IN HOME HEALTH INC /MN/
10-Q/A, 1995-09-07
HOME HEALTH CARE SERVICES
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                                 UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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                                  FORM 10-Q/A
                          AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO FORM 10-Q

              /X/ QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
                     OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

    FOR QUARTERLY PERIOD ENDED:                    COMMISSION FILE NUMBER:
         DECEMBER 31, 1994                                 0-17490

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                              IN HOME HEALTH, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

             MINNESOTA                                   41-1458213
  (State or other jurisdiction of                     (I.R.S. Employer
  incorporation or organization)                     Identification No.)

     CARLSON CENTER, SUITE 500
       601 LAKESHORE PARKWAY
       MINNETONKA, MINNESOTA                             55305-5214
       (Address of principal                             (Zip Code)
        executive offices)

       (Registrant's telephone number, including area code) 612-449-7500

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    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_ (1) No ____

    As of January 31, 1995, the number of shares outstanding of the registrant's
common stock, $.01 par value was 15,963,819 shares.

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                              IN HOME HEALTH, INC.
                                     INDEX

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                                          PAGE NO.
                                                                                                         -----------
<S>            <C>                                                                                       <C>
PART I.        FINANCIAL INFORMATION
  ITEM 1.      FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
               Consolidated Balance Sheets -- December 31, 1994 and September 30, 1994.................         2-3
               Consolidated Statements of Income -- For the three months ended December 31, 1994 and
                1993...................................................................................           4
               Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows -- For the three months ended December 31, 1994
                and 1993...............................................................................           5
               Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements....................................         6-8
  ITEM 2.      MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF THE FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF
                OPERATIONS.............................................................................        9-12
</TABLE>

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ITEM 1.  "ITEM 1" IS HEREBY AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS:

                              IN HOME HEALTH, INC.
                          CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
                             (AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS)
                                     ASSETS

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                      DEC. 31,     SEPT. 30,
                                                                        1994         1994
                                                                     -----------  -----------
                                                                     (UNAUDITED)
<S>                                                                  <C>          <C>
Current Assets:
  Cash and cash equivalents........................................   $     718    $     911
  Accounts receivable, net.........................................      20,471       20,318
  Prepaid income tax...............................................      --              459
  Deferred income tax..............................................         800          800
  Prepaid expenses and other current assets........................       1,563        1,438
                                                                     -----------  -----------
      Total current assets.........................................      23,552       23,926
                                                                     -----------  -----------
Property:
  Furniture and equipment..........................................       9,431        9,007
  Computer equipment...............................................       7,263        7,057
  Leasehold improvements...........................................         687          654
                                                                     -----------  -----------
    Total..........................................................      17,381       16,718
  Accumulated depreciation.........................................      (5,613)      (4,993)
                                                                     -----------  -----------
      Property -- net..............................................      11,768       11,725
                                                                     -----------  -----------
Other Assets:
  Accounts receivable..............................................      14,603       13,830
  Goodwill, net....................................................       5,867        5,906
  Covenants not to compete, net....................................          50          128
  Deposits.........................................................         572          559
  Other assets.....................................................         583          652
                                                                     -----------  -----------
      Total other assets...........................................      21,675       21,075
                                                                     -----------  -----------
Total Assets.......................................................   $  56,995    $  56,726
                                                                     -----------  -----------
                                                                     -----------  -----------
</TABLE>

           See Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements.

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                              IN HOME HEALTH, INC.
                          CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
                             (AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS)
                                  LIABILITIES

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                      DEC. 31,     SEPT. 30,
                                                                        1994         1994
                                                                     -----------  -----------
                                                                     (UNAUDITED)
<S>                                                                  <C>          <C>

