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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
 Washington, D.C. 20549
 

 
FORM 10-K
 

 
(Mark One)
x ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal period ended January 31, 2009

o TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT

For the transition period from ___________ to ____________
 

 
Commission File No.
000-25809
 

 
Apollo Medical Holdings, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware
 
20-8046599
State of Incorporation
 
IRS Employer Identification No.

1010 N. Central Avenue
Glendale, California 91202
(Address of principal executive offices)

(818) 507-4617
(Issuer’s telephone number)

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act
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Check whether the issuer (1) filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act during the past 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.
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate website, if any, every interactive data file required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that registrant was required to submit and post such files).
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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. (Check one):

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).
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The aggregate market value of the shares of voting common stock held by non-affiliates of the Registrant computed by reference to the closing sales price of such shares on the OTC Bulletin Board on July 31, 2008, the last business day of the Registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter, was $509.  Solely for purposes of the foregoing calculation, all of the registrant’s directors and officers as of July 31, 2008 are deemed to be affiliates. This determination of affiliate status for this purpose does not reflect a determination that any persons are affiliates for any other purpose.

As of April 10, 2009, there were 25,870,220 shares of Common Stock, $.001 par value per share issued and outstanding.
 



 

APOLLO MEDICAL HOLDINGS, INC.
FORM 10-K
FOR THE TWELVE MONTHS ENDED JANUARY 31, 2009

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PART I
   
Item 1
Description of Business
3
Item 1A
Risk Factors
15
Item 1B
Unresolved Staff Comments
  22
Item 2
Description of Properties
  22
Item 3
Legal Proceedings
  23
Item 4
Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  23
     
PART II
   
Item 5
Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchase of Equity Securities
  23
Item 6
Selected Financial Data
  25
Item 7
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
  25
Item 7A
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk
  29
Item 8
Financial Statements and Supplementary Data
  30
Item 9
Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants and Financial Disclosures
  30
Item 9A(T)
Controls and Procedures
  30
Item 9B
Other Information
  32
     
PART III
   
Item 10
Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance
  32
Item 11
Executive Compensation
  34
Item 12
Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and related Stockholder Matters
  35
Item 13
Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence
  36
Item 14
Principal Accounting Fees and Services
  37
     
PART IV
   
Item 15
Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules
  38
 
Signatures
  38
 
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PART I

ITEM 1. 
DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS
 
Introductory Comment

Unless context dictates otherwise, references in this Annual Report on Form 10-K (the “Report”) to the “Company,” “we,” “us,” “our” and similar words are to Apollo Medical Holdings, Inc. (“Apollo”), and its wholly owned subsidiaries: (i) Apollo Medical Management, Inc. (“AMM”); (ii) ApolloMed Hospitalists (“AMH”) and Apollo Medical Associates (“AMA”).

The following discussion and analysis provides information that management believes is relevant to an assessment and understanding of our results of operations and financial operations. This discussion should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto appearing elsewhere herein, and with our prior filings with the Securities Exchange Commission (the “SEC”).

Disclosure Regarding Forward-Looking Statements - Cautionary Statement

We caution readers that this Report contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements, written, oral or otherwise, are based on the Company’s current expectations or beliefs rather than historical facts concerning future events, and they are indicated by words or phrases such as (but not limited to) “anticipate,” “could,” “may,” “might,” “potential,” “predict,” “should,” “estimate,” “expect,” “project,” “believe,” “think,” “intend,” “plan,” “envision,” “continue,” “intend,” “target,” “contemplate,” “budgeted,”  or “will” and similar words or phrases or comparable terminology. Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties. The Company cautions that these statements are further qualified by important economic, competitive, governmental and technological factors that could cause the Company’s business, strategy, or actual results or events to differ materially, or otherwise, from those in the forward-looking statements. We have based such forward-looking statements on our current expectations, assumptions, estimates and projections, and therefore there can be no assurance that any forward-looking statement contained herein, or otherwise made by the Company, will prove to be accurate. The Company assumes no obligation to update the forward-looking statements.

