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Genesis Healthcare, Inc. - Quarter Report: 2008 June (Form 10-Q)

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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
(Mark One)
     
þ   Quarterly Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2008.
OR
     
o   Transition Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the transition period from                      to                      .
Commission file number: 001-33459
Skilled Healthcare Group, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
     
Delaware   20-3934755
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
  (IRS Employer
Identification No.)
     
27442 Portola Parkway, Suite 200
Foothill Ranch, California
  92610
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)
(949) 282-5800
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
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 þ No o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
             
Large accelerated filer o   Accelerated filer o   Non-accelerated filer þ   Smaller reporting company o
        (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)    
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes o No þ
Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the close of business on August 1, 2008.
Class A common stock, $0.001 par value – 19,432,399 shares
Class B common stock, $0.001 par value – 17,632,539 shares
 
 
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Form 10-Q
For the Quarterly Period Ended June 30, 2008
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 Exhibit 31.1
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PART I — FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1. Financial Statements.
Skilled Healthcare Group, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
(In thousands, except per share data)
                 
    June 30,     December 31,  
    2008     2007  
    (Unaudited)          
ASSETS
               
Current assets:
               
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 3,713     $ 5,012  
Accounts receivable, less allowance for doubtful accounts of $11,552 and $9,717 at June 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007, respectively
    111,215       112,919  
Deferred income taxes, current
    13,248       14,968  
Prepaid expenses
    4,113       5,708  
Other current assets
    13,830       11,697  
 
           
Total current assets
    146,119       150,304  
Property and equipment, net
    318,971       294,281  
Other assets:
               
Notes receivable
    5,205       5,102  
Deferred financing costs, net
    11,771       11,869  
Goodwill
    451,711       449,710  
Intangible assets, net
    31,941       34,092  
Non-current income tax receivable
    2,288       2,288  
Deferred income taxes, non-current
    1,153        
Other assets
    23,102       22,461  
 
           
Total other assets
    527,171       525,522  
 
           
Total assets
  $ 992,261     $ 970,107  
 
           
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
               
Current liabilities:
               
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
  $ 49,265     $ 59,218  
Employee compensation and benefits
    29,056       29,629  
Current portion of long-term debt and capital leases
    3,188       6,335  
 
           
Total current liabilities
    81,509       95,182  
Long-term liabilities:
               
Insurance liability risks
    32,755       24,248  
Deferred income tax, non-current
          2,297  
Other long-term liabilities
    23,077       21,810  
Long-term debt and capital leases, less current portion
    462,717       452,101  
 
           
Total liabilities
    600,058       595,638  
Stockholders’ equity:
               
Preferred stock, 25,000 shares authorized, $0.001 par value per share, at June 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007, respectively; no shares issued and outstanding at June 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007, respectively
           
Class A common stock, 175,000 shares authorized, $0.001 par value per share; 19,432 and 19,261 issued and outstanding at June 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007, respectively
    19       19  
Class B common stock, 30,000 shares authorized, $0.001 par value per share; 17,633 and 17,696 issued and outstanding at June 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007, respectively
    18       18  
Additional paid-in-capital
    365,661       365,051  
Retained earnings
    27,502       10,134  
Accumulated other comprehensive loss
    (997 )     (753 )
 
           
Total stockholders’ equity
    392,203       374,469  
 
           
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
  $ 992,261     $ 970,107  
 
           
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

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Skilled Healthcare Group, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations
(In thousands, except per share data)
(Unaudited)
                                 
    Three Months Ended June 30,     Six Months Ended June 30,  
    2008     2007     2008     2007  
Revenue
  $ 180,348     $ 151,091     $ 361,075     $ 295,746  
Expenses:
                               
Cost of services (exclusive of rent cost of revenue and depreciation and amortization shown below) below)
    142,252       119,522       284,396       233,472  
Rent cost of revenue
    4,478       2,527       8,962       5,221  
General and administrative
    5,557       4,375       11,760       9,135  
Depreciation and amortization
    5,073       4,239       10,233       8,200  
 
                       
 
    157,360       130,663       315,351       256,028  
 
                       
   
Other income (expenses):
                               
Interest expense
    (9,162 )     (11,926 )     (18,815 )     (24,018 )
Premium on redemption of debt and write-off of related deferred financing costs
          (11,648 )           (11,648 )
Interest income
    123       587       337       914  
Other income
    87       97       309       97  
Equity in earnings of joint venture
    718       353       1,109       893  
Change in fair value of interest rate hedge
                      (33 )
 
                       
Total other income (expenses), net
    (8,234 )     (22,537 )     (17,060 )     (33,795 )
 
                       
Income (loss) before provision for income taxes
    14,754       (2,109 )     28,664       5,923  
Provision for (benefit from) income taxes
    5,830       (556 )     11,296       2,822  
 
                       
Net income (loss)
    8,924       (1,553 )     17,368       3,101  
Accretion on preferred stock
          (2,583 )           (7,354 )
 
                       
Net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders
  $ 8,924     $ (4,136 )   $ 17,368     $ (4,253 )
 
                       
Net income (loss) per share data:
                               
Net income (loss) per common share, basic
  $ 0.24     $ (0.18 )   $ 0.48     $ (0.24 )
 
                       
Net income (loss) per common share, diluted
  $ 0.24     $ (0.18 )   $ 0.47     $ (0.24 )
 
                       
Weighted-average common shares outstanding, basic
    36,558       23,437       36,554       17,729  
 
                       
Weighted-average common shares outstanding, diluted
    36,871       23,437       36,877       17,729  
 
                       
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

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Skilled Healthcare Group, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(In thousands)
(Unaudited)
                 
    Six Months Ended  
    June 30,  
    2008     2007  
Cash Flows from Operating Activities
               
Net income
  $ 17,368     $ 3,101  
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
               
Depreciation and amortization
    10,233       8,200  
Provision for doubtful accounts
    3,525       2,515  
Non-cash stock-based compensation
    610       256  
Amortization of deferred financing costs
    1,481       1,421  
Write-off of deferred financing costs and premium on early redemption of debt
          11,648  
Deferred income taxes
    (1,216 )     (2,220 )
Change in fair value of interest rate hedge
          33  
Amortization of discount on senior subordinated notes
    54       82  
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
               
Accounts receivable
    (5,110 )     (8,480 )
Other current and non-current assets
    911       (3,991 )
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
    (3,246 )     (6,991 )
Employee compensation and benefits
    (422 )     (928 )
Insurance liability risks
    1,650       (1,184 )
Other long-term liabilities
    868       1,844  
 
           
Net cash provided by operating activities
    26,706       5,306  
 
           
Cash Flows from Investing Activities
               
Principal payments on (additions to) notes receivable, net
    1,157       1,413  
Acquisition of healthcare facilities
    (13,592 )     (36,654 )
Additions to property and equipment
    (21,244 )     (12,627 )
Changes in other assets
    (358 )     3,260  
Cash distributed related to the Onex Transaction
          (7,330 )
 
           
Net cash used in investing activities
    (34,037 )     (51,938 )
 
           
Cash Flows from Financing Activities
               
Borrowings under line of credit, net
    12,000       10,500  
Repayments on long-term debt and capital leases
    (4,585 )     (71,469 )
Fees paid for early extinguishment of debt
          (7,700 )
Additions to deferred financing costs
    (1,383 )     (1,993 )
Proceeds from IPO, net of expenses
          116,806  
 
           
Net cash provided by financing activities
    6,032       46,144  
 
           
Decrease in cash and cash equivalents
    (1,299 )     (488 )
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
    5,012       2,821  
 
           
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
  $ 3,713     $ 2,333  
 
           
 
               
Supplemental cash flow information
               
Cash paid for:
               
Interest expense, net of capitalized interest
  $ 18,436     $ 26,481  
Income taxes
  $ 12,656     $ 10,620  
Non-cash financing activities:
               
Conversion of accounts receivable into notes receivable
  $ 3,289     $ 2,437  
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

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SKILLED HEALTHCARE GROUP, INC.
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)
1. Description of Business
   Current Business
     Skilled Healthcare Group, Inc. (“Skilled”), through its subsidiaries, is an operator of long-term care facilities and a provider of a wide range of post-acute care services, with a strategic emphasis on sub-acute specialty medical care. Skilled and its consolidated subsidiaries are collectively referred to as the “Company.” The Company currently operates facilities in California, Kansas, Missouri, Nevada, New Mexico and Texas, including 75 skilled nursing facilities (“SNFs”), which offer sub-acute care and rehabilitative and specialty medical skilled nursing care and 14 assisted living facilities (“ALFs”), which provide room and board and social services. In addition, the Company provides a variety of ancillary services such as physical, occupational and speech therapy in Company-operated facilities and unaffiliated facilities. Furthermore, the Company owns and operates three licensed hospices that provide hospice care in its California and New Mexico markets. The Company is also a member in a joint venture located in Texas that provides institutional pharmacy services, which currently serves approximately eight of the Company’s SNFs and other facilities unaffiliated with the Company.
   Seasonality
     The Company’s business experiences slight seasonality as a result of variation in average daily census levels, with historically the highest average daily census in the first quarter of the year and the lowest average daily census in the third quarter of the year. In addition, revenue has typically increased in the fourth quarter of a year on a sequential basis due to annual increases in Medicare and Medicaid rates that typically have been fully implemented during that quarter.
   Recent Developments
          On April 1, 2008, the Company acquired the real property and assets of a 152-bed SNF and an adjacent 34-unit ALF located in Wichita, Kansas, for approximately $13.2 million.
2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
   Other Information
     The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements as of June 30, 2008 and for the three- and six-month periods ended June 30, 2008 and 2007 (collectively, the “Interim Financial Statements”), are unaudited. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in the Company’s annual consolidated financial statements have been condensed or omitted, as permitted under applicable rules and regulations. Readers of the Interim Financial Statements should refer to the Company’s audited consolidated statements and notes thereto for the year ended December 31, 2007, which are included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). Management believes that the Interim Financial Statements reflect all adjustments that are of a normal and recurring nature necessary to fairly present the Company’s financial position and results of operations and cash flows in all material respects. The results of operations presented in the Interim Financial Statements are not necessarily representative of operations for the entire year.
     The accompanying Interim Financial Statements of the Company include the accounts of the Company and the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiaries. All significant intercompany transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
   Estimates and Assumptions
     The preparation of the Interim Financial Statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”), requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. The most significant estimates in the

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SKILLED HEALTHCARE GROUP, INC.
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)
Company’s condensed Interim Financial Statements relate to revenue, allowance for doubtful accounts, the self-insured portion of general and professional liability and workers’ compensation claims, income taxes and impairment of long-lived assets. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
     Information regarding the Company’s significant accounting policies is contained in “Summary of Significant Accounting Policies” in Note 2 in the Company’s 2007 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC.
   Reclassifications
     Certain prior year amounts have been reclassified to conform to current year presentation, including general and administrative expense and cost of services, as well as revenue, intercompany rent and total assets by segment. Prior to 2008, the Company reported revenue generated from services provided to a third-party-owned SNF in other revenue. Services for such SNF are performed by personnel in the Company’s Long-Term Care (“LTC”) segment. Accordingly, $0.1 million and $0.3 million of revenue have been more appropriately reclassified as LTC segment revenue in the three- and six- month period ended June 30, 2007, respectively. Indirect overhead of $6.0 million and $12.8 million related to ancillary and LTC personnel that was previously reported as a general and administrative expense has been more appropriately classified as cost of services in the three- and six-month periods ended June 30, 2007, respectively. Intercompany rent of $7.1 and $13.3 million that was previously charged to long-term care services has been eliminated in the three- and six-month periods ended June 30, 2007, respectively, for segment reporting purposes. The book value of assets in the amount of $263.5 million as of December 31, 2007 used in the operations of LTC has been reclassified to that segment. In order to reflect the conversion of trade accounts receivable to notes receivable, $2.4 million was reclassified between cash flows from operating and investing activities in the statement of cash flows.
   Revenue and Accounts Receivable
     Revenue and accounts receivable are recorded on an accrual basis as services are performed at their estimated net realizable value. The Company derives a significant amount of its revenue from funds under federal Medicare and state Medicaid health insurance programs, the continuation of which are dependent upon governmental policies, and are subject to audit risk and potential recoupment.
   Goodwill and Intangible Assets
     Goodwill is accounted for under Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 141, Business Combinations (“SFAS 141”), and represents the excess of the purchase price over the fair value of identifiable net assets acquired in business combinations accounted for as purchases. In accordance with SFAS No. 142, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (“SFAS 142”), goodwill is subject to periodic testing for impairment. Goodwill of a reporting unit is tested for impairment on an annual basis, or, if an event occurs or circumstances change that would reduce the fair value of a reporting unit below its carrying amount, between annual testing.
   Recent Accounting Pronouncements
     Effective January 1, 2008, the Company adopted SFAS No. 157, Fair Value Measurements (“SFAS 157”). In February 2008, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued FASB Staff Position No. FAS 157-2, Effective Date of FASB Statement No. 157, which provides a one-year deferral of the effective date of SFAS 157 for non-financial assets and non-financial liabilities, except for those that are recognized or disclosed in the financial statements at fair value at least annually. Therefore, the Company has adopted the provisions of SFAS 157 only with respect to financial assets and liabilities, as well as any other assets and liabilities carried at fair value. SFAS 157 defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value under generally accepted accounting principles and enhances disclosures about fair value measurements. Fair value is defined under SFAS 157 as the exchange price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date. Valuation techniques used to measure fair value under SFAS 157 must maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs. The standard describes how to measure fair value

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SKILLED HEALTHCARE GROUP, INC.
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)
based on a three-level hierarchy of inputs, of which the first two are considered observable and the last unobservable.
    Level 1 — Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.
 
    Level 2 — Inputs other than Level 1 that are observable, either directly or indirectly, such as quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities; quoted prices in markets that are not active; or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data for substantially the full term of the assets or liabilities.
 