Current Liabilities:
  Current maturities of long-term debt.............................   $   2,360    $   2,286
  Accounts payable.................................................       3,717        3,821
  Accrued liabilities:
    Third party....................................................       6,893        7,666
    Compensation...................................................       4,036        3,486
    Income taxes...................................................         510       --
    Insurance......................................................       3,336        2,960
    Other..........................................................         504          488
                                                                     -----------  -----------
      Total current liabilities....................................      21,356       20,707
                                                                     -----------  -----------
Long-Term Debt.....................................................       3,128        3,304
Deferred Revenue...................................................       1,632        1,632
Deferred Rent Payable..............................................         514          516
Deferred Income Tax................................................       1,455        2,085
Commitments and Contingencies......................................      --           --
Shareholders' Equity:
  Preferred stock -- authorized 1,000 shares.......................      --           --
  Common stock -- $.01 par value: authorized -- 40,000 shares;
   issued and outstanding -- December 31 -- 15,964 shares;
   September 30 -- 15,944 shares...................................         160          159
  Additional paid-in capital.......................................      23,833       23,828
  Retained earnings................................................       4,917        4,495
                                                                     -----------  -----------
      Total shareholders' equity...................................      28,910       28,482
                                                                     -----------  -----------
Total Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity.........................   $  56,995    $  56,726
                                                                     -----------  -----------
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</TABLE>

           See Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements.

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                              IN HOME HEALTH, INC.
                 CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME (UNAUDITED)
             FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1994 AND 1993

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                               1994       1993
                                                                                             ---------  ---------
                                                                                                 (AMOUNTS IN
                                                                                             THOUSANDS EXCEPT PER
                                                                                                SHARE AMOUNTS)
<S>                                                                                          <C>        <C>
Revenue (Net of Medicare Reserves of $281, $131 for 1994 and 1993 respectively)............  $  32,334  $  29,780
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Operating Expenses:
  Direct costs of revenue (primarily payroll related costs)................................     18,210     16,342
  General, administrative and selling expenses.............................................     13,129     12,063
                                                                                             ---------  ---------
    Total operating expenses...............................................................     31,339     28,405
                                                                                             ---------  ---------
Income from Operations.....................................................................        995      1,375
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Interest:
  Interest expense.........................................................................        213        203
  Interest income..........................................................................     --             (6)
                                                                                             ---------  ---------
    Net interest expense...................................................................        213        197
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Income Before Income Taxes.................................................................        782      1,178
Income Tax Expense.........................................................................        360        532
                                                                                             ---------  ---------
Net Income.................................................................................  $     422  $     646
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Net Income Per Common and Common Equivalent Share:
  Primary..................................................................................  $     .03  $     .04
                                                                                             ---------  ---------
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  Fully Diluted............................................................................  $     .03  $     .04
                                                                                             ---------  ---------
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Weighted Average Common and Common Equivalent Shares Outstanding:
  Primary..................................................................................     16,149     16,052
                                                                                             ---------  ---------
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  Fully Diluted............................................................................     16,149     16,052
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</TABLE>

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                              IN HOME HEALTH, INC.
               CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (UNAUDITED)
             FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1994 AND 1993

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                                1994       1993
                                                                                              ---------  ---------
                                                                                                  (AMOUNTS IN
                                                                                                   THOUSANDS)
<S>                                                                                           <C>        <C>
Cash Flows from Operating Activities:
  Net income................................................................................  $     422  $     646
  Adjustments:
    Depreciation and amortization...........................................................        810        680
    Accounts receivable.....................................................................       (926)    (4,203)
    Prepaid expenses and other assets.......................................................       (146)      (101)
    Accounts payable........................................................................       (104)      (949)
    Accrued liabilities.....................................................................      1,138        198
    Deferred liabilities....................................................................       (632)        (8)
                                                                                              ---------  ---------
      Net cash provided (used) by operating activities......................................        562     (3,737)
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Cash Flows from Investing Activities:
  Acquisition of property...................................................................       (235)      (366)
  Advances to officers and employees........................................................         17        (53)
                                                                                              ---------  ---------
      Net cash used by investing activities.................................................       (218)      (419)
                                                                                              ---------  ---------
Cash Flows from Financing Activities:
  Payment of long term debt.................................................................       (543)      (606)
  Notes payable to banks....................................................................     --          2,500
  Issuance of common stock..................................................................          6         17
                                                                                              ---------  ---------
      Net cash provided (used) by financing activities......................................       (537)     1,911
                                                                                              ---------  ---------
Cash and Cash Equivalents:
  Net decrease..............................................................................       (193)    (2,245)
  Beginning of period.......................................................................        911      3,081
                                                                                              ---------  ---------
      End of period.........................................................................  $     718  $     836
                                                                                              ---------  ---------
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Supplemental Cash Flow Information:
  Cash paid during the period for:
    Interest................................................................................  $     226  $     201
                                                                                              ---------  ---------
                                                                                              ---------  ---------
    Income taxes............................................................................  $      21  $      29
                                                                                              ---------  ---------
                                                                                              ---------  ---------
Noncash Investing and Financing Activities:
  Property acquired by capital lease........................................................  $     441  $     345
                                                                                              ---------  ---------
                                                                                              ---------  ---------
</TABLE>

           See Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements.