The Company has a relatively limited operating history compared to others in the same business and is operating in a rapidly changing industry environment, and its ability to predict results or the actual effect of future plans or strategies, based on historical results or trends or otherwise, is inherently uncertain. While we believe that these forward-looking statements are reasonable, they are merely predictions or illustrations of potential outcomes, and they involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties, many beyond our control, that are likely to cause actual results, performance, or achievements to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Factors that could have a material adverse affect on the operations and future prospects of the Company on a condensed basis include those factors discussed under Item 1A “Risk Factors” and Item 7, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis or Plan of Operation” in this Report, and include, but are not limited to, the following:

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Our ability to attract and retain management, and to integrate and maintain technical information and management information systems;

Our ability to raise capital when needed and on acceptable terms and conditions;

The intensity of competition; and

General economic conditions.
 
All written and oral forward-looking statements made in connection with this Report that are attributable to us or persons acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by these cautionary statements. Given the uncertainties that surround such statements, you are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements.

Overview

Apollo Medical Holdings, Inc. operates as a medical management holding company that focuses on managing the provision of hospital-based medicine through a wholly owned subsidiary-management company, Apollo Medical Management, Inc. (“AMM”). Through AMM, the Company manages affiliated medical groups, which presently comprise two wholly owned subsidiaries, ApolloMed Hospitalists (“AMH”) and Apollo Medical Associates (“AMA”).  AMM operates as a Physician Practice Management Company (PPM) and is in the business of providing management services to Physician Practice Companies (PPC) under Management Service Agreements. 

Organizational History

On June 13, 2008, Siclone Industries, Inc. (“Siclone”), Apollo Acquisition Co., Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Siclone (“Acquisition”), Apollo Medical Management, Inc. (“Apollo Medical”) and the shareholders of Apollo Medical entered into an agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”). Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, Apollo Medical merged with and into Acquisition. The former shareholders of Apollo Medical received 20,933,490 shares of Siclone’s common stock in exchange for all the issued and outstanding shares of Apollo Medical.

The acquisition of Apollo Medical is accounted for as a reverse acquisition under the purchase method of accounting since the shareholders of Apollo Medical obtained control of the consolidated entity. Accordingly, the reorganization of the two companies is recorded as a recapitalization of Apollo Medical, with Apollo Medical being treated as the continuing operating entity. The historical financial statements presented herein will be those of Apollo Medical. The continuing entity retained January 31 as its fiscal year end. The financial statements of the legal acquirer are not significant; therefore, no pro forma financial information is submitted.

 
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On July 1, 2008, the continuing entity (i.e., the combined entity of Acquisition and Apollo Medical) changed its name to Apollo Medical Management, Inc. (AMM).  On July 3, 2008, Siclone changed its name to Apollo Medical Holdings, Inc.   Following the merger, the Company is headquartered in Glendale, California.

On August 1, 2008, AMM completed negotiations and executed a formal Management Services Agreement with ApolloMed Hospitalists (“AMH”), under which AMM will provide management services to AMH.  The Agreement is effective as of August 1, 2008 and will allow AMM, which operates as a Physician Practice Management Company, to consolidate AMH, which operates as a Physician Practice, in accordance with EITF 97-2, Application of FASB Statement No. 94 and APB Opinion No. 16 to Physician Management Entities and Certain Other Entities with Contractual Management Agreements. The Management Services Agreement was amended on March 20, 2009, to allow for the calculation of the fee on a monthly basis with payment of the calculated fee each month.  AMH is controlled by Dr. Hosseinion and Dr. Vazquez, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and President, respectively.

