CURATIVE HEALTH SERVICES INC
10-Q, 1999-08-16
SPECIALTY OUTPATIENT FACILITIES, NEC
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                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549
                                -----------------
                                    FORM 10Q
                                -----------------

(Mark One)

     X     Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
- -----------Exchange Act of 1934


For the quarterly period ended June 30, 1999

                                             OR

             Transition report pursuant to Section 13 or 15 (d) of the
- -------------Securities Exchange Act of 1934


Commission File Number:  000-19370



                               Curative Health Services, Inc.

                   (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

                 MINNESOTA                                41-1503914
        (State or other jurisdiction of                  (I.R.S. Employer
        incorporation or organization)               Identification Number)


                                     150 Motor Parkway

                                  Hauppauge, NY 11788-5108
                          (Address of principal executive offices)
                              Telephone Number (516) 232-7000
                           -------------------------------------

    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  ______

As of August 1, 1999 there were 10,090,110  shares of the Registrant's Common
Stock, $.01 par value, outstanding.


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                 Curative Health Services, Inc. and Subsidiaries

                                      INDEX


Part I            Financial Information                                 Page No.
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Item 1            Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements:

            Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations
                  Three and Six Months ended June 30, 1999 and 1998            3

            Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
                  June 30, 1999 and December 31, 1998                          4

            Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
                  Six Months ended June 30, 1999 and 1998                      5

            Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements               6

Item 2            Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition
                  and Results of Operations                                    8

Item 3            Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk  12



Part II           Other Information                                     Page No.
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Item 1            Legal Proceedings                                           13

Item 4            Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders         13

Item 5            Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K                            13

                  Signatures                                                  14

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Part I.  Financial Information
- ------------------------------
Item 1.  Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

                 Curative Health Services, Inc. and Subsidiaries

                 CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
                      (In thousands, except per share data)
                                   (Unaudited)

                                           Three Months Ended   Six Months Ended
                                                June 30,            June 30,
                                             1999     1998      1999      1998
                                           -------------------------------------

Revenues                                    $25,620  $26,036   $50,863   $50,549

Costs and operating expenses:

    Cost of sales and services               15,489   14,077    29,563    27,322
    Selling, general and administrative       6,788    5,915    12,502    11,586
                                              -----    -----    ------    ------

    Total costs and operating expenses       22,277   19,992    42,065    38,908
                                             ------   ------    ------    ------

Income from operations                        3,343    6,044     8,798    11,641

Interest income                                 390      665     1,035     1,264
                                                ---      ---     -----     -----

Income before taxes                           3,733    6,709     9,833    12,905

Income taxes                                  1,414    2,513     3,702     4,832
                                              -----    -----     -----     -----

Net income                                   $2,319   $4,196    $6,131    $8,073
                                             ======   ======    ======    ======

Net income per common share, basic             $.23     $.33      $.56      $.64
                                               ====     ====      ====      ====

Net income per common share, diluted           $.23     $.32      $.55      $.61
                                               ====     ====      ====      ====

Weighted average common shares, basic        10,089   12,713    10,979    12,658
                                             ======   ======    ======    ======

Weighted average common shares, diluted      10,130   13,078    11,220    13,128
                                             ======   ======    ======    ======


                             See accompanying notes
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                 Curative Health Services, Inc. and Subsidiaries

                      CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
                                 (In thousands)



                                               June 30, 1999   December 31, 1998
                                                  (Unaudited)
ASSETS

Cash and cash equivalents                           $ 10,228            $ 24,222
Marketable securities held-to-maturity                28,651              45,830
Accounts receivable, net                              19,682              19,871
Deferred tax assets                                    1,042               1,042
Prepaids and other current assets                      1,309               1,179
                                                      ------              ------

            Total current assets                      60,912              92,144

Property and equipment, net                           13,128              13,366
Other assets                                           4,456               3,611
                                                      ------              ------

            Total assets                            $ 78,496            $109,121
                                                     =======            ========

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

Accounts payable                                     $ 9,596            $ 13,497
Accrued liabilities                                    1,660               2,221
Current portion capital lease obligations                  -                   7
                                                     -------            --------