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                              IN HOME HEALTH, INC.
              NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

1.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
    In  the opinion  of management  of the  Company, the  accompanying unaudited
consolidated financial statements  contain all adjustments  (consisting of  only
normal,  recurring accruals) necessary to  present fairly the financial position
of the Company and its subsidiaries as  of December 31, 1994 and the results  of
operations  and its cash  flows for the  three month periods  ended December 31,
1994 and  1993.  The  results of  operations  for  any interim  period  are  not
necessarily  indicative of the results for  the year. These interim consolidated
financial statements should  be read  in conjunction with  the Company's  annual
financial statements and related notes in the Company's Form 10-K.

2.  NET INCOME PER COMMON AND COMMON EQUIVALENT SHARE
    Net  income per common  and common equivalent share  is computed by dividing
net income by the  weighted average number of  common stock and dilutive  common
stock  equivalents outstanding.  Common stock  equivalents result  from dilutive
stock options  and warrants.  Any differences  in common  stock equivalents  for
primary  and fully diluted shares  are the result of  the quoted market price of
the Company's  common stock  being higher  at the  end of  the period  than  the
average market price during the period.

3.  MEDICARE COST REIMBURSEMENT
    Approximately  75% of revenue  for the three months  ended December 31, 1994
was derived from services provided to Medicare beneficiaries. Payment for  these
services is made by the Medicare program based on reimbursable costs incurred in
rendering  the  services.  Payments are  made  via  an interim  payment  rate as
services are rendered. Cost reports are filed with Medicare on an annual  basis,
which  are subject to audit and  retroactive adjustment by Medicare. The Company
reports revenue only for those costs  that it believes are probable (as  defined
in  Statement of  Financial Accounting  Standards No.  5) of  recovery under the
applicable Medicare statutes and regulations and reports its accounts receivable
balances at net realizable  value. The Company utilizes  an extensive system  of
internal  controls  to ensure  such proper  reporting  of revenues.  The Company
employs personnel with significant Medicare reimbursement experience to  prepare
its  cost reports and to monitor its  operations on an ongoing basis to identify
and minimize those costs which  are not reimbursed. As a  part of its system  of
internal  controls, the Company uses a  detailed analysis process in calculating
its Medicare revenue at the time  services are rendered. This process  considers
the nature and amounts of the disputed costs (as described in more detail below)
along  with several authoritative,  legal and historical  sources of information
including:

        - Applicable statutes and regulations, such as those contained in
          the Title XVIII of the  Social Security Act, particularly  Sec.
          1861  (V) (1) (A)  "Reasonable Cost" and  42 C.F.R. 413.9 "Cost
          Related to Patient Care", Health Care Financing  Administration
          (HCFA)  Publication 11 "Home  Health Agency Manual", applicable
          sections  of  HCFA  Publication  15-1  "Provider  Reimbursement
          Manual"  and intermediary letters  and program memoranda issued
          by HCFA.

        - Administrative decisions and rulings  on related issues by  the
          Provider  Reimbursement  Review  Board  and  Administrative Law
          Judges.

        - Judicial decisions  from Federal  District Courts  on  relevant
          cases.

        - Consultation with independent industry experts such as Medicare
          Cost Reimbursement Consultants.

        - Opinions  of outside  legal counsel  who specialize  in dealing
          with Medicare reimbursement issues.

        - Historical  knowledge  gained  internally  from  past  Medicare
          audits.

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                              IN HOME HEALTH, INC.
        NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)

3.  MEDICARE COST REIMBURSEMENT (CONTINUED)
        - Meetings  and other communication with Medicare Intermediaries,
          Blue Cross Association and HCFA.

