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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (date of earliest event reported): JUNE 13, 1996
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NORTHSTAR HEALTH SERVICES, INC.
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
DELAWARE 0-21752 25-1697152
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(State or other (Commission (IRS Employer
jurisdiction File Identification
of incorporation) Number) Number)
665 PHILADELPHIA STREET, INDIANA, PENNSYLVANIA 15701
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(Address of principal executive officers) (ZIP Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: 412-349-7500
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ITEM 4. CHANGE IN REGISTRANT'S CERTIFYING ACCOUNTANT.
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Effective June 13, 1996, the Registrant has engaged Arthur Andersen LLP
as independent auditors to audit the Registrant's financial statements for
fiscal 1995. During Registrant's two most recent fiscal years and subsequent
interim period, neither the Registrant nor any person acting on behalf of the
Registrant consulted Arthur Andersen LLP regarding (i) either: the application
of accounting principles to a specified transaction, either completed or
proposed, or the type of audit opinion that might be rendered on the
Registrant's financial statements; or (ii) any matter that was either the
subject of a disagreement (as defined in paragraph (a)(1)(iv)(A) of Regulation
S-B, Item 304, and the related instructions) or a reportable event (as described
in paragraph (a)(1)(iv)(B) of Regulation S-B, Item 304); provided however, that
in March 1996, Arthur Andersen LLP was engaged by a special counsel retained by
the Company to investigate matters arising out of the resignation of the
Company's former independent auditors, KPMG Peat Marwick LLP. In regular course
of such engagement and as a necessary component of the investigation, there have
been numerous discussions between the Company and investigatory personnel
employed by Arthur Andersen LLP regarding a variety of matters, some of which
may have been regarding the application of accounting principles to completed
transactions, the type of audit opinion that might be rendered, or the advice
given to the Company by its former independent auditors KPMG Peat Marwick LLP.
The Company has requested Arthur Andersen LLP to review the disclosure provided
herein and has provided such firm the opportunity to furnish it with a letter
addressed to the Securities and Exchange Commission containing any new
information, clarification of the Company's expression of its views, or the
respects in which it does not agree with the statements made in response to
this item.
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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.
NORTHSTAR HEALTH SERVICES, INC.
(Registrant)
Date: June 20, 1996 By: /s/ LISA S. GUARINO
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Lisa S. Guarino
Executive Vice President,
Chief Financial Officer
Treasurer and Secretary
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