    Level 3 — Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity and that are significant to the fair value of the assets or liabilities.
     The adoption of this statement did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated results of operations or financial condition (see Note 10).
     Effective January 1, 2008, the Company adopted SFAS No. 159, The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities (“SFAS 159”). SFAS 159 allows an entity the irrevocable option to elect fair value for the initial and subsequent measurement for specified financial assets and liabilities on a contract-by-contract basis. The Company did not elect to adopt the fair value option on any assets or liabilities not previously carried at fair value under SFAS 159.
     In December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 141 (Revised 2007), Business Combinations (“SFAS 141R”). SFAS 141R establishes principles and requirements for how the acquirer of a business recognizes and measures in its financial statements the identifiable assets acquired, the liabilities assumed, and any non-controlling interest in the acquiree. The statement also provides guidance for recognizing and measuring the goodwill acquired in the business combination and determines what information to disclose to enable users of the financial statements to evaluate the nature and financial effects of the business combination. SFAS 141R is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2008. Accordingly, any business combinations the Company engages in will be recorded and disclosed following existing GAAP until January 1, 2009. The Company expects SFAS 141R will have an impact on its consolidated financial statements when effective, but the nature and magnitude of the specific effects will depend upon the nature, terms and size of the acquisitions consummated by the Company.
     In December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 160, Noncontrolling Interests in Consolidated Financial Statements — an amendment of ARB No. 51 (“SFAS 160”), which establishes accounting and reporting standards to improve the relevance, comparability, and transparency of financial information in a company’s consolidated financial statements. SFAS 160 requires all entities, except not-for-profit organizations, that prepare consolidated financial statements to (a) clearly identify, label, and present ownership interests in subsidiaries held by parties other than the parent in the consolidated statement of financial position within equity, but separate from the parent’s equity; (b) clearly identify and present both the parent’s and the noncontrolling interest’s attributable consolidated net income on the face of the consolidated statement of income; (c) consistently account for changes in the parent’s ownership interest while the parent retains its controlling financial interest in a subsidiary and for all transactions that are economically similar to be accounted for similarly; (d) measure any gain, loss or retained noncontrolling equity at fair value after a subsidiary is deconsolidated; and (e) provide sufficient disclosures that clearly identify and distinguish between the interests of the parent and the interests of the noncontrolling owners. SFAS 160 also clarifies that a noncontrolling interest in a subsidiary is an ownership interest in the consolidated entity that should be reported as equity in a company’s interim financial statements. SFAS 160 is effective for fiscal years and interim periods on or after December 15, 2008. The Company is currently evaluating the impact, if any, that SFAS 160 may have on its consolidated financial statements.
3. Net Income (Loss) Per Share of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock
     The Company computes net income per share of class A common stock and class B common stock in accordance with SFAS No. 128, Earnings Per Share, using the two-class method. The Company’s class A common stock and class B common stock are identical in all respects, except with respect to voting rights and except that

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SKILLED HEALTHCARE GROUP, INC.
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)
each share of class B common stock is convertible into one share of class A common stock under certain circumstances. Therefore, net income is allocated on a proportionate basis.
     Basic net income (loss) per share was computed by dividing net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders by the weighted average number of outstanding shares for the period. Dilutive net income (loss) per share is computed by dividing net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders plus the effect of assumed conversions (if applicable) by the weighted average number of outstanding shares after giving effect to all potential dilutive common stock, including options, warrants, common stock subject to repurchase and convertible preferred stock, if any.
     The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted net income (loss) per share of class A common stock and class B common stock for the three- and six-month periods ended June 30, 2008 (amounts in thousands, except per share data):
                                                 
    Three Months Ended June 30, 2008     Six Months Ended June 30, 2008  
    Class A     Class B     Total     Class A     Class B     Total  
Net income per share, basic
                                               
Numerator:
                                               
Allocation of income attributable to common stockholders
  $ 4,688     $ 4,236     $ 8,924     $ 9,123     $ 8,245     $ 17,368  
 
                                   
Denominator:
                                               
Weighted-average common shares outstanding
    19,203       17,355       36,558       19,201       17,353       36,554  
 
                                   
 
                                               
Net income per common share, basic
  $ 0.24     $ 0.24     $ 0.24     $ 0.48     $ 0.48     $ 0.48  
 
                                   
Net income per share, diluted
                                               
Numerator:
                                               
Allocation of income attributable to common stockholders
  $ 4,657     $ 4,267     $ 8,924     $ 9,063     $ 8,305     $ 17,368  
 
                                   
Denominator:
                                               
Weighted-average common shares outstanding
    19,203       17,355       36,558       19,201       17,353       36,554  
 
                                   
 
                                               
Plus: incremental shares related to dilutive effect of stock options and restricted stock, if applicable
    38       275       313       42       281       323  
 
                                   
Adjusted weighted-average common shares outstanding
    19,241       17,630       36,871       19,243       17,634       36,877  
 
                                   
 
                                               
Net income per common share, diluted
  $ 0.24     $ 0.24     $ 0.24     $ 0.47     $ 0.47     $ 0.47  
 
                                   
4. Business Segments
     The Company has two reportable operating segments — long-term care services, which includes the operation of skilled nursing and assisted living facilities and is the most significant portion of the Company’s business, and ancillary services, which includes the Company’s rehabilitation therapy and hospice businesses. The “other” category includes general and administrative items and eliminations. The Company’s reporting segments are business units that offer different services, and that are managed separately due to the nature of the services provided or the products sold.
     At June 30, 2008, long-term care services were provided by 75 SNF subsidiaries that offer post-acute, rehabilitative and specialty skilled nursing care, as well as 14 ALF subsidiaries that provide room and board and assistive services. Ancillary services include rehabilitative therapy services such as physical, occupational and speech therapy provided in the Company’s facilities and in unaffiliated facilities by its subsidiaries, Hallmark

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Rehabilitation GP, LLC and Hallmark Rehabilitation, LP. Also included in the ancillary services segment is the Company’s hospice business.
     The Company evaluates performance and allocates resources to each segment based on an operating model that is designed to maximize the quality of care provided and profitability. Accordingly, earnings before net interest, tax, depreciation and amortization (“EBITDA”) is used as the primary measure of each segment’s operating results because it does not include such costs as interest expense, income taxes, depreciation and amortization which may vary from segment to segment depending upon various factors, including the method used to finance the original purchase of a segment or the tax law of the states in which a segment operates. By excluding these items, the Company is better able to evaluate operating performance of the segment by focusing on more controllable measures. General and administrative overhead is not allocated to any segment for purposes of determining segment profit or loss, and is included in the “other” category in the selected segment financial data that follows. The accounting policies of the reporting segments are the same as those described in the accounting policies (see Note 2 above) included in the Company’s 2007 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC. Intersegment sales and transfers are recorded at cost plus standard mark-up; intersegment transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
     The following table sets forth selected financial data by business segment (dollars in thousands):
                                         
    Long-term     Ancillary                    
    Care Services     Services     Other     Elimination     Total  
Three months ended June 30, 2008
                                       
Revenue from external customers
  $ 158,952     $ 21,388     $ 8     $     $ 180,348  
Intersegment revenue
    990       16,516             (17,506 )      
 
                             
Total revenue
  $ 159,942     $ 37,904     $ 8       (17,506 )   $ 180,348  
 
                             
Segment capital expenditures
  $ 12,528     $ 611     $ (828 )   $     $ 12,311  
EBITDA(1)
  $ 28,884     $ 4,888     $ (4,906 )   $     $ 28,866  
 
                                       
Three months ended June 30, 2007
                                       
Revenue from external customers
  $ 132,053     $ 19,038     $     $     $ 151,091  
Intersegment revenue
          14,892             (14,892 )      
 
                             
Total revenue
  $ 132,053     $ 33,390     $       (14,892 )   $ 151,091  
 
                             
Segment capital expenditures
  $ 5,842     $ 139     $ 267     $     $ 6,248  
EBITDA(1)
  $ 24,492     $ 4,829     $ (15,852 )   $     $ 13,469  
                                         
    Long-term     Ancillary                    
    Care Services     Services     Other     Elimination     Total  
Six months ended June 30, 2008
                                       
Revenue from external customers
  $ 317,769     $ 43,298     $ 8     $     $ 361,075  
Intersegment revenue
    1,798       33,124             (34,922 )      
 
                             
Total revenue
  $ 319,567     $ 76,422     $ 8       (34,922 )   $ 361,075  
 
                             
Segment capital expenditures
  $ 19,774     $ 795     $ 675     $     $ 21,244  
EBITDA(1)
  $ 56,564     $ 11,310     $ (10,499 )   $     $ 57,375  
 
                                       
Six months ended June 30, 2007
                                       
Revenue from external customers
  $ 258,176     $ 37,570     $     $     $ 295,746  
Intersegment revenue
          29,360             (29,360 )      
 
                             
Total revenue
  $ 258,176     $ 66,930     $       (29,360 )   $ 295,746  
 
                             
Segment capital expenditures
  $ 14,408     $ 361     $ (2,142 )   $     $ 12,627  
EBITDA(1)
  $ 47,611     $ 9,801     $ (20,185 )   $     $ 37,227  
 
(1)   EBITDA is defined as net income before depreciation, amortization and interest expense (net of interest income) and the provision for income taxes. See reconciliation of net income to EBITDA and a discussion of its uses and limitations on pages 21-23 of this quarterly report.
     The following table presents the segment assets as of June 30, 2008 compared to December 31, 2007 (dollars in thousands):

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(UNAUDITED)
                                 
    Long-term   Ancillary        
    Care Services   Services   Other   Total
June 30, 2008:
                               
Segment total assets
  $ 877,935     $ 76,362     $ 37,964     $ 992,261  
Goodwill and intangibles included in total assets
  $ 447,338     $ 36,314     $     $ 483,652  
December 31, 2007:
                               
Segment total assets
  $ 863,698     $ 71,695     $ 34,714     $ 970,107  
Goodwill and intangibles included in total assets
  $ 447,304     $ 36,498     $     $ 483,802  
5. Income Taxes
     For the three months ended June 30, 2008 and 2007, the Company recognized income tax expense of $5.8 million and an income tax benefit of $0.6 million, respectively, which was primarily related to the Company’s effective tax rate applied to the Company’s operating income (loss).
     For the six months ended June 30, 2008 and 2007, the Company recognized income tax expense of $11.3 million and $2.8 million, respectively, which was primarily related to the Company’s effective tax rate applied to the Company’s operating income.
     The Company is subject to taxation in the United States and in various state jurisdictions. The Company’s tax years 2003 and forward are subject to examination by the US Internal Revenue Service and from 2003 forward by the Company’s material state jurisdictions.
6. Other Current Assets and Other Assets
     Other current assets consist of the following at June 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007 (dollars in thousands):
                 
    June 30, 2008     December 31, 2007  
Receivable from escrow
  $ 7,031     $ 7,031  
Current portion of notes receivable
    4,085       2,056  
Supply inventories
    2,621       2,533  
Other current assets
    93       77  
 
           
 
  $ 13,830     $ 11,697  
 
           
     Other assets consist of the following at June 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007 (dollars in thousands):
                 
    June 30, 2008     December 31, 2007  
Equity investment in joint ventures
  $ 4,917     $ 4,183  
Restricted cash
    11,450       10,697  
Investments
    1,883       2,666  
Deposits and other assets
    4,852       4,915  
 
           
 
  $ 23,102     $ 22,461  
 
           
7. Other Long-Term Liabilities
     Other long-term liabilities consist of the following at June 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007 (dollars in thousands):
                 
    June 30, 2008     December 31, 2007  
Deferred rent
  $ 4,279     $ 3,569  
Other long-term tax liability
    11,827       11,761  
Asbestos abatement liability
    5,343       5,252  
Interest rate swap fair value
    1,628       1,228  
 
           
 
  $ 23,077     $ 21,810  
 
           

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)
8. Commitments and Contingencies
   Litigation
     As is typical in the health care industry, the Company has experienced an increasing trend in the number and severity of litigation claims asserted against it. While the Company believes that it provides quality care to its patients and is in substantial compliance with regulatory requirements, a legal judgment or adverse governmental investigation could have a material negative effect on the Company’s financial position, results of operations or cash flows.
     On May 4, 2006, three plaintiffs filed a complaint against the Company in the Superior Court of California, Humboldt County, entitled Bates v. Skilled Healthcare Group, Inc. and twenty-three of its subsidiaries. In the complaint, the plaintiffs allege that certain California-based facilities operated by the Company’s subsidiaries failed to provide an adequate number of qualified personnel to care for its residents and misrepresented the quality of care provided in its facilities. Plaintiffs allege these failures violated the residents’ rights, the California Business and Professions Code and the Consumer Legal Remedies Act. Plaintiffs seek restitution of money paid for services allegedly promised to, but not received by, facility residents during the period from September 1, 2003 to the present. The complaint further sought class certification of in excess of 18,000 plaintiffs as well as injunctive relief, punitive damages and attorneys fees.
     In response to the complaint, the Company filed a demurrer. On November 28, 2006, the Humboldt Court denied the demurrer. On January 31, 2008, the Humboldt Court denied the Company’s motion for a protective order as to the names and addresses of residents within the facility and on April 7, 2008, the Humboldt Court granted plaintiffs’ motion to compel electronic discovery by the Company. On May 27, 2008, plaintiffs’ motion for class certification was heard. On June 12, 2008, the Company received an order granting plaintiffs’ motion for class certification. The Comapny intends to seek a writ and reversal by the California Court of Appeal, First Appellate District, of the order granting class certification. Primary professional liability insurance coverage has been exhausted for the policy year applicable to this case. The excess insurance carrier issuing the policy applicable to this case has recently issued its reservation of rights to preserve an assertion of non-coverage for this case. Given the uncertainty of the pleadings and facts at this juncture in the litigation, an assessment of potential exposure is uncertain at this time.
     In addition to the above, the Company is involved in various other lawsuits and claims arising in the ordinary course of business. These matters are, in the opinion of management, immaterial both individually and in the aggregate with respect to the Company’s condensed consolidated financial position, results of operations and cash flows.
     Under GAAP, the Company establishes an accrual for an estimated loss contingency when it is both probable that an asset has been impaired or that a liability has been incurred and the amount of the loss can be reasonably estimated. Given the uncertain nature of litigation generally, and the uncertainties related to the incurrence, amount and range of loss on any pending litigation, investigation or claim, the Company is currently unable to predict the ultimate outcome of any litigation, investigation or claim, determine whether a liability has been incurred or make a reasonable estimate of the liability that could result from an unfavorable outcome. While the Company believes that the liability, if any, resulting from the aggregate amount of uninsured damages for any outstanding litigation, investigation or claim will not have a material adverse effect on its condensed consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows, in view of the uncertainties discussed above, it could incur charges in excess of any currently established accruals and, to the extent available, excess liability insurance. In view of the unpredictable nature of such matters, the Company cannot provide any assurances regarding the outcome of any litigation, investigation or claim to which it is a party or the effect on the Company of an adverse ruling in such matters. As additional information becomes available, the Company will assess its potential liability and revise its estimates.
   Insurance
     The Company maintains insurance for general and professional liability, workers’ compensation, employee benefits liability, property, casualty, directors’ and officers’ liability, inland marine, crime, boiler and machinery, automobile, employment practices liability and earthquake and flood. The Company believes that its insurance