            Total current liabilities                 11,256              15,725


Stockholders' equity

        Common stock                                     100                 127
        Additional paid in capital                    46,740              79,000
        Retained earnings                             20,400              14,269
                                                     -------             -------

            Total stockholders' equity                67,240              93,396
                                                     -------             -------


Total liabilities and stockholder's equity          $ 78,496            $109,121
                                                    ========            ========

                             See accompanying notes
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                 Curative Health Services, Inc. and Subsidiaries

                 CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
                                 (In thousands)
                                   (Unaudited)

                                                       Six Months Ended June 30,
                                                            1999            1998
                                                            ----            ----
OPERATING ACTIVITIES:

Net income                                              $  6,131        $ 8,073
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net
      cash provided by operating activities:

      Equity in operations of investee                       178              -
      Depreciation and amortization                        2,052          1,491
      Changes in operating assets and liabilities         (4,451)            26
                                                           -----          -----

NET CASH PROVIDED BY OPERATING ACTIVITIES                  3,910          9,590

INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
Investment in Accordant Health Services, Inc.             (1,000)        (2,000)
Purchase of property and equipment                        (1,788)        (4,595)
Sales (Purchases) of marketable securities                17,178        (15,747)
                                                          ------         ------

NET CASH PROVIDED BY(USED IN) INVESTING ACTIVITIES        14,390        (22,342)

FINANCING ACTIVITIES:

Stock repurchases                                        (32,320)             -
Proceeds from exercise of stock options                       33          1,632
Principal payments on loans and capital lease obligations     (7)           (19)
                                                          ------         ------

NET CASH (USED IN)PROVIDED BY FINANCING ACTIVITIES       (32,294)         1,613

(DECREASE) INCREASE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS         (13,994)       (11,139)

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period          24,222         39,746

CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT END OF PERIOD              $ 10,228       $ 28,607
                                                          ======         ======

SUPPLEMENTARY CASH FLOW INFORMATION:

Interest paid                                           $      0       $      3
                                                               =              =
                             See accompanying notes
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                 Curative Health Services, Inc. and Subsidiaries

              NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS


Note 1.  Basis of Presentation

   The condensed consolidated financial statements are unaudited and reflect all
   adjustments  (consisting only of normal recurring  adjustments) which are, in
   the opinion of management, necessary for a fair presentation of the financial
   position  and  operating  results  for the  interim  periods.  The  condensed
   consolidated  financial  statements  should be read in  conjunction  with the
   consolidated  financial  statements  for the year ended December 31, 1998 and
   notes  thereto  contained in the  Company's  Annual Report on Form 10-K filed
   with the  Securities and Exchange  Commission.  The results of operations for
   the six months  ended June 30,  1999 are not  necessarily  indicative  of the
   results to be expected for the entire fiscal year ending December 31, 1999.


Note 2.  Net Income per Common Share

   Net income per common share,  basic is computed by dividing the net income by
   the weighted  average  number of common  shares  outstanding.  Net income per
   common  share,  diluted is computed by  dividing  net income by the  weighted
   average number of shares  outstanding plus dilutive common share equivalents.
   The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted  earnings
   per share:


                                        Three Months Ended      Six Months Ended
                                              June 30,              June 30,

                                                 1999     1998     1999    1998
                                                 ----     ----     ----    ----
            Weighted average shares, basic     10,089   12,713   10,979  12,658

            Effect of diluted stock options        41      365      241     470
                                                  ---      ---      ---     ---
            Weighted average shares, diluted   10,130   13,078   11,220  13,128
                                               ======   ======   ======  ======



Note 3. Legal Proceedings

   On April 7,  1999 the  Company  announced  that it had  received  a  document
   subpoena  from the  Office of  Inspector  General of the U.S.  Department  of
   Health and Human Services, Region II (New York, NY). The subpoena directs the
   Company to produce a broad  range of  documents  from  January 1, 1993 to the
   present  relating to various areas  including,  among others,  the Wound Care
   Centers,  wound care treatment programs and general business  practices.  The
   subpoena  states that it has been delivered in connection with a "Health Care
   Investigation".  The Company is complying with the subpoena and is furnishing
   the requested documents.

