverse  to  Executive  shall be subject to de novo  review in  accordance  with
Section 6.9 of this Agreement.

        2.4  Equity-based  Compensation.   During  the  Term,  the  Compensation
Committee,  in its complete  discretion,  may select Executive to participate in
programs  or enter  into  agreements  which  provide  for the  grant of  certain
equity-based compensation or rights to Executive.

                                     ARTICLE

                            TERMINATION AND SEVERANCE

        3.1  Termination;  Nonrenewal.  The  Company  shall  have  the  right to
terminate Executive's  employment,  and Executive shall have the right to resign
his employment with the Company,  at any time during the Term, for any reason or
for no stated  reason,  upon no less than ninety (90) days prior written  notice
(or such shorter  notice to the extent  provided for herein).  Upon  Executive's
termination without "Cause" (as defined in Section 3.2) or resignation for "Good
Reason" (as defined in Section 3.3) or upon the Expiration of the Term following
the Company's  election not to renew this Agreement (in accordance  with Section
1.3), Executive shall be entitled to severance as set forth in Section 3.4. Upon
Executive's  termination for Cause,  Executive shall be entitled to severance as
set forth in Section  3.7.  Upon  Executive's  resignation  without Good Reason,
Executive  shall  not be  entitled  to  severance.  Upon the  expiry of the term
hereof, Executive shall be entitled to severance as set forth in Section 3.4. If
Executive's  employment  is  terminated  because of a Permanent  Disability  (as
defined in Section  3.5),  Executive  shall  receive the  benefits  and payments
described in Section 3.5.



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        3.2 Termination For Cause.  The Company may terminate this Agreement for
Cause  following  a  determination  by the Chief  Executive  Officer  that Cause
exists.  For  purposes  of this  Agreement,  Cause  shall mean any or all of the
following:


               (i) Executive materially fails to perform his duties hereunder;

               (ii) a  material  breach  by  Executive  of his  covenants  under
               Sections 4.1 or 4.2; or

               (iii)  Executive  is  convicted  of any  felony  involving  moral
               turpitude.

               (b) Notwithstanding anything in Section 3.2(a) to the contrary, a
               termination  shall not be for Cause  unless (i) the party to whom
               Executive  reports  notifies   Executive,   in  writing,  of  his
               intention to terminate  Executive  for Cause (which  notice shall
               set forth the conduct  alleged to  constitute  Cause) (the "Cause
               Notice");  and (ii)  Executive  does not cure his conduct  within
               sixty (60) days  after the  receipt  of the Cause  Notice.  (a)ab
               Termination  for  Good  Reason.   Executive  may  terminate  this
               Agreement  for Good Reason,  provided he gives the Company  prior
               written   notice  that  Good  Reason  exists  (the  "Good  Reason
               Notice"). For purposes of this Agreement,  Good Reason shall mean
               one or both of the following:

        (1) a  material  breach  of the  Agreement  by the  Company  (including,
without  limitation,  one or more of the  following  without  Executive's  prior
written consent:

               (i) a material diminution of Executive's responsibilities, title,
               authority or status;

               (ii) the failure of the Company to pay Executive amounts when due
               under this Agreement;

               (iii)  Executive's  removal or  dismissal  from the  position  of
               Executive Vice President;

               (iv)  Executive  no longer is  assigned  responsibilities  by and
               reports directly to Robert N. Elkins; or

               (v) a  reduction  in Salary or a material  reduction  in benefits
               (other than a reduction in Salary permitted by Section 2.1).


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        (2) the  resignation by Executive  within one (1) year of one or both of
the following:

               (i) a "Change of Control," as defined in Section 3.3(b); and/or

               (ii) the date the individual who is Chief  Executive  Officer and
               Chairman of the Board of the Company as of the Effective  Date or
               the  individual  who  is  President  of  the  Company  as of  the
               Effective Date ceases to hold such position.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, a termination on account of a reason described in
paragraph  (1),  shall be deemed not to be for Good Reason unless  Executive (i)
gives the Company the opportunity to cure the condition that purports to be Good
Reason, and (ii) the Company fails to cure that condition within sixty (60) days
after the receipt of the Good Reason  Notice (or, with respect to the failure to
make any payment when due to Executive within ten (10) days after the receipt of
such notice).

        (b) For  purposes  of this  Agreement,  a "Change of  Control"  shall be
deemed  to  occur  if (i)  there  shall be  consummated  (x) any  consolidation,
reorganization  or  merger  of the  Company  in  which  the  Company  is not the
continuing or surviving corporation or pursuant to which shares of the Company's
common stock would be converted into cash,  securities or other property,  other
than a merger of the Company in which the holders of the Company's  common stock
immediately prior to the merger have the same proportionate  ownership of common
stock of the  surviving  corporation  immediately  after the merger,  or (y) any
sale,  lease,  exchange or other  transfer  (in one  transaction  or a series of
related  transactions)  of all,  or  substantially  all,  of the  assets  of the
Company,  or (ii) the  stockholders  of the  Company  shall  approve any plan or
proposal for liquidation or dissolution of the Company,  or (iii) any person (as
such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act,  including
any  "group" (as defined in Section  13(d)(3) of the  Exchange  Act) (other than
Executive or any group  controlled by  Executive))  shall become the  beneficial
owner  (within  the  meaning of Rule  13d-3  under the  Exchange  Act) of twenty
percent  (20%) or more of the  Company's  outstanding  common  stock (other than
pursuant to a plan or  arrangement  entered into by such person and the Company)
and such  person  discloses  its  intent to effect a change  in the  control  or
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of the Company in any filing with the  Securities  and Exchange  Commission,  or
(iv)  within  any  twenty-four  (24)  month  period  beginning  on or after  the
Effective Date, the persons who were directors of the Company immediately before
the beginning of such period (the  "Incumbent  Directors")  shall cease (for any
reason other than death,  disability  or  retirement)  to  constitute at least a
majority of the Board or the board of directors of any successor to the Company,
provided  that,  any  director who was not a director as of the  Effective  Date
shall be deemed to be an Incumbent  Director if such director was elected to the
Board  by,  or on  the  recommendation  of or  with  the  approval  of at  least
two-thirds  of the directors who then  qualified as Incumbent  Directors  either
actually or by prior operation of this Section  3.3(b)(iv) unless such election,
recommendation  or approval was the result of any actual or threatened  election
contest of the type  contemplated  by Regulation  14a-11  promulgated  under the
Exchange Act or any successor provision.  Notwithstanding the foregoing,  if the
employment  agreement of the  Company's CEO or President has a change of control
provision  which is triggered by an earlier event not stated  herein,  then such
event shall also be a Change of Control for purposes of this Agreement.

        3.4  Severance.  (a)  If  Executive  resigns  for  Good  Reason,  or  is
terminated  without  Cause or at the end of the term  hereof,  or if the Company
gives  Executive  notice of its  intention not to extend the Term, in accordance
with Article II: (1) the Company shall cause the Executive's outstanding options
which are not immediately exercisable to vest and become immediately exercisable
and the  restrictions  on equity held by Executive  which are scheduled to lapse
solely through the passage of time to lapse (such events  collectively  referred
to as  "Acceleration  of Equity  Rights")  and  Executive  shall have sixty (60)
months from the date of  termination  to exercise  any vested  options;  (2) all
amounts  allocated to Executive's  account(s)  under the SERP(s) shall vest; and
(3) the Salary amount for purposes of the  calculating  Salary and Bonus for the
Severance  Amount  shall be the greater of  Executive's  current  Salary or Four
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($450,000).  On each Anniversary  Date, the adjusted Salary for purposes of this
paragraph  shall be  increased or  decreased  (but not below Four Hundred  Fifty
Thousand  Dollars  ($450,000)) by a percentage  which is equal to the percentage
increase or decrease, as applicable,  in the "Consumer Price Index for All Urban
Consumers"  published by the United States Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor
Statistics  for the then most recently  ended twelve (12) month period as of the
date of such  adjustment.  Once adjusted,  such adjusted amount shall constitute
Salary for purposes of this paragraph.

         In  addition,  the  Company  shall pay the  Executive  an  amount  (the
"Severance  Amount")  equal to three (3) times the sum of (1) his  Salary in the
year of Termination or the immediately preceding year, whichever is greater; and
(2) the Bonus Amount which shall be the greater of (i) Executive's  Bonus in the
year of termination;  (ii) in the immediately preceding calendar year, whichever
is greater;  or (iii) 50% of the Salary amount used for severance  calculations,
whichever is greater. Such Severance Amount shall be payable in cash as follows:

         (x) no later than 10 days after the effective  date of the  Executive's
termination,  the Company  shall pay Executive  one-half  (1/2) of the Severance
Amount in a lump sum;

         (y)  commencing  on the first day of the month  following the effective
date of Executive's termination and on the first day of the month thereafter for
a period of eighteen  (18) months (or in the event that the payout of  severance
is a shorter period in the  employment  agreement of the CEO or President of the
Company,  then such shorter  period  shall  replace and  supersede  the 18-month
period),  the Company  shall pay the remaining  one-half  (1/2) of the Severance
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provided,  however,  that if Executive's  employment  terminates  other than for
Cause within one (1) year following a Change of Control,  the Company shall,  in
lieu of the making the  payments  described in (x) and (y),  pay  Executive  the
Severance  Amount in one lump sum cash  payment  within  ten (10) days after the
effective date of Executive's termination.

         In addition,  for a period of three (3) years  following  the effective
date of Executive's  termination,  the Company shall provide continued  employee
benefits and  coverage for  Executive  and his  dependents  of the type and at a
level  of  coverage  comparable  to  the  coverage  in  effect  at the  time  of
termination or the preceding year,  whichever is greater ("Continued  Benefits")
including,  but not  limited  to those  benefits  and  perquisites  set forth in
Section 2.3 hereof.  Such  allowances,  benefits and coverages,  etc., to be not
less than those in effect on the Effective  Date of  Executive's  termination or
the preceding year, whichever is greater.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any
of the Continued  Benefits or other benefits to be provided  hereunder have been
decreased or otherwise  negatively  affected  within twelve (12) months prior to
the effective date of Executive's termination,  the reference for measuring such
benefit shall be the date prior to such  reduction  rather than the date of such
termination. Furthermore, for a period of five (5) years following the effective
date,  Executive  shall be  entitled  to receive  the Change of Control  benefit
described in the SERP Plan B, or any additional SERP or successor SERP.

         (b) If Executive is required,  pursuant to Section 4999 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986,  as amended (the  "Code") to pay (through  withholding  or
otherwise)  an excise tax on "excess  parachute  payments" as defined in Section
280G of the Code, as amended, the Company shall pay Executive the full amount or
amounts that are necessary to place  Executive in the same  after-tax  financial
position  that he would have been in if he had not  incurred  any tax  liability
under Section 4999 of the Code.

         3.5 Termination for Disability. (a) The Company may terminate Executive
following a  determination  by the Chief  Executive  Officer or  President  that
Executive  has  a  Permanent  Disability;   provided,   however,  that  no  such
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the six (6)  month  period  following  the date  Executive  first  incurred  the
condition  which is the basis for the Permanent  Disability or (ii) if Executive
begins to  substantially  perform the significant  aspects of his regular duties
prior to the proposed  effective date of such termination.  For purposes of this
Agreement, "Permanent Disability" shall mean Executive's inability, by reason of
any physical or mental  impairment,  to  substantially  perform the  significant
aspects  of his  regular  duties,  as  contemplated  by  this  Agreement,  which
inability is reasonably  contemplated to continue for at least one (1) year from
its  incurrence  and at  least  ninety  (90)  days  from the  effective  date of
Executive's  termination.   Any  question  as  to  the  existence,   extent,  or
potentiality of the Executive's  Permanent  Disability  shall be determined by a
qualified  independent physician selected by the Executive (or, if the Executive
is unable  to make such  selection,  by the  person  designated  in  writing  by
Executive prior to his inability to make such  selection,  and in the absence of
such  designation by an adult member of the  Executive's  immediate  family) and
reasonably acceptable to the Company.

                  (b) If  Executive  is  terminated  because  of  his  Permanent
Disability, the Company shall provide for the Acceleration of Equity Rights and,
the Company  shall,  (i) for a period of  thirty-six  (36) months  following the
effective date of such termination  (the "Disability  Period") pay Executive one
hundred (100%) percent of his Salary plus Bonus Amount, offset by the amount, if
any,  paid to  Executive  under the salary  replacement  portion  of  disability
benefits  paid under a disability  plan or policy paid for by the  Company;  and
(ii) provide him with Continued Benefits during the Disability period.

         3.6 Death or  Disability  After  Termination.  Should  Executive die or
become  disabled  before  receipt of any or all  payments to which  Executive is
entitled to under Section 3.4 (or in the case of Executive's death following his
termination on account of Permanent  Disability,  before receipt of all payments
under  Section  3.5) then the  balance of the  payments  to which  Executive  is
entitled shall continue to be paid to Executive (in the case of his  disability)
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administrators  of  Executive's  estate  (in the  event of  Executive's  death);
provided,  however,  that the Company  may,  at any time within its  discretion,
accelerate  any  payments and pay  Executive or his estate the present  value of
such  payments  in a lump sum cash  payment.  For  purposes of  determining  the
present  value under this Section 3.6, the interest rate shall be the prime rate
of Citibank, N.A.

         3.7  Termination for Cause. If Executive is terminated for Cause during
the Term of this  Agreement  or within  one (1) year of a Change of  Control  or
thereafter,  the Company shall pay Executive a severance amount equal to the sum
of (1) his Salary in the year of Termination or the immediately  preceding year,
whichever is greater; and (2) the Bonus Amount which shall be the greater of (i)
Executive's  Bonus  in the  year  of  termination  or  (ii)  in the  immediately
preceding  calendar  year,  whichever  is  greater,  payable  in  equal  monthly
installments  for twelve (12) months.  Executive  shall also  receive  Continued
Benefits for a period of 12 months.

                                   ARTICLE IV

                           COVENANTS OF THE EXECUTIVE

        4.1 Confidential  Information.  In connection with his employment at the
Company,  Executive will have access to confidential  information  consisting of
some or all of the following categories of information:

        (a)  Financial  Information,  including  but not limited to  information
relating to the Company's earnings,  assets,  debts, prices,  pricing structure,
volume of purchases  or sales or other  financial  data  whether  related to the
Company or generally, or to particular products, services,  geographic areas, or
time periods;

        (b)  Supply  and  Service  Information,  including  but not  limited  to
information relating to goods and services, suppliers' names or addresses, terms
of supply  or  service  contracts  or of  particular  transactions,  or  related
information about potential suppliers to the extent that such information is not
generally known to the public,  and the extent that the combination of suppliers
or use of a particular  supplier,  though  generally known or available,  yields
advantages to the Company details of which are not generally known;

        (c)  Marketing  Information,  including  but not limited to  information
relating to details about ongoing or proposed  marketing  programs or agreements
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forecasts,  advertising  formats and methods or results of marketing  efforts or
information about impending transactions;

         (d) Personnel  Information,  including  but not limited to  information
relating to employees'  personnel or medical  histories,  compensation  or other
terms of  employment,  actual  or  proposed  promotions,  hirings,  resignation,
disciplinary  actions,  terminations  or  reasons  therefor,  training  methods,
performance, or other employee information; and

         (e)  Customer  Information,  including  but not limited to  information
relating  to past,  existing  or  prospective  customers'  names,  addresses  or
backgrounds,  records of agreements and prices,  proposals or agreements between
customers and the Company,  status of customers'  accounts or credit, or related
information about actual or prospective customers as well as customer lists.