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)
programs are adequate and where there has been a direct transfer of risk to the insurance carrier, the Company does not recognize a liability in its Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
     Workers’ Compensation. The Company has maintained workers’ compensation insurance where statutorily required. Most of its commercial workers’ compensation insurance purchased is loss sensitive in nature. As a result, the Company is responsible for adverse loss development. Additionally, the Company self-insures the first unaggregated $1.0 million per each workers’ compensation claim in California, Nevada and New Mexico.
     The Company has elected to not carry workers’ compensation insurance in Texas and it may be liable for negligence claims that are asserted against it by its employees.
     The Company has purchased guaranteed cost policies for Kansas and Missouri. There are no deductibles associated with these programs.
     The Company recognizes a liability in its condensed consolidated financial statements for its estimated self-insured workers’ compensation risks. Historically, estimated liabilities have been sufficient to cover actual claims.
     General and Professional Liability. The Company’s skilled nursing and assisted living services subject it to certain liability risks. Malpractice claims may be asserted against the Company if its services are alleged to have resulted in patient injury or other adverse effects, the risk of which may be greater for higher-acuity patients, such as those receiving specialty and sub-acute services, than for traditional long-term care patients. The Company has from time to time been subject to malpractice claims and other litigation in the ordinary course of business.
     The Company has a professional and general liability claims-made-based insurance policy with an individual claim limit of $2.0 million per loss and a $6.0 million annual aggregate limit for its California, Texas, New Mexico and Nevada facilities. Under this program, the Company retains an unaggregated $1.0 million self-insured professional and general liability retention per claim.
     The Company’s Kansas facilities are insured on an occurrence basis with an occurrence and annual coverage limit of $1.0 million and $3.0 million, respectively, and there are no self-insurance retentions under these contracts. The Company’s Missouri facilities are underwritten on a claims-made basis with no self-insured retention and have an individual annual claim and aggregate coverage limit of $1.0 million and $3.0 million, respectively.
     In September 2004, the Company purchased a multi-year aggregate excess professional and general liability insurance policy providing $10.0 million of coverage for losses arising from claims in excess of $5.0 million in California, Texas and Nevada. Kansas and Missouri were added to this policy at the time the Company initially acquired facilities in those states in 2005 and 2006, respectively. As of September 1, 2006, this excess coverage was modified to increase the coverage to $12.0 million for losses arising from claims in excess of $3.0 million, which are reported after the September 1, 2006 change. The New Mexico facilities are also covered under this policy.
     Employee Medical Insurance. Medical preferred provider option programs are offered as a component of our employee benefits. We retain a self-insured amount up to a contractual stop loss amount and we estimate our self-insured medical reserve on a quarterly basis, based upon actuarial analyses provided by external actuaries using the most recent trends of medical claims. Based upon these analyses, at June 30, 2008, we had reserved $1.5 million for incurred but not paid medical claims.
     A summary of the liabilities related to insurance risks are as follows (dollars in thousands):
                                                                 
    June 30, 2008     December 31, 2007  
    General and                             General and                    
    Professional     Employee     Workers’             Professional     Employee     Workers’        
    Liability     Medical     Compensation     Total     Liability     Medical     Compensation     Total  
Current
  $ 9,203 (1)   $ 1,529 (2)   $ 3,395 (2)   $ 14,127     $ 15,909 (1)   $ 1,070 (2)   $ 3,546 (2)   $ 20,525  
Non-current
    22,174             10,581       32,755       15,230             9,018       24,248  
 
                                               
 
  $ 31,377     $ 1,529     $ 13,976     $ 46,882     $ 31,139     $ 1,070     $ 12,564     $ 44,773  
 
                                               
 
(1)   Included in accounts payable and accrued liabilities.
 
(2)   Included in employee compensation and benefits.

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)
   Financial Guarantees
     Substantially all of the Company’s subsidiaries guarantee the 11.0% senior subordinated notes maturing on January 15, 2014, the Company’s first lien senior secured term loan and the Company’s revolving credit facility. The guarantees provided by the subsidiaries are full and unconditional and joint and several. Other subsidiaries of the Company that are not guarantors are considered minor. The company has no independent assets or operations.
9. Stockholders’ Equity
   Comprehensive Income
     Comprehensive income consists of two components, net income and other comprehensive income. Other comprehensive income refers to revenue, expenses, gains, and losses that, under GAAP, are recorded as an element of stockholders’ equity but are excluded from net income. The Company’s other comprehensive income consists of net deferred gains and losses on certain derivative instruments accounted for as cash flow hedges. Other comprehensive loss related to derivatives held by the Company for the three-month period ended June 30, 2008 was $1.2 million, net of a tax benefit of $0.7 million. Other comprehensive income related to derivates held by the Company for the six-month period ended June 30, 2008 was $0.2 million, net of taxes of $0.2 million. There was no other comprehensive income for the three- and six- month periods ended June 30, 2007.
   2007 Stock Incentive Plan
     On May 8, 2008, the stockholders of the Company approved the Company’s Amended and Restated Skilled Healthcare Group, Inc. 2007 Incentive Award Plan, increasing the number of shares of the Company’s class A common stock that may be issued under the 2007 Incentive Award Plan by 1,500,000 shares to a total of 2,623,181 shares. The Amended and Restated Plan became effective immediately upon stockholder approval.
     The fair value of the stock option grants for the six-month period ended June 30, 2008 under SFAS No. 123 (Revised 2004), Share-Based Payments (“SFAS 123R”) was estimated on the date of the grants using the Black-Scholes option pricing model with the following assumptions:
         
Risk-free interest rate
    3.20 %
Expected life
  6.25 years
Dividend yield
    0 %
Volatility
    40.80 %
Weighted-average fair value
  $ 5.76
     There were 4,000 and 129,000 new stock options granted in the three- and six- month periods ended June 30, 2008, respectively.
     There were no options exercised during the three- and six-month periods ended June 30, 2008. The total grant date fair value of stock options vested during each of the three- and six-month periods ended June 30, 2008 was $0.2 million. As of June 30, 2008, there was $1.1 million of unrecognized compensation cost related to outstanding stock options, net of forecasted forfeitures. This amount is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 3.1 years. To the extent the forfeiture rate is different than the Company has anticipated, stock-based compensation related to these awards will be different from the Company’s expectations.

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)
     The following table summarizes stock option activity during the six months ended June 30, 2008 under the 2007 Plan:
                                 
                    Weighted-        
                    Average        
            Weighted -     Remaining     Aggregate  
            Average     Contractual     Intrinsic  
    Number of     Exercise     Term     Value  
    Shares     Price     (in years)     (in thousands)  
Outstanding at January 1, 2008
    169,000     $ 15.42                  
Granted
    129,000     $ 12.78                  
Exercised
        $                  
Forfeited or cancelled
    (3,000 )   $ 15.50                  
 
                           
Outstanding at June 30, 2008
    295,000     $ 14.26       9.23     $ 85  
 
                           
Exercisable at June 30, 2008
    66,000     $ 15.50       8.74     $  
     Aggregate intrinsic value represents the value of the Company’s closing stock price on the last trading day of the fiscal period in excess of the exercise price, multiplied by the number of options outstanding or exercisable.
     Equity-related charges related to stock option grants and stock awards included in general and administrative expenses in the Company’s consolidated financial statements of operations were $0.3 million and $0.6 million in the three- and six-month periods ended June 30, 2008, respectively.
10. Fair Value Measurements
     For a discussion of recent accounting pronouncements regarding Fair Value Measures, please see “Summary of Significant Accounting Policies” in Note 2 of this report.
     As of June 30, 2008, the Company held an interest rate swap that is required to be measured at fair value on a recurring basis. The fair value of the interest rate swap contract is determined by calculating the value of the discounted cash flows of the difference between the fixed interest rate of the interest rate swap and the counterparty’s forward LIBOR curve, which is the input used in the valuation. The forward LIBOR curve is readily available in public markets or can be derived from information available in publicly quoted markets. Therefore, the Company has categorized the interest rate swap as Level 2. The Company obtained the counterparty’s calculation of the valuation of the interest rate swap as well as a forward LIBOR curve from another investment bank and recalculated the valuation of the interest rate swap without a material difference.
     The following table summarizes the valuation of the Company’s interest rate swap as of June 30, 2008 by the SFAS 157 fair value hierarchy levels detailed in Note 2 of this report (dollars in thousands):
                         
    Level 1   Level 2   Level 3   Total
Interest rate swap
  $ —   $ (1,628 )   $ —   $ (1,628 )
     In the three- and six- month periods ended June 30, 2008, there was $1.2 million of unrealized loss, net of a tax a benefit, and $0.2 million of unrealized gain, net of income tax, respectively, on the interest rate swap recognized in other comprehensive income.
11. Debt
     On March 31, 2008, the Company exercised its rights to increase revolving loan commitments of certain lenders under its existing second amended and restated first lien credit agreement, as amended (the “Credit Agreement”), by an aggregate amount of $35.0 million, effected pursuant to an Acknowledgement of Increasing Lenders. Following this increase, the total revolving loan commitments under the Credit Agreement equal $135.0 million in the aggregate. The revolving loan is due in full on June 15, 2010. The revolving loan bears interest, at the Company’s election, either at the prime rate plus an initial margin of 1.75% or the LIBOR plus an initial margin of 2.75%.

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)
     The Company’s long-term debt is summarized as follows (dollars in thousands):
                 
    June 30,     December 31,  
    2008     2007  
Revolving Credit Facility, swing line subfacility, interest rate based on prime plus 1.75% (6.75% at June 30, 2008) collateralized by real property, due 2010
  $ 8,000     $ 8,000  
 
               
Revolving Credit Facility, interest rate based on LIBOR plus 2.75% (5.34% at June 30, 2008) collateralized by real property, due 2010
    72,000       60,000  
 
               
Term Loan, interest rate based on LIBOR plus 2.00% (4.89% at June 30, 2008) collateralized by real property, due 2012
    252,200       253,500  
 
               
2014 Notes, interest rate 11.0%, with an original issue discount of $598 and $652 at June 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007, respectively, interest payable semiannually, principal due 2014, unsecured
    129,402       129,348  
 
               
Notes payable, fixed interest rate 6.5%, payable in monthly installments, collateralized by a first priority deed of trust, due November 2014
    1,783       1,893  
 
               
Other
    330       2,310  
 
               
Present value of capital lease obligations at effective interest rates, collateralized by property and equipment
    2,190       3,385  
 
           
 
               
Total long-term debt and capital leases
    465,905       458,436  
 
               
Less amounts due within one year
    (3,188 )     (6,335 )
 
           
 
               
Long-term debt and capital leases, net of current portion
  $ 462,717     $ 452,101  
 
           

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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
     This Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations is intended to assist in understanding and assessing the trends and significant changes in our results of operations and financial condition. Historical results may not indicate future performance. Our forward-looking statements, which reflect our current views about future events, are based on assumptions and are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated by these statements. Factors that may cause differences between actual results and those contemplated by forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, those discussed in Part II, Item 1A, “Risk Factors,” of our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007. As used in this Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, the words, “we”,“our” and “us” refer to Skilled Healthcare Group, Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries. This Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations should be read in conjunction with our condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes included in this report.
     Certain prior year amounts have been reclassified to conform to current year presentation.
Business Overview
     We are a provider of integrated long-term healthcare services through our skilled nursing facilities and rehabilitation therapy business. We also provide other related healthcare services, including assisted living care and hospice care. We focus on providing high-quality care to our patients and we have a strong focus on treating patients who require a high level of skilled nursing care and extensive rehabilitation therapy, whom we refer to as high-acuity patients. As of June 30, 2008, we owned or leased 75 skilled nursing facilities and 14 assisted living facilities, together comprising approximately 10,300 licensed beds. Our facilities, approximately 71% of which we own, are located in California, Texas, Kansas, Missouri, Nevada and New Mexico, and are generally clustered in large urban or suburban markets. For the six months ended June 30, 2008, we generated approximately 85.5% of our revenue from our skilled nursing facilities, including our integrated rehabilitation therapy services at these facilities. The remainder of our revenue is generated by our other related healthcare services. Those services consist of our assisted living facilities, rehabilitation therapy services provided to third-party facilities, and hospice care.
Revenue
   Revenue by Service Offering
     We operate our business in two reportable segments: long-term care services, which include the operation of skilled nursing and assisted living facilities and is the most significant portion of our business, and ancillary services, which include our rehabilitation therapy and hospice businesses.
     In our long-term care services segment, we derive the majority of our revenue by providing skilled nursing care and integrated rehabilitation therapy services to residents in our network of skilled nursing facilities. The remainder of our long-term care segment revenue is generated by our assisted living facilities. In our ancillary services segment, we derive revenue by providing related healthcare services, including our rehabilitation therapy services provided to third-party facilities, and hospice care.
     The following table shows the revenue and percentage of our total revenue generated by each of these segments for the periods presented (dollars in thousands):
                                 
    Three Months Ended June 30,  
    2008     2007  
    Revenue     Revenue     Revenue     Revenue  
    Dollars     Percentage     Dollars     Percentage  
Long-term care services:
                               
Skilled nursing facilities
  $ 154,220       85.5 %   $ 127,761       84.6 %
Assisted living facilities
    4,732       2.6       4,292       2.8  
 
                       
Total long-term care services
    158,952       88.1       132,053       87.4  
Ancillary services :
                               

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    Three Months Ended June 30,  
    2008     2007  
    Revenue     Revenue     Revenue     Revenue  
    Dollars     Percentage     Dollars     Percentage  
Third-party rehabilitation therapy services
    16,820       9.3       17,280       11.4  
Hospice
    4,568       2.6       1,758       1.2  
 
                       
Total ancillary services
    21,388       11.9       19,038       12.6  
Other
    8                    
 
                       
Total
  $ 180,348       100.0 %   $ 151,091       100.0 %
 
                       
                                 
    Six Months Ended June 30,  
    2008     2007  
    Revenue     Revenue     Revenue     Revenue  
    Dollars     Percentage     Dollars     Percentage  
Long-term care services:
                               
Skilled nursing facilities
  $ 308,503       85.4 %   $ 249,796       84.5 %
Assisted living facilities
    9,266       2.6       8,380       2.8  
 
                       
Total long-term care services
    317,769       88.0       258,176       87.3  
Ancillary services :
                               
Third-party rehabilitation therapy services
    34,300       9.5       34,166       11.5  
Hospice
    8,998       2.5       3,404       1.2  
 
                       
Total ancillary services
    43,298       12.0       37,570       12.7  
Other
    8                    
 
                       
Total
  $ 361,075       100.0 %   $ 295,746       100.0 %
 
                       
   Sources of Revenue
   Long-Term Care Services Segment
     Skilled Nursing Facilities. Within our skilled nursing facilities, we generate our revenue from Medicare, Medicaid, managed care providers, insurers, private pay and other sources. We believe that our skilled mix, which we define as the number of Medicare and managed care patient days at our skilled nursing facilities divided by the total number of patient days at our skilled nursing facilities for any given period, is an important indicator of our success in attracting high-acuity patients because it represents the percentage of our patients who are reimbursed by Medicare and managed care payors, for whom we receive higher reimbursement rates. Medicare and managed care payors typically do not provide reimbursement for custodial care, which is a basic level of healthcare.
     The following table sets forth our Medicare, managed care, private pay/other and Medicaid patient days for our skilled nursing facilities as a percentage of total patient days for our skilled nursing facilities and the level of skilled mix for our skilled nursing facilities:
                                 
    Three Months Ended June 30,     Six Months Ended June 30,  
    2008     2007     2008     2007  
Medicare
    17.6 %     18.7 %     18.0       19.1 %
Managed care
    7.0       6.0       7.2       5.9  
 
                       
Skilled mix
    24.6       24.7       25.2       25.0  
Private and other
    17.7       16.4       17.2       16.3  
Medicaid
    57.7       58.9       57.6       58.7  
 
                       
Total
    100.0 %     100.0 %     100.0 %     100.0 %
 
                       
     Skilled mix in the first six months of 2008 was consistent with the same period in the prior year as we continue to focus on high-acuity residents and expand our Express Recovery™ Unit facilities. Skilled mix of 24.6% in the second quarter of 2008 reflected a decline from 25.7% in the first quarter of 2008, which is consistent with prior-year trends based on seasonality. We expect this downward trend to continue into the third quarter and to rebound in the fourth quarter.