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   On April 12, 1999 the Company  announced that a press release from the United
   States Department of Justice was released on Friday,  April 9, 1999, alleging
   that the Company made improper  charges to Columbia/HCA  hospitals as well as
   other hospitals.  The Company has obtained a copy of the complaint filed by a
   "whistleblower"  relator  under the Federal  civil False Claims Act. The case
   has  been  filed  as  United  States  ex  rel.  Joseph  "Mickey"  Parslow  v.
   Columbia/HCA  Healthcare Corporation and Curative Health Services,  Inc., and
   has  been  assigned  civil  case  number  98-1260-civ-T-23F,  in the  Federal
   District  Court for the Middle  District  of  Florida,  Tampa  Division.  The
   Company  originally  anticipated that the Department of Justice would file an
   amended  complaint by August 6, 1999.  Recently,  the  Department  of Justice
   contacted  the  Company,  through  its  outside  legal  counsel,  seeking  an
   extension  beyond August 6, 1999.  The Company has agreed to an extension and
   anticipates receiving an amended complaint within the next few months.

   The  "whistleblower's"  complaint  alleges that:  the Company's  charges were
   excessive; the Company shifted costs from non-allowable services to allowable
   services;  included charges for advertising  costs that were not allowable to
   the hospital claiming  reimbursement from the Medicare program;  and violated
   the "anti-kickback"  statute because a portion of the Company's fee was based
   on the number of new patients  seen in the Wound Care Centers  managed by the
   Company.   The  Company  disagrees  with  these   characterizations   of  its
   contractual  arrangements,  its  services,  and the fees it charges for those
   services.

   The Company does not believe that it "refers,  recommends  or arranges" for a
   hospital's services in exchange for kickbacks. The Company also believes that
   its charges are fair market  value for the  services  that it  furnishes,  as
   supported  by the  fact  that  more  than 170  hospitals  have  entered  into
   contracts  with the Company for its services in managing  Wound Care Centers.
   The Company's charges cover not only direct costs for management services but
   also the Company's intellectual  property,  which includes a unique data base
   and  clinical  pathways  that have proven  effective  in healing  intractable
   wounds in more than 80 percent of the patients that have completed treatment.
   These are patients who otherwise would likely have had to have amputations or
   other invasive,  expensive,  and possibly disabling or disfiguring  services.
   The Company has expended  millions of dollars in developing  and  maintaining
   its clinical pathways,  and also in training  physicians and other clinicians
   in its clinical pathways.

   The Company  notes that the  contracts  challenged  in the  "whistleblower's"
   civil suit are contracts  that its hospital  customers  have  generally  been
   required  to furnish  to  Medicare  auditors  as part of annual  cost  report
   filings.  In  hundreds  of  instances,  the  Company's  fees to its  hospital
   customers have been allowed in full,  sometimes after a detailed  audit.  The
   Company,  itself,  is neither a provider nor a supplier  participating in the
   Medicare program and does not receive payments from the Medicare program.

   The Company has a formal compliance program and management  believes that the
   Company is in material  compliance with applicable laws and ethical  business
   practices.  In the  conduct of its  business,  the  Company has relied on the
   advice and guidance of nationally  recognized  law firms in  structuring  its
   business  relationships with its hospitals.  In this pending litigation,  the
   Company intends to defend itself vigorously.

   Subsequent to the disclosure of the Justice  Department  action,  the Company
   and, in some cases,  certain of its officers and directors were named in four
   shareholder  lawsuits  filed in the  United  States  District  Court  for the
   Eastern  District of New York. The lawsuits allege generally that the Company
   and its officers violated federal securities laws by disseminating materially
   false and misleading  statements and failing to disclose material information
   relating  to  the  contractual  relationships  with  Columbia/HCA  Healthcare
   Corporation and other hospitals, and certain purported  misrepresentations in
   connection  therewith.  The suits seek to recover  unspecified  damages  from
   defendants.  The Company  denies the  allegations  and intends to  vigorously
   defend the suits.