         All of the foregoing are  hereinafter  referred to as "Trade  Secrets."
The Company and Executive consider their relation one of confidence with respect
to Trade  Secrets.  Therefore,  during and after the  employment by the Company,
regardless of the reasons that such employment ends, Executive agrees:

         (aa)  To  hold  all  Trade  Secrets  in  confidence  and  not  discuss,
communicate or transmit to others,  or make any unauthorized  copy of or use the
Trade  Secrets in any  capacity,  position  or  business  except as it  directly
relates to Executive's employment by the Company;

          (bb) To use the Trade Secrets only in furtherance of proper employment
     related reasons of the Company to further the interests of the Company;

         (cc) To take all reasonable actions that the Company deems necessary or
appropriate,  to prevent  unauthorized  use or  disclosure  of or to protect the
Company's interest in the Trade Secrets; and

         (dd) That any of the Trade  Secrets,  whether  prepared by Executive or
which  may  come  into  Executive's  possession  during  Executive's  employment
hereunder,  are and remain the property of the Company and its  affiliates,  and
all such  Trade  Secrets,  including  copies  thereof,  together  with all other
property  belonging to the Company or its affiliates or used in their respective
businesses, shall be delivered to or left with the Company.

         This  Agreement does not apply to (i)  information  that by means other
than  Executive's  deliberate  or  inadvertent  disclosure  becomes known to the
public;  (ii)  disclosure  compelled by judicial or  administrative  proceedings
provided  Executive affords the Company the opportunity to obtain assurance that
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independently developed by Executive,  the development of which was not a breach
of this Agreement.

         4.2  Non-Competition.  (a) During the Term and for a period of eighteen
(18)  months  thereafter  (or in the  event of the  termination  of  Executive's
employment  under any  provision  herein  within  one (1) year after a Change of
Control  or  Executive's  termination  for  cause,  for a period of one (1) year
thereafter),  Executive  agrees that he will not,  without  the express  written
consent of the Company,  for Executive or on behalf or any other  person,  firm,
entity or other enterprise (i) directly or indirectly  solicit for employment or
recommend  to  any  subsequent   employer  of  Executive  the  solicitation  for
employment  of any person who, at the time of such  solicitation  is employed by
the Company or any  affiliate  thereof,  (ii)  directly or  indirectly  solicit,
divert,  or endeavor to entice away any customer of the Company or any affiliate
thereof, or otherwise engage in any activity intended to terminate,  disrupt, or
interfere with the Company's or any  affiliate's  relationship  with a customer,
supplier,  lessor or other  person,  or (iii) be  employed  by,  be a  director,
officer  or  manager  of,  act as a  consultant  for,  be a partner  in,  have a
proprietary  interest in, give advice to, loan money to or  otherwise  associate
with,


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any person, enterprise, partnership,  association, corporation, joint venture or
other  entity  which is  directly  or  indirectly  in the  business  of  owning,
operating or managing any (1) healthcare facility or business, including but not
limited  to,  any  subacute  healthcare   facility,   rehabilitation   hospital,
rehabilitation services provider, nursing home, or home health care business, or
(2) any other business similar to a business which is or was owned,  operated or
managed by the Company  during the Term or during the period  that this  Section
4.2 shall apply to Executive, unless such business comprises (and has during the
preceding twelve (12) month period comprised) less than five percent (5%) of the
Company's  gross  revenues;  and,  in the  case  of  any  facility  or  business
described,  in either  case,  which  competes  with any such type of facility or
business then operated by the Company or any of its subsidiaries.


          This  provision  shall not be  construed  to prohibit  Executive  from
owning up to 10% of the  outstanding  voting shares of the equity  securities of
any company whose common stock is listed for trading on any national  securities
exchange  or on the NASDAQ  System or  serving  as a director  or advisor to the
board of directors of any company. The provisions of this Section 4.2 shall only
apply to businesses  and operations  located in, or otherwise  conducted in, the
United States.

         4.3  Remedies  for  Breach of Article  IV. In the event that  Executive
materially  violates  the  covenants  contained  in this  Article IV,  after his
termination of employment under  circumstances  which entitle him to payments or
benefits  under  Section 3.4, the Company  may, at its  election,  upon ten


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(10) days' prior  notice,  terminate the  Severance  Period and cease  providing
Executive with such payments and benefits. In addition,  Executive  acknowledges
and agrees that the amount of damages in the event of Executive's breach of this
Article  IV  will be  difficult,  if not  impossible,  to  ascertain.  Executive
therefore  agrees that the  Company,  in addition  to, and without  limiting any
other  remedy  or right it may  have,  shall  have  the  right to an  injunction
enjoining any breach of the covenants made by Executive in this Article IV.

                                    ARTICLE V

                            AMENDMENT AND ASSIGNMENT

          5.1 Right of Executive to Assign.  Executive may not assign, transfer,
pledge or hypothecate or otherwise transfer his rights,  obligations,  interests
and  benefits  under this  Agreement  and any attempt to do so shall be null and
void.

          5.2 Right of Company to Assign. This Agreement shall be assignable and
transferable  by the Company and any such  assignment or transfer shall inure to
the benefit of and be binding  upon  Executive,  Executive's  heirs and personal
representatives,  and the  Company and its  successors  and  assigns.  Executive
agrees to  execute  all  documents  necessary  to  ratify  and  effectuate  such
assignment. An assignment of this Agreement by the Company shall not release the
Company from its monetary obligations under this Agreement.


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          5.3  Amendment/Waiver.  No change or  modification  of this  Agreement
shall be valid  unless it is in writing and signed by both  parties  hereto.  No
waiver of any provisions of this Agreement  shall be valid unless in writing and
signed by the person or party to be charged.

                                   ARTICLE VI

                                     GENERAL

          6.1 Governing Law. This Agreement  shall be subject to and governed by
the laws of the State of Maryland.

          6.2 Binding Effect.  This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to
the benefit of the Company  and  Executive  and their  respective  heirs,  legal
representatives, executors, administrators, successors and permitted assigns.

          6.3 Entire Agreement.  This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement
between the  parties  and  supersedes  the Prior  Agreement  and all other prior
agreements,  either oral or  written,  between  the  parties  hereto;  provided,
however,  that this Agreement  does not supersede any  agreements  pertaining to
stock options which have been granted as of the  Effective  Date,  except to the
extent that any such option agreement contains  provisions which are contrary to
the  provisions  of  this   Agreement   (including   provisions   regarding  the
Acceleration of Equity Rights).  In the event of a conflict between the terms of
this  Agreement and any other  agreement or plan,  the terms and  definitions of
this Agreement shall prevail.

          6.4 Mitigation. Executive shall not be required to mitigate damages or
the amount of any payment  provided for under this  Agreement  by seeking  other
employment or otherwise nor may any payments  provided for under this Section be
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         6.5 Survivorship.  The respective rights and obligations of the parties
hereunder  shall  survive  the  termination  of  this  Agreement  to the  extent
necessary  to preserve  the rights and  obligations  of the  parties  under this
Agreement.

         6.6 Notices. All notices,  demands,  requests,  consents,  approvals or
other  communications  required or permitted  hereunder  shall be in writing and
shall be delivered by hand,  registered  or certified  mail with return  receipt
requested or by a nationally recognized overnight delivery service, in each case
with all postage or other delivery  charges  prepaid,  and to the address of the
party to whom it is directed as  indicated  below,  or to such other  address as
such party may  specify  by giving  notice to the other in  accordance  with the
terms hereof. Any such notice shall be deemed to be received (i) when delivered,
if by hand,  (ii) on the next  business  day  following  timely  deposit  with a
nationally  recognized  overnight delivery service or (iii) on the date shown on
the return receipt as received or refused or on the date the postal  authorities
state that delivery cannot be  accomplished,  if sent by registered or certified
mail, return receipt requested.

       If to the Company:      Integrated Health Services, Inc.
                               10065 Red Run Boulevard
                               Owings Mills, Maryland 21117
                               Attn: Lawrence P. Cirka

      With a Copy to:          Integrated Health Services, Inc
                               10065 Red Run Boulevard
                               Owings Mills, Maryland 21117
                               Attn:  General Counsel

     If to Executive:          C. Taylor Pickett
                               =============================

          6.7  Indemnification.  The Company  agrees to maintain  Director's and
Officer's  liability  insurance  at a level not less than the level in effect on
the Effective Date, or to the extent such level is increased during the Term, at
such  increased  level;  provided,  however,  that the level of insurance may be
decreased with Executive's  written  consent.  To the extent not covered by such
liability insurance,  the Company shall indemnify and hold Executive harmless to
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Delaware  law against any  judgments,  fines,  amounts  paid in  settlement  and
reasonable expenses (including  reasonable attorneys' fees), and advance amounts
necessary to pay the  foregoing at the earliest  time and to the fullest  extent
permitted by law, in connection  with any claim,  action or proceeding  (whether
civil or criminal) against Executive as a result of his serving as an officer or
director of the  Company or in any  capacity at the request of the Company in or
with regard to any other  entity,  employee  benefit  plan or  enterprise.  This
indemnification  shall be in effect during the Term and  thereafter and shall be
in addition to and not in lieu of any other indemnification rights Executive may
otherwise have.

          6.8 Attorney's  Fees.  Upon  presentation  of an invoice,  the Company
shall pay directly or reimburse Executive for all reasonable attorneys' fees and
costs incurred by Executive:

               (a) in connection with the negotiation, preparation and execution
          of this Agreement;

               (b) in connection  with any dispute brought by Executive over the
          terms of this Agreement unless there is a determination that Executive
          had no reasonable basis for his claim; and

               (c) in  connection  with any  other  event  indemnifiable  by the
          Company  pursuant  to  insurance  coverage  or  Delaware  law in which
          Executive engages separate representation.

          6.9  Arbitration.  Except as  otherwise  provided in Section  4.3, any
dispute or controversy  arising under or in connection with this Agreement shall
be  settled  exclusively  by  arbitration,  conducted  before  a panel  of three
arbitrators in Baltimore, Maryland, in accordance with the rules of the American
Arbitration  Association  then in  effect,  and  judgment  may be entered on the
arbitrators' award in any court having  jurisdiction.  The Company shall pay all
costs of the American  Arbitration  Association and the  arbitrator.  Each party
shall  select one  arbitrator,  and the two so  designated  shall select a third
arbitrator.  If either party shall fail to designate an arbitrator  within seven
(7) days after arbitration is requested, or if the two arbitrators shall fail to
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fourteen (14) days after  arbitration is requested,  then an arbitrator shall be
selected by the American  Arbitration  Association  upon  application  of either
party.  Notwithstanding  the  foregoing,  Executive  shall be  entitled  to seek
specific  performance from a court of the Executive's right to be paid until the
date of termination  during the pendency of any dispute or  controversy  arising
under or in connection  with this Agreement and the Company shall have the right
to obtain injunctive relief from a court.

          6.10   Severability.   No   provision   in  this   Agreement  if  held
unenforceable  shall  in  any  way  invalidate  any  other  provisions  of  this
Agreement, all of which shall remain in full force and effect.

          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Agreement to be signed
by its duly authorized  officers and its corporate seal to be hereunto  affixed,
and the  Executive  has  hereunto set the  Executive's  hand on the day and year
first above written.

COMPANY                                              EXECUTIVE

Integrated Health Services, Inc.
a Delaware corporation



By:____________________________             ____________________________________
Name:_________________________              C. Taylor Pickett
Title:__________________________








                                                                  EXHIBIT 10.83.
                              EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

          This  AGREEMENT is made  effective  as of this ____ day of July,  1998
(the "Effective  Date"),  by and between  INTEGRATED  HEALTH  SERVICES,  INC., a
Delaware  corporation  (hereinafter  referred to as the "Company"),  and JOHN F.
HELLER (hereinafter referred to as the "Executive").

                              W I T N E S S E T H:

          WHEREAS,  the Company wishes to employ the Executive and to ensure the
continued services of the Executive for the Term (as hereinafter  defined),  and
the  Executive  desires to be employed by the Company for such Term  pursuant to
the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth.

          NOW,  THEREFORE,  in  consideration  of the foregoing  premise and the
mutual agreements herein contained, the parties,  intending to be legally bound,
hereby agree as follows:

                                    ARTICLE I

                             EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP

          1.1  EMPLOYMENT.  The  Company  hereby  employs the  Executive  in the
position  of  Executive  Vice  President  -  Facility   Operations,   with  such
responsibilities  as may be  assigned  to  Executive  from  time  to time by the
Company's Chief Operating Officer.  Executive shall report to and be responsible
to the Chief Operating Officer during the Term of this Agreement,  and Executive
hereby accepts such employment.

          During the Term, the Executive  agrees to devote all such working time
as is  reasonably  required  for the  discharge of his duties  hereunder  and to
perform such services faithfully and to the best of his ability. Notwithstanding
the foregoing,  nothing in this Agreement  shall preclude the Executive from (a)
engaging in charitable  and community  affairs,  so long as they are  consistent
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responsibilities  under this Agreement,  (b) managing his personal  investments,
and (c) serving on or advising the boards of directors of other companies.

          1.2 TERM. Unless sooner terminated  pursuant to Article III below, the
term of this  Agreement (the "Term") shall commence on the Effective Date and be
in effect for three (3) years; provided,  however, that on each anniversary date
of the  Effective  Date  ("Anniversary  Date"),  the then  current  term of this
Agreement automatically shall be extended by an additional period of twelve (12)
months,  so that as of each  Anniversary  Date,  this  Agreement  shall  have an
unexpired Term of three (3) years.  Notwithstanding the foregoing,  either party
hereto may elect not to so extend this Agreement by giving written notice of his
or its election to the other party hereto at least one hundred twenty (120) days
prior to any Anniversary Date. In the event the Company elects not to renew this
Agreement with appropriate  notice as provided  herein,  the Company may buy out
the  remaining  term of the  Agreement  through the payment of  severance to the
Executive as provided in Section 3.4.

                                   ARTICLE II

                                  COMPENSATION

          2.1 SALARY.  The  Executive  shall receive a base salary at an initial
rate of Three Hundred  Twenty-Five  Thousand  Dollars  ($325,000)  per year (the
"Salary") payable in substantially equal installments in accordance with the pay
policy  established  by the Company from time to time,  but not less  frequently
than  monthly.  On each  Anniversary  Date,  the Salary  shall be  increased  or
decreased (but not below Three Hundred Twenty-Five  Thousand Dollars ($325,000))
by a  percentage  which is equal to the  percentage  increase  or  decrease,  as
applicable,  in the "Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers"  published by
the United States  Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics for the then
most recently ended twelve (12) month period as of the date of such  adjustment,
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such  additional  amounts as may be  determined  at the  discretion of the Chief
Executive  Officer or  President.  Once  adjusted,  such  adjusted  amount shall
constitute Salary for purposes of this Agreement.

          2.2 BONUS.  If the  Company's  earnings  per share equal or exceed the
earnings goals set by the Board (the "Target"),  then no more than ten (10) days
following the date the Company  publicly  announces  its  earnings,  the Company
shall pay the Executive a discretionary bonus ("Bonus") based on the Executive's
performance,  benefit  to the  Company  at  large,  and the  extent to which the
Company equals or exceeds the Target. Such Bonus shall be discretionary,  except
that if the  Company's  earnings  per share  equal or  exceed  the  Target,  the
Executive  shall  receive a bonus of not less than  fifty  percent  (50%) of his
Salary.