    This detailed analysis process is updated on a quarterly basis, taking  into
account  any  new  information  (such as  decisions  relating  to  the Company's
disputed costs, and  administrative and judicial  decisions relating to  similar
issues)  that  may  affect the  determination  of  the net  realizable  value of
accounts receivable or  of liabilities  to repay amounts  received for  disputed
costs.  Results  of this  detailed analysis  process  are extrapolated  to other
unaudited cost reporting years  for all of  the Company's operations,  including
operations  that have not  yet been audited  by Medicare, to  estimate the gross
amount of  reimbursement  that would  be  affected. The  Company,  through  this
ongoing  control  and monitoring  process,  provides a  reserve  (by means  of a
revenue reduction) for  any costs incurred  which the Company  believes are  not
probable  of  recovery. This  reserve  is reported  as  a reduction  of accounts
receivable for disputed costs for which  the Company may not ultimately  receive
payment.  The Company has also reported as  a liability disputed costs for which
it has received payment, which may have to be returned to Medicare. Accordingly,
the Company believes that its accounts  receivable are stated at net  realizable
value,  and  that it  has  recorded all  probable  liabilities for  repayment of
disputed costs.

    Over  the  years,  Medicare  auditors   employed  by  the  Medicare   fiscal
intermediaries have, in connection with their retrospective audit process, taken
certain positions with respect to certain types of costs, claiming that they are
not  reimbursable  and thus  not recoverable  by the  Company from  the Medicare
program. These  positions are  based on  interpretations promulgated  after  the
period covered by the cost reports and applied retroactively, on interpretations
of   cost  reimbursement   principles  that   are  contrary   to  the  Company's
interpretations, or  on  what the  Company  believes to  be  misapplications  of
specific reimbursement principles, that could not have been foreseen at the time
services  were rendered and revenue recorded.  These positions taken by Medicare
auditors are usually determined from Medicare's Notice of Program  Reimbursement
("NPR")  which typically  are not  received until two  to three  years after the
services are rendered.  In those  situations where  the Company  decides to  not
challenge  an NPR finding, any  revenue relating to these  costs, as well as the
extrapolated impact, if any, on other open costs reporting years, if not written
off or provided for earlier, is written off as a revenue reduction at that time.
The results of all NPRs are included in the analysis process in calculating  net
Medicare revenue as described above.

    The  Company  has received  NPRs challenging  $11.5 million  of costs  as of
December 31, 1994. There  was an additional $10.8  million of costs at  December
31, 1994 related to open cost reporting years that are similar to the costs that
have  been challenged on NPRs. Together these amounts ($22.3 million at December
31, 1994) comprise the total amount the Company considers to be disputed  costs.
The  major cost category in dispute,  accounting for approximately half of total
disputed costs, is  the treatment  of certain  personnel costs  relating to  the
Company's  community  liaison  positions,  which  Medicare  auditors  allege are
unreimbursable sales  costs;  other costs  in  dispute  relate to  the  cost  of
physical  therapists  employed  by  the Company,  the  method  of  allocation of
administrative  and  general  costs  to  branch  operations,  certain  corporate
expenses,  and cost transfers  within branch operations.  The amount of disputed
costs has increased over the last several years as the Company's operations have
grown, Medicare  auditors have  taken  positions to  disallow certain  costs  in
certain cost reports as non- reimbursable, and the Company has extrapolated that
amount  of costs that may be challenged to other unaudited cost reporting years.
The normal  Medicare administrative  appeal process  may take  several years  to
resolve these types of disputes.

    The  Company  disagrees  with the  positions  taken by  the  Medicare fiscal
intermediaries' auditors and  the Health Care  Financing Administration, and  is
vigorously pursuing these matters through

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                              IN HOME HEALTH, INC.
        NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)