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

Results of Operations

Revenues.  The  Company's  revenues  for the second  quarter of fiscal year 1999
decreased  1.6 percent to  $25,620,000  compared to  $26,036,000  for the second
quarter of the prior fiscal year.  During the second quarter of 1999 the Company
opened 10 new Wound Care  Centers and had contract  terminations  at 10 existing
Wound  Care  Centers.  The 10  contract  terminations  included  6  Columbia/HCA
Healthcare Corporation Wound Care Centers. Additionally, one contract terminated
prior to opening.  The Company signed contracts for 3 new Wound Care Centers and
ended the second quarter 1999 with 5 Wound Care Centers  contracted to open. The
Company  operated 160 hospital based Wound Care Centers at the end of the second
quarter 1999 compared to 144 at the end of the second  quarter 1998. The revenue
decrease for the second quarter 1999 is  attributable  to the  renegotiation  of
several  existing  contracts which resulted in reduced  revenues to the Company,
including 24 with Columbia/HCA  Healthcare  Corporation,  contract terminations,
and a  reduction  in  Procuren  revenues  as the result of a decline in Procuren
patients. At any time during the year, 10 percent to 15 percent of the Company's
contracts  are being  re-negotiated  with the client  hospital  for a variety of
contractual terms or issues.  Historically,  some contracts have expired without
renewal and others have been  terminated  by the Company or the client  hospital
for various reasons prior to their scheduled expiration. Hospitals are currently
facing  financial  challenges  associated with lower occupancy rates and reduced
revenue  streams  due to pricing  pressures  from third  party  payors.  Program
terminations  by  client  hospitals  have  been  effected  for such  reasons  as
financial  restructuring,  layoffs,  bankruptcies or even hospital closings. The
termination or non-renewal of a material  number of management  contracts  could
result in a continued  decline in the  Company's  revenue.  As the result of the
recent legal action against the Company,  further unanticipated  terminations or
non-renewals  may take place.  Additionally,  new business  development has been
slower  than  normal  given the legal  uncertainties  facing  the  Company.  Any
inability  of the Company to develop new Wound Care  Centers  could  further the
revenue decline.  The Company has a number of initiatives to counter the decline
in revenue,  although  there can be no assurance  that the  initiatives  will be
successful.  Total new  patients  increased 4 percent  from 14,996 in the second
quarter of 1998 to 15,576 for the same period in 1999.  The total  number of new
patients  receiving  Procuren(R)  therapy  decreased  from  2,170 in the  second
quarter  of 1998 to 1,636 in the  second  quarter  of 1999.  The  percentage  of
patients  receiving  Procuren(R)  therapy decreased during the second quarter of
1999 to 10.5  percent  from 14.5  percent for the same  period in 1998.  For the
first six months of 1999 revenues totalled  $50,863,000  compared to $50,549,000
for the same period in 1998 representing flat year over year growth. The lack of
growth in revenues for the six months ended June 30, 1999 is attributable to the
renegotiations of contracts,  contract  terminations and a reduction in Procuren
revenues as the result of a decline in Procuren patients.  During the six months
ended  June 30,  1999 the  Company  opened 20 new  Wound  Care  Centers  and had
contract  terminations  at 14  existing  Wound  Care  Centers.  The 14  contract
terminations  included 8  Columbia/HCA  Wound  Care  Centers.  Additionally  one
contract  terminated  prior to opening.  The Company signed  contracts for 8 new
Wound Care Centers for the six months ended June 30, 1999. Total new patients to
the wound care facilities for the first six months of 1999, were 30,481 compared
to 28,515 for the same period in 1998,  an increase  of 6.9  percent.  The total
number of new patients  receiving Procuren therapy decreased 22 percent to 3,306
in the first six months of 1999 from 4,251 in the first six months of 1998.  The
Company  believes  that this  decrease  is  attributable  to an  increase in the
percentage of less severe  chronic  wounds being treated at the Company's  Wound
Care Centers(R),  for which physicians are less likely to prescribe Procuren(R),
a lack of  available  reimbursement  for  Medicare  patients,  the  inability of
hospitals to assume collection risks due to financial  constraints and increased
competition from other wound healing products.  The Company anticipates that the
percentage of patients receiving  Procuren(R) will continue to decline gradually
in the future.