          2.3 EXECUTIVE  BENEFITS AND PERQUISITES.  During the Term, the Company
shall provide and/or pay for employee  benefits and perquisites that are, in the
aggregate, no less favorable than the employee benefits and perquisites that the
Executive  enjoys as of the  Effective  Date,  as may be increased  from time to
time, including without limitation:

          (a) comprehensive  individual health  insurance,  including  dependent
          coverage;

          (b) life  insurance  coverage  in the  amount of One  Million  Dollars
          ($1,000,000) any proceeds of which shall be payable to the Executive's
          designated beneficiary or his estate;

          (c) four (4) weeks paid vacation annually;

          (d) disability insurance coverage in a monthly benefit amount equal to
          the sum of 100% of Executive's  Salary plus "Bonus Amount" (as defined
          in Section 3.4(a));

          (e) a leased  automobile  for  which the  Company  shall pay a monthly
          lease  payment  in the  amount  of Seven  Hundred  Forty-Five  Dollars
          ($745.00) per month,  as may be increased from time to time, or at the
          Company's discretion, an automobile allowance of equal value.

          (f) participation in the Company's SERP(s); and

          (g)  reimbursement  for a  one-time  initiation  fee(s)  not to exceed
          $7,500 (if not used within the first two (2) years of this  Agreement,
          the Executive may apply the $7,500 towards dues at a country club(s)),
          and  the  cost of  dues,  assessments  and  other  charges  for a full
          


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membership  in one or more  country  club(s) of the  Executive's  choice,  in an
amount not to exceed $7,500 per year.

          Once  increased,  the level of benefits and  perquisites  shall not be
decreased without the Executive's consent.


          2.4  EQUITY-BASED  COMPENSATION.  During  the Term,  the  Compensation
Committee,  in its complete discretion,  may select the Executive to participate
in  programs  or enter into  agreements  that  provide  for the grant of certain
equity-based compensation or rights to the Executive.

                                   ARTICLE III

                            TERMINATION AND SEVERANCE

          3.1  TERMINATION;  NONRENEWAL.  The  Company  shall  have the right to
terminate the Executive's employment,  and the Executive shall have the right to
resign his  employment  with the  Company at any time  during the Term,  for any
reason or for no  stated  reason,  upon no less than  ninety  (90)  days'  prior
written  notice (or such shorter notice to the extent  provided for herein).  In
addition,  if there is a Change of Control (as defined in Section 3.3(b)) during
the Term of this Agreement,  this Agreement automatically shall terminate on the
sixtieth (60th) day following the anniversary date of the Change of Control.

         Upon the Executive's termination without "Cause" (as defined in Section
3.2) or  resignation  for "Good  Reason" (as defined in Section 3.3) or upon the
expiration  of the Term  following  the  Company's  election  not to renew  this
Agreement (in accordance  with Section 1.2), the Executive  shall be entitled to
severance as set forth in Section 3.4. Upon the Executive's  resignation without
Good  Reason,  the  Executive  shall not be  entitled  to  severance;  provided,
however,  that the Company may be required to pay the Executive  non-competition
severance as provided in Section 4.2, below.  If the  Executive's 



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employment  is  terminated  because of a  Permanent  Disability  (as  defined in
Section 3.5), the Executive shall receive the benefits and payments described in
Section 3.5.

         3.2 TERMINATION FOR CAUSE. (a) The Company may terminate this Agreement
for Cause  following a determination  by the Chief Executive  Officer that Cause
exists.  For  purposes  of this  Agreement,  Cause  shall mean any or all of the
following:

               (i)  the  Executive   materially  fails  to  perform  his  duties
          hereunder;

               (ii) a material  breach by the Executive of his  covenants  under
          Sections 4.1 4.2;

               (iii)  Executive is convicted of or pleads guilty or confesses to
          a felony involving moral turpitude; or

               (iv)  Executive is convicted of or pleads  guilty or confesses to
          theft,  larceny or embezzlement  of Employer's  tangible or intangible
          property.

          (b)  Notwithstanding  anything in Section  3.2(a) to the  contrary,  a
termination  shall not be for Cause  unless (i) the party to whom the  Executive
reports  notifies the Executive,  in writing,  of his intention to terminate the
Executive  for Cause  (which  notice  shall set forth  the  conduct  alleged  to
constitute Cause) (the "Cause Notice"); and (ii) the Executive does not cure his
conduct within sixty (60) days after the receipt of the Cause Notice.

          3.3 TERMINATION FOR GOOD REASON.  (a) The Executive may terminate this
Agreement for Good Reason,  provided he gives the Company  prior written  notice
that Good  Reason  exists  (the "Good  Reason  Notice").  For  purposes  of this
Agreement,  Good  Reason  shall mean one or more of the  following  without  the
Executive's prior written consent:

               (i) a material  diminution of the  Executive's  responsibilities,
          title, authority or status;

               (ii) the failure of the Company to pay the Executive amounts when
          due under this Agreement;

               (iii) the  Executive's  removal or dismissal from the position of
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 President - Facility Operations; or

                    (iv) a  reduction  in  Salary  or a  material  reduction  in
               benefits  (other than a reduction in Salary  permitted by Section
               2.1).

          Notwithstanding  the  foregoing,  a termination on account of a reason
described  in this Section 3.3 (a)(i) - (iv),  above,  shall be deemed not to be
for Good Reason unless the Executive  (i) gives the Company the  opportunity  to
cure the condition  that purports to be Good Reason,  and (ii) the Company fails
to cure that  condition  within  sixty (60) days  after the  receipt of the Good
Reason  Notice (or,  with respect to the failure to make any payment when due to
the Executive, within ten (10) days after the receipt of such notice). Nor shall
a termination  on account of the reason  described in this Section  3.3(a)(v) be
deemed to be for Good Reason  unless the Executive  gives the Company  notice of
resignation no less than sixty (60) days in advance of the Executive's effective
resignation date.

          (b) For  purposes of this  Agreement,  a "Change of Control"  shall be
deemed  to  occur  if (i)  there  shall be  consummated  (x) any  consolidation,
reorganization  or  merger  of the  Company  in  which  the  Company  is not the
continuing or surviving corporation or pursuant to which shares of the Company's
common stock would be converted into cash,  securities or other property,  other
than a merger of the Company in which the holders of the Company's  common stock
immediately prior to the merger have the same proportionate  ownership of common
stock of the  surviving  corporation  immediately  after the merger,  or (y) any
sale,  lease,  exchange or other  transfer  (in one  transaction  or a series of
related  transactions)  of all,  or  substantially  all,  of the  assets  of the
Company,  or (ii) the  stockholders  of the  Company  shall  approve any plan or
proposal for liquidation or dissolution of the Company,  or (iii) any person (as
such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act,  including
any "group" (as defined in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) (other than the
Executive or any group controlled by the Executive)) shall become the beneficial
owner  (within  the  meaning of Rule  13d-3  under the  Exchange  Act) of twenty
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common stock (other than pursuant to a plan or arrangement  entered into by such
person and the Company) and such person  discloses its intent to effect a change
in the control or ownership of the Company in any filing with the Securities and
Exchange Commission,  or (iv) within any twenty-four (24) month period beginning
on or after the Effective  Date,  the persons who were  directors of the Company
immediately  before the  beginning  of such period (the  "Incumbent  Directors")
shall  cease (for any reason  other than death,  disability  or  retirement)  to
constitute  at least a majority  of the Board or the board of  directors  of any
successor to the Company,  provided that, any director who was not a director as
of the  Effective  Date  shall be deemed  to be an  Incumbent  Director  if such
director  was elected to the Board by, or on the  recommendation  of or with the
approval  of,  at  least  two-thirds  of the  directors  who then  qualified  as
Incumbent  Directors  either  actually  or by prior  operation  of this  Section
3.3(b)(iv)  unless such election,  recommendation  or approval was the result of
any actual or threatened election contest of the type contemplated by Regulation
14a-11   promulgated  under  the  Exchange  Act  or  any  successor   provision.
Notwithstanding the foregoing,  if the employment agreement of the Company's CEO
or President has a change of control  provision which is triggered by an earlier
event not stated  herein,  then such event shall also be a Change of Control for
purposes of this Agreement.

          3.4 SEVERANCE. If the Executive resigns for Good Reason, is terminated
without  Cause,  there is a Change of Control  in the  Company,  or the  Company
elects not to renew this Agreement in accordance with Section 1.2, above:

                    (a) the  Company  shall  cause the  Executive's  outstanding
               options which are not immediately  exercisable to vest and become
               immediately  exercisable  and the  restrictions on equity held by
               the  Executive  which are  scheduled to lapse solely  through the
               passage of time to lapse (such events collectively referred to as
               "Acceleration   of  Equity  Rights")  and  Executive  shall  have
               twenty-four  (24) months from the date of termination to exercise
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                    (b) the  Company  shall pay the  Executive  an  amount  (the
               "Severance  Amount")  equal to  three  (3)  times  the sum of his
               Salary in the year of  termination or the  immediately  preceding
               year,  whichever is greater, and the Bonus Amount, which shall be
               the  greater  of  (i)  the  Executive's  Bonus  in  the  year  of
               termination, (ii) his Bonus in the immediately preceding calendar
               year,  or (iii)  50% of the  Salary  amount  used  for  severance
               calculations.  Such Severance  Amount shall be payable in cash as
               follows:

                    (x) no later than ten (10) calendar days after the effective
               date of  Executive's  termination  or a Change  of  Control,  the
               Company shall pay the Executive  one-half  (1/2) of the Severance
               Amount  in a lump  sum;


                    (y)  commencing on the first day of the month  following the
               effective   date   of   Executive's   termination,    Executive's
               resignation for Good Reason,  or the Company's notice to Employee
               of its  intention not to renew this  Agreement,  and on the first
               day of the month  thereafter for a period of eighteen months (18)
               months, the Company shall pay the remaining one-half (1/2) of the
               Severance Amount to the Executive in equal monthly  installments.
               Notwithstanding  the  foregoing,  in the  event  of a  Change  of
               Control,  the Company shall pay the remaining  one-half  (1/2) of
               the  Severance  Amount to Executive in a lump sum if Executive is
               terminated  without cause before the anniversary date of a Change
               of Control,  or upon the  Agreement's  automatic  termination  as
               provided in Section  3.1.  Such lump sum shall be paid within ten
               (10)  calendar  days  of  the  Executive's   termination  or  the
               Agreement's  automatic termination and shall constitute the total
               remaining  Severance  Amount  (excluding  Continued  Benefits) to
               which the Executive is entitled hereunder.

                    (c) the Company  shall provide for a period of eighteen (18)
               months   following   the  effective   date  of  the   Executive's
               termination (including a termination resulting from the Company's
               election  not to renew  the Term or  renegotiate  this  Agreement
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a Change of Control), continued employee benefits and coverage for the Executive
and his  dependents  of the type and at a level of  coverage  comparable  to the
coverage in effect at the time of termination or the preceding  year,  whichever
is greater ("Continued  Benefits"),  including but not limited to those benefits
and  perquisites  set  forth in  Section  2.3.  Such  allowances,  benefits  and
coverages,  etc., to be not less than those in effect on the  effective  date of
Executive's   termination   or  the  preceding   year,   whichever  is  greater.
Notwithstanding  the  foregoing,  if any  of the  Continued  Benefits  or  other
benefits to be provided  hereunder have been  decreased or otherwise  negatively
affected  within  twelve  (12)  months  prior  to  the  effective  date  of  the
Executive's  termination,  the reference for measuring such benefit shall be the
date prior to such reduction rather than the date of such termination.

          3.5  TERMINATION  FOR  DISABILITY.  (a) The Company may  terminate the
Executive  following a determination by the Chief Executive Officer or President
that the Executive has a Permanent Disability;  provided,  however, that no such
termination  shall be effective (i) prior to the expiration of the six (6) month
period  following the date the Executive  first incurred the condition  which is
the  basis  for the  Permanent  Disability  or (ii) if the  Executive  begins to
substantially perform the significant aspects of his regular duties prior to the
proposed  effective date of such  termination.  For purposes of this  Agreement,
"Permanent  Disability" shall mean the Executive's  inability,  by reason of any
physical or mental impairment,  to substantially perform the significant aspects
of his regular duties,  as  contemplated  by this Agreement,  which inability is
reasonably  contemplated  to  continue  for at  least  one  (1)  year  from  its
incurrence  and at  least  ninety  (90)  days  from  the  effective  date of the
Executive's  termination.   Any  question  as  to  the  existence,   extent,  or
potentiality of the Executive's  Permanent  Disability  shall be determined by a
qualified  independent physician selected by the Executive (or, if the Executive
is unable  to make such  selection,  by the  person  designated  in  writing  by
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his inability to make such selection,  and in the absence of such designation by
an adult member of the Executive's  immediate family) and reasonably  acceptable
to the Company.

                         (b) If  the  Executive  is  terminated  because  of his
                    Permanent Disability,  the Company shall (i) provide for the
                    Acceleration  of  Equity  Rights;  (ii) pay for a period  of
                    thirty-six (36) months  following the effective date of such
                    termination  (the  "Disability  Period") the  Executive  one
                    hundred (100%)  percent of his Salary plus Bonus,  offset by
                    the amount,  if any, paid to the Executive  under the salary
                    replacement  portion  of  disability  benefits  paid under a
                    disability plan or policy paid for by the Company, and (iii)
                    provide him with  Continued  Benefits for the first eighteen
                    (18) months of the Disability Period.

          3.6 DEATH OR DISABILITY AFTER TERMINATION. Should the Executive die or
become  disabled before receipt of any or all payments to which the Executive is
entitled to under Section 3.4 (or in the case of the Executive's death following
his  termination  on  account of  Permanent  Disability,  before  receipt of all
payments  under  Section  3.5) then the  balance  of the  payments  to which the
Executive is entitled shall continue to be paid to the Executive (in the case of
his disability) or to the executors or administrators of the Executive's  estate
(in the event of the Executive's  death);  provided,  however,  that the Company
may, at any time within its  discretion,  accelerate  any  payments  and pay the
Executive  or his estate the present  value of such  payments in a lump sum cash
payment.  For purposes of determining  the present value under this Section 3.6,
the interest rate shall be the prime rate of Citibank, N.A.

                                   ARTICLE IV

                           COVENANTS OF THE EXECUTIVE

          4.1 CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. In connection with his employment at the
Company, the Executive will have access to confidential  information  consisting
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categories of information:

                  (a)  Financial  Information,  including  but  not  limited  to
         information relating to the Company's earnings,  assets, debts, prices,
         pricing structure, volume of purchases or sales or other financial data
         whether related to the Company or generally, or to particular products,
         services, geographic areas, or time periods;

                  (b) Supply and Service Information,  including but not limited
         to  information  relating to goods and  services,  suppliers'  names or
         addresses,  terms of  supply  or  service  contracts  or of  particular
         transactions,  or related  information about potential suppliers to the
         extent that such information is not generally known to the public,  and
         the extent that the  combination  of  suppliers  or use of a particular
         supplier, though generally known or available, yields advantages to the
         Company details of which are not generally known;

                  (c)  Marketing  Information,  including  but  not  limited  to
         information  relating to details  about  ongoing or proposed  marketing
         programs or agreements by or on behalf of the Company, sales forecasts,
         advertising  formats  and  methods or results of  marketing  efforts or
         information about impending transactions;

                  (d)  Personnel  Information,  including  but  not  limited  to
         information  relating to  employees'  personnel  or medical  histories,
         compensation   or  other  terms  of  employment,   actual  or  proposed
         promotions, hirings, resignation, disciplinary actions, terminations or
         reasons  therefor,  training  methods,  performance,  or other employee
         information; and

                  (e)  Customer  Information,   including  but  not  limited  to
         information relating to past, existing or prospective customers' names,
         addresses or backgrounds,  records of agreements and prices,  proposals
         or agreements  between customers and the Company,  status of customers'
         accounts or credit, or related  information about actual or prospective
         customers as well as customer lists.