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     The following table sets forth revenue by state and revenue by state as a percentage of total long-term care revenue for the periods (dollars in thousands):
                                 
    Three Months Ended June 30,  
    2008     2007  
    Revenue     Percentage of     Revenue     Percentage of  
    Dollars     Revenue     Dollars     Revenue  
California
  $ 65,787       41.4 %   $ 63,615       48.2 %
Kansas
    12,471       7.9       9,198       7.0  
Missouri
    14,033       8.8       12,953       9.8  
Nevada
    7,488       4.7       6,230       4.7  
New Mexico
    17,057       10.7              
Texas
    42,116       26.5       40,057       30.3  
 
                       
Total
  $ 158,952       100.0 %   $ 132,053       100.0 %
 
                       
                                 
    Six Months Ended June 30,  
    2008     2007  
    Revenue     Percentage of     Revenue     Percentage of  
    Dollars     Revenue     Dollars     Revenue  
California
  $ 132,293       41.6 %   $ 126,200       48.9 %
Kansas
    22,949       7.2       18,393       7.1  
Missouri
    28,386       8.9       21,055       8.2  
Nevada
    14,907       4.7       12,374       4.8  
New Mexico
    34,426       10.8              
Texas
    84,808       26.8       80,154       31.0  
 
                       
Total
  $ 317,769       100.0 %   $ 258,176       100.0 %
 
                       
     Assisted Living Facilities. Within our assisted living facilities, we generate our revenue primarily from private pay sources, with a small portion earned from Medicaid or other state specific programs.
 Ancillary Service Segment
     Rehabilitation Therapy. As of June 30, 2008, we provided rehabilitation therapy services to a total of 189 healthcare facilities, 75 of which were our facilities and 114 of which were unaffiliated facilities, compared to 179 facilities, 64 of which were our facilities and 115 of which were unaffiliated facilities as of June 30, 2007. In addition, we have management contracts to manage the rehabilitation therapy services for our ten healthcare facilities in New Mexico. Rehabilitation therapy revenue derived from servicing our own facilities is included in our revenue from skilled nursing facilities. Our rehabilitation therapy business receives payment for services from the third-party skilled nursing facilities that it serves based on negotiated patient per diem rates or a negotiated fee schedule based on the type of service rendered.
     Hospice. We provide hospice care in California and New Mexico. We derive substantially all of the revenue from our hospice business from Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement for hospice services.
   Regulatory and Other Governmental Actions Affecting Revenue
     Our revenue is derived from services provided to patients in the following payor classes (dollars in thousands):
                                 
    Three Months Ended June 30,  
    2008     2007  
    Revenue     Percentage     Revenue     Percentage  
    Dollars     of Revenue     Dollars     of Revenue  
Medicare
  $ 66,804       37.0 %   $ 56,134       37.1 %
Medicaid
    55,399       30.7       45,746       30.3  
 
                       
Subtotal Medicare and Medicaid
    122,203       67.7       101,880       67.4  
Managed Care
    17,859       10.0       12,668       8.4  
Private and Other
    40,286       22.3       36,543       24.2  
 
                       
Total
  $ 180,348       100.0 %   $ 151,091       100.0 %
 
                       

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    Six Months Ended June 30,  
    2008     2007  
    Revenue     Percentage     Revenue     Percentage  
    Dollars     of Revenue     Dollars     of Revenue  
Medicare
  $ 134,399       37.2 %   $ 111,421       37.6 %
Medicaid
    110,893       30.7       88,359       29.9  
 
                       
Subtotal Medicare and Medicaid
    245,292       67.9       199,780       67.5  
Managed Care
    35,997       10.0       24,418       8.3  
Private and Other
    79,786       22.1       71,548       24.2  
 
                       
Total
  $ 361,075       100.0 %   $ 295,746       100.0 %
 
                       
     We derive a substantial portion of our revenue from government Medicare and Medicaid programs. For the six months ended June 30, 2008, we derived 37.2% and 30.7% of our total revenue from the Medicare and Medicaid programs, respectively, and for the six months ended June 30, 2007, we derived 37.6% and 29.9% of our total revenue from the Medicare and Medicaid programs, respectively. In addition, our rehabilitation therapy services, for which we receive payment from private payors, are significantly dependent on Medicare and Medicaid funding, as those private payors are generally reimbursed by these programs.
     Medicare. Medicare is a federal health insurance program for people age 65 or older, people under age 65 with certain disabilities, and people of all ages with End-Stage Renal Disease. The Medicare program has Part A hospital insurance that helps to cover inpatient care in hospitals and in skilled nursing facilities (not custodial or long-term care). It also helps cover hospice care and some home health care. Skilled nursing facilities are paid on the basis of a prospective payment system, or PPS. The PPS payment rates are adjusted for case mix and geographic variation in wages and cover all costs of furnishing covered skilled nursing facilities services (routine, ancillary, and capital-related costs). The amount to be paid is determined by classifying each patient into a resource utilization group, or RUG, category, which is based upon each patient’s acuity level. Payment rates have historically increased each Federal fiscal year using a skilled nursing facilities market basket index.
     On May 7, 2008, CMS published its proposed rule on the fiscal year 2009 per diem payment rates for skilled nursing facilities, proposing a market basket increase factor of 3.1 percent, which would result in an estimated increase in aggregate payments by approximately $710 million. On July 31, 2008, CMS released its final rule on the fiscal year 2009 per diem payment rates for skilled nursing facilities. Under the final rule, CMS revised and rebased the skilled nursing facility market basket, resulting in a 3.4% market basket increase factor. Using this increase factor, the final rule increased aggregate payments to skilled nursing facilities nationwide by approximately $780.0 million. President Bush’s proposed budget for 2009 includes a provision that would establish a zero percent market basket update for fiscal years 2009 through 2011. The President’s proposed market basket increase can be implemented only through legislation passed by Congress. We cannot predict at this time whether the President’s proposal would be adopted and implemented.
     CMS also proposed on May 7, 2008 to adjust the refinements to nine new case-mix groups recently developed under the prospective payment system, or PPS, for treating beneficiaries requiring extensive medical and rehabilitation services. These new case-mix groups were designed to reflect the variability in the use of non-therapy ancillary services, and under the proposed adjustment, would result in a negative $770 million in payments to skilled nursing facilities. In the final rule issued July 31, 2008, CMS decided to defer consideration of the $770 million reduction in payments to skilled nursing facilities until 2009 when the fiscal year 2010 per diem payment rates are set.
     Recent legislation, effective July 15, 2008, known as the Medicare Improvement for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 (H.R. 6331), extended certain therapy cap exceptions. These caps, effective January 1, 2006, imposed a limit to the annual amount that Medicare Part B (covering outpatient services) will pay for outpatient physical, speech language and occupation therapy services for each patient. These caps may result in decreased demand for rehabilitation therapy services reimbursed under Part B but for the caps. The Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, or DRA, established exceptions to the therapy caps for a variety of circumstances. These exceptions were scheduled to expire on June 30, 2008 and the recently enacted H.R. 6331 now extends the exception process through December 31, 2009.
     Medicare Part B also provides payment for certain professional services, including professional consultations, office visits and office psychiatry services, provided by a physician or practitioner located at a distant site. Such telehealth services previously were reimbursed only if the patient was located in the office of a physician or

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practitioner, a critical access hospital, a rural health clinic, a federally qualified health center or a hospital. The new H.R. 6331 now includes payment for such telehealth services if the patient is in a skilled nursing facility. We are unable to predict the impact of this aspect of the new legislation on our revenues and business at this time.
     Historically, adjustments to reimbursement levels under Medicare have had a significant effect on our revenue. For a discussion of historic adjustments and recent changes to the Medicare program and related reimbursement rates see “Business — Sources of Reimbursement” in Part 1, Item 1 in our 2007 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and “Risk Factors — Reductions in Medicare reimbursement rates or changes in the rules governing the Medicare program could have a material adverse effect on our revenue, financial condition and results of operations” in Part 1, Item 1A of our 2007 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
     Medicaid. Medicaid is a state-administered medical assistance program for the indigent, operated by the individual states with the financial participation of the federal government. Each state has relatively broad discretion in establishing its Medicaid reimbursement formulas and coverage of service, which must be approved by the federal government in accordance with federal guidelines. All states in which we operate cover long-term care services for individuals who are Medicaid eligible and qualify for institutional care. Generally, Medicaid payments are made directly to providers, who must accept the Medicaid reimbursement level as payment in full for services rendered, except in New Mexico, which has implemented a managed Medicaid program where providers receive Medicaid payments from insurance companies. Rapidly increasing Medicaid spending, combined with slow state revenue growth, has led many states to institute measures aimed at controlling spending growth. Given that Medicaid outlays are a significant component of state budgets, we expect continuing cost containment pressures on Medicaid outlays for skilled nursing facilities in the states in which we operate. In addition, the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 limited the circumstances under which an individual may become financially eligible for Medicaid and nursing home services paid for by Medicaid.
     Managed Care. Our managed care patients consist of individuals who are insured by a third-party entity, typically called a senior Health Maintenance Organization, or HMO, plan, or are Medicare beneficiaries who assign their Medicare benefits to a senior HMO plan.
     Private Pay and Other. Private pay and other sources consist primarily of individuals or parties who directly pay for their services or are beneficiaries of the Department of Veterans Affairs or hospice beneficiaries.

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Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates Update
     There have been no significant changes during the three- and six-month periods ended June 30, 2008 to the items that we disclosed as our critical accounting policies and estimates in our discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations in our 2007 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Results of Operations
     The following table sets forth details of our revenue and earnings as a percentage of total revenue for the periods indicated:
                                 
    Three Months Ended   Six Months Ended
    June 30,   June 30,
    2008   2007   2008   2007
Revenue
    100.0 %     100.0 %     100.0 %     100.0 %
Expenses:
                               
Cost of services (exclusive of rent cost of revenue and depreciation and amortization shown below)
    78.9       79.1       78.8       78.9  
Rent cost of revenue
    2.5       1.7       2.5       1.8  
General and administrative
    3.1       2.9       3.3       3.1  
Depreciation and amortization
    2.8       2.8       2.8       2.8  
 
                               
 
    87.3       86.5       87.4       86.6  
 
                               
 
                               
Other income (expenses):
                               
Interest expense
    (5.1 )     (7.9 )     (5.2 )     (8.1 )
Interest income
    0.1       0.4       0.1       0.3  
Other income
          0.1       0.1        
Equity in earnings of joint venture
    0.4       0.2       0.3       0.3  
Debt retirement costs
          (7.7 )           (3.9 )
Change in fair value of interest rate hedge
                       
 
                               
Total other income (expenses), net
    (4.6 )     (14.9 )     (4.7 )     (11.4 )
 
                               
Income (loss) before provision for income taxes
    8.1       (1.4 )     7.9       2.0  
Provision for (benefit from) income taxes
    3.2       (0.4 )     3.1       1.0  
 
                               
Net income (loss)
    4.9 %     (1.0 )%     4.8 %     1.0 %
 
                               
EBITDA margin
    16.0 %     8.9 %     15.9 %     12.6 %
Adjusted EBITDA margin
    16.0 %     16.6 %     15.9 %     16.5 %
                                 
    Three months ended June 30,     Six months ended June 30,  
    2008     2007     2008     2007  
Reconciliation of net income to EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA (in thousands):
                               
Net income (loss)
  $ 8,924     $ (1,553 )   $ 17,368     $ 3,101  
Interest expense, net of interest income
    9,039       11,339       18,478       23,104  
Provision for (benefit from) income taxes
    5,830       (556 )     11,296       2,822  
Depreciation and amortization expense
    5,073       4,239       10,233       8,200  
 
                       
EBITDA
    28,866       13,469       57,375       37,227  
Premium on redemption of debt and write-off of related deferred financing costs
          11,648             11,648  
Change in fair value of interest rate hedge
                      33  
 
                       
Adjusted EBITDA
  $ 28,866     $ 25,117     $ 57,375     $ 48,908  
 
                       
     We define EBITDA as net income (loss) before depreciation, amortization and interest expense (net of interest income) and the provision for (benefit from) income taxes. EBITDA margin is EBITDA as a percentage of revenue. We calculate Adjusted EBITDA by adjusting EBITDA (each to the extent applicable in the appropriate period) for:

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    discontinued operations, net of tax;
 
    the effect of a change in accounting principle, net of tax;
 
    the change in fair value of an interest rate hedge;
 
    reversal of a charge related to the decertification of a facility;
 
    gains or losses on sale of assets;
 
    provision for the impairment of long-lived assets;
 
    the write-off of deferred financing costs of extinguished debt; and
 
    the premium we paid in connection with the repayment of debt using a portion of the proceeds of our initial public offering.
     We believe that the presentation of EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA provides useful information regarding our operational performance because they enhance the overall understanding of the financial performance and prospects for the future of our core business activities.
     Specifically, we believe that a report of EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA provides consistency in our financial reporting and provides a basis for the comparison of results of core business operations between our current, past and future periods. EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are two of the primary indicators management uses for planning and forecasting in future periods, including trending and analyzing the core operating performance of our business from period-to-period without the effect of U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, or GAAP, expenses, revenues and gains that are unrelated to the day-to-day performance of our business. We also use EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA to benchmark the performance of our business against expected results, analyzing year-over-year trends as described below and to compare our operating performance to that of our competitors.
     Management uses both EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA to assess the performance of our core business operations, to prepare operating budgets and to measure our performance against those budgets on a consolidated, segment and a facility-by-facility level. We typically use Adjusted EBITDA for these purposes at the administrative level (because the adjustments to EBITDA are not generally allocable to any individual business unit) and we typically use EBITDA to compare the operating performance of each skilled nursing and assisted living facility, as well as to assess the performance of our operating segments: long-term care services, which include the operation of our skilled nursing and assisted living facilities; and ancillary services, which include our rehabilitation therapy and hospice businesses. EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are useful in this regard because they do not include such costs as interest expense (net of interest income), income taxes, depreciation and amortization expense and special charges, which may vary from business unit to business unit and period-to-period depending upon various factors, including the method used to finance the business, the amount of debt that we have determined to incur, whether a facility is owned or leased, the date of acquisition of a facility or business, the original purchase price of a facility or business unit or the tax law of the state in which a business unit operates. These types of charges are dependent on factors unrelated to our underlying business. As a result, we believe that the use of EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA provide a meaningful and consistent comparison of our underlying business between periods by eliminating certain items required by GAAP which have little or no significance in our day-to-day operations.
     We also make capital allocations to each of our facilities based on expected EBITDA returns and establish compensation programs and bonuses for our facility-level employees that are based upon the achievement of pre-established EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA targets.
     We also use Adjusted EBITDA to determine compliance with our debt covenants and assess our ability to borrow additional funds and to finance or expand operations. The credit agreement governing our first lien term loan uses a measure substantially similar to Adjusted EBITDA as the basis for determining compliance with our financial covenants, specifically our minimum interest coverage ratio and our maximum total leverage ratio, and for determining the interest rate of our first lien term loan. The indenture governing our 11% senior subordinated notes

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also uses a substantially similar measurement for determining the amount of additional debt we may incur. For example, both our credit facility and the indenture governing our 11% senior subordinated notes include adjustments for (i) gain or losses on sale of assets, (ii) the write-off of deferred financing costs of extinguished debt; (iii) reorganization expenses; and (iv) fees and expenses related to our transaction with Onex Corporation affiliates in December 2005. Our non-compliance with these financial covenants could lead to acceleration of amounts due under our credit facility. In addition, if we cannot satisfy certain financial covenants under the indenture for our 11% senior subordinated notes, we cannot engage in certain specified activities, such as incurring additional indebtedness or making certain payments.
     Despite the importance of these measures in analyzing our underlying business, maintaining our financial requirements, designing incentive compensation and for our goal setting both on an aggregate and facility level basis, EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are non-GAAP financial measures that have no standardized meaning defined by GAAP. Therefore, our EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA measures have limitations as analytical tools, and they should not be considered in isolation, or as a substitute for analysis of our results as reported under GAAP. Some of these limitations are:
    they do not reflect our cash expenditures, or future requirements, for capital expenditures or contractual commitments;
 
    they do not reflect changes in, or cash requirements for, our working capital needs;
 
    they do not reflect the interest expense, or the cash requirements necessary to service interest or principal payments, on our debt;
 
    they do not reflect any income tax payments we may be required to make;
 
    although depreciation and amortization are non-cash charges, the assets being depreciated and amortized will often have to be replaced in the future, and EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA do not reflect any cash requirements for such replacements;
 
    they are not adjusted for all non-cash income or expense items that are reflected in our consolidated statements of cash flows;
 
    they do not reflect the impact on earnings of charges resulting from certain matters we consider not to be indicative of our on-going operations; and
 
    other companies in our industry may calculate these measures differently than we do, which may limit their usefulness as comparative measures.
     We compensate for these limitations by using them only to supplement net income (loss) on a basis prepared in conformance with GAAP in order to provide a more complete understanding of the factors and trends affecting our business. We strongly encourage investors to consider net income (loss) determined under GAAP as compared to EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA, and to perform their own analysis, as appropriate.
     Three Months Ended June 30, 2008 Compared to Three Months Ended June 30, 2007
     Revenue. Revenue increased $29.2 million, or 19.3%, to $180.3 million in the three months ended June 30, 2008, from $151.1 million in the three months ended June 30, 2007.
     Revenue in our long-term care services segment increased $26.9 million, or 20.4%, to $159.0 million in the three months ended June 30, 2008, from $132.1 million in the three months ended June 30, 2007. The increase in long-term care services segment revenue resulted primarily from a $26.4 million, or 20.7%, increase in our skilled nursing facilities revenue and a $0.4 million, or 9.3%, increase in our assisted living facilities revenue. Of the increase in skilled nursing facilities revenue, $18.9 million resulted from increased occupancy, which was due to our acquisitions of ten skilled nursing facilities in New Mexico in September 2007 and one skilled nursing facility in Kansas in April 2008, and $7.5 million resulted from increased rates from Medicare, Medicaid and managed care

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pay sources, as well as a higher patient acuity mix. Our average daily Part A Medicare rate increased 6.8% to $471 in the three months ended June 30, 2008, from $441 in the three months ended June 30, 2007 as a result of market basket increases provided under the Medicare program, as well as a higher patient acuity mix. Our average daily Medicaid rate increased 4.8% to $135 in the three months ended June 30, 2008, from $129 per day in the three months ended June 30, 2007, primarily due to increased Medicaid rates in California, Texas and Missouri. Our skilled mix declined to 24.6% in the three months ended June 30, 2008, from 24.7% in the three months ended June 30, 2007, which was related to our September 2007 acquisition of ten skilled nursing facilities in New Mexico. Excluding these New Mexico facilities, our skilled mix increased to 25.4% in the three months ended June 30, 2008, as compared to the prior year’s quarter, as we continued marketing our capabilities to referral sources to attract higher-acuity patients to our facilities. We also made capital expenditures to expand our Express Recovery™ Unit services. Our average daily number of patients increased by 1,061, or 16.1%, to 7,657 in the three months ended June 30, 2008, from 6,597 in the three months ended June 30, 2007, primarily due to our previously-discussed acquisitions.
     Revenue in our ancillary services segment, excluding intersegment revenue, increased $2.4 million, or 12.6%, to $21.4 million in the three months ended June 30, 2008, from $19.0 million in the three months ended June 30, 2007. This increase in our ancillary services segment revenue resulted from a $2.9 million, or 170.6%, increase in revenue from our hospice business, offset by a $0.5 million decrease in rehabilitation therapy services. Of the $2.9 million increase in hospice revenue, $1.0 million resulted from an increase in the number of patients receiving hospice services in our California locations and $2.1 million resulted from the acquisition of two hospice units in New Mexico in September 2007. In addition, we ceased our service in the Texas market, which accounted for $0.2 million in revenue in the three months ended June 30, 2007. Rehabilitation therapy services revenue in the three months ended June 30, 2008 was comparable to the three months ended June 30, 2007, as the 113 unaffiliated facilities serviced in the three months ended June 30, 2008 declined from the 115 unaffiliated facilities serviced in the three months ended June 30, 2007.
     Cost of Services Expenses. Our cost of services expenses increased $22.8 million, or 19.1%, to $142.3 million, or 78.9% of revenue, in the three months ended June 30, 2008, from $119.5 million, or 79.1% of revenue, in the three months ended June 30, 2007.
     Cost of services expenses in our long-term care services segment increased $21.4 million, or 20.3%, to $126.6 million in the three months ended June 30, 2008, or 79.7% of our long-term care services segment revenue for that period, from $105.2 million in the three months ended June 30, 2007, or 79.6% of our long-term care services segment revenue for that period.
     The increase in long-term care services segment cost of services expenses resulted from a $20.1 million, or 20.2%, increase in cost of services expenses at our skilled nursing facilities, a $0.4 million, or 14.8%, increase in cost of services expenses at our assisted living facilities and a $0.9 million, or 29.0%, increase in our regional operations overhead expense.
     Of the increase in cost of services expenses at our skilled nursing facilities, $15.6 million resulted from the acquisition of one facility in Kansas in April 2008 and ten facilities in New Mexico in September 2007, and $4.5 million resulted from operating costs increasing $7, or 4.2%, to $171 per day in the three months ended June 30, 2008, from $164 per day in the three months ended June 30, 2007. The $4.5 million increase in operating costs resulted from a $2.8 million increase in labor costs as a result of a 4.7% increase in average hourly rates and increased staffing, primarily in the nursing area to respond to the increased mix of high-acuity patients, a $0.8 million increase due to higher acuity residents needing additional ancillary services, and a $0.9 million increase in other expenses such as supplies, food, taxes, licenses, and utilities, due to increased purchasing costs.
     Cost of services expenses in our ancillary services segment increased $3.9 million, or 13.4%, to $33.1million in the three months ended June 30, 2008, from $29.2 million in the three months ended June 30, 2007.  Cost of service expenses were 87.3% of total ancillary services segment revenue in the three months ended June 30, 2008 of $37.9 million, as compared to 86.1% of total ancillary services segment revenue in the three months ended June 30, 2007 of $33.9 million. The increase in our ancillary services segment cost of services expenses resulted from a $1.1 million, or 4.0%, increase in operating expenses related to our rehabilitation therapy services to $28.7 million in the three months ended June 30, 2008, from $27.6 million in the three months ended June 30, 2007, and a $2.8 million,

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or a 175.0%, increase in operating expenses related to our hospice business. Prior to intersegment eliminations, cost of service expenses related to our rehabilitation therapy services were 86.2% of total rehabilitation therapy revenue of $33.3 million in the three months ended June 30, 2008, as compared to 85.7% of total rehabilitation therapy revenue of $32.2 million in the three months ended June 30, 2007. The increased operating expenses related to our hospice services business were incurred to support the increase in the number of patients receiving hospice services in California and the acquisition of two new hospice units in New Mexico in September 2007. Cost of service expenses related to our hospice services were 95.7% of total hospice revenue of $4.6 million in the three months ended June 30, 2008, as compared to 94.1% of total hospice revenue of $1.7 million in second quarter of 2007.
     Rent Cost of Revenue. Rent cost of revenue increased by $2.0 million, or 80.0%, to $4.5 million, or 2.5% of revenue, in the three months ended June 30, 2008, from $2.5 million, or 1.7% of revenue, in the three months ended June 30, 2007. This increase was primarily attributable to our acquisition of eight leased skilled nursing facilities in New Mexico in September 2007.
     General and Administrative Services Expenses. Our general and administrative services expenses increased $1.2 million, or 27.3%, to $5.6 million, or 3.1% of revenue, in the three months ended June 30, 2008, from $4.4 million, or 2.9% of revenue, in the three months ended June 30, 2007. The increase in our general and administrative expenses was the result of increased compensation and benefits of $0.5 million, primarily due to increased incentive compensation accruals, and increased expenses of $0.4 million as a result of being a public company, primarily related to Sarbanes-Oxley compliance costs.
     Depreciation and Amortization. Depreciation and amortization increased by $0.9 million, or 21.4%, to $5.1 million in the three months ended June 30, 2008, from $4.2 million in the three months ended June 30, 2007. This increase primarily resulted from increased depreciation and amortization related to our Kansas and New Mexico acquisitions previously discussed, as well as new assets placed in service during 2007 and 2008.
     Interest Expense. Interest expense decreased by $2.7 million, or 22.7%, to $9.2 million in the three months ended June 30, 2008, from $11.9 million in the three months ended June 30, 2007. The decrease in our interest expense was primarily due to a $2.4 million decrease attributable to lower interest rates and a $0.3 million decrease attributable to a decrease in average debt outstanding. Our weighted average interest rate was 6.8% in the three months ended June 30, 2008, as compared to 9.0% in the three months ended June 30, 2007, and our weighted average debt outstanding was $468.6 million and $483.0 million in the three months ended June 30, 2008 and 2007, respectively.
     Premium on Redemption of Debt and Write-off of Related Deferred Financing Costs. Premium on redemption of debt and write-off of related deferred financing costs was $11.6 million in the three months ended June 30, 2007, with no comparable amount in current year period. In June 2007, we redeemed $70.0 million of our 11.0% senior subordinated notes before their scheduled maturities. These notes had an interest rate of 11.0% and a maturity date of 2014. We recorded a redemption premium of $7.7 million, as well as write-offs of $3.6 million of unamortized debt costs and $0.3 million of original issue discount associated with this redemption of debt.
     Interest Income. Interest income decreased by $0.5 million, or 83.3%, to $0.1 million in the three months ended June 30, 2008, from $0.6 million in the three months ended June 30, 2007. The decrease was primarily due to interest income earned in 2007 on proceeds from our May 2007 initial public offering, which were held for one month until the redemption of $70.0 million in principal amount of 11% senior subordinated notes, as discussed above.
     Provision for Income Taxes. Our provision for income taxes in the three months ended June 30, 2008 was $5.8 million, or 39.5% of income before provision for income taxes, an increase of $6.4 million from the three months ended June 30, 2007. The increase in tax expense was due to a $16.9 million increase in pre-tax income. Our tax benefit for the three months ended June 30, 2007 was below our statutory rate due to the recording of interest on uncertain tax positions.
     EBITDA. EBITDA increased by $15.4 million, or 114.1%, to $28.9 million in the three months ended June 30, 2008, from $13.5 million in the three months ended June 30, 2007. The $15.4 million increase was primarily related to the $29.2 million increase in revenue for the period and $11.6 million decrease in the premium on redemption of