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Costs of Product Sales and Services. Costs of product sales and services for the
second  quarter  increased  from  $14,077,000 in 1998 to $15,489,000 in 1999, an
increase of 10 percent and for the first six months of 1999 totalled $29,563,000
compared to $27,322,000 for the same period in 1998. For the second quarter 1999
the increase is  attributable to additional  staffing and operating  expenses of
approximately  $1,116,000  associated with the operation of 16 additional  Wound
Care  Centers at the end of the  quarter,  offset by  $843,000  associated  with
closed   centers.   Additionally,   these  16  Wound  Care  Centers  include  15
under-arrangement Wound Care Centers(R) at which the services component of costs
is higher than at the  Company's  other centers due to the  additional  clinical
staffing and expenses  that these models  require.  As compared  with the second
quarter of 1998,  the higher  services  components  at these  centers along with
existing under  arrangement  centers accounted for $1,007,000 of the increase in
product  costs and services for the first  quarter of 1999.  As a percentage  of
revenues, costs of product sales and services for the second quarter of 1999 was
60 percent  compared to 54 percent for the same period in 1998.  The six percent
increase is attributed to the lower revenue and negative same store sales growth
which  decreased  margins and created an inability to leverage  expenses  over a
broader  revenue base.  For the first six months of 1999,  cost of product sales
and services  increased 8 percent.  The increase is  attributable  to additional
staffing and operating expenses of approximately  $2,253,000 associated with the
operation of 16 additional  Wound Care Centers at the end of the second  quarter
1999, offset by $1,684,000 associated with closed centers.  Additionally,  these
16 Wound Care Centers include 15 under  arrangement  Wound Care Centers at which
the services  component of costs is higher than at the  Company's  other centers
due to the additional  clinical staffing and expenses that these models require.
As compared with the first six months of 1998, the higher services components at
these  centers  along with  existing  under  arrangement  centers  accounted for
$1,881,000  of the  increase  in product  costs and  services  for the first six
months of 1999.

Selling,  General  and  Administrative.   Selling,  general  and  administrative
expenses for the second quarter  increased from $5,915,000 in 1998 to $6,788,000
in 1999,  an  increase  of 15  percent  and for the  first  six  months  of 1999
increased 8 percent to $12,502,000  compared to $11,586,000  for the same period
in  1998.  The  increases  for  both  the  second  quarter  and six  months  are
attributable to legal and other costs of  approximately  $750,000 related to the
Department  of  Justice  action,  the  Office of  Inspector  General's  document
subpoena and shareholder class action lawsuits.  The Company expects to continue
to incur  significant  legal and other  related  costs until the  aforementioned
actions  are  resolved.  As a  percentage  of  revenues,  selling,  general  and
administrative  expenses were 26 percent in the second  quarter of 1999 compared
to 23  percent in the  second  quarter  of 1998 and for the six  months  were 25
percent compared to 23 percent for the same period in 1998.

Net Income.  Net income was  $2,319,000 or $0.23 per share in the second quarter
of 1999 compared to $4,196,000 or $0.32 per share in the second quarter of 1998,
and for the first six months of 1999 net income was $.55 per share  compared  to
$.61 per share for the same period in 1998.  The  decrease  in earnings  for the
second quarter and first six months of 1999 is attributable to a reduced revenue
base which impacted  wound care center margins and the additional  unanticipated
legal and other costs.

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Liquidity and Capital Resources.

Working  capital was $49.7 million at June 30, 1999 compared to $76.4 million at
December  31, 1998.  Total cash,  cash  equivalents  and  marketable  securities
held-to-maturity  as of June 30, 1999 was $39 million and was invested primarily
in highly liquid money market funds, commercial paper and government securities.
The Company's  cash and cash  equivalents  declined from $70 million at December
31, 1998 to $39 million at June 30, 1999. The decline is primarily  attributable
to the use of $32  million  for the  repurchase  of 2.7  million  shares  of the
Company's  common stock during the first  quarter of 1999.  The ratio of current
assets to current  liabilities  was 5.9:1 at December 31, 1998 and 5.4:1 at June
30,  1999.  The  Company's  decrease in working  capital  and  current  ratio is
primarily attributable to the stock repurchase.