          All of the foregoing are hereinafter  referred to as "Trade  Secrets."
The Company and the Executive  consider  their  relation one of confidence  with
respect to Trade  Secrets.  Therefore,  during and after the  employment  by the
Company,  regardless  of the reasons that such  employment  ends,  the Executive
agrees:

                           (aa) To hold all Trade Secrets in confidence  and not
                  discuss,  communicate  or  transmit  to  others,  or make  any
                  unauthorized copy of or use the Trade Secrets in any capacity,
                  position  or  business  except as it  directly  relates to the
                  Executive's employment by the Company;

                            (bb) To use the Trade Secrets only in furtherance of
                   proper  employment  related reasons of the Company to further
                   the interests of the Company;



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                            (cc) To take all reasonable actions that the Company
                   deems necessary or appropriate,  to prevent  unauthorized use
                   or disclosure of or to protect the Company's  interest in the
                   Trade Secrets; and

                            (dd) That any of the Trade Secrets, whether prepared
                   by the  Executive  or  which  may come  into the  Executive's
                   possession during the Executive's  employment hereunder,  are
                   and remain the  property of the  Company and its  affiliates,
                   and  all  such  Trade  Secrets,   including  copies  thereof,
                   together with all other property  belonging to the Company or
                   its affiliates, or used in their respective businesses, shall
                   be delivered to or left with the Company.

          This Agreement does not apply to (i)  information  that by means other
than the Executive's  deliberate or inadvertent  disclosure becomes known to the
public;  (ii)  disclosure  compelled by judicial or  administrative  proceedings
provided the Executive  affords the Company the opportunity to obtain  assurance
that  compelled  disclosures  will  receive  confidential  treatment;  and (iii)
information  independently developed by the Executive,  the development of which
was not a breach of this Agreement.

         4.2  NON-COMPETITION.  In consideration  of the Executive's  employment
hereunder,  during the Term and for a period of eighteen (18) months  thereafter
(or in the event of the Executive's  termination for Cause,  for a period of one
(1) year thereafter),  subject to the exceptions set forth below in this Section
4.2, the Executive  agrees that he will not, without the express written consent
of the Company, for the Executive or on behalf of any other person, firm, entity
or other  enterprise  (i)  directly  or  indirectly  solicit for  employment  or
recommend to any  subsequent  employer of the  Executive  the  solicitation  for
employment  of any person who, at the time of such  solicitation  is employed by
Company or any affiliate thereof,  (ii) directly or indirectly solicit,  divert,
or endeavor to entice away any customer of the Company or any affiliate thereof,
or otherwise engage in any activity intended to terminate, disrupt, or interfere
with the Company's or any affiliate's  relationship  with a customer,  supplier,
lessor or other  person,  or (iii) be  employed  by, be a  director,  officer or
manager  of,  act as a  consultant  for,  be a partner  in,  have a  proprietary
interest  in, give advice to, loan money to or  otherwise  associate  with, 



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any person, enterprise, partnership,  association, corporation, joint venture or
other  entity  which is  directly  or  indirectly  in the  business  of  owning,
operating or managing any (1) healthcare facility or business, including but not
limited  to,  any  subacute  healthcare   facility,   rehabilitation   hospital,
rehabilitation services provider, nursing home, or home health care business, or
(2) any other business similar to a business which is or was owned,  operated or
managed by the Company  during the Term or during the period  that this  Section
4.2 shall apply to the Executive, unless such business comprises (and has during
the preceding twelve (12) month period comprised) less than five percent (5%) of
the  Company's  gross  revenues;  and,  in the case of any  facility or business
described,  in either  case,  which  competes  with any such type of facility or
business  then operated by the Company or any of its  subsidiaries;  except that
the  provisions  of this  Section  4.2  shall  not  apply  if the  Executive  is
terminated  without cause before the  anniversary of a Change of Control,  or if
the  Executive  resigns  without  Good Reason and the  Company  does not pay him
non-competition severance pay (not to include Continued Benefits) of one-twelfth
(1/12) of the sum of Executive's salary plus bonus in the previous year for each
month (not to exceed  eighteen (18)) the Company elects to bind the Executive to
the non-competition obligation in this Section 4.2.

         This  provision  shall not be construed to prohibit the Executive  from
owning up to 10% of the  outstanding  voting shares of the equity  securities of
any company whose common stock is listed for trading on any national  securities
exchange  or on the NASDAQ  System or  serving  as a director  or advisor to the
board of  directors  of any  company.  4.2 shall  only apply to  businesses  and
operations located in, or otherwise conducted in, the United States.

         4.3 REMEDIES FOR BREACH OF ARTICLE IV. In the event that the  Executive
materially  violates  he  covenants  contained  in this  Article  IV  after  his
termination of employment under  circumstances  which entitle him to payments or
benefits  under  Section 3.4, the Company  may, at its  election,  upon ten




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(10) days' prior notice,  terminate the Severance Period and cease providing the
Executive  with  such  payments  and  benefits.   In  addition,   the  Executive
acknowledges  and  agrees  that  the  amount  of  damages  in the  event  of the
Executive's breach of this Article IV will be difficult,  if not impossible,  to
ascertain.  The Executive therefore agrees that the Company, in addition to, and
without  limiting any other remedy or right it may have, shall have the right to
an injunction  enjoining  any breach of the  covenants  made by the Executive in
this Article IV. The Executive further agrees that in the event an injunction is
granted  in  connection  with  actual or  alleged  breach of the  noncompetition
convenants herein, the eighteen (18) month restrictive period shall begin to run
from the date the  injunction is issued (and not from the effective  date of the
Executive's termination).

                                    ARTICLE V

                            AMENDMENT AND ASSIGNMENT

          5.1 RIGHT OF THE  EXECUTIVE TO ASSIGN.  The  Executive may not assign,
transfer,  pledge or hypothecate or otherwise transfer his rights,  obligations,
interests  and benefits  under this  Agreement and any attempt to do so shall be
null and void.

          5.2 RIGHT OF COMPANY TO ASSIGN. This Agreement shall be assignable and
transferable  by the Company and any such  assignment or transfer shall inure to
the benefit of and be binding  upon the  Executive,  the  Executive's  heirs and
personal  representatives,  and the Company and its successors and assigns.  The
Executive  agrees to execute all  documents  necessary to ratify and  effectuate
such  assignment.  An  assignment  of this  Agreement  by the Company  shall not
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          5.3 AMENDMENT AND WAIVER.  No change or modification of this Agreement
shall be valid  unless it is in writing and signed by both  parties  hereto.  No
waiver of any provisions of this Agreement  shall be valid unless in writing and
signed by the person or party to be charged.

                                   ARTICLE VI

                                     GENERAL

          6.1 GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement  shall be subject to and governed by
the laws of the State of Maryland.

          6.2 BINDING EFFECT.  This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to
the benefit of the Company and the Executive and their respective  heirs,  legal
representatives, executors, administrators, successors and permitted assigns.

          6.3 ENTIRE AGREEMENT.  This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement
between the parties and supersedes all other prior agreements  pertaining to the
subject  matter  herof,  either  oral or written,  between  the parties  hereto;
provided,  however,  that  this  Agreement  does not  supersede  any  agreements
pertaining to stock  options  which have been granted as of the Effective  Date,
except to the extent that any such option  agreement  contains  provisions which
are contrary to the provisions of this Agreement (including provisions regarding
the Acceleration of Equity Rights), or obligation of the Executive regarding the
Company's proprietary and confidential tangible and intangible property.

          6.4  MITIGATION.  The  Executive  shall not be  required  to  mitigate
damages or the  amount of any  payment  provided  for under  this  Agreement  by
seeking other  employment  or otherwise nor may any payments  provided for under
this  Section be  reduced  by any  amounts  earned by the  Executive,  except as
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          6.5 SURVIVORSHIP. The respective rights and obligations of the parties
hereunder  shall  survive  the  termination  of  this  Agreement  to the  extent
necessary  to preserve  the rights and  obligations  of the  parties  under this
Agreement.

          6.6 NOTICES. All notices, demands,  requests,  consents,  approvals or
other  communications  required or permitted  hereunder  shall be in writing and
shall be delivered by hand,  registered  or certified  mail with return  receipt
requested or by a nationally recognized overnight delivery service, in each case
with all postage or other delivery  charges  prepaid,  and to the address of the
party to whom it is directed as  indicated  below,  or to such other  address as
such party may  specify  by giving  notice to the other in  accordance  with the
terms hereof. Any such notice shall be deemed to be received (i) when delivered,
if by hand,  (ii) on the next  business  day  following  timely  deposit  with a
nationally  recognized overnight delivery service ,or (iii) on the date shown on
the return receipt as received or refused or on the date the postal  authorities
state that delivery cannot be  accomplished,  if sent by registered of certified
mail, return receipt requested.

      If to the Company:     Integrated Health Services, Inc
                             10065 Red Run Boulevard
                             Owings Mills, Maryland  21117
                             Attn: Marshall A. Elkins, Executive Vice President
                              and  General  Counsel,  or  then General Counsel

     If to the Executive:    John F. Heller
                             208 Gittings Avenue
                             Baltimore, Maryland 21212

          6.7  INDEMNIFICATION.  The Company  agrees to maintain  Director's and
Officer's  liability  insurance  at a level not less than the level in effect on
the Effective Date, or to the extent such level is increased during the Term, at
such  increased  level;  provided,  however,  that the level of insurance may be
decreased with the  Executive's  written  consent.  To the extent not covered by
such  liability  insurance,  the Company shall  indemnify and hold the Executive
harmless to the fullest extent  permitted by


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Delaware  law against any  judgments,  fines,  amounts  paid in  settlement  and
reasonable expenses (including  reasonable attorneys' fees), and advance amounts
necessary to pay the  foregoing at the earliest  time and to the fullest  extent
permitted by law, in connection  with any claim,  action or proceeding  (whether
civil or  criminal)  against  the  Executive  as a result of his  serving  as an
officer or  director  of the  Company or in any  capacity  at the request of the
Company  in or  with  regard  to any  other  entity,  employee  benefit  plan or
enterprise.  This  indemnification  shall  be in  effect  during  the  Term  and
thereafter  and  shall  be  in  addition  to  and  not  in  lieu  of  any  other
indemnification rights the Executive otherwise may have.

          6.8 ATTORNEYS'  FEES.  Upon  presentation  of an invoice,  the Company
shall pay directly or reimburse the Executive for all reasonable attorneys' fees
and costs incurred by the Executive:

                  (a) in connection with any bone fide dispute over the terms of
this Agreement  submitted by Executive to arbitration  pursuant to Section 6.9 ,
unless there is a determination that the Executive had no objectively reasonable
basis in fact or theory for his claim; or

                  (b) in connection  with any other event  indemnifiable  by the
Company  pursuant to insurance  coverage or Delaware law in which the  Executive
engages separate representation.

          6.9  ARBITRATION.  Except as  otherwise  provided in Section  4.3, any
dispute or controversy  arising under or in connection with this Agreement shall
be  settled  exclusively  by  arbitration,  conducted  before  a panel  of three
arbitrators in Baltimore, Maryland, in accordance with the rules of the American
Arbitration  Association  then in effect,  and  judgement  may be entered on the
arbitrators' award in any court having  jurisdiction.  The Company shall pay all
costs of the American  Arbitration  Association and the  arbitrator.  Each party
shall  select one  arbitrator,  and the two so  designated  shall select a third
arbitrator.  If either party shall fail to designate an arbitrator  within seven
(7) days after arbitration is requested, or if the two arbitrators shall fail to
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fourteen (14) days after  arbitration is requested,  then an arbitrator shall be
selected by the American  Arbitration  Association  upon  application  of either
party.  Notwithstanding  the foregoing,  the Executive shall be entitled to seek
specific  performance from a court of the Executive's right to be paid until the
date of termination  during the pendency of any dispute or  controversy  arising
under or in connection  with this Agreement and the Company shall have the right
to obtain injunctive relief from a court.

          6.10   SEVERABILITY.   No   provision   in  this   Agreement  if  held
unenforceable  shall  in  any  way  invalidate  any  other  provisions  of  this
Agreement, all of which shall remain in full force and effect.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF,  the Company has caused this Agreement to be signed
by its duly authorized  officers and its corporate seal to be hereunto  affixed,
and the  Executive  has  hereunto set the  Executive's  hand on the day and year
first above written.

COMPANY                                              EXECUTIVE

INTEGRATED HEALTH SERVICES, INC.,

a Delaware corporation

By: ___________________________________     _________________________________
                                               JOHN F. HELLER
Name: _________________________________

Title: ________________________________




                                  
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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.84

                        INTEGRATED HEALTH SERVICES, INC.
                              NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTOR
                                 STOCK UNIT AND
                           DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN

                           (Effective January 1, 1999)

                                    * * * * *


          SECTION 1.  Purpose.  The  purpose  of the Plan is for the  Company to
compensate  Non-Employee  Directors  of the  Company  and  further  align  their
interests with those of the Company's  stockholders  by providing such Directors
with an  opportunity  to receive  annual awards that fluctuate in value with the
price of Company Stock  (defined  belwo as "Deferred  Share Units") and to defer
receipt of  compensation  for  services  rendered  to the Company in the form of
annual  retainer and meeting  fees.  It is intended  that the Plan shall aid the
Company in retaining and  attracting  Non-Employee  Directors  whose  abilities,
experience and judgment can contribute to the continued progress of the Company.

          SECTION 2. Definitions.

          (a)  "Beneficiary"  means  the  person  or  persons  (including  legal
entities)  who have been  designated  in  accordance  with  Section 18 hereof to
receive benefits under this Plan following a Director's death.

          (b) "Board" means the Board of Directors of the Company.

          (c) A "Change in Control" of the Company shall be deemed to occur if:

               (1) there shall be consummated (x) any consolidation or merger of
          the Company in which the Company is not the  continuing  or  surviving
          corporation  or  pursuant  to  which  shares  of the  Stock  would  be
          converted into cash, securities or other property, other than a merger
          of the Company in which the holders of the Company's Stock immediately
          prior to the merger have the same  proportionate  ownership  of common
          stock of the surviving  corporation  immediately  after the merger, or
          (y) any sale, lease, exchange or other transfer (in one transaction or
          a series of related transactions) of all, or substantially all, of the
          assets of the Company; or

               (2) the  stockholders  of the Company  shall  approve any plan or
          proposal for liquidation or dissolution of the Company; or

               (3) any  person  (as  such  term is used  in  Section  13(d)  and
          14(d)(2)  of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934,  as amended  (the
          "Exchange  Act")),  shall  become the  beneficial  owner  (within  the
          meaning of Rule 13d-3  under the  Exchange  Act) of 30% or more of the
          Company's  outstanding  Common Stock other than 



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pursuant  to a plan or  arrangement  entered  into  between  such person and the
Company; or

               (4) during any period of two consecutive  years,  individuals who
          at the  beginning  of such  period  constitute  the  entire  Board  of
          Directors  shall  cease for any 1 1 reason to  constitute  a  majority
          thereof  unless the election,  or the  nomination  for election by the
          Company's stockholders, of each new director was approved by a vote of
          at least  two-thirds  of the  directors  then still in office who were
          directors  at  the  beginning  of  the  period.