3.  MEDICARE COST REIMBURSEMENT (CONTINUED)
administrative and legal channels. The disputed cost analysis process related to
the  community liaison and  physical therapist positions  (which comprise 62% of
disputed costs)  encompassed  all of  the  authoritative, legal  and  historical
sources  discussed above.  Based on  this review  the Company  believes that the
majority of the  community liaison costs  are probable of  recovery, and that  a
relatively  small  portion of  these  costs are  not  probable of  recovery. The
Company has established, and is continuing to add to, a reserve for the  portion
of these costs not considered probable of recovery. Since the reserves have been
established,  the  Company  has  continued  to  review  whether  their  level is
appropriate. Nothing has occurred in  the legal or administrative process  which
the  Company is pursuing concerning the disputes which has caused the Company to
conclude that the reserve should be changed. Therefore, no change has been  made
in  the rate of reserve used to  record additional reserves on community liaison
related costs incurred on an ongoing basis. On the physical therapist issue, the
Company believes Medicare has no basis  in the regulations for its  disallowance
of  certain costs  related to physical  therapists employed by  the Company, and
therefore the Company has  not established a reserve  for these disputed  costs.
The  Company has filed two suits against the U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services ("HHS") and several members of the Blue Cross Association which act  as
fiscal  intermediaries to administer the Medicare program. The two suits related
to the community liaison  and physical therapist  issues discussed above  allege
that the defendants have unjustly withheld payments that are owed to the Company
for  services it  provided to  Medicare beneficiaries  from fiscal  1989 through
fiscal 1994. Legal opinions have been received on both the community liaison and
physical  therapist   issues  from   an   attorney  specializing   in   Medicare
reimbursement  issues  indicating  that it  is  probable that  the  Company will
prevail in both issues.

    The Company,  based  on its  analysis  process, believes  that  recovery  of
$5,242,000  of total disputed costs (including  the extrapolated impact) may not
be probable and, accordingly, has established reserves which totaled that amount
as of December  31, 1994. The  net amount  of disputed costs  which the  Company
believes is probable of recovery has been included in revenues in the respective
years  in  which services  were  rendered and,  to the  extent  not paid  to the
Company, is included in accounts  receivable. Total accounts receivable (net  of
reserves) due from Medicare at December 31, 1994 were $28,916,000, including the
receivables  (net of reserves) for disputed costs of $17,068,000. As of December
31, 1994  the Company  had received  $6,893,000 in  payments from  Medicare  for
disputed  costs. Medicare may  seek repayment for  such amounts and accordingly,
the potential liability  for repayments  is recorded as  Accrued Liabilities  --
Third  Party. The Company believes  it is probable that  it has not incurred any
other liability  to  repay disputed  costs.  In  view of  the  expectation  that
resolution of the disputed costs will not likely be accomplished within the next
twelve  months, related net  receivables of $14,603,000 as  of December 31, 1994
have been classified as a non-current asset.
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    The balance of the Liquidity Subsection will not change.

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ITEM 2.  "ITEM 2" IS HEREBY AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS:

               MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL
                      CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

    The following discussion and analysis provides information which  management
believes  is relevant to an assessment  and understanding of the Company's level
of operation and financial  condition. This discussion should  be read with  the
consolidated financial statements appearing in Item 1.

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

    Revenue  for the three months ended December  31, 1994, increased by 9% over
the same  period in  the prior  year. The  increase is  the result  of  industry
growth, the Company's marketing efforts and improved name recognition.

    Direct  costs of revenue, as  a percentage of sales,  were 56% for the three
months ended December 31, 1994 as compared to 55% for the comparable prior  year
period.  The  change was  due to  increased  volume which  resulted in  a larger
increase in direct costs relative to the increase in general, administrative and
selling expense. Direct costs,  as a percentage of  revenue before the  Medicare
reserves,  were 56% and 55% for the  three month periods ended December 31, 1994
and 1993, respectively.

    With the growth  in the Companys  operations, revenues and  direct costs  of
revenues  have grown at a greater  pace than general, administrative and selling
expenses. The disproportionate  increases in these  elements, combined with  the
greater  increase in  direct costs  of revenue  in relation  to the  increase in
revenue, resulted  in a  decrease in  gross profit  for the  three months  ended
December  31, 1994 to 44%  as compared to 45%  the comparable prior year period.
Gross profit, as a percentage of  revenue before the Medicare reserves, was  44%
and 45% for the three months ended December 31, 1994 and 1993, respectively.

    Management's  plans  to  address  the decline  in  operating  profit include
increasing the volume  of the  more profitable Extended  Hours Division  through
increased  marketing  and contracting  efforts.  In addition,  the  Company will
pursue an increase in its more profitable infusion products revenue.

    General administrative  and  selling  expenses, as  a  percent  of  revenue,
remained unchanged at 41% for the three months ended December 31, 1994 and 1993.

    For  the three  months ended December  31, 1994 and  1993, respectively, the
Company has recorded income tax expense at  46% and 45% of income before  income
taxes.  The  increase  in  the  effective  tax  rate  is  the  result  of higher
non-deductible expenses.