Cash flows  provided  by  operations  for the first six  months of 1999  totaled
$3,910,000  primarily  attributable to the net income for the period. Cash flows
provided by investing activities totaled $14,390,000  primarily  attributable to
sales of marketable securities to fund the stock repurchase.  Cash flows used in
financing   activities  totaled  $32,294,000   primarily   attributable  to  the
repurchase of shares.

For the first  six  months of 1999,  the  Company  experienced  a  $189,000  net
decrease in accounts  receivable  and an increase in the average  number of days
receivables  outstanding  to 68 days as of June 30,  1999  compared  to 66 as of
December 31, 1998, due to financial and cash flow constraints  being experienced
at some hospitals.  Further, the Company's accounts payable and accrued expenses
decreased $4,462,000 as of June 30, 1999 compared to December 31, 1998.

The Company's  longer term cash  requirements  include  working  capital for the
expansion of its wound care business.  Other cash  requirements  are anticipated
for capital  expenditures  in the normal course of business,  the acquisition of
software, computers and equipment related to the Company's upgrade of management
information  systems,  and the  repurchase of Company  stock.  Additionally  the
Company  expects to incur  significant  legal costs related to the Department of
Justice action and  shareholder  class action lawsuits filed against the Company
during April 1999 (See Legal  Proceedings,  Part II Item 1). The Company expects
that based on its current business plan, its existing cash, cash equivalents and
marketable  securities will be sufficient to satisfy its current working capital
needs.  The effects of  inflation  and foreign  currency  translation  risks are
considered immaterial.

Year 2000 Compliance

Many currently  installed computer systems and software are coded to accept only
two-digit  entries in the date code fields.  These date code fields will need to
accept  four-digit  entries to distinguish  21st century dates from 20th century
dates. This problem could result in system failures or  miscalculations  causing
disruptions of business operations  (including,  among other things, a temporary
inability  to process  transactions,  send  invoices or engage in other  similar
business activities.) As a result, many companies' computer systems and software
will  need to be  upgraded  or  replaced  in  order to  comply  with  Year  2000
requirements. The potential global impact of the Year 2000 problem is not known,
and, if not corrected in a timely manner,  could affect the Company and the U.S.
and world economy generally.

The Company has formed a project team  (consisting of  representatives  from its
information  technology,  finance,  manufacturing,  sales,  marketing  and legal
departments)  to address  other  internal  and external  Year 2000  issues.  The
Company's internal financial, manufacturing and other computer systems are being
reviewed to assess and remediate Year 2000 problems. The Company's assessment of
internal  systems includes its information  technology  ("IT") as well as non-IT
systems (which systems contain  embedded  technology in manufacturing or process
control equipment  containing  microprocessors or other similar circuitry).  The
Company's  Year  2000  compliance   program   includes  the  following   phases:
identifying  systems  that  need  to  be  modified  or  replaced;  carrying  out
remediation  work to modify  existing  systems or convert  to new  systems;  and
conducting  validation testing of systems and applications to ensure compliance.
For its  significant  IT and non IT  systems  the  Company is  currently  in the
remediation phase of this program.

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The amount of  remediation  work  required to address Year 2000  problems is not
expected to be extensive.  During 1997 and 1998 the Company was  implementing  a
management  information  technology plan which included developing and acquiring
new  software as well as  acquiring  and  replacing  hardware.  The cost of this
management  information  technology plan was approximately $7 million. Since the
Company has replaced a  significant  portion of its  financial  and  operational
systems in the last few years,  management  believes  that the new equipment and
software substantially  addresses Year 2000 issues. However, the Company will be
required to modify some of its  existing  hardware and software in order for its
computer  systems to  function  properly  in the Year 2000 and  thereafter.  The
Company estimates that it will complete its Year 2000 compliance program for all
of its significant  internal  systems no later than the end of the third quarter
of fiscal year 1999.