          (d) "Company" means Integrated Health Services, Inc.

          (e)  "Compensation"  means a Non-Employee  Director's Meeting Fees and
Retainer.

          (f)  "Date of  Crediting"  means,  with  respect  to any  Compensation
deferred  pursuant to Section 6 of the Plan, the first business day of the month
following  the  date  when  such  Compensation  would  otherwise  be  paid  to a
Non-Employee  Director and,  with respect to any annual grant of Deferred  Share
Units pursuant to Section 7, the date of grant as set forth in Section 7.

          (g) "Deferred  Compensation" means all or any part of any Compensation
payable to a director  by the Company  that is subject to an  elective  deferral
under Section 8 of the Plan.

          (h) "Deferral  Account" means the bookkeeping  account  established in
the name of a  Participant  under  the Plan and to which  Deferred  Compensation
amounts  and  annual  grants  of  Deferred  Share  Units  with  respect  to such
Participant  are credited  from time to time,  as adjusted  from time to time as
provided in the Plan.  The Deferral  Account may be  subdivided  into a Deferred
Share Unit Account,  as defined in Section 5, to be credited with Deferred Share
Units,  and, if such option is permitted by the Board at its sole discretion,  a
Deferred  Cash  Account,  as defined in Section 6, to be credited  with cash and
interest equivalents.

          (i) "Deferred  Compensation  Election Form" means the form pursuant to
which Non-Employee Directors elect to defer Compensation under the Plan, payable
in such form as the Board determines from time to time in its sole discretion.

          (j)  "Deferred  Share Unit" means a  bookkeeping  entry  having a Fair
Market  Value  equal to one (1) share of Stock as set forth in  Section 7 of the
Plan.

          (k) "Disability"  means the inability of a Participant,  as determined
by the Board in its sole discretion, substantially to perform such Participant's
regular duties and responsibilities due to a medically  determinable physical or
mental  illness  which has lasted (or can  reasonably be expected to last) for a
period of three (3) consecutive months.

          (l)  "Distribution  Commencement  Date"  shall mean the earlier of the
Participant's  death or  retirement  from the  Board or the date of a Change  in
Control.



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          (m) "Effective Date" means the date the Plan becomes effective,  which
date shall be January 1, 1999.

          (n) "Fair Market  Value" of the Stock as of any date means the average
closing sales price (or if there is no closing  price,  the sales price reported
as of 4:00  p.m.  New York  City  time) of the  Stock  over each of the last ten
business  days  preceding  such  day,  as  reported   through  the  consolidated
transaction  reporting  system,  or if prices  for the  Stock  are not  reported
through such system,  Fair Market Value shall be as  determined  by the Board in
good faith.

          (o)  "Meeting  Fees"  means   Compensation  paid  by  the  Company  to
Non-Employee Directors for attendance at Board and committee meetings as well as
fees paid for a telephonic Board or committee meeting.

          (p) "Non-Employee Director" means any member of the Board of Directors
of the Company who is not an  employee of the Company or of any  subsidiary  (as
defined in Section 424 of the Internal Revenue Code) of the Company.

          (q) "Participant" means a Non-Employee  Director who has become, is or
was a Participant under the Plan pursuant to the provisions of Section 3.

          (r) "Plan" means the Integrated  Health  Services,  Inc.  Non-Employee
Director Stock Unit and Deferred  Compensation  Plan, as set forth herein and as
amended from time to time.

          (s) "Plan Year" means the calendar year.

          (t) "Retainer"  means the annual fixed payment  awarded by the Company
to a Non-Employee Director for service on the Board.

          (u) "Stock" means the common stock of the Company, par value $.001 per
share.

          (v) "Unforeseeable Emergency" means a severe financial hardship to the
Participant  resulting from a sudden and  unexpected  illness or accident of the
Participant,  loss of the  Participant's  property  due to  casualty,  or  other
similar extraordinary  unforeseeable circumstances arising as a result of events
beyond the control of the Participant. The circumstances that will constitute an
"Unforeseeable  Emergency"  would depend on the facts of each case,  but, in any
case,  payment  may not be made in the  event  that such  hardship  is or may be
relieved:

               (1)  through   reimbursement  or  compensation  by  insurance  or
          otherwise, or

               (2) by liquidation  of the  Participant's  assets,  to the extent
          that  liquidation  of  such  assets  would  not  itself  cause  severe
          financial hardship.


          SECTION 3.  Eligibility.  Individuals  eligible to  participate in the
Plan shall be limited  solely to the  Non-Employee  Directors of the Company.  A
Non-Employee Director shall become a Participant in the Plan on the first day of
the first Plan Year which  commences  on or after the  Effective  Date and after
such individual becomes a Non-Employee Director.  Pursuant to the foregoing, all
persons  serving as  Non-Employee  Directors of the Company as of the  Effective
Date shall become Participants in the Plan as of the Effective Date.



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SECTION 4. Administration.

          (a) The  Plan  shall be  administered  by the  Board.  The  Board  has
complete fiduciary  discretion and authority to construe and interpret the Plan;
promulgate,   amend  and  rescind   rules  and   regulations   relating  to  the
implementation, administration and maintenance of the Plan; decide all questions
of eligibility and benefits (including underlying factual  determinations) under
the Plan; and (subject to Section 21) adjudicate all claims and appeals relating
to the Plan. The Board may designate  persons other than members of the Board to
carry out the  day-to-day  ministerial  administration  of the Plan  under  such
conditions and  limitations as it may prescribe;  provided,  however,  the Board
shall not delegate its  authority to the extent that action of the Board or of a
committee of the Board may be necessary in order to provide Plan transactions an
exemption  under Section 16(b) of the  Securities  Exchange Act of 1934 or other
applicable  law. Any action by the Board in  connection  with the  construction,
interpretation,  administration, implementation or maintenance of the Plan shall
be  final,  conclusive  and  binding  upon  all  Participants  and  Non-Employee
Directors  and any  person(s)  claiming  under or through  any  Participants  or
Non-Employee  Directors.


          (b) The Company will  indemnify  and hold  harmless the Board and each
member  thereof  against  any cost or expense  (including,  without  limitation,
attorney's fees) or liability  (including,  without limitation,  any sum paid in
settlement  of a claim with the approval of the Company)  arising out of any act
in connection with  administration of the Plan, or omission to so act, except in
the case of willful  gross  misconduct or gross  negligence.


          SECTION 5. Deferred Share Unit Account.

          (a) "Deferred  Share Unit" - A "Deferred  Share Unit Account" shall be
established in a Participant's  name upon his or her first becoming  eligible to
participate  in the Plan.  Deferred  Share Units and fractions  thereof shall be
credited to such Deferred Share Unit Account in an amount determined by dividing
the amount to be credited to the Deferred Share Unit Account pursuant to Section
7 or  Section  8 by the Fair  Market  Value on the Date of  Crediting.  For each
Deferred  Share  Unit  credited  to a  Participant's  Account  on  account  of a
Participant's  election to defer Compensation pursuant to Section 8, the Company
shall  credit an  additional  one-fifth  (1/5th) of a Deferred  Share Unit.  Any
transfer of a Deferred Cash Account Balance,  or portion thereof,  to a Deferred
Share Unit  Account,  pursuant to Section 6, shall be  reflected  as a credit to
such  Deferred  Share Unit  Account  of an amount of  Deferred  Share  Units and
fractions  thereof  determined by dividing the balance to be  transferred by the
Fair  Market  Value on the last day of the month in which the  transfer is made.
Upon  the  occurrence  of  any  stock  split,  stock  dividend,  combination  or
reclassification  with respect to any  outstanding  series or class of stock, or
consolidation,  merger or sale of all or substantially  all of the assets of the
Company,  the number of Deferred Share Units in each Deferred Share Unit Account
shall,  to the extent deemed  appropriate  by the Board,  be  appropriately  and
proportionately adjusted.

(b)  "Dividend Equivalents" -- To the extent dividends
are paid on any outstanding  Stock,  dividend  equivalents and fractions thereof
shall be  calculated  with  respect to balances  of Deferred  Share Units in any
Deferred Share Unit Account and credited to the appropriate  Deferred Share Unit
Account as of the Stock  dividend  payment  date.  The number of Deferred  Share
Units to be credited as of each such date shall be  determined  by dividing  the
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value (as  determined  by the Board) of the  dividend  payable on that number of
shares of Stock  equal to the number of  Deferred  Share  Units in the  Deferred
Share Unit Account as of the dividend  record date,  by the Fair Market Value on
the dividend payment date. The  Participant's  Deferred Share Unit Account shall
continue to earn such dividend  equivalents until fully  distributed.

          SECTION 6. Deferred Cash Account.

          (a) "Deferred Cash Account" -- Unless otherwise  provided by the Board
in its sole discretion, a Participant may elect to defer Compensation for a Plan
Year pursuant to Section 8 through  credits to a "Deferred  Cash Account"  under
the Plan.  The amount of  Compensation  being deferred under this option will be
credited to this account as of the Date of Crediting. The Board may also, at its
sole discretion,  allow the transfer of Deferred Share Unit Account balances, or
a portion  thereof,  to a Deferred Cash Account with respect to any  Participant
who has ceased to serve on the Board, provided that such transfer may occur only
as of the last day of a Plan Year and  provided  further  that such  Participant
must  elect to make  such  transfer  before  December  1 of the Plan  Year.  Any
transfer  of  Deferred  Share  Units  from a Deferred  Share  Unit  Account to a
Deferred Cash Account shall be reflected as a deduction  from the Deferred Share
Unit  Account of a certain  number of  Deferred  Share Units and a credit to the
Deferred  Cash  Account  reflecting  the Fair Market  Value of that same certain
number of shares of Stock as of the last day of the  preceding  Plan  Year.  The
Board may also, at its sole  discretion,  allow the transfer of a  Participant's
Deferred  Cash  Account  balance or a portion  thereof to a Deferred  Share Unit
Account,  provided  that such  transfer may occur only as of the last day of any
month.  Any  transfer  from a Deferred  Cash  Account  to a Deferred  Share Unit
Account  shall be reflected  as a deduction of an amount from the Deferred  Cash
Account and a credit to the Deferred  Share Unit Account of Deferred Share Units
having  an  equivalent  Fair  Market  Value  on the  date of the  transfer. 

          (b) "Interest  Equivalents" -- Interest  equivalents shall be credited
as of the last day of any Plan Year on amounts  credited  to any  Deferred  Cash
Account.  Such  equivalents  shall be based on the prime rate,  as posted by the
Company's  primary lending bank, in effect on the first business day of the Plan
Year (and shall be  calculated,  with respect to amounts  credited prior to such
year, for the entire year, or with respect to amounts credited during such year,
for the number of days from the Date of Crediting).  At distribution or transfer
of any amounts out of a Deferred Cash  Account,  interest  equivalents  shall be
similarly calculated on the amount so distributed or transferred, based on prime
rates from the first day of the Plan Year in which the  distribution is made, or
if later from the Date of Crediting of the amount  distributed  or  transferred,
and added to the total so distributed or transferred.  The crediting of interest
equivalents to the Participant's  Deferred Cash Account shall continue until the
balance in such account is fully  distributed.  Notwithstanding  anything to the
contrary in this Section 6, all  distributions  will be made in accordance  with
Section 9.

          SECTION 7. Annual Deferred Share Unit Grants. On the first day of each
of the  first  four  (4)  Plan  Years  in  which a  Non-Employee  Director  is a
Participant in the Plan (any such date, a Date of  Crediting),  provided that on
such date the  Participant  continues to serve as a Non-Employee  Director,  the
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number Deferred Share Units  determined by dividing  $250,000 by the Fair Market
Value as of the Date of Crediting. For each Non-Employee Director of the Company
as of the  Effective  Date,  the first Date of Crediting  shall be the Effective
Date.  Notwithstanding  the foregoing,  if any Participant  ceases to serve as a
director  of the  Company  during a Plan Year  other than in  connection  with a
Change of Control,  there shall be deducted from his or her Deferred  Share Unit
Account a number of Deferred Share Units determined by multiplying the number of
Deferred  Share Units  credited to his or her Deferred Share Unit Account on the
first day of such Plan Year by a fraction,  the numerator of which is the number
of days  from the most  recent  anniversary  of the date such  individual  first
became a  Non-Employee  Director to the date of such  individual's  cessation of
service as a director  of the Company  and the  denominator  of which is 365. No
Participant shall be awarded more than four grants of Deferred Share Units, such
that no Participant  shall be awarded  Deferred Share Units  equivalent to Stock
with a Fair Market Value  exceeding  $1,000,000 as of the Dates of Crediting for
such grants. 

          SECTION  8.  Participation:  Elective  Deferrals. 

          (a) A Non-Employee Director may elect to defer all of a portion of his
or her  Compensation for a particular Plan Year in which he or she is or will be
a  Participant,  and for such  deferrals  to be  credited  to the  Participant's
Deferral  Accounts,  by  executing  a Deferred  Compensation  Election  Form and
delivering  such form to the Company before the  commencement of such Plan Year.
To  participate  in the  Plan  during  the  year in  which  the  Plan  is  first
implemented,  the Participant  must make an election to defer  Compensation  for
services to be performed  subsequent  to the  election  within 45 days after the
effective  date of the Plan. To participate in the Plan during the first year in
which a Participant  becomes eligible to participate in the Plan (other than the
year in which the Plan is first  implemented),  the new Participant must make an
election to defer  Compensation  for services to be performed  subsequent to the
election  within 30 days after the date the new  Participant  becomes  eligible.
Such election shall:

          (i) contain a statement that the Participant elects to defer a portion
of the Participant's Compensation (up to 100% thereof, in increments of 10%) for
a specified Plan Year that becomes payable to the  Participant  after the filing
of such  election;

          (ii)  apply  only  to  the  Compensation   otherwise  payable  to  the
Participant  during the Plan Year for which such  election is made;  and

          (iii)  be  irrevocable  with  respect  to the  Plan  Year to  which it
applies.  Unless the Board  determines not to allow deferrals to a Deferred Cash
Account  pursuant to Section 6, the  Participant  may elect to have the Deferred
Compensation  credited to the Deferred  Share Unit Account or the Deferred  Cash
Account.  Any such  deferred  amounts  shall be  credited  to the  Participant's
Deferral  Account  as  provided  in  Section  5  and/or  Section  6  hereof,  as
appropriate.  Any such investment election shall be irrevocable for the Deferred
Compensation  or other  contribution  to which it  relates.  Upon  receipt  of a
Participant's  Deferred  Compensation Election Form, the Company shall establish
as   an   accounting   entry   an   individual   Deferral   Account   for   such
Participant.

          SECTION  9.   Payment  of   Deferral   Accounts.   The  balance  in  a
Participant's Deferral Accounts shall be paid as provided in this Section 9 to a
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Participant's  death prior to retirement  from the Board,  to the  Participant's
designated  Beneficiary(ies),  following  the  Distribution  Commencement  Date.
Payment  shall  be made  in one of the  following  forms  as  determined  by the
Company's  in its sole  discretion:  (a) a single lump sum payment made not more
than thirty (30) days following the  Distribution  Commencement  Date, or (b) an
annuity  paid over a number of years  selected by the Company  (but not for more
years than the expected life of the  Participant)  and commencing not later than
thirty (30) days following the Distribution  Commencement Date. At the Company's
election,  payments  may be made in cash  or in the  form of  Stock  that is not
subject to any transfer or sale restrictions under the Securities Act of 1933.