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debt and write-off of related deferred financing costs, offset by the $22.8 million increase in cost of services expenses, the $2.0 million increase in rent cost of revenue, and the $1.2 million increase in general and administrative services expenses, all discussed above.
     Net Income. Net income increased by $10.5 million, or 656.3%, to $8.9 million in the three months ended June 30, 2008, from a net loss of $1.6 million in the three months ended June 30, 2007. The $10.5 million increase was related primarily to the $15.4 million increase in EBITDA and the $2.7 million decrease in interest expense, offset by the increase in income tax expense of $6.4 million, the decrease in interest income of $0.5 million, and the increase in depreciation and amortization of $0.9 million, all discussed above.
     Six Months Ended June 30, 2008 Compared to Six Months Ended June 30, 2007
     Revenue. Revenue increased $65.4 million, or 22.1%, to $361.1 million in the six months ended June 30, 2008, from $295.7 million in the six months ended June 30, 2007.
     Revenue in our long-term care services segment increased $59.6 million, or 23.1%, to $317.8 million in the six months ended June 30, 2008, from $258.2 million in the six months ended June 30, 2007. The increase in long-term care services segment revenue resulted from a $58.7 million, or 23.5%, increase in our skilled nursing facilities revenue and a $0.9 million, or 10.7%, increase in our assisted living facilities revenue. Of the increase in skilled nursing facilities revenue, $44.3 million resulted from our acquisition of three skilled nursing facilities in Missouri in April 2007, our acquisition of ten skilled nursing facilities in New Mexico in September 2007, and one skilled nursing facility in Kansas in April 2008, and $14.4 million resulted from increased rates from Medicare, Medicaid and managed care pay sources, as well as a higher patient acuity mix. Our average daily Part A Medicare rate increased 6.4% to $466 in the six months ended June 30, 2008, from $438 in the six months ended June 30, 2007 as a result of market basket increases provided under the Medicare program, as well as a higher patient acuity mix. Our average daily Medicaid rate increased 6.3% to $135 in the six months ended June 30, 2008, from $127 per day in the six months ended June 30, 2007, primarily due to increased Medicaid rates in the five states in which we operate. Our skilled mix increased to 25.2% in the six months ended June 30, 2008, from 25.0% in the six months ended June 30, 2007 as we continued marketing our capabilities to referral sources to attract higher-acuity patients to our facilities and as we continued in investing in capital expenditures to expand our Express Recovery™ Unit services. The increase in skilled mix was partially offset by a lower skilled mix contributed by the ten nursing facilities that we acquired in New Mexico in September 2007. Excluding these New Mexico facilities, our skilled mix increased to 25.9% in the three months ended June 30, 2008, as compared to the prior year. Our average daily number of patients increased by 1,161, or 17.9%, to 7,654 in the six months ended June 30, 2008, from 6,493 in the six months ended June 30, 2007, primarily due to our acquisition of three facilities in Missouri in April 2007, ten facilities in New Mexico in September 2007, and two facilities in Kansas in April 2008.
     Revenue in our ancillary services segment, excluding intersegment revenue, increased $5.7 million, or 15.2%, to $43.3 million in the six months ended June 30, 2008, from $37.6 million in the six months ended June 30, 2007. This increase in our ancillary services segment revenue resulted from a $5.6 million, or 164.7%, increase in hospice business revenue and a $0.1 million increase in rehabilitation therapy services. Of the $5.6 million increase in hospice services revenue, $1.8 million resulted from an increase in the number of patients receiving hospice services in our California locations and $4.2 million resulted from the acquisition of two hospice units in New Mexico in September 2007. Rehabilitation therapy services revenue was comparable to the prior period amount as the 113 unaffiliated facilities that we serviced in the six months ended June 30, 2008 declined from 115 unaffiliated facilities serviced in the six months ended June 30, 2007.
     Cost of Services Expenses. Our cost of services expenses increased $50.9 million, or 21.8%, to $284.4 million, or 78.8% of revenue, in the six months ended June 30, 2008, from $233.5 million, or 79.0% of revenue, in the six months ended June 30, 2007.
     Cost of services expenses for our long-term care services segment increased $48.3 million, or 23.5%, to $253.9 million in the six months ended June 30, 2008, or 79.9% of our long-term care services segment revenue for that period, from $205.6 million in the six months ended June 30, 2007, or 79.6% of our long-term care services segment revenue for that period.

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     The increase in long-term care services segment cost of services expenses resulted from a $46.1 million, or 23.8%, increase in cost of services expenses at our skilled nursing facilities, a $0.7 million, or 13.0%, increase in cost of services expenses at our assisted living facilities and a $1.5 million, or 24.2%, increase in our regional operations overhead expense.
     Of the increase in cost of services expenses at our skilled nursing facilities, $34.1 million resulted from the acquisition of three facilities in Missouri in April 2007, ten facilities in New Mexico in September 2007, and one facility in Kansas in April 2008, and $10.6 million resulted from operating costs increasing $7, or 4.3%, to $171 per patient day in the six months ended June 30, 2008, from $164 per patient day in the six months ended June 30, 2007. The $10.6 million increase in operating costs resulted from a $5.2 million increase in labor costs as a result of a 4.3% increase in average hourly rates and increased staffing, primarily in the nursing area to respond to the increased mix of high-acuity patients, a $2.3 million increase due to higher liability costs and a $3.1 million increase in other expenses such as supplies, food, taxes and licenses, ancillaries and utilities, due to increased purchasing costs.
     Cost of services expenses in our ancillary services segment increased $7.9 million, or 13.8%, to $65.1 million in the six months ended June 30, 2008, from $57.2 million in the six months ended June 30, 2007.  Cost of service expenses were 85.2% of total ancillary services segment revenue in the six months ended June 30, 2008 of $76.4 million, as compared to 85.4% of total ancillary services segment revenue in the six months ended June 30, 2007 of $67.0 million. The increase in our ancillary services segment cost of services expenses resulted from a $3.0 million, or 5.6%, increase in operating expenses related to our rehabilitation therapy services to $57.0 million in the six months ended June 30, 2008, from $54.0 million in the six months ended June 30, 2007, and a $4.9 million, or a 153.1%, increase in operating expenses related to our hospice business. Prior to intersegment eliminations, cost of service expenses related to our rehabilitation therapy services were 84.6% of total rehabilitation therapy revenue of $67.4 million in the six months ended June 30, 2008, as compared to 84.9% of total rehabilitation therapy revenue of $63.6 million in the six months ended June 30, 2007. The increased operating expenses related to our hospice services business were incurred to support the increase in the number of patients receiving hospice services in California and the acquisition of two new hospice units in New Mexico in September 2007. Cost of service expenses related to our hospice services were 90.0% of total hospice revenue of $9.0 million in the six months ended June 30, 2008, as compared to 94.1% of total hospice revenue of $3.4 million in the six months ended June 30, 2007.
     Rent Cost of Revenue. Rent cost of revenue increased by $3.8 million, or 73.1%, to $9.0 million, or 2.5% of revenue, in the six months ended June 30, 2008, from $5.2 million, or 1.8% of revenue, in the six months ended June 30, 2007. This increase was primarily attributable to our acquisition of eight leased skilled nursing facilities in New Mexico in September 2007.
     General and Administrative Services Expenses. Our general and administrative services expenses increased $2.7 million, or 29.7%, to $11.8 million, or 3.3% of revenue, in the six months ended June 30, 2008, from $9.1 million, or 3.1% of revenue, in the six months ended June 30, 2007. The increase in our general and administrative expenses was primarily the result of increased compensation and benefits of $1.3 million, which was primarily due to increases in staffing, bonuses and stock compensation expense, and increased expenses of $0.6 million as a result of being a public company, primarily related to Sarbanes-Oxley compliance costs.
     Depreciation and Amortization. Depreciation and amortization increased by $2.0 million, or 24.4%, to $10.2 million in the six months ended June 30, 2008, from $8.2 million in the six months ended June 30, 2007. This increase primarily resulted from increased depreciation and amortization related to our Missouri, Kansas and New Mexico acquisitions discussed above, as well as new assets, including Express Recovery™ Units, placed in service during 2007 and 2008.
     Interest Expense. Interest expense decreased by $5.2 million, or 21.7%, to $18.8 million in the six months ended June 30, 2008, from $24.0 million in the six months ended June 30, 2007. The decrease in our interest expense was primarily due to a $4.5 million decrease attributable to lower interest rates and a $0.7 million decrease attributable to a decrease in average debt outstanding. Our weighted average interest rate was 7.1% in the six months ended June 30, 2008, as compared to 9.1% in the six months ended June 30, 2007, and our weighted average debt outstanding was $465.2 million and $481.5 million in the six months ended 2008 and 2007, respectively.

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     Premium on Redemption of Debt and Write-off of Related Deferred Financing Costs. Premium on redemption of debt and write-off of related deferred financing costs was $11.6 million in the six months ended June 30, 2007, with no comparable amount in six months ended June 30, 2008. In June 2007, we redeemed $70.0 million of our 11.0% senior subordinated notes before their scheduled maturities. These notes had an interest rate of 11.0% and a maturity date of 2014. We recorded a redemption premium of $7.7 million, as well as write-offs of $3.6 million of unamortized debt costs and $0.3 million of original issue discount associated with this redemption of debt.
     Interest Income. Interest income decreased by $0.6 million, or 66.7%, to $0.3 million in the six months ended June 30, 2008, from $0.9 million in the six months ended June 30, 2007. The decrease was primarily due to interest income earned in 2007 on proceeds from our May 2007 initial public offering, which were held for one month until the redemption amount of $70.0 million in principal amount of 11% senior subordinated notes, as discussed above.
     Provision for Income Taxes. Our provision for income taxes in the six months ended June 30, 2008 was $11.3 million, an increase of $8.5 million from the six months ended June 30, 2007, representing effective tax rates of 39.4% and 47.6%, respectively.  The reduction in effective tax rate is due primarily to a one-time state tax benefit of $0.2 million recorded in the first quarter of 2008 and a decrease in the effect of permanent differences, which primarily relate to interest on uncertain tax positions and nondeductible expenses, expressed as a percentage of pre-tax income as compared to the prior year.
     EBITDA. EBITDA increased by $20.2 million, or 54.3%, to $57.4 million in the six months ended June 30, 2008, from $37.2 million in the six months ended June 30, 2007. The $20.2 million increase was primarily related to the $65.4 million increase in revenue for the period and the $11.6 million decrease in the premium on redemption of debt and write-off of related deferred financing costs, offset by the $50.9 million increase in cost of services expenses, the $3.8 million increase in rent cost of revenue, and the $2.7 million increase in general and administrative services expenses, all discussed above.
     Net Income. Net income increased by $14.3 million, or 461.3%, to $17.4 million in the six months ended June 30, 2008, from $3.1 million in the six months ended June 30, 2007. The $14.3 million increase was related primarily to the $20.2 million increase in EBITDA and the $5.2 million decrease in interest expense, offset by the increase in income tax expense of $8.5 million, the decrease in interest income of $0.6 million, and the increase in depreciation and amortization of $2.0 million, all discussed above.

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Liquidity and Capital Resources
     The following table presents selected data from our consolidated statements of cash flows (in thousands):
                 
    Six Months Ended June 30,  
    2008     2007  
Net cash provided by operating activities
  $ 26,706     $ 5,306  
 
               
Net cash used in investing activities
    (34,037 )     (51,938 )
 
               
Net cash provided by financing activities
    6,032       46,144  
 
           
 
               
Net decrease in cash and equivalents
    (1,299 )     (488 )
 
               
Cash and equivalents at beginning of period
    5,012       2,821  
 
           
 
               
Cash and equivalents at end of period
  $ 3,713     $ 2,333  
 
           
     Six Months Ended June 30, 2008 Compared to Six Months Ended June 30, 2007
     Our principal sources of liquidity are cash generated by our operating activities and borrowings under our first lien revolving credit facility.
     Net cash provided by operating activities primarily consists of net income adjusted for certain non-cash items including depreciation and amortization, stock-based compensation, as well as the effect of changes in working capital and other activities. Cash provided by operating activities for the six months ended June 30, 2008 was $26.7 million and consisted of net income of $17.4 million, adjustments for non-cash items of $14.6 million and $5.3 million used by working capital and other activities. Working capital and other activities primarily consisted of an increase in accounts receivable of $5.1 million, a $3.2 million increase in accounts payable and accrued liabilities, offset by a $1.7 million increase in insurance liability risks. The increase in accounts receivable was due in part to the change of ownership process in New Mexico, where we acquired ten skilled nursing facilities in September 2007. This change of ownership process was completed for all of the ten facilities acquired as of June 30, 2008, however $2.2 million of accounts receivable of New Mexico Medicaid funds had not been received as of June 30, 2008. The balance of the increase in accounts receivable was related to the increase in revenues offset by a decrease in days revenue outstanding from 58.6 for the three months ended December 31, 2007 to 56.1 for the six months ended June 30, 2008. The reduction in accounts payable and accrued liabilities was primarily due to the timing of trade payables.
     Cash provided by operating activities in the six months ended June 30, 2007 was $5.3 million and consisted of net income of $3.1 million, adjustments for non-cash items of $21.9 million and $19.7 million used by working capital and other activities. Working capital and other activities primarily consisted of an increase in accounts receivable of $6.0 million and a $7.0 million reduction in accounts payable and accrued liabilities.
     Cash used in investing activities for the six months ended June 30, 2008 of $34.0 million was primarily attributable to capital expenditures of $21.2 million, $7.9 million of which related to our development of a skilled nursing facility in Texas and $5.4 million of which related to our build out of Express Recovery™ Units at our existing skilled nursing facilities. The balance of the cash used in investing activities consisted primarily of $13.6 million used to acquire healthcare facilities, $13.2 million of which was used to acquire the real property and assets of a 152-bed skilled nursing facility and an adjacent 34-unit assisted living facility located in Wichita, Kansas
     Cash used in investing activities in the six months ended June 30, 2007 of $51.9 million was primarily attributable to the acquisition of healthcare facilities for $36.7 million, capital expenditures of $12.6 million and cash distributed related to our acquisition by affiliates of Onex Corporation in December 2005 of $7.3 million, of which $6.3 million was used to pay our former stockholders for amounts paid to the Internal Revenue Service in excess of the 2006 tax amounts on our tax return for the period ended December 27, 2005 and $1.0 million was used