In addition,  the Company is requesting assurances from its major suppliers that
they are  addressing  the Year 2000  issue and that  products  purchased  by the
Company from such suppliers will function properly in the year 2000. The Company
has made  inquiry and  continues  to follow up with its  hospital  customers  to
assess Year 2000  compliance.  These  actions are intended to help  mitigate the
possible external impact of the Year 2000 problem.  However, it is impossible to
fully assess the potential  consequences in the event service interruptions from
suppliers   occur  or  in  the  event  that  there  are   disruptions   in  such
infrastructure areas as utilities, communications,  transportation,  banking and
government.

The  Company  has  no  way  of  assuring  and  it is  unknown  whether  computer
applications  of contract  hospital  clients,  Medicare and other payors will be
year 2000  compliant.  The  Company has not  determined  the extent to which any
disruption  in the  billing  practices  of its  hospital  clients or the payment
practices of Medicare or other payors to the hospital clients caused by the year
2000 issues will affect the Company's  operations.  However, any such disruption
in the billing or reimbursement process could have substantial adverse impact on
Medicare or Medicaid  payments to the  hospitals  and, in turn,  payments to the
Company.  Any such  disruption  could have a material  adverse  effect  upon the
Company's business, financial condition and results of operations.

The Company  expects the total cost  associated  with  resolving  the  Company's
internal Year 2000 issues will not be material including replacing non-complaint
internal  systems.  The  Company's  estimates  of Year  2000  costs are based on
numerous  assumptions,  and there can be no  assurance  that the  estimates  are
correct or that actual costs will not be materially greater than anticipated.

Based on its  assessments to date,  the Company  believes it will not experience
any  material  disruption  as  a  result  of  Year  2000  problems  in  internal
manufacturing   processes,   information  processing  or  interface  with  major
customers,  or with processing orders and billing.  However, if certain critical
third-party providers,  such as those providers supplying electricity,  water or
telephone service, experience difficulties resulting in disruption of service to
the Company,  a shutdown of the Company's  operations  at individual  facilities
could  occur  for  the  duration  of the  disruption.  The  Company  has not yet
developed a  contingency  plan to provide for  continuity  of processing in such
event of various problem scenarios,  but it will assess the need to develop such
a plan based on the outcome of its validation  phase of its Year 2000 compliance
program and the results of surveying its major suppliers and customers. Assuming
no major  disruption  in  service  from  utility  companies  or  other  critical
third-party  providers,  the Company believes that it will be able to manage its
total Year 2000 transition  without any material effect on the Company's results
of operations or financial condition.

The Company has  completed a review of its material  computer  applications  and
believes it has identified and scheduled necessary  corrections for its computer
applications.  Corrections  are  currently  being  made and are  expected  to be
substantially  implemented  by the end of the third  quarter of the fiscal  year
1999. The Company  expects that the total cost  associated  with these revisions
will not be material.  These costs will be primarily  incurred during the fiscal
year 1999 and be charged to expense as incurred.  The Company  believes  that by
completing its planned corrections to its computer  applications,  the Year 2000
issue with respect to the Company's systems can be mitigated.  However,  if such
corrections  cannot be  completed on a timely  basis,  the Year 2000 issue could
have a material adverse impact on the Company's  business,  financial  condition
and results of operations.  Because of the many  uncertainties  associated  with
Year 2000 compliance issues, and because the Company's assessment is necessarily
based on  information  from third party vendors and  suppliers,  there can be no
assurance that the Company's  assessment is correct or as to the  materiality or
effect of any failure of such assessment to be correct.