      SECTION  10.  Distribution  in Cases of  Hardship.  The  Board in its sole
discretion  may make  distributions  to a Participant  from the balances in such
Participant's  Deferral  Account  upon a  showing  by such  Participant  that an
Unforeseeable Emergency has occurred. Such distributions shall be limited to the
amount  shown to be necessary to meet the  Unforeseeable  Emergency.

      SECTION 11. Change of Control. Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control,
the Deferred  Share Unit Account of each  Participant  whose Deferred Share Unit
Account as of the date of the Change of Control has not been  credited with four
annual  grants of  Deferred  Share  Units  shall be  credited  with an amount of
Deferred Share Units  determined by subtracting the grant date Fair Market Value
of all previous annual Deferred Share Unit grants to the Participant's  Deferred
Share Unit Account from $1,000,000,  and dividing such amount by the Fair Market
Value as of the date of the Change of Control.

      SECTION 12. Amendment. The Plan may be amended,  modified or terminated at
any time, for any reason,  without notice, by the Board except that, without the
consent of the  Participant  (or, if the  Participant  is  deceased,  his or her
beneficiary(ies)),  no such amendment,  modification or termination shall have a
material  adverse effect on the accrued  balance of any  Participant's  Deferral
Account  as of  the  effective  date  of any  such  amendment,  modification  or
termination.

      SECTION 13. Company's Obligations Unfunded. ALL BENEFITS DUE A PARTICIPANT
OR A  BENEFICIARY  UNDER THIS PLAN ARE  UNFUNDED AND  UNSECURED  AND ARE PAYABLE
SOLELY OUT OF THE GENERAL  FUNDS OF THE COMPANY.  The  Company,  in its sole and
absolute discretion, may establish a "grantor trust" for the payment of benefits
and obligations hereunder,  the assets of which shall be at all times subject to
the claims of creditors  of the Company as provided for in such trust,  provided
that such trust does not alter the  characterization of the Plan as an "unfunded
plan"  for  purposes  of the  Internal  Revenue  Code.  Such  trust  shall  make
distributions in accordance with the terms of the Plan.

      SECTION 14.  Stock  Subject to the Plan.  Pursuant  to the payment  option
available under the Plan as specified in Section 9, the Company has the right to
reserve  the  appropriate   number  of  shares  as  may  be  necessary  to  fund
distributions  hereunder.  The shares to be delivered under the Plan may consist
of authorized but unissued Stock or Stock  reacquired by the Company,  including
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      SECTION 15. Restrictions on Alienation.  No amount deferred or credited to
any  account  under the Plan shall be  subject  in any  manner to  anticipation,
alienation, sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrance, levy or charge. Any
attempt to so anticipate,  alienate,  sell, transfer,  assign, pledge, encumber,
levy or charge  the same  shall be void;  nor shall any  amount be in any manner
subject  to any claims for the debts,  contracts,  liabilities,  engagements  or
torts  of  the  Participant  (or  the  Participant's   beneficiary  or  personal
representative)  entitled to such benefit.  No Participant  shall be entitled to
borrow at any time any portion of the  Participant's  account balances under the
Plan.

      SECTION 16.  Withholding.  There shall be deducted from all payments under
the Plan the amount of any taxes  required to be withheld by any Federal,  state
or local taxing authority.  The Participants,  their  beneficiaries and personal
representatives shall bear any and all Federal,  foreign,  state or local income
or any other tax imposed on amounts paid under the  Plan.

      SECTION 17.  Directors Bound by Terms of the Plan. By consenting to become
and continue to serve as a director,  each Non-Employee Director shall be deemed
conclusively  to have  accepted  and  consented to all terms of the Plan and all
actions or decisions made by the Company with regard to the Plan. Such terms and
consent  shall  also apply to and be binding  upon the  beneficiaries,  personal
representatives and other successors in interest of each Non-Employee  Director.
Each  Non-Employee  Director  shall  receive  a  copy  of the  Plan.

      SECTION 18.  Designation of  Beneficiary(ies).  Each Participant under the
Plan may designate a beneficiary or  beneficiaries  to receive any payment which
under  the terms of the Plan  becomes  payable  on,  after or as a result of the
Participant's  death.  At any time, and from time to time, any such  designation
may be changed or  canceled by the  Participant  without the consent of any such
beneficiary.  Any such  designation,  change or  cancellation  must be on a form
provided for that purpose by the Board and shall not be effective until received
by the Board. If no beneficiary  has been designated by a deceased  Participant,
the beneficiary shall be the Participant's estate. If the Participant designates
more than one  beneficiary,  any payments  under the Plan to such  beneficiaries
shall  be made  in  equal  allocations  unless  the  Participant  has  expressly
designated  otherwise,  in  which  case  the  payments  shall  be  made  in  the
allocations   designated  by  the   Participant.

      SECTION 19. Severability of Provisions.  In the event any provision of the
Plan would serve to invalidate the Plan,  that  provision  shall be deemed to be
null and void,  and the Plan shall be  construed  as if it did not  contain  the
particular  provision that would make it invalid. The Plan shall be binding upon
and inure to the benefit of (a) the Company and its  respective  successors  and
assigns,   and  (b)  each  Non-Employee   Director,   his  or  her  designee(s),
beneficiary(ies) and estate. Nothing in the Plan shall preclude the Company from
consolidating or merging into or with, or transferring all or substantially  all
of its  assets to,  another  corporation,  or  engaging  in any other  corporate
transaction.

      SECTION 20. Governing Laws and Interpretation. The Plan shall be construed
and enforced in accordance  with,  and the rights of the parties hereto shall be
governed  by,  the  laws of the  State  of  Delaware.  This  Plan  shall  not be
interpreted as either an employment or trust  agreement.


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      SECTION 21.  Arbitration.  Except as otherwise  provided in this Plan, any
controversy between the parties arising out of this Plan shall be submitted,  at
the initiation of either party, to the American  Arbitration  Association  under
its Commercial  Arbitration Rules for confidential and binding arbitration.  The
arbitration shall be held in Baltimore,  Maryland,  or such other location where
the Company may have its corporate headquarters,  using a single arbitrator. The
arbitrator  shall be  selected  by the  Company,  provided  that if a Change  of
Control has occurred on or before the date such  controversy  is  submitted  for
arbitration,  the  arbitrator  shall  be  selected  by the  Participant  (or his
beneficiary(ies)).   The  costs  of  the  arbitration,  including  any  American
Arbitration Association  administration fee, the arbitrator's fee, and costs for
the use of facilities during the hearings, shall be borne equally by the parties
to the  arbitration.  Each side shall bear its own attorney fees. The arbitrator
shall not have any power to alter,  amend,  modify or change any of the terms of
this Plan nor to grant  punitive,  special,  extracontractual  or  consequential
damages  or any other  remedy  which is either  prohibited  by the terms of this
Plan, or not available in a court of law.  Judgment on the award rendered by the
arbitrator may be entered in any court having  jurisdiction  thereof.

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Plan is hereby adopted by the Company on this ____
day of December 1998.

                                       INTEGRATED HEALTH SERVICES, INC.
                                       By:______________________________________
                                
                                       Title:___________________________________

                                               


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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.85


                              EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

      This  AGREEMENT is made  effective  as of this 1ST day of July,  1998 (the
"Effective Date"), by and between  INTEGRATED HEALTH SERVICES,  INC., a Delaware
corporation  (hereinafter  referred  to as the  "Company"),  and SALLY  WEISBERG
(hereinafter referred to as the "Executive").

                              W I T N E S S E T H:

      WHEREAS,  Employer  is engaged  in the  business  of owning and  operating
nursing  care  facilities,  rehabilitation  service  providers  and other health
care-related businesses through its subsidiaries and tradenames; and

      WHEREAS, Employer wishes to employ Employee, and Employee wishes to accept
such employment, on the terms and conditions set forth herein; and

      WHEREAS, in the course of her employment,  and as a necessary  consequence
thereof,  Employee  will receive  information  and acquire  knowledge of special
procedures,   processes,  business  conduct,  and  knowledge  that  is  private,
proprietary, and secret to the Company in its business; and

      WHEREAS, the business,  as well as the success and profits of the Company,
depend in large part upon the  maintenance  of  secrecy as to such  information,
processes,  procedures and knowledge as to the conduct of the Company's business
generally.

      NOW,  THEREFORE,  in consideration of the foregoing  premises,  the mutual
agreements herein contained,  as well as the agreement to employ the Employee or
to  continue to employ the  Employee  under the terms and  conditions  contained
herein,  and  intending to be legally  bound  hereby,  it is agreed  between the
parties hereto as follows:





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                                    ARTICLE I
 
                             EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP

      1.1  Employment.  The Company hereby employs the Executive in the position
of President - Symphony Health Services, Inc. and Executive Vice President, with
such  responsibilities  as may be assigned to Executive from time to time by the
Company's Chief Executive Office and/or President. Executive shall report to and
be responsible to the Chief Executive  Officer and/or  President during the Term
of this Agreement, and Executive hereby accepts such employment.

      During the Term,  the Executive  agrees to devote all such working time as
is reasonably  required for the discharge of her duties hereunder and to perform
such services  faithfully  and to the best of her ability.  Notwithstanding  the
foregoing,  nothing in this  Agreement  shall  preclude the  Executive  from (a)
engaging in charitable  and community  affairs,  so long as they are  consistent
with her duties and  responsibilities  under this  Agreement,  (b)  managing her
personal investments,  and (c) serving on or advising the boards of directors of
other companies.

      1.2 Term. Unless sooner terminated pursuant to Article III below, the term
of this  Agreement  (the "Term") shall  commence on the Effective Date and be in
effect for three (3) years; provided,  however, that on each anniversary date of
the Effective Date ("Anniversary Date"), the then current term of this Agreement
automatically  shall be extended by an additional  period of twelve (12) months,
so that as of each Anniversary Date, this Agreement shall have an unexpired Term
of three (3) years. Notwithstanding the foregoing, either party hereto may elect
not to so extend this  Agreement by giving written notice of her or its election
to the other party  hereto at least one hundred  twenty  (120) days prior to any
Anniversary  Date. In the event the Company  elects not to renew this  Agreement
with  appropriate  notice  as  provided  herein,  the  Company  may  buy out the
remaining  term  of the  Agreement  through  the  payment  of  severance  to the
Executive as provided in Section 3.4.


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                                   ARTICLE II

                                  COMPENSATION

      2.1 Salary.  The Executive  shall receive a base salary at an initial rate
of Three Hundred Forty-Nine  Thousand Nine Hundred and Twenty Dollars ($349,920)
per  year  (the  "Salary")  payable  in  substantially   equal  installments  in
accordance with the pay policy established by the Company from time to time, but
not less  frequently  than  monthly.  On each  January 1 during the Term of this
Agreement,  the Salary shall be increased by a percentage  which is equal to the
greater of (i) eight percent (8%) of her Salary; or (ii) the percentage increase
in the "Consumer  Price Index for All Urban  Consumers"  published by the United
States  Department  of  Labor's  Bureau  of Labor  Statistics  for the then most
recently ended twelve (12) month period as of the date of such  adjustment,  and
increased by such  additional  amounts as may be determined at the discretion of
the Chief  Executive  Officer and/or  President.  Once  adjusted,  such adjusted
amount shall constitute Salary for purposes of this Agreement.

      2.2  Bonus.  If the  Company's  earnings  per share  equal or  exceed  the
earnings goals set by the Board (the "Target"),  then no more than ten (10) days
following the date the Company  publicly  announces  its  earnings,  the Company
shall  pay  Executive  a  discretionary  bonus  ("Bonus")  based on  Executive's
performance,  benefit  to the  Company  at  large,  and the  extent to which the
Company equals or exceeds the Target.  Such Bonus shall be discretionary  except
that if the  Company's  earnings  per share  equal or  exceed  the  Target  then
Executive  shall  receive a bonus of not less than  fifty  percent  (50%) of her
Salary.

      2.3 Executive Benefits and Perquisites. During the Term, the Company shall
provide  and/or pay for  employee  benefits  and  perquisites  that are,  in the
aggregate, no less favorable than the employee benefits and perquisites that the
Executive  enjoys as of the  Effective  Date,  as may be increased  from time to
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               (a)  comprehensive   individual   health   insurance,   including
          dependent coverage;

               (b) life insurance  coverage in the amount of One Million Dollars
          ($1,000,000) any proceeds of which shall be payable to the Executive's
          designated beneficiary or her estate;

               (c) four (4) weeks paid vacation annually;

               (d)  disability  insurance  coverage in a monthly  benefit amount
          equal to the sum of 100% of Executive's Salary plus "Bonus Amount" (as
          defined in Section 3.4(a));

               (e) a monthly automobile allowance of $1,000 per month;

               (f) participation in the Company's SERP(s); and

               (g)  eligibility to  participate in the Company's  Employee Stock
          Participation Program.

Once  increased,  the level of benefits and  perquisites  shall not be decreased
without the Executive's  consent. No amendment of any SERP(s) that is adverse to
Executive  shall be effective as to Executive  without her prior written consent
(or,  if  she  is  no  longer  living,   the  consent  of  her  beneficiary  (or
beneficiaries)  designated in accordance with the Trust Agreement(s) (as defined
in the SERP(s)). Any interpretation, construction, determination, act or failure
to act of the  Company  or the  "Committee"  (as  defined in the  SERP(s))  that
relates to the SERP(s) and is adverse to  Executive  shall be subject to de novo
review in accordance with Section 6.9 of this Agreement.

      2.4   Equity-Based   Compensation.   During  the  Term,  the  Compensation
Committee,  in its complete discretion,  may select the Executive to participate
in  programs  or enter into  agreements  that  provide  for the grant of certain
equity-based compensation or rights to the Executive.

                                   ARTICLE III

                            TERMINATION AND SEVERANCE

      3.1 Termination; Nonrenewal. The Company shall have the right to terminate
the Executive's employment, and the Executive shall have the right to resign her
employment  with the Company at any time during the Term,  for any reason or for
no stated  reason,  upon no less than ninety



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(90) days' prior written notice (or such shorter  notice to the extent  provided
for herein). In addition, if there is a Change of Control (as defined in Section
3.3(b)) during the Term of this Agreement,  this Agreement  automatically  shall
terminate  on  the  one  hundredth  and  eightieth  (180th)  day  following  the
anniversary date of the Change of Control.

      Upon the  Executive's  termination  without "Cause" (as defined in Section
3.2) or  resignation  for "Good Reason" (as defined in Section 3.3), or upon the
expiration  of the Term  following  the  Company's  election  not to renew  this
Agreement  (in  accordance  with  Section  1.2)  or this  Agreement's  automatic
termination  following  a Change of Control (in  accordance  with  Section  3.1,
above),  the  Executive  shall be entitled to  severance as set forth in Section
3.4. Upon the Executive's  resignation  without Good Reason, the Executive shall
not be  entitled  to  severance;  provided,  however,  that the  Company  may be
required to pay the Executive  non-competition  severance as provided in Section
4.2, below. If the Executive's  employment is terminated  because of a Permanent
Disability (as defined in Section 3.5), the Executive shall receive the benefits
and payments described in Section 3.5.

      3.2  Termination  For Cause.  (a) The Company may terminate this Agreement
for Cause  following a determination  by the Chief Executive  Officer that Cause
exists.  For  purposes  of this  Agreement,  Cause  shall mean any or all of the
following:

               (i)  the  Executive   materially  fails  to  perform  her  duties
          hereunder;

               (ii) a material  breach by the Executive of her  covenants  under
          Sections 4.1 4.2;

               (iii)  Executive is convicted of or pleads guilty or confesses to
          a felony involving moral turpitude; or

               (iv)  Executive is convicted of or pleads  guilty or confesses to
          theft,  larceny or embezzlement  of Employer's  tangible or intangible
          property.