    Net income for the three month  period ended December 31, 1994 was  $422,000
compared  to $646,000 in the  same period during the  previous year. This change
was principally due to  the increase in the  Medicare revenue reserves  combined
with costs exceeding reimbursement ceilings in three of the new markets.

LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

    The  Company's cash and  cash equivalents decreased  $193,000 to $718,000 at
December 31,  1994. Accounts  receivable classified  as current  increased  from
$20,318,000  at September 30, 1994 to $20,471,000  at December 31, 1994. Both of
the changes  relate to  disputes  concerning payment  for services  to  Medicare
beneficiaries.  Approximately 75% of revenue for the three months ended December
31, 1994 was derived from  services provided to Medicare beneficiaries.  Payment
for  these services is made by the  Medicare program based on reimbursable costs
incurred in rendering  the services. Payments  are made via  an interim  payment
rate as services are rendered. Cost reports are filed with Medicare on an annual
basis,  which are subject  to audit and retroactive  adjustment by Medicare. The
Company reports revenue only for those  costs that it believes are probable  (as
defined  in Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 5) of recovery under
the applicable  Medicare  statutes  and regulations  and  reports  its  accounts
receivable   balances  at  net   realizable  value.  The   Company  utilizes  an

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extensive system  of  internal  controls  to ensure  such  proper  reporting  of
revenues.  The Company employs personnel with significant Medicare reimbursement
experience to  prepare its  cost reports  and to  monitor its  operations on  an
ongoing  basis to identify and minimize those costs which are not reimbursed. As
a part of its system of internal controls, the Company uses a detailed  analysis
process  in calculating its Medicare revenue  at the time services are rendered.
This process  considers  the  nature  and amounts  of  the  disputed  costs  (as
described  in more  detail below)  along with  several authoritative,  legal and
historical sources of information including:

        - Applicable statutes and regulations, such as those contained in
          the Title XVIII of the  Social Security Act, particularly  Sec.
          1861  (V) (1) (A)  "Reasonable Cost" and  42 C.F.R. 413.9 "Cost
          Related to Patient Care", Health Care Financing  Administration
          (HCFA)  Publication 11 "Home  Health Agency Manual", applicable
          sections  of  HCFA  Publication  15-1  "Provider  Reimbursement
          Manual"  and intermediary letters  and program memoranda issued
          by HCFA.

        - Administrative decisions and rulings  on related issues by  the
          Provider  Reimbursement  Review  Board  and  Administrative Law
          Judges.

        - Judicial decisions  from Federal  District Courts  on  relevant
          cases.

        - Consultation with independent industry experts such as Medicare
          Cost Reimbursement Consultants.

        - Opinions  of outside  legal counsel  who specialize  in dealing
          with Medicare reimbursement issues.

        - Historical  knowledge  gained  internally  from  past  Medicare
          audits.

        - Meetings  and other communication with Medicare Intermediaries,
          Blue Cross Association and HCFA.

    This detailed analysis process is updated on a quarterly basis, taking  into
account  any  new  information  (such as  decisions  relating  to  the Company's
disputed costs, and  administrative and judicial  decisions relating to  similar
issues)  that  may  affect the  determination  of  the net  realizable  value of
accounts receivable or  of liabilities  to repay amounts  received for  disputed
costs.  Results  of this  detailed analysis  process  are extrapolated  to other
unaudited cost reporting years  for all of  the Company's operations,  including
operations  that have not  yet been audited  by Medicare, to  estimate the gross
amount of  reimbursement  that would  be  affected. The  Company,  through  this
ongoing  control  and monitoring  process,  provides a  reserve  (by means  of a
revenue reduction) for  any costs incurred  which the Company  believes are  not
probable  of  recovery. This  reserve  is reported  as  a reduction  of accounts
receivable for disputed costs for which  the Company may not ultimately  receive
payment.  The Company has also reported as  a liability disputed costs for which
it has received payment, which may have to be returned to Medicare. Accordingly,
the Company believes that its accounts  receivable are stated at net  realizable
value,  and  that it  has  recorded all  probable  liabilities for  repayment of
disputed costs.