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to fund an escrow account for the satisfaction of certain tax liabilities that arose prior to the date of our acquisition by Onex Corporation.
     Cash provided by financing activities for the six months ended June 30, 2008 of $6.0 million primarily reflects net borrowings under our line of credit of $12.0 million, offset by scheduled debt repayments of $4.6 million and a $1.4 million increase in deferred financing fees.
     Cash provided by financing activities in the six months ended June 30, 2007 of $46.1 million primarily reflects the proceeds of our initial public offering, net of expenses, of $116.8 million, offset by the redemption of $70.0 million of our subordinated debt and the associated $7.7 million early redemption premium. In addition, net borrowings on our line of credit for the six months ended June 30, 2007 were $10.5 million.
   Principal Debt Obligations and Capital Expenditures
     We are significantly leveraged. On March 31, 2008, we increased the capacity of our revolving credit facility by $35.0 million. Following this increase, the total revolving loan commitments under the credit agreement are now equal to $135.0 million. As of June 30, 2008, we had $465.9 million in aggregate indebtedness outstanding, consisting of $129.4 million principal amount of our 11.0% senior subordinated notes (net of the unamortized portion of the original issue discount of $0.6 million), a $252.2 million first lien senior secured term loan that matures on June 15, 2012, $80.0 million principal amount outstanding under our $135.0 million revolving credit facility that matures on June 15, 2010, and capital leases and other debt of approximately $4.3 million. Furthermore, we had $4.9 million in outstanding letters of credit against our $135.0 million revolving credit facility, leaving approximately $50.1 million of additional borrowing capacity under our amended senior secured credit facility as of June 30, 2008.
     Under the terms of our amended senior secured credit facility, we must maintain compliance with specified financial covenants measured on a quarterly basis, including an interest coverage minimum ratio as well as a total maximum leverage ratio. The covenants also include annual and lifetime limitations, including the incurrence of additional indebtedness, liens, investments in other businesses and capital expenditures. Furthermore, in addition to a $2.6 million annual permanent reduction requirement, we must permanently reduce the principal amount of debt outstanding by applying the proceeds from any asset sale, insurance or condemnation payments, issuance of additional indebtedness or equity, and 25% to 50% of excess cash flows from operations based on the leverage ratio then in effect. We believe that we were in compliance with our debt covenants as of June 30, 2008.
     Substantially all of our subsidiaries guarantee our 11.0% senior subordinated notes, the first lien senior secured term loan and our revolving credit facility. We have no independent assets or operations and the guarantees provided by our subsidiaries are both full and unconditional and joint and several. Other subsidiaries that are not guarantors are considered minor.
     We intend to invest in the maintenance and general upkeep of our facilities on an ongoing basis. We expect to spend on average about $400 per annum per licensed bed for each of our skilled nursing facilities and $400 per unit at each of our assisted living facilities. We also expect to perform renovations of our existing facilities every five to ten years to remain competitive. Combined, we expect that these activities will amount to between $1,600 and $1,900 per bed, or between $16.2 million and $19.0 million in capital expenditures in 2008 on our existing facilities. In addition, we are continuing with the expansion of our Express Recovery™ units. Throughout the remainder of 2008, we will continue to selectively target additional markets to accommodate high acuity patients. These units cost, on average, between $0.4 million and $0.6 million for each Express Recovery™ unit. We are in the process of developing an additional 22 Express Recovery™ units that are scheduled to be completed before December 31, 2008. Our relationship with Baylor Healthcare System offers us the ability to build long-term care facilities selectively on Baylor acute campuses. We currently have three Baylor facilities we are developing, including a 136-bed skilled nursing facility in downtown Dallas that is under construction, and two sites, one to be located in downtown Fort Worth and another in a northern suburb of Dallas that are in the initial phase. We also are developing two assisted living facilities in the Kansas City market, with approximately 41 units each, which are similar to the assisted living facility that we opened in Ottawa, Kansas in April 2007. We expect the majority of our facilities currently under development to be completed by late 2009 or early 2010. Finally, we may also invest in expansions of our existing facilities and the acquisition or development of new facilities. We currently anticipate that we will incur capital expenditures in 2008 of approximately $52.0 million, composed primarily of $21.5 million

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for developments, $19.0 million for routine capital expenditures and $10.6 million to build out additional Express Recovery™ units.
     Based upon our current level of operations, we believe that cash generated from operations, cash on hand and borrowings available to us will be adequate to meet our anticipated debt service requirements, capital expenditures and working capital needs for at least the next 12 months. We cannot assure you, however, that our business will generate sufficient cash flow from operations or that future borrowings will be available under our senior secured credit facilities, or otherwise, to enable us to grow our business, service our indebtedness, including our amended senior secured credit facilities and our 11.0% senior subordinated notes, or make anticipated capital expenditures. One element of our business strategy is to selectively pursue acquisitions and strategic alliances. Any acquisitions or strategic alliances may result in the incurrence of, or assumption by us, of additional indebtedness. We continually assess our capital needs and may seek additional financing, including debt or equity as considered necessary to fund capital expenditures and potential acquisitions or for other purposes. Our future operating performance, ability to service or refinance our 11.0% senior subordinated notes and ability to service and extend or refinance our senior secured credit facilities and our 11.0% senior subordinated notes will be subject to future economic conditions and to financial, business and other factors, many of which are beyond our control.
     In October 2007, we entered into an interest rate swap agreement in the notional amount of $100.0 million, maturing on December 31, 2009. Under the terms of the swap agreement, we will be required to pay a fixed interest rate of 4.4%, plus a 2.0% margin, or 6.4% in total. In exchange for the payment of the fixed rate amounts, we will receive floating rate amounts equal to the three-month LIBOR rate in effect on the effective date of the swap agreement and the subsequent reset dates, which are the quarterly anniversaries of the effective date. The effect of the swap agreement is to convert $100.0 million of variable rate debt into fixed rate debt, with an effective interest rate of 6.4%.
Other Factors Affecting Liquidity and Capital Resources
     Medical and Professional Malpractice and Workers’ Compensation Insurance. In recent years, physicians, hospitals and other healthcare providers have become subject to an increasing number of legal actions alleging malpractice, product liability or related legal theories. Many of these actions involve large claims and significant defense costs. To protect ourselves from the cost of these claims, we maintain professional liability and general liability as well as workers’ compensation insurance in amounts and with deductibles that we believe to be sufficient for our operations. Historically, unfavorable pricing and availability trends emerged in the professional liability and workers’ compensation insurance market and the insurance market in general that caused the cost of these liability coverages to generally increase dramatically. Many insurance underwriters became more selective in the insurance limits and types of coverage they would provide as a result of rising settlement costs and the significant failures of some nationally known insurance underwriters. As a result, we experienced substantial changes in our professional insurance program beginning in 2001. Specifically, we were required to assume substantial self-insured retentions for our professional liability claims. A self-insured retention is a minimum amount of damages and expenses (including legal fees) that we must pay for each claim. We use actuarial methods to estimate the value of the losses that may occur within this self-insured retention level and we are required under our workers’ compensation insurance agreements to post a letter of credit or set aside cash in trust funds to securitize the estimated losses that we may incur. Because of the high retention levels, we cannot predict with absolute certainty the actual amount of the losses we will assume and pay.
     We estimate our professional liability and general liability reserves on a quarterly basis and our workers’ compensation reserve on a semi-annual basis, based upon actuarial analyses using the most recent trends of claims, settlements and other relevant data from our own and our industry’s loss history. Based upon these analyses, at June 30, 2008, we had reserved $31.4 million for known or unknown or potential uninsured professional liability and general liability claims and $14.0 million for workers’ compensation claims. We have estimated that we may incur approximately $9.2 million for professional and general liability claims and $3.4 million for workers’ compensation claims for a total of $12.6 million to be payable within 12 months; however, there are no set payment schedules and we cannot assure you that the payment amount in 2008 will not be significantly larger. To the extent that subsequent claims information varies from loss estimates, the liabilities will be adjusted to reflect current loss data. There can be no assurance that in the future malpractice or workers’ compensation insurance will be available at a reasonable price or that we will not have to further increase our levels of self-insurance.

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     Inflation. We derive a substantial portion of our revenue from the Medicare program. We also derive revenue from state Medicaid and similar reimbursement programs. Payments under these programs generally provide for reimbursement levels that are adjusted for inflation annually based upon the state’s fiscal year for the Medicaid programs and in each October for the Medicare program. However, we cannot assure you that these adjustments will continue in the future and, if received, will reflect the actual increase in our costs for providing healthcare services.
     Labor and supply expenses make up a substantial portion of our operating expenses. Those expenses can be subject to increase in periods of rising inflation and when labor shortages occur in the marketplace. To date, we have generally been able to implement cost control measures or obtain increases in reimbursement sufficient to offset increases in these expenses. We cannot assure you that we will be successful in offsetting future cost increases.
     Seasonality. Our business experiences slight seasonality as a result of variation in average daily census levels, with historically the highest average daily census in the first quarter of each year and the lowest average daily census in the third quarter of each year. In addition, revenue has typically increased in the fourth quarter of each year on a sequential basis due to annual increases in Medicare and Medicaid rates that typically have been fully implemented during that quarter.
Recent Accounting Standards
     Effective January 1, 2008, we adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157, Fair Value Measurements, or SFAS 157. In February 2008, the Financial Accounting Standards Board, or FASB, issued FASB Staff Position No. FAS 157-2, Effective Date of FASB Statement No. 157, which provides a one-year deferral of the effective date of SFAS 157 for non-financial assets and non-financial liabilities, except for those that are recognized or disclosed in the financial statements at fair value at least annually. Therefore, we have adopted the provisions of SFAS 157 only with respect to financial assets and liabilities, as well as any other assets and liabilities carried at fair value. SFAS 157 defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value under generally accepted accounting principles and enhances disclosures about fair value measurements. Fair value is defined under SFAS 157 as the exchange price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date. Valuation techniques used to measure fair value under SFAS 157 must maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs.
     The adoption of this statement did not have a material impact on our consolidated results of operations or financial condition.
     Effective January 1, 2008, we adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 159, The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities, or SFAS 159. SFAS 159 allows an entity the irrevocable option to elect fair value for the initial and subsequent measurement for specified financial assets and liabilities on a contract-by-contract basis. We did not elect to adopt the fair value option on any assets or liabilities not previously carried at fair value under this Statement.
     In December 2007, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 141 (Revised 2007), Business Combinations, or SFAS 141R. SFAS 141R establishes principles and requirements for how the acquirer of a business recognizes and measures in its financial statements the identifiable assets acquired, the liabilities assumed, and any non-controlling interest in the acquiree. The statement also provides guidance for recognizing and measuring the goodwill acquired in the business combination and determines what information to disclose to enable users of the financial statement to evaluate the nature and financial effects of the business combination. SFAS 141R is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2008. Accordingly, any business combinations we engage in will be recorded and disclosed following existing generally accepted accounting principles until January 1, 2009. We expect SFAS 141R will have an impact on our consolidated financial statements when effective, but the nature and magnitude of the specific effects will depend upon the nature, terms and size of the acquisitions we consummate after the effective date. We are still assessing the impact of this standard on our future consolidated financial statements.
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accounting and reporting standards to improve the relevance, comparability, and transparency of financial information in a company’s consolidated financial statements. This is accomplished by requiring all entities, except not-for-profit organizations, that prepare consolidated financial statements to (a) clearly identify, label and present ownership interests in subsidiaries held by parties other than the parent in the consolidated statement of financial position within equity, but separate from the parent’s equity; (b) clearly identify and present both the parent’s and the noncontrolling interest’s attributable consolidated net income on the face of the consolidated statement of operations; (c) consistently account for changes in a parent’s ownership interest while the parent retains its controlling financial interest in a subsidiary and for all transactions that are economically similar to be accounted for similarly; (d) measure of any gain, loss or retained noncontrolling equity at fair value after a subsidiary is deconsolidated; and (e) provide sufficient disclosures that clearly identify and distinguish between the interests of the parent and the interests of the noncontrolling owners. SFAS 160 also clarifies that a noncontrolling interest in a subsidiary is an ownership interest in the consolidated entity that should be reported as equity in the consolidated financial statements. SFAS 160 is effective for fiscal years and interim periods on or after December 15, 2008. We are currently evaluating the impact, if any, that SFAS 160 may have on our future consolidated financial statements.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
     As of June 30, 2008, we had no off-balance sheet arrangements.
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
     In the normal course of business, our operations are exposed to risks associated with fluctuations in interest rates. We routinely monitor our risks associated with fluctuations in interest rates and consider the use of derivative financial instruments to hedge these exposures. We do not enter into derivative financial instruments for trading or speculative purposes nor do we enter into energy or commodity contracts.
   Interest Rate Exposure — Interest Rate Risk Management
     We use our senior secured credit facility and 11.0% senior subordinated notes to finance our operations. The credit facility exposes us to variability in interest payments due to changes in interest rates. In November 2007, we entered into a $100.0 million interest rate swap agreement in order to manage fluctuations in cash flows resulting from interest rate risk. This interest rate swap changes a portion of our variable-rate cash flow exposure to fixed-rate cash flows at an interest rate of 6.4%. Additionally, we have entered into a three-year interest rate cap agreement expiring in August 2008 in the amount of $148.0 million. This provides us the right at any time during the contract period to exchange the 90-day LIBOR then in effect for a 6.0% cap on LIBOR. We continue to assess our exposure to interest rate risk on an ongoing basis.
     Our interest rate risk is monitored using a variety of techniques. The table below presents the principal amounts, weighted average interest rates and fair values by year of expected maturity to evaluate the expected cash flows and sensitivity to interest rate changes (dollars in thousands):
                                                         
    Twelve Months Ending June 30,            
    2009   2010   2011   2012   Thereafter   Total   Fair Value
Fixed-rate debt (1)
  $ 577     $ 264     $ 281     $ 300     $ 130,691     $ 132,113     $ 140,563  
Average interest rate
    5.1 %     6.5 %     6.5 %     6.5 %     11.0 %                
   
Variable-rate debt
  $ 2,600     $ 82,600     $ 2,600     $ 244,400     $     $ 332,200     $ 306,980  
Average interest rate(2)
    4.8 %     6.3 %     6.3 %     6.5 %     0 %                
 
(1)   Excludes unamortized original issue discount of $0.6 million on our 11.0% senior subordinated notes.
 
(2)   Based on implied forward three-month LIBOR rates in the yield curve as of June 30, 2008.
     For the six months ended June 30, 2008, the total net loss recognized from converting from floating rate (three-month LIBOR) to fixed rate from a portion of the interest payments under our long-term debt obligations was approximately $0.5 million. At June 30, 2008, an unrealized loss of $1.0 million (net of income tax) is included in

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accumulated other comprehensive income. Below is a table listing the interest expense exposure detail and the fair value of the interest rate swap agreement as of June 30, 2008 (dollars in thousands):
                                                 
    Notional   Trade   Effective           Six Months Ended   Fair Value
Loan   Amount   Date   Date   Maturity   June 30, 2008   (Pre-tax)
First Lien
  $ 100,000       10/24/07       10/31/07       12/31/09     $ 489     $ 1,628  
The fair value of interest rate swap agreements designated as hedging instruments against the variability of cash flows associated with floating-rate, long-term debt obligations are reported in accumulated other comprehensive income. These amounts subsequently are reclassified into interest expense as a yield adjustment in the same period in which the related interest on the floating-rate debt obligation affects earnings. We evaluate the effectiveness of the cash flow hedge, in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards, or SFAS No. 133, Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities, on a quarterly basis. Should the hedge become ineffective, the change in fair value would be recognized in the consolidated statements of operations.
Item 4. Controls and Procedures
Disclosure Controls and Procedures
     Our management, with the participation of our chief executive officer and chief financial officer, evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of June 30, 2008. The term disclosure controls and procedures, as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act, means controls and other procedures of a company that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by a company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by a company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to the company’s management, including its principal executive and principal financial officers, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Our management recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving their objectives and management necessarily applies its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures. Based on the evaluation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of June 30, 2008, our chief executive officer and chief financial officer concluded that, as of such date, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective at the reasonable assurance level.
Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
     During the quarter ended June 30, 2008, there have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
     We were not required to include in our Annual Report on Form 10-K a report of management’s assessment regarding internal control over financial reporting or an attestation report of our independent registered public accounting firm due to a transition period established by rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission for newly public companies. At the end of the fiscal year 2008, Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act will require our management to provide an assessment of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting, and our independent registered public accounting firm will be required to report on the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting. We are in the process of performing the information system and process documentation, and evaluation and testing required for management to make this assessment and for our independent registered public accounting firm to provide their attestation report. We have not completed this process or the assessment, and this process will require significant amounts of management time and resources. In the course of evaluation and testing, management may identify deficiencies that will need to be addressed and remediated.