      (b)  Notwithstanding  anything  in  Section  3.2(a)  to  the  contrary,  a
termination  shall not be for Cause  unless (i) the party to whom the  Executive
reports notifies the Executive,  in writing, of their intention to terminate the
Executive  for Cause  (which  notice  shall set forth  the  conduct  alleged 


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to constitute Cause) (the "Cause Notice");  and (ii) the Executive does not cure
her conduct within sixty (60) days after the receipt of the Cause Notice.

      3.3  Termination  for Good Reason.  (a) The Executive  may terminate  this
Agreement for Good Reason,  provided she gives the Company prior written  notice
that Good  Reason  exists  (the "Good  Reason  Notice").  For  purposes  of this
Agreement,  Good  Reason  shall mean one or more of the  following  without  the
Executive's prior written consent:

               (i) a material  diminution of the  Executive's  responsibilities,
          title, authority or status;

               (ii) the failure of the Company to pay the Executive amounts when
          due under this Agreement;

               (iii) the  Executive's  removal or dismissal from the position of
          President - Symphony  Health  Services,  Inc.  and/or  Executive  Vice
          President; or

               (iv) a reduction  in Salary or a material  reduction  in benefits
          (other than a reduction in Salary permitted by Section 2.1).

      Notwithstanding  the  foregoing,  a  termination  on  account  of a reason
described  in this Section 3.3 (a)(i) - (iv),  above,  shall be deemed not to be
for Good Reason unless the Executive  (i) gives the Company the  opportunity  to
cure the condition  that purports to be Good Reason,  and (ii) the Company fails
to cure that  condition  within  sixty (60) days  after the  receipt of the Good
Reason  Notice (or,  with respect to the failure to make any payment when due to
the Executive, within ten (10) days after the receipt of such notice).

      (b) For purposes of this Agreement,  a "Change of Control" shall be deemed
to occur if (i) there shall be consummated (x) any consolidation, reorganization
or merger of the Company in which the Company is not the continuing or surviving
corporation  or pursuant to which shares of the Company's  common stock would be
converted into cash,  securities or other  property,  other than a merger of the
Company in which the holders of the Company's common stock  immediately prior to
the  merger  have  the  same  proportionate  ownership  of  common  stock of the
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immediately after the merger, or (y) any sale, lease, exchange or other transfer
(in  one  transaction  or  a  series  of  related   transactions)   of  all,  or
substantially all, of the assets of the Company, or (ii) the stockholders of the
Company shall approve any plan or proposal for liquidation or dissolution of the
Company,  or (iii)  any  person  (as such  term is used in  Sections  13(d)  and
14(d)(2)  of the  Exchange  Act,  including  any  "group" (as defined in Section
13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) (other than the Executive or any group  controlled
by the Executive)) shall become the beneficial owner (within the meaning of Rule
13d-3 under the Exchange  Act) of twenty  percent (20%) or more of the Company's
outstanding  common stock (other than pursuant to a plan or arrangement  entered
into by such person and the  Company)  and such person  discloses  its intent to
effect a change in the  control or  ownership  of the Company in any filing with
the  Securities and Exchange  Commission,  or (iv) within any  twenty-four  (24)
month period  beginning  on or after the  Effective  Date,  the persons who were
directors of the Company  immediately  before the  beginning of such period (the
"Incumbent Directors") shall cease (for any reason other than death,  disability
or  retirement)  to  constitute at least a majority of the Board or the board of
directors of any successor to the Company,  provided  that, any director who was
not a  director  as of the  Effective  Date  shall be deemed to be an  Incumbent
Director if such director was elected to the Board by, or on the  recommendation
of or with the  approval  of,  at least  two-thirds  of the  directors  who then
qualified as Incumbent  Directors  either actually or by prior operation of this
Section  3.3(b)(iv)  unless such  election,  recommendation  or approval was the
result of any actual or threatened  election contest of the type contemplated by
Regulation 14a-11 promulgated under the Exchange Act or any successor provision.
Notwithstanding the foregoing,  if the employment agreement of the Company's CEO
or President has a change of control  provision which is triggered by an earlier
event not stated  herein,  then such event shall also be a Change of Control for
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      3.4  Severance.  If the Executive  resigns for Good Reason,  is terminated
without  Cause,  there is a Change of Control  in the  Company,  or the  Company
elects not to renew this Agreement in accordance with Section 1.2, above:

                   (a) the  Company  shall  cause  the  Executive's  outstanding
options which are not  immediately  exercisable  to vest and become  immediately
exercisable  and the  restrictions  on equity  held by the  Executive  which are
scheduled  to lapse  solely  through the  passage of time to lapse (such  events
collectively referred to as "Acceleration of Equity Rights") and Executive shall
have  thirty-six (36) months from the date of termination to exercise any vested
options; and

                  (b)  the  Company  shall  pay the  Executive  an  amount  (the
"Severance  Amount")  equal to three (3) times the sum of her Salary in the year
of termination or the immediately  preceding year, whichever is greater, and the
Bonus Amount,  which shall be the greater of (i) the Executive's Bonus earned in
the year of termination,  or (ii) her Bonus earned in the immediately  preceding
calendar year. Such Severance Amount shall be payable in cash as follows:

                         (x) no later  than ten (10)  calendar  days  after  the
                    effective  date of  Executive's  termination  or a Change of
                    Control,  the Company shall pay the Executive one-half (1/2)
                    of the Severance Amount in a lump sum; and


                         (y)  except in the event of a Change  of  Control,  the
                    Company  shall  pay  the  remaining  one-half  (1/2)  of the
                    Severance   Amount  to  the   Executive  in  equal   monthly
                    installments  commencing  on the  first  day  of  the  month
                    following  the  effective  date of  Executive's  termination
                    without Cause,  the Executive's  resignation for Good Reason
                    or the  Company's  notice to the  Executive of its intention
                    not to renew  this  Agreement,  and on the  first day of the
                    month  thereafter  for a  period  of  eighteen  months  (18)
                    months; or


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                         (z) in the event of a Change of Control,

                                    (i) the  Company  shall  pay  the  remaining
                  one-half  (1/2) of the Severance  Amount to the Executive in a
                  lump sum no later than ten (10) calendar days from the date of
                  the  Executive's  termination  without Cause,  resignation for
                  Good Reason or this Agreement's  expiration following a Change
                  of Control under Section 3.1; and

                                    (ii) the Company shall pay the Executive her
                  Salary  for the  lesser  of six (6)  additional  months or the
                  amount of Salary due until the  expiration  of this  Agreement
                  following a Change of Control  under  Section  3.1 if,  within
                  eighteen  (18) months  following  a Change of Control,  she is
                  terminated  without  Cause  or the  Executive  terminates  the
                  Agreement for Good Reason.

      The Company  shall have no  obligation to pay the Executive the balance of
the Severance Amount or any other benefit hereunder after a Change of Control if
the Executive terminates this Agreement without Good Reason. The amounts owed to
the Executive  under (i) and (ii),  above shall  constitute the total  remaining
Severance  Amount  (excluding  Continued  Benefits)  to which the  Executive  is
entitled hereunder after a Change of Control. 


      (c) the  Company  shall  provide  for a period of  thirty-six  (36) months
following  the  effective  date  of the  Executive's  termination  (including  a
termination  resulting  from the  Company's  election  not to renew  the Term or
renegotiate this Agreement after its automatic termination following a Change of
Control),  continued  employee  benefits and coverage for the  Executive and his
dependents of the type and at a level of coverage  comparable to the coverage in
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whichever is greater ("Continued Benefits"),  including but not limited to those
benefits and perquisites set forth in Section 2.3. Such allowances, benefits and
coverages,  etc., to be not less than those in effect on the  effective  date of
Executive's   termination   or  the  preceding   year,   whichever  is  greater.
Notwithstanding  the  foregoing,  if any  of the  Continued  Benefits  or  other
benefits to be provided  hereunder have been  decreased or otherwise  negatively
affected  within  twelve  (12)  months  prior  to  the  effective  date  of  the
Executive's  termination,  the reference for measuring such benefit shall be the
date prior to such reduction rather than the date of such termination.

      3.5  Termination  for  Disability.  (a)  The  Company  may  terminate  the
Executive  following a determination by the Chief Executive Officer or President
that the Executive has a Permanent Disability;  provided,  however, that no such
termination  shall be effective (i) prior to the expiration of the six (6) month
period  following the date the Executive  first incurred the condition  which is
the  basis  for the  Permanent  Disability  or (ii) if the  Executive  begins to
substantially perform the significant aspects of her regular duties prior to the
proposed  effective date of such  termination.  For purposes of this  Agreement,
"Permanent  Disability" shall mean the Executive's  inability,  by reason of any
physical or mental impairment,  to substantially perform the significant aspects
of her regular duties,  as  contemplated  by this Agreement,  which inability is
reasonably  contemplated  to  continue  for at  least  one  (1)  year  from  its
incurrence  and at  least  ninety  (90)  days  from  the  effective  date of the
Executive's  termination.   Any  question  as  to  the  existence,   extent,  or
potentiality of the Executive's  Permanent  Disability  shall be determined by a
qualified  independent physician selected by the Executive (or, if the Executive
is unable  to make such  selection,  by the  person  designated  in  writing  by
Executive prior to her inability to make such  selection,  and in the absence of
such  designation by an adult member of the  Executive's  immediate  family) and
reasonably acceptable to the Company.

           (b)  If  the  Executive  is  terminated   because  of  his  Permanent
Disability, the Company shall (i) provide for the Acceleration of Equity Rights;
(ii) pay for a period of thirty-six (36) months  following the effective date of
such  termination  (the  "Disability  Period") the Executive one hundred  (100%)
percent of her Salary plus  Bonus,  offset by the  amount,  if any,  paid to the
Executive under the salary replacement portion of disability benefits paid under
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Company,  and (iii) provide her with  Continued  Benefits for the first eighteen
(18) months of the Disability Period.

        3.6 Death or Disability After  Termination.  Should the Executive die or
become  disabled before receipt of any or all payments to which the Executive is
entitled to under Section 3.4 (or in the case of the Executive's death following
her  termination  on  account of  Permanent  Disability,  before  receipt of all
payments  under  Section  3.5) then the  balance  of the  payments  to which the
Executive is entitled shall continue to be paid to the Executive (in the case of
his disability) or to the executors or administrators of the Executive's  estate
(in the event of the Executive's  death);  provided,  however,  that the Company
may, at any time within its  discretion,  accelerate  any  payments  and pay the
Executive  or her estate the present  value of such  payments in a lump sum cash
payment.  For purposes of determining  the present value under this Section 3.6,
the interest rate shall be the prime rate of Citibank, N.A.

                                   ARTICLE IV

                           COVENANTS OF THE EXECUTIVE

        4.1 Confidential  Information.  In connection with his employment at the
Company, the Executive will have access to confidential  information  consisting
of some or all of the following categories of information:

                  (a)  Financial  Information,  including  but  not  limited  to
         information relating to the Company's earnings,  assets, debts, prices,
         pricing structure, volume of purchases or sales or other financial data
         whether related to the Company or generally, or to particular products,
         services, geographic areas, or time periods;

                  (b) Supply and Service Information,  including but not limited
         to  information  relating to goods and  services,  suppliers'  names or
         addresses,  terms of  supply  or  service  contracts  or of  particular
         transactions,  or related  information about potential suppliers to the
         extent that such information is not generally known to the public,  and
         the extent that the  combination  of  suppliers  or use of a particular
         supplier, though generally known or available, yields advantages to the
         Company details of which are not generally known;

                  (c)  Marketing  Information,  including  but  not  limited  to
         information  relating to details  about  ongoing or proposed  marketing
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Company,  sales  forecasts,  advertising  formats  and  methods  or  results  of
marketing efforts or information about impending transactions;

                  (d)  Personnel  Information,  including  but  not  limited  to
         information  relating to  employees'  personnel  or medical  histories,
         compensation   or  other  terms  of  employment,   actual  or  proposed
         promotions, hirings, resignation, disciplinary actions, terminations or
         reasons  therefor,  training  methods,  performance,  or other employee
         information; and

                  (e)  Customer  Information,   including  but  not  limited  to
         information relating to past, existing or prospective customers' names,
         addresses or backgrounds,  records of agreements and prices,  proposals
         or agreements  between customers and the Company,  status of customers'
         accounts or credit, or related  information about actual or prospective
         customers as well as customer lists.

        All of the foregoing are hereinafter referred to as "Trade Secrets." The
Company and the Executive consider their relation one of confidence with respect
to Trade  Secrets.  Therefore,  during and after the  employment by the Company,
regardless of the reasons that such employment ends, the Executive agrees:

                           (aa) To hold all Trade Secrets in confidence  and not
                  discuss,  communicate  or  transmit  to  others,  or make  any
                  unauthorized copy of or use the Trade Secrets in any capacity,
                  position  or  business  except as it  directly  relates to the
                  Executive's employment by the Company;

                            (bb) To use the Trade Secrets only in furtherance of
                  proper  employment  related  reasons of the Company to further
                  the interests of the Company;

                           (cc) To take all reasonable  actions that the Company
                  deems necessary or appropriate, to prevent unauthorized use or
                  disclosure  of or to protect  the  Company's  interest  in the
                  Trade Secrets; and

                           (dd) That any of the Trade Secrets,  whether prepared
                  by the  Executive  or  which  may come  into  the  Executive's
                  possession during the Executive's  employment  hereunder,  are
                  and remain the property of the Company and its affiliates, and
                  all such Trade Secrets,  including  copies  thereof,  together
                  with  all  other  property  belonging  to the  Company  or its
                  affiliates,  or used in their respective businesses,  shall be
                  delivered to or left with the Company.

        This  Agreement  does not apply to (i)  information  that by means other
than the Executive's  deliberate or inadvertent  disclosure becomes known to the
public;  (ii)  disclosure  compelled by judicial or  administrative  proceedings
provided the Executive  affords the Company the opportunity to obtain  assurance
that  compelled  disclosures  will  receive  confidential  treatment;  and (iii)
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independently  developed by the  Executive,  the  development of which was not a
breach of this Agreement.

         4.2  Non-Competition.  In consideration  of the Executive's  employment
hereunder,  during the Term and for a period of eighteen (18) months  thereafter
(or in the event of the Executive's  termination for Cause,  for a period of one
(1) year thereafter),  subject to the exceptions set forth below in this Section
4.2, the Executive agrees that she will not, without the express written consent
of the Company, for the Executive or on behalf of any other person, firm, entity
or other  enterprise  (i)  directly  or  indirectly  solicit for  employment  or
recommend to any  subsequent  employer of the  Executive  the  solicitation  for
employment  of any person who, at the time of such  solicitation  is employed by
Company or any affiliate thereof,  (ii) directly or indirectly solicit,  divert,
or endeavor to entice away any customer of the Company or any affiliate thereof,
or otherwise engage in any activity intended to terminate, disrupt, or interfere
with the Company's or any affiliate's  relationship  with a customer,  supplier,
lessor or other  person,  or (iii) be  employed  by, be a  director,  officer or
manager  of,  act as a  consultant  for,  be a partner  in,  have a  proprietary
interest  in, give advice to, loan money to or  otherwise  associate  with,  any
person,  enterprise,  partnership,  association,  corporation,  joint venture or
other  entity  which is  directly  or  indirectly  in the  business  of  owning,
operating or managing any (1) healthcare facility or business, including but not
limited  to,  any  subacute  healthcare   facility,   rehabilitation   hospital,
rehabilitation services provider, nursing home, or home health care business, or
(2) any other business similar to a business which is or was owned,  operated or
managed by the Company  during the Term or during the period  that this  Section
4.2 shall apply to the Executive, unless such business comprises (and has during
the preceding twelve (12) month period comprised) less than five percent (5%) of
the  Company's  gross  revenues;  and,  in the case of any  facility or business
described,  in either  case,  which  competes  with any such type of facility or
business  then operated by the Company or any of its  subsidiaries;  except that
the  provisions  of this  Section  4.2  shall  not  apply  if the  Executive  is
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without cause before the anniversary of a Change of Control, or if the Executive
resigns  without  Good Reason and the Company  does not pay her  non-competition
severance pay (not to include Continued  Benefits) of one-twelfth  (1/12) of the
sum of Executive's salary plus bonus in the previous year for each month (not to
exceed  eighteen  (18))  the  Company  elects  to  bind  the  Executive  to  the
non-competition obligation in this Section 4.2.