    Over  the  years,  Medicare  auditors   employed  by  the  Medicare   fiscal
intermediaries have, in connection with their retrospective audit process, taken
certain positions with respect to certain types of costs, claiming that they are
not  reimbursable  and thus  not recoverable  by the  Company from  the Medicare
program. These  positions are  based on  interpretations promulgated  after  the
period covered by the cost reports and applied retroactively, on interpretations
of   cost  reimbursement   principles  that   are  contrary   to  the  Company's
interpretations, or  on  what the  Company  believes to  be  misapplications  of
specific reimbursement principles, that could not have been foreseen at the time
services  were rendered and revenue recorded.  These positions taken by Medicare
auditors are usually determined from Medicare's Notice of Program  Reimbursement
("NPR")  which typically  are not  received until two  to three  years after the
services are rendered.  In those  situations where  the Company  decides to  not
challenge  an NPR finding, any  revenue relating to these  costs, as well as the
extrapolated impact,

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if any, on other open costs reporting years, if not written off or provided  for
earlier,  is written off as a revenue reduction at that time. The results of all
NPRs are included in the analysis process in calculating net Medicare revenue as
described above.

    The Company  has received  NPRs challenging  $11.5 million  of costs  as  of
December  31, 1994. There was  an additional $10.8 million  of costs at December
31, 1994 related to open cost reporting years that are similar to the costs that
have been challenged on NPRs. Together these amounts ($22.3 million at  December
31,  1994) comprise the total amount the Company considers to be disputed costs.
The major cost category in dispute,  accounting for approximately half of  total
disputed  costs, is  the treatment  of certain  personnel costs  relating to the
Company's community  liaison  positions,  which  Medicare  auditors  allege  are
unreimbursable  sales  costs;  other costs  in  dispute  relate to  the  cost of
physical therapists  employed  by  the  Company, the  method  of  allocation  of
administrative  and  general  costs  to  branch  operations,  certain  corporate
expenses, and cost transfers  within branch operations.  The amount of  disputed
costs has increased over the last several years as the Company's operations have
grown,  Medicare  auditors have  taken positions  to  disallow certain  costs in
certain cost reports as non- reimbursable, and the Company has extrapolated that
amount of costs that may be challenged to other unaudited cost reporting  years.
The  normal Medicare  administrative appeal  process may  take several  years to
resolve these types of disputes.

    The Company  disagrees  with the  positions  taken by  the  Medicare  fiscal
intermediaries'  auditors and the  Health Care Financing  Administration, and is
vigorously pursuing these matters through administrative and legal channels. The
disputed cost analysis  process related  to the community  liaison and  physical
therapist  positions (which comprise  62% of disputed  costs) encompassed all of
the authoritative, legal and historical  sources discussed above. Based on  this
review the Company believes that the majority of the community liaison costs are
probable of recovery, and that a relatively small portion of these costs are not
probable  of recovery. The Company has established, and is continuing to add to,
a reserve for the  portion of these costs  not considered probable of  recovery.
Since  the reserves have  been established, the Company  has continued to review
whether their  level  is appropriate.  Nothing  has  occurred in  the  legal  or
administrative  process which  the Company  is pursuing  concerning the disputes
which has caused  the Company to  conclude that the  reserve should be  changed.
Therefore,  no  change has  been  made in  the rate  of  reserve used  to record
additional reserves on community  liaison related costs  incurred on an  ongoing
basis.  On the  physical therapist issue,  the Company believes  Medicare has no
basis in  the regulations  for  its disallowance  of  certain costs  related  to
physical  therapists employed by the Company,  and therefore the Company has not
established a reserve for these disputed costs. The Company has filed two  suits
against  the U.S.  Department of Health  and Human Services  ("HHS") and several
members of the  Blue Cross  Association which  act as  fiscal intermediaries  to
administer  the Medicare program. The two suits related to the community liaison
and physical therapist issues  discussed above allege  that the defendants  have
unjustly withheld payments that are owed to the Company for services it provided
to  Medicare beneficiaries from fiscal 1989  through fiscal 1994. Legal opinions
have been received on both the  community liaison and physical therapist  issues
from  an attorney specializing in  Medicare reimbursement issues indicating that
it is probable that the Company will prevail in both issues.