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Part II. Other Information
Item 1. Legal Proceedings
     On May 4, 2006, three plaintiffs filed a complaint against us in the Superior Court of California, Humboldt County, entitled Bates v. Skilled Healthcare Group, Inc. and twenty-three of its subsidiaries. In the complaint, the plaintiffs allege that certain California-based facilities operated by our subsidiaries failed to provide an adequate number of qualified personnel to care for its residents and misrepresented the quality of care provided in its facilities. Plaintiffs allege these failures violated the residents’ rights, the California Business and Professions Code and the Consumer Legal Remedies Act. Plaintiffs seek restitution of money paid for services allegedly promised to, but not received by, facility residents during the period from September 1, 2003 to the present. The complaint further sought class certification of in excess of 18,000 plaintiffs as well as injunctive relief, punitive damages and attorneys’ fees.
     In response to the complaint, we filed a demurrer. On November 28, 2006, the Humboldt Court denied the demurrer. On January 31, 2008, the Humboldt Court denied our motion for a protective order as to the names and addresses of residents within the facility and on April 7, 2008, the Humboldt Court granted plaintiffs’ motion to compel electronic discovery by us. On May 27, 2008, plaintiffs’ motion for class certification was heard. On June 12, 2008, we received an order granting plaintiffs’ motion for class certification. We intend to seek a writ and reversal by the California Court of Appeal, First Appellate District, of the order granting class certification. Primary professional liability insurance coverage has been exhausted for the policy year applicable to this case. The excess insurance carrier issuing the policy applicable to this case has recently issued its reservation of rights to preserve an assertion of non-coverage for this case. Given the uncertainty of the pleadings and facts at this juncture in the litigation, an assessment of potential exposure is uncertain at this time.
     In addition to the above, we are involved in other legal proceedings and regulatory enforcement investigations from time to time in the ordinary course of our business. We do not believe the outcome of these proceedings and investigations will have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.
Item 1A. Risk Factors
     For a detailed discussion of the risk factors that should be understood by any investor contemplating investment in our stock, please refer to Part II, Item 1A, Risk Factors, in our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. There has been no material change in our risk factors from those set therein.
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
     None.
Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities
     None.
Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
     We held our 2008 annual meeting of stockholders on May 8, 2008. A quorum was present at the Annual Meeting, with 19,432,399 shares of Class A common stock and 17,632,539 shares of Class B common stock, representing 195,757,789 votes entitled to be cast in person or by proxy at the meeting.
     The stockholders voted to elect Glenn S. Schafer, William C. Scott and M. Bernard Puckett to serve as Class I directors until our 2011 annual meeting of stockholders and until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified. The results of the vote (cast in person or by proxy) are as follows:
                         
    Mr. Schafer   Mr. Scott   Mr. Puckett
For
    178,698,004       166,959,334       178,920,359  
Withheld From
    1,168,553       12,907,223       946,198  
 
                       
Total Votes
    179,866,557       179,866,557       179,866,557  

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     The stockholders voted to approve the amended and restated Skilled Healthcare Group 2007 Incentive Award Plan, which increased the number of shares of common stock reserved for issuance under the plan by 1,500,000 shares. The results of the vote (cast in person or by proxy) are as follows:
         
    Number of
Amendment and Restated of 2007 Plan   Votes
For
    178,215,324  
Against
    865,461  
Abstain
    1,750  
 
       
Total Votes
    179,082,535  
Broker Non-votes
    784,022  
     The stockholders also voted to ratify the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm. The results of the vote (cast in person or by proxy) are as follows:
         
    Number of
Amendment and Restated of 2007 Plan   Votes
For
    179,854,005  
Against
    11,540  
Abstain
    1,012  
 
       
Total Votes
    179,866,557  
Broker Non-votes
    0  
Item 5. Other Information
     None.
Item 6. Exhibits
     (a) Exhibits.
     
Number   Description
2.1
  Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of October 22, 2005, among SHG Acquisition Corp., SHG Holding Solutions, Inc. and Skilled Healthcare Group, Inc. (filed as Exhibit 2.1 to our Registration Statement on Form S-1, No. 333-137897, filed on October 10, 2006, and incorporated herein by reference).
 
   
2.2
  Amendment No. 1 to Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated October 22, 2005, by and between SHG Holding Solutions, Inc. and Skilled Healthcare Group, Inc. (filed as Exhibit 2.2 to our Registration Statement on Form S-1, No. 333-137897, filed on October 10, 2006, and incorporated herein by reference).
 
   
2.3
  Asset Purchase Agreement, dated as of January 31, 2006, by and among Skilled Healthcare Group, Inc., each of the entities listed on Schedule 2.1 thereto, M. Terence Reardon and M. Sue Reardon, individually and as Trustee of the M. Terence Reardon Trust U.T.A. dated June 26, 2003, and M. Sue Reardon and M. Terence Reardon, as Trustees of the M. Sue Reardon Trust U.T.A. dated June 26, 2003 (filed as Exhibit 2.3 to our Registration Statement on Form S-1, No. 333-137897, filed on October 10, 2006, and incorporated herein by reference).
 
   
2.4
  Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of February 7, 2007, by and among SHG Holding Solutions, Inc., and Skilled Healthcare Group, Inc. (filed as Exhibit 2.4 to our Registration Statement on Form S-1/A, No. 333-137897, filed on February 9, 2007, and incorporated herein by reference).
 
   
2.5
  Asset Purchase Agreement, dated February 8, 2007, by and among Skilled Healthcare Group, Inc., Raymore Care Center LLC, Blue River Care Center LLC, MLD Healthcare LLC, Blue River Real

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Number   Description
 
  Estate LLC, MLD Real Estate LLC, Melvin Dunsworth and Raymore Health Care, Inc. (filed as Exhibit 2.5 to our Registration Statement on Form S-1/A, No. 333-137897, filed on April 23, 2007, and incorporated herein by reference).
 
   
2.6+
  Asset Purchase Agreement, dated as of July 31, 2007, by and among Skilled Healthcare Group, Inc. and certain affiliates of Laurel Healthcare Providers, LLC (filed as Exhibit 2.6 to our Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2007, and incorporated herein by reference).
 
   
3.1
  Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Skilled Healthcare Group, Inc. (filed as Exhibit 3.2 to our Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2007, and incorporated herein by reference).
   
3.2
  Amended and Restated By-Laws of Skilled Healthcare Group, Inc. (filed as Exhibit 3.4 to our Registration Statement on Form S-1/A, No. 333-137897, filed on April 27, 2007, and incorporated herein by reference).
   
3.3
  Certificate of Ownership and Merger of Skilled Healthcare Group, Inc., dated February 7, 2007 (filed as Exhibit 3.1.1 to our Registration Statement on Form S-1/A, No. 333-137897, filed on April 27, 2007, and incorporated herein by reference).
 
   
4.1
  Indenture, dated as of December 27, 2005, by and among SHG Acquisition Corp., Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. and certain subsidiaries of Skilled Healthcare Group, Inc. (filed as Exhibit 4.2 to our Registration Statement on Form S-1, No. 333-137897, filed on October 10, 2006, and incorporated herein by reference).
 
   
4.2
  Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of December 27, 2005, by and among SHG Acquisition Corp., all the subsidiaries of Skilled Healthcare Group, Inc. listed therein, Credit Suisse First Boston, LLC and J.P. Morgan Securities, Inc. (filed as Exhibit 4.3 to our Registration Statement on Form S-1, No. 333-137897, filed on October 10, 2006, and incorporated herein by reference).
 
   
4.3
  Investor Stockholders’ Agreement, dated as of December 27, 2005, among SHG Holding Solutions, Inc., Onex Partners LP and the stockholders listed on the signature pages thereto (filed as Exhibit 4.4 to our Registration Statement on Form S-1, No. 333-137897, filed on October 10, 2006, and incorporated herein by reference).
 
   
4.4
  Registration Agreement dated December 27, 2005, among SHG Holding Solutions, Inc. and the persons listed thereon (filed as Exhibit 4.5 to our Registration Statement on Form S-1, No. 333-137897, filed on October 10, 2006, and incorporated herein by reference).
 
   
4.5
  Form of specimen certificate for Skilled Healthcare Group, Inc.’s class A common stock (filed as Exhibit 4.1 to our Registration Statement on Form S-1/A, No. 333-137897, filed on April 27, 2007, and incorporated herein by reference).
 
   
4.6
  Form of 11% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2014 (included in Exhibit 4.1).
 
   
10.1
  Amended and Restated Skilled Healthcare Group, Inc. 2007 Incentive Award Plan (filed as Appendix A to the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement filed on April 7, 2008, and incorporated herein by reference).
 
   
31.1
  Certification of Principal Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) and Rule 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
 
   
31.2
  Certification of Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) and Rule 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
 
   
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  Certification of Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
 
+   The Company has omitted certain schedules and exhibits pursuant to Item 601(b)(2) of Regulation S-K and shall furnish supplementally to the SEC copies of any of the omitted schedules and exhibits upon the SEC’s request.

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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.
         
 
  SKILLED HEALTHCARE GROUP, INC.    
 
       
Date: August 5, 2008
  /s/ Devasis Ghose
 
Devasis Ghose
   
 
  Executive Vice President, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer    
 
  (Principal Financial Officer and Authorized Signatory)
 
       
 
  /s/ Christopher N. Felfe    
 
       
 
  Christopher N. Felfe    
 
  Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Accounting Officer    
 
  (Principal Accounting Officer and Authorized Signatory)    

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EXHIBIT INDEX
     
Number   Description
2.1
  Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of October 22, 2005, among SHG Acquisition Corp., SHG Holding Solutions, Inc. and Skilled Healthcare Group, Inc. (filed as Exhibit 2.1 to our Registration Statement on Form S-1, No. 333-137897, filed on October 10, 2006, and incorporated herein by reference).
 
   
2.2
  Amendment No. 1 to Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated October 22, 2005, by and between SHG Holding Solutions, Inc. and Skilled Healthcare Group, Inc. (filed as Exhibit 2.2 to our Registration Statement on Form S-1, No. 333-137897, filed on October 10, 2006, and incorporated herein by reference).
 
   
2.3
  Asset Purchase Agreement, dated as of January 31, 2006, by and among Skilled Healthcare Group, Inc., each of the entities listed on Schedule 2.1 thereto, M. Terence Reardon and M. Sue Reardon, individually and as Trustee of the M. Terence Reardon Trust U.T.A. dated June 26, 2003, and M. Sue Reardon and M. Terence Reardon, as Trustees of the M. Sue Reardon Trust U.T.A. dated June 26, 2003 (filed as Exhibit 2.3 to our Registration Statement on Form S-1, No. 333-137897, filed on October 10, 2006, and incorporated herein by reference).
 
   
2.4
  Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of February 7, 2007, by and among SHG Holding Solutions, Inc., and Skilled Healthcare Group, Inc. (filed as Exhibit 2.4 to our Registration Statement on Form S-1/A, No. 333-137897, filed on February 9, 2007, and incorporated herein by reference).
 
   
2.5
  Asset Purchase Agreement, dated February 8, 2007, by and among Skilled Healthcare Group, Inc., Raymore Care Center LLC, Blue River Care Center LLC, MLD Healthcare LLC, Blue River Real Estate LLC, MLD Real Estate LLC, Melvin Dunsworth and Raymore Health Care, Inc. (filed as Exhibit 2.5 to our Registration Statement on Form S-1/A, No. 333-137897, filed on April 23, 2007, and incorporated herein by reference).
 
   
2.6+
  Asset Purchase Agreement, dated as of July 31, 2007, by and among Skilled Healthcare Group, Inc. and certain affiliates of Laurel Healthcare Providers, LLC (filed as Exhibit 2.6 to our Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2007, and incorporated herein by reference).
 
   
3.1
  Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Skilled Healthcare Group, Inc. (filed as Exhibit 3.2 to our Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2007, and incorporated herein by reference).
 
   
3.2
  Amended and Restated By-Laws of Skilled Healthcare Group, Inc. (filed as Exhibit 3.4 to our Registration Statement on Form S-1/A, No. 333-137897, filed on April 27, 2007, and incorporated herein by reference).

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Number   Description
3.3
  Certificate of Ownership and Merger of Skilled Healthcare Group, Inc., dated February 7, 2007 (filed as Exhibit 3.1.1 to our Registration Statement on Form S-1/A, No. 333-137897, filed on April 27, 2007, and incorporated herein by reference).
 
   
4.1
  Indenture, dated as of December 27, 2005, by and among SHG Acquisition Corp., Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. and certain subsidiaries of Skilled Healthcare Group, Inc. (filed as Exhibit 4.2 to our Registration Statement on Form S-1, No. 333-137897, filed on October 10, 2006, and incorporated herein by reference).
 
   
4.2
  Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of December 27, 2005, by and among SHG Acquisition Corp., all the subsidiaries of Skilled Healthcare Group, Inc. listed therein, Credit Suisse First Boston, LLC and J.P. Morgan Securities, Inc. (filed as Exhibit 4.3 to our Registration Statement on Form S-1, No. 333-137897, filed on October 10, 2006, and incorporated herein by reference).
   
4.3
  Investor Stockholders’ Agreement, dated as of December 27, 2005, among SHG Holding Solutions, Inc., Onex Partners LP and the stockholders listed on the signature pages thereto (filed as Exhibit 4.4 to our Registration Statement on Form S-1, No. 333-137897, filed on October 10, 2006, and incorporated herein by reference).
 
   
4.4
  Registration Agreement dated December 27, 2005, among SHG Holding Solutions, Inc. and the persons listed thereon (filed as Exhibit 4.5 to our Registration Statement on Form S-1, No. 333-137897, filed on October 10, 2006, and incorporated herein by reference).
 
   
4.5
  Form of specimen certificate for Skilled Healthcare Group, Inc.’s class A common stock (filed as Exhibit 4.1 to our Registration Statement on Form S-1/A, No. 333-137897, filed on April 27, 2007, and incorporated herein by reference).
 
   
4.6
  Form of 11% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2014 (included in Exhibit 4.1).
 
   
10.1
  Amended and Restated Skilled Healthcare Group, Inc. 2007 Incentive Award Plan (filed as Appendix A to the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement filed on April 7, 2008, and incorporated herein by reference).
 
   
31.1
  Certification of Principal Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) and Rule 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
 
   
31.2
  Certification of Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) and Rule 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
 
   
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  Certification of Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
 
+   The Company has omitted certain schedules and exhibits pursuant to Item 601(b)(2) of Regulation S-K and shall furnish supplementally to the SEC copies of any of the omitted schedules and exhibits upon the SEC’s request.

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