         This Section 4.2 shall not be construed to prohibit the Executive  from
owning up to 10% of the  outstanding  voting shares of the equity  securities of
any company whose common stock is listed for trading on any national  securities
exchange  or on the NASDAQ  System or  serving  as a director  or advisor to the
board of directors of any  company.  Section 4.2 shall only apply to  businesses
and  operations  located  in, or  otherwise  conducted  in, the  United  States.
Moreover,  in the event of a Change of Control of the Company,  the restrictions
in  Section  4.2 (iii),  above,  shall be  limited  to the  businesses  itemized
therein, if any, which the Company continues to own, operate or manage after the
Change of Control.

         4.3 Remedies For Breach of Article IV. In the event that the  Executive
materially  violates  the  covenants  contained  in this  Article  IV after  her
termination of employment under  circumstances  which entitle her to payments or
benefits  under  Section 3.4, the Company  may, at its  election,  upon ten (10)
days' prior  notice,  terminate  the  Severance  Period and cease  providing the
Executive  with  such  payments  and  benefits.   In  addition,   the  Executive
acknowledges  and  agrees  that  the  amount  of  damages  in the  event  of the
Executive's breach of this Article IV will be difficult,  if not impossible,  to
ascertain.  The Executive therefore agrees that the Company, in addition to, and
without  limiting any other remedy or right it may have, shall have the right to
an injunction  enjoining  any breach of the  covenants  made by the Executive in
this Article IV. The Executive further agrees that in the event an injunction is
granted  in  connection  with  actual or  alleged  breach of the  noncompetition
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eighteen  (18) month  restrictive  period  shall  begin to run from the date the
injunction  is  issued  (and  not  from the  effective  date of the  Executive's
termination).

                                    ARTICLE V

                            AMENDMENT AND ASSIGNMENT

         5.1 Right of the  Executive to Assign.  The  Executive  may not assign,
transfer,  pledge or hypothecate or otherwise transfer her rights,  obligations,
interests  and benefits  under this  Agreement and any attempt to do so shall be
null and void.

         5.2 Right of Company to Assign.  This Agreement shall be assignable and
transferable  by the Company and any such  assignment or transfer shall inure to
the benefit of and be binding  upon the  Executive,  the  Executive's  heirs and
personal  representatives,  and the Company and its successors and assigns.  The
Executive  agrees to execute all  documents  necessary to ratify and  effectuate
such  assignment.  An  assignment  of this  Agreement  by the Company  shall not
release the Company from its monetary obligations under this Agreement.

         5.3 Amendment and Waiver.  No change or  modification of this Agreement
shall be valid  unless it is in writing and signed by both  parties  hereto.  No
waiver of any provisions of this Agreement  shall be valid unless in writing and
signed by the person or party to be charged.

                                   ARTICLE VI

                                     GENERAL

        6.1 Governing  Law. This  Agreement  shall be subject to and governed by
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        6.2 Binding  Effect.  This Agreement  shall be binding upon and inure to
the benefit of the Company and the Executive and their respective  heirs,  legal
representatives, executors, administrators, successors and permitted assigns.

         6.3 Entire Agreement.  This Agreement  constitutes the entire agreement
between the parties and supersedes all other prior agreements  pertaining to the
subject  matter  herof,  either  oral or written,  between  the parties  hereto;
provided,  however,  that  this  Agreement  does not  supersede  any  agreements
pertaining to stock  options  which have been granted as of the Effective  Date,
except to the extent that any such option  agreement  contains  provisions which
are contrary to the provisions of this Agreement (including provisions regarding
the Acceleration of Equity Rights), or obligation of the Executive regarding the
Company's proprietary and confidential tangible and intangible property.

         6.4 Mitigation. The Executive shall not be required to mitigate damages
or the amount of any payment  provided for under this Agreement by seeking other
employment or otherwise nor may any payments  provided for under this Section be
reduced by any amounts  earned by the  Executive,  except as provided in Article
IV.

         6.5 Survivorship.  The respective rights and obligations of the parties
hereunder  shall  survive  the  termination  of  this  Agreement  to the  extent
necessary  to preserve  the rights and  obligations  of the  parties  under this
Agreement.

        6.6 Notices.  All notices,  demands,  requests,  consents,  approvals or
other  communications  required or permitted  hereunder  shall be in writing and
shall be delivered by hand,  registered  or certified  mail with return  receipt
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delivery  service,  in each  case with all  postage  or other  delivery  charges
prepaid,  and to the address of the party to whom it is  directed  as  indicated
below,  or to such other  address as such party may specify by giving  notice to
the other in accordance  with the terms hereof.  Any such notice shall be deemed
to be received (i) when  delivered,  if by hand,  (ii) on the next  business day
following timely deposit with a nationally recognized overnight delivery service
,or (iii) on the date shown on the return  receipt as  received or refused or on
the date the postal  authorities state that delivery cannot be accomplished,  if
sent by registered of certified mail, return receipt requested.

      If to the Company:     Integrated Health Services, Inc
                             10065 Red Run Boulevard
                             Owings Mills, Maryland  21117
                             Attn: Marshall A. Elkins, Executive Vice President
                             and General Counsel, or then General Counsel

     If to the Executive:    Sally Weisberg
                             316 Thompson Mill Road
                             New Hope, Pennsylvania  18938

        6.7  Indemnification.  The  Company 
 agrees to maintain  Director's  and
Officer's  liability  insurance  at a level not less than the level in effect on
the Effective Date, or to the extent such level is increased during the Term, at
such  increased  level;  provided,  however,  that the level of insurance may be
decreased with the  Executive's  written  consent.  To the extent not covered by
such  liability  insurance,  the Company shall  indemnify and hold the Executive
harmless to the fullest extent  permitted by Delaware law against any judgments,
fines, amounts paid in settlement and reasonable expenses (including  reasonable
attorneys'  fees),  and advance  amounts  necessary to pay the  foregoing at the
earliest time and to the fullest extent permitted by law, in connection with any
claim, action or proceeding (whether civil or criminal) against the Executive as
a result of her  serving  as an  officer or  director  of the  Company or in any
capacity at the  request of the  Company in or with regard to any other  entity,
employee  benefit plan or enterprise.  This  indemnification  shall be in effect
during the Term and  thereafter  and shall be in  addition to and not in lieu of
any other indemnification rights the Executive otherwise may have.

        6.8 Attorneys' Fees. Upon presentation of an invoice,  the Company shall
pay directly or reimburse the Executive for all reasonable  attorneys'  fees and
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           (a) in  connection  with any bone fide dispute over the terms of this
Agreement submitted by Executive to arbitration pursuant to Section 6.9 , unless
there is a determination that the Executive had no objectively  reasonable basis
in fact or theory for her claim; or

           (b) in connection with any other event  indemnifiable  by the Company
pursuant to insurance  coverage or Delaware law in which the  Executive  engages
separate representation.

        6.9 Arbitration. Except as otherwise provided in Section 4.3, any
dispute or controversy  arising under or in connection with this Agreement shall
be  settled  exclusively  by  arbitration,  conducted  before  a panel  of three
arbitrators in Baltimore, Maryland, in accordance with the rules of the American
Arbitration  Association  then in effect,  and  judgement  may be entered on the
arbitrators' award in any court having  jurisdiction.  The Company shall pay all
costs of the American  Arbitration  Association and the  arbitrator.  Each party
shall  select one  arbitrator,  and the two so  designated  shall select a third
arbitrator.  If either party shall fail to designate an arbitrator  within seven
(7) days after arbitration is requested, or if the two arbitrators shall fail to
select a third  arbitrator  within  fourteen  (14)  days  after  arbitration  is
requested,  then an  arbitrator  shall be selected by the  American  Arbitration
Association upon application of either party. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Executive  shall be entitled to seek  specific  performance  from a court of the
Executive's  right to be paid until the date of termination  during the pendency
of any dispute or controversy arising under or in connection with this Agreement
and the Company shall have the right to obtain injunctive relief from a court.

        6.10 Severability.  No provision in this Agreement if held unenforceable
shall in any way invalidate any other provisions of this Agreement, all of which
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        IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the Company has caused this Agreement to be signed
by its duly authorized  officers and its corporate seal to be hereunto  affixed,
and the  Executive  has  hereunto set the  Executive's  hand on the day and year
first above written.

COMPANY                                              EXECUTIVE

Integrated Health Services, Inc.,
a Delaware corporation

By: ___________________________________     _________________________________
                                            SALLY WEISBERG

Name: _________________________________

Title: __________________________________



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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.86

                                 AMENDMENT NO. 1
                      TO AMENDED AND RESTATED KEY EMPLOYEE
                     SUPPLEMENTAL EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT PLAN

      This  Amendment No. 1 is made as of this 19th day of November 1988, by and
between   Integrated  Health  Services,   Inc.,  a  Delaware   corporation  (the
"Company"), and Robert N. Elkins (the "Executive").

                                   WITNESSETH:

      WHEREAS, the Company established the Integrated Health Services,  Inc. Key
Employee  Supplemental  Executive Retirement Plan effective as of March 1, 1996,
and  amended  and  restated  the plan (as  amended  and  restated,  the  "Plan")
effective November 18, 1997; and

      WHEREAS,  the Company and the Executive desire to amend the Plan to permit
the Plan to be funded with securities of the Company.

      NOW, THEREFORE,  in consideration of the foregoing premises and the mutual
agreements contained herein, the parties,  intending to be legally bound, hereby
agree to amend the Plan as follows:

      1.    Under Section 2.1 of the Plan,  the last sentence of the  definition
            of "Funding" is amended to read as follows:

            "Funding shall be in the form of cash and/or Employer securities."

      2.    Section  5.3 of the Plan is  amended  to  delete  the last  sentence
            thereof, "In no event may any employee deferral  contribution or any
            income  or  gains  thereon  be  invested  in  capital  stock  of the
            Company."

      3.    All of the remaining  terms and  provisions of the Plan shall remain
            in full force and effect without amendment or modification.

      IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the parties have executed this Amendment No. 1 as of
the day and year first above written.

<PAGE>

COMPANY                                              EXECUTIVE

INTEGRATED HEALTH SERVICES, INC.

By: _________________________________       ____________________________________
                                            Robert N. Elkins

Name: ______________________________


Title: _____________________________


____________________________________        ____________________________________
Witness as to the Company                            Witness as to the Executive


____________________________________        ____________________________________
Print Name/Title                                     Print Name







                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.87


                               AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO

                             SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT

      This AMENDMENT NUMBER 1 TO THE SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT is made effective as
of September  30,  1998,  by and between  INTEGRATED  HEALTH  SERVICES,  INC., a
Delaware corporation  (hereinafter referred to as the "Company"),  and ROBERT N.
ELKINS (hereinafter referred to as the "Executive").

                              W I T N E S S E T H:

      WHEREAS,  Executive and Company are parties to a  Supplemental  Agreement,
dated as of November 18, 1997 (the  "Supplemental  Agreement"),  which  provides
for, among other things, the payment of certain Loan Bonuses to the Executive as
of the dates and in the  amounts  set forth on  Schedule  A to the  Supplemental
Agreement, and which further provides that each such Loan Bonus shall be applied
to the  discharge  of interest  and  principal  outstanding  under that  certain
Promissory  Note,  dated  September  29, 1997,  executed by the Executive in the
principal amount of $13,447,000 (the "1997 Note"); and

      WHEREAS,  in addition to the 1997 Note,  the Executive is obligated to the
Company  pursuant to that  certain  Promissory  Note,  dated  January 28,  1998,
executed by the  Executive  in the  principal  amount of  $2,088,000  (the "1998
Note"); and

      WHEREAS,   contemporaneously  herewith,  a  new  Promissory  Note  in  the
principal amount of $15,530,000 (the "New Note") has been executed and delivered
by the  Executive  to the  Company  in  substitution  for the 1997 Note and 1998
Note,which prior notes have been canceled; and

      WHEREAS,  the parties wish to amend the Supplemental  Agreement to provide
for the  application  of Loan Bonuses to the discharge of principal and interest
under the New Note, and to change the installment  dates and amounts of the Loan
Bonuses.

      NOW, THEREFORE,  in consideration of the foregoing premises and the mutual
agreements herein contained, the parties,  intending to be legally bound, hereby
agree as follows:

      1. The sixth "WHEREAS" clause of the Supplemental Agreement, which defines
"Note A" for purposes of the Supplemental  Agreement,  is hereby amended to read
in its entirety as follows:

<PAGE>

      "WHEREAS, the Executive has agreed to deliver to the Company a Note, dated
September 30, 1998, and executed by him, in the principal  amount of $15,535,000
("Note A");"

      2. Schedule A as attached to the Supplemental  Agreement is hereby amended
to read in its entirety as set forth on Schedule A as attached to this Amendment
No. 1. All references in the  Supplemental  Agreement to "Schedule A" shall mean
the Schedule A attached to this Amendment No. 1.

      IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the Company has caused  this  Amendment  No. 1 to be
signed by its duly  authorized  officers and its  corporate  seal to be hereunto
affixed,  and the Executive has hereunto set the Executive's hand on the day and
year first above written.

COMPANY                                              EXECUTIVE

INTEGRATED HEALTH SERVICES, INC.
a Delaware corporation

By: _________________________________       ____________________________________
                                            Robert N. Elkins

Name: ______________________________


Title: _____________________________





                                                                   EXHIBIT 23.1

                        CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

     We consent to  incorporation  by reference in the  registration  statements
(Nos. 33-44648,  33-44649,  33-44650,  33-44651,  33-44653,  33-53914, 33-53912,
33-53916,  33-86684,  33-97190,  333-1432,  333-28289,   333-28293,   333-28317,
333-28321 and  333-47853) on Form S-8 and (Nos.  33-66126,  33-68302,  33-77380,
33-81378,  33-87890,  33-98764,  333-4053,  333-12685,   333-31121,   333-35577,
333-35851, 333-41973, 333-48947, 333-59891 and 333-42169) on Forms S-3 or S-4 of
Integrated Health Services, Inc. of our report dated March 30, 1999, relating to
the  consolidated  balance  sheets  of  Integrated  Health  Services,  Inc.  and
subsidiaries  as of  December  31,  1997 and 1998 and the  related  consolidated
statements of operations,  comprehensive income (loss), stockholders' equity and
cash flows for each of the years in the  three-year  period  ended  December 31,
1998 and the related  schedule,  which  report  appears in the December 31, 1998
annual report on Form 10-K of Integrated Health Services, Inc.

                                                  KPMG LLP

Baltimore, Maryland
March 30, 1999




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