    The Company,  based  on its  analysis  process, believes  that  recovery  of
$5,242,000  of total disputed costs (including  the extrapolated impact) may not
be probable and, accordingly, has established reserves which totaled that amount
as of December  31, 1994. The  net amount  of disputed costs  which the  Company
believes is probable of recovery has been included in revenues in the respective
years  in  which services  were  rendered and,  to the  extent  not paid  to the
Company, is included in accounts  receivable. Total accounts receivable (net  of
reserves) due from Medicare at December 31, 1994 were $28,916,000, including the
receivables  (net of reserves) for disputed costs of $17,068,000. As of December
31, 1994  the Company  had received  $6,893,000 in  payments from  Medicare  for
disputed  costs. Medicare may  seek repayment for  such amounts and accordingly,
the potential liability  for repayments  is recorded as  Accrued Liabilities  --
Third Party. The Company believes it is probable that

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it  has not incurred any other liability to repay disputed costs. In view of the
expectation  that  resolution  of  the   disputed  costs  will  not  likely   be
accomplished   within  the  next  twelve  months,  related  net  receivables  of
$14,603,000 as of December 31, 1994 have been classified as a non-current asset.
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    The balance of the Liquidity Subsection will not change.

    Operating activities provided $562,000 in cash for the period ended December
31, 1994, compared to using $3,737,000 during the comparable prior year quarter.
The average age of accounts receivable was essentially unchanged from  September
30, 1994.

    Investing activities used $218,000 in cash for the period ended December 31,
1994  compared to $419,000  during the comparable  prior year quarter. Investing
activities consist primarily of property purchases for branch operations.

    Financing activities used $537,000 in cash during the period ended  December
31, 1994 principally
to  make  scheduled payments  of long-term  debt. Financing  activities provided
$1,911,000 in cash during the period ended December 31, 1993 due to borrowing of
$2,500,000 under the bank line of credit agreement, which was offset in part  by
payment of long-term debt.

    The  Company has a line of credit with a commercial bank that will expire in
December 1995. Under the credit line,  the Company may borrow or obtain  letters
of  credit, all  of which  in the aggregate  may not  exceed the  lesser of $7.5
million or a  borrowing base (which  was $8,314,000 at  December 31, 1994)  that
consists of 80% of eligible accounts receivable. Substantially all the Company's
receivables and general intangible assets are pledged to secure the credit line.
As  of  December 31,  1994 the  Company  had no  outstanding borrowings  and had
utilized $4,130,000 of the credit facility as the basis for a letter of  credit.
The  interest rate on the line  of credit is prime plus  .75% (9.5% at August 4,
1995). The  credit  agreement obligates  the  Company to,  among  other  things,
maintain  certain financial  ratios and limits  the payment of  dividends. As of
December 31, 1994,  the Company was  not in  compliance with a  covenant of  the
credit agreement, but has obtained a waiver of this non-compliance. The bank has
advised  the  Company  that it  does  not intend  to  renew the  line  of credit
agreement beyond the expiration date. The bank has also advised the Company that
the letter of credit must be replaced by December 15, 1995 or the bank will draw
upon the line of  credit to fund  a collateral account  to accommodate any  cash
requirements  of  the letter  of credit.  The  Company is  currently considering
possible alternative sources of financing, which may include establishment of  a
line  of  credit  with a  new  lender  or other  financing  of  certain accounts
receivable and fixed assets.

    Because of the pending Medicare disputes and their effect on liquidity,  the
Company  has  significantly reduced  its efforts  to  expand its  business. This
posture is expected to continue until a significant portion of the Medicare cost
disputes are resolved,  and it is  uncertain when this  will occur. The  Company
continues  to  lease the  majority of  its  capital additions  (primarily office
furniture  and  equipment).  Currently  the   Company  has  no  other   material
commitments which will require a significant use of cash.

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                                   SIGNATURES

    Pursuant  to the  requirements of the  Securities Exchange Act  of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this Amendment No.  2 on Form 10-Q/A to Form 10-Q  to
be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

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                                         IN HOME HEALTH, INC.
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                                              Registrant

Date: September 6, 1995                   /s/ JUDY M. FIGGE
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                                            Judy M. Figge
                                              PRESIDENT
                                       CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Date: September 6, 1995                  /s/ KENNETH J. FIGGE
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                                           Kenneth J. Figge
                                       EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT
                                       CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
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