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Cautionary Statements

This report contains  forward-looking  statements  within the meaning of Section
27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.  These statements include statements regarding
intent, belief or current expectations of the Company and its management.  These
forward-looking  statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve
a number of risks and uncertainties  that may cause the Company's actual results
to differ  materially from the results  discussed in these  statements.  Factors
that might cause such  differences  include,  but are not limited to, changes in
the  Company's  level of  business  with  Columbia/HCA  Healthcare  Corporation,
terminations  or non-renewal  of a material  number of contracts or inability to
obtain new  contracts,  changes in the  government  regulations  relating to the
Company's wound care operations or Procuren(R), uncertainties relating to health
care  reform   initiatives,   changes  in  the   availability   of  third  party
reimbursements for the Company's product and services, uncertainties relating to
the U. S.  Department  of Justice  action and related  shareholder  class action
lawsuits  filed in April  1999 and the other  risks and  uncertainties  detailed
throughout  this report and from time to time in the Company's  filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission.

Item 3.     Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

The  Company  does not have  operations  subject  to risks of  material  foreign
currency  fluctuations,  nor does it use derivative financial instruments in its
operations or  investment  portfolios.  The Company  places its  investments  in
instruments  that  meet high  credit  quality  standards,  as  specified  in the
Company's investment policy guidelines. The Company does not expect any material
loss with  respect to its  investment  portfolio  or  exposure  to market  risks
associated with interest rates.

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                 Curative Health Services, Inc. and Subsidiaries


Part II.  Other Information
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Item 1. Legal Proceedings

     In Item 1 of Part II of its Form 10-Q for the quarter  ended March 31,
     1999,  the Company  announced  that a press  release from the United States
     Department of Justice was released  alleging that the Company made improper
     charges to Columbia/HCA hospitals as well as other hospitals and the filing
     of a complaint  against the Company  entitled  United States ex rel. Joseph
     "Mickey" Parslow v.Columbia/HCA  Healthcare Corporation and Curative Health
     Services,  Inc. The Company  originally  anticipated that the Department of
     Justice would file an amended  complaint by August 6, 1999.  Recently,  the
     Department  of Justice  contacted  the Company,  through its outside  legal
     counsel,seeking  an extension beyond August 6, 1999. The Company has agreed
     to an extension and anticipates  receiving an amended  complaint within the
     next few months.

     Subsequent to the  disclosure of the Justice  Department  action,  the
     Company and, in some cases,  certain  officers and directors  were named in
     four class action shareholder  lawsuits alleging violation of the Company's
     disclosure  obligations  based on the failure to disclose  certain  "facts"
     underlying the allegations in the Parslow complaint,  and certain purported
     misrepresentations  in  connection  therewith.  The four  lawsuits  will be
     consolidated  into one  complaint.  There  have  been no  further  material
     developments on these matters. For further  information,  see the Company's
     Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 1999.

Item 4.  Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

     The Company held its 1999 annual  meeting of  stockholders  on May 26,
     1999.  Proxies for the meeting were solicited pursuant to Section 14 of the
     Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,  and there was no solicitation
     in opposition to  management's  nominees as listed in the proxy  statement.
     There were present at the Annual  Meeting in person or by proxy the holders
     of  9,053,163  votes.  At the  meeting the  stockholders  elected all seven
     members of the Company's Board of Directors to serve for an additional term
     of one year.

Elected member of Board of Directors: (Shares voted affirmative in parenthesis)

    Gerardo Canet   (8,956,516)          Gerard Moufflet      (8,598,029)

    Lawrence Hoff   (8,957,729)          Lawrence J. Stuesser (8,957,729)

    Timothy Maudlin (8,958,229)          John Vakoutis        (8,957,976)

                                         Daniel Gregorie      (8,957,529)



Item 5.  Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K

(a)   Exhibit 27 Financial Data Schedule
(b)   Reports on Form 8-K filed during the quarter ended June 30, 1999

        (i) Form 8-K

            Form 8-K  dated  April 29,  1999,  reporting  under  Item 5 that the
Company and certain of its officers  have been named in class  actions  lawsuits
alleging securities fraud claims under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.


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SIGNATURES

Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of  1934,  the
registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

Dated:  August 16, 1999

                               Curative Health Services, Inc.
                               (Registrant)



                               /s/  John Vakoutis
                               ------------------------------------------------
                                    John Vakoutis
                                    President and Chief Executive Officer




                              /s/   John C. Prior
                              -------------------------------------------------
                                    John C. Prior
                                    Chief Financial Officer
                                   (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)


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