Hospitalist Industry Overview

Hospitalists are physicians who spend their professional time serving as the physicians-of-record for inpatients.  Today, many primary care physicians/healthcare providers use hospitalists to care for their patients when they visit emergency rooms or are admitted to the hospital. The hospitalist handles the patient’s care during the time spent in the hospital, and communicates often with the patient’s primary care physician about the patient’s progress. At the time of discharge from the hospital, the hospitalists returns the patient back to the care of their primary care providers. The number of hospitalists has grown from a few hundred in 1996 to over 20,000 today in response to a need for more efficient delivery of inpatient care according to the Society of Hospital Medicine. It is anticipated that as many as 33,000 hospitalists may be currently needed for full coverage of inpatients in the United States.

Rising healthcare expenditures is a key motivating factor behind the utilization of hospitalists. An aging population, advancements in medical technology, and the rising cost of pharmaceuticals are just some of the forces driving up healthcare costs.  Hospital medicine has developed as a specialty with unique characteristics and expertise. Hospitalists have specialized skills, knowledge, and relationships that contribute value to hospitals, physicians, patients, and health plans. These skills go beyond the delivery of quality patient care to hospital inpatients and include:

Providing measurable quality improvement through setting standards and compliance;
Saving money and resources by reducing the patient’s length of stay and achieving better utilization;
Improving the efficiency of the hospital by early patient discharge, better throughput in the emergency department (ED), and the opening up of ICU beds;
Creating a seamless continuity from inpatient to outpatient care, from the ED to the floor, and from the ICU to the floor;
 
 
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Creating teams of healthcare professionals that make better use of the resources at the hospital and create a better working environment for nurses and others;
Creating synergies between emergency and inpatient hospital services by the management of both areas through the Company’s strategy of acquisitions of both ER and hospitalist groups; and
Managing acutely ill, complex hospitalized patients.

In today’s healthcare environment, patients are generally admitted to hospitals and cared for by primary care physicians (PCPs). The demands of modern medical practice, however, require that PCPs spend most of their time in outpatient practices limiting their availability to care for hospitalized patients. These requirements and demands have led to ever-diminishing quality of inpatient care, longer hospital stays, and higher costs to the insurance companies. Over the past few years, hospital-based physicians, or hospitalists (i.e. those physicians that do not have a separate outpatient practice), are becoming a regular part of the healthcare landscape allowing PCPs to focus on outpatient office visits. According to the Society of Hospital Medicine, a leading trade journal, hospital medicine is the fastest growing medical specialty today growing from a few hundred hospitalists in 1996 to approximately 20,000 hospitalists today. Generally hospital-based physicians:

are medical doctors that spend their time in the inpatient environment, making them familiar with hospital systems, policies, services, departments, and staff;
are in-patient experts who possess clinical credibility when addressing key issues regarding the inpatient environment; and
understand the tradeoffs involved in balancing the needs of the hospital with those of the medical staff; they tend to have an intimate knowledge of the issues that the hospital is facing and are invested in finding solutions to these problems.
 
Principal Services and Markets

The Company provides management services to medical groups that provide comprehensive inpatient care services in the U.S.  We offer a comprehensive set of integrated medical services to hospitals, health carriers and medical groups as well as individual physicians, through our affiliated medical groups, as follows:
 
Services for Hospitals
 
Providing care from the emergency room through hospital discharge;
Admission and care of unassigned and/or uninsured patients;
Inpatient internal medicine consultation services;
Emergency room Clinical Decision Unit services to improve throughput and ease overcrowding;
Development of hospital-based physicians programs, including pulmonary, critical care, cardiology and nephrology;
24/7 in-hospital inpatient coverage services;
 
 
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Development of evidence-based medicine protocols for common diagnoses;
Implementation of patient safety guidelines;
Education of nurses and hospital staff;
Analysis of statistics via the ApolloWeb (discussed further below) database, including length of stay, bed days/1000 admissions, and readmission rates; and
Care of patients at academic medical centers, including the education of medical students, interns and residents

Services for Health Carriers and Medical Groups
 
Admission and care of assigned patients;
Consistent communication with primary care physicians upon admission, during the patient’s hospital stay, and upon discharge;
Rapid transfer of out-of-network patients back to designated hospitals;
24/7 in-hospital inpatient coverage services;
Consistent communication with case managers, social workers, and medical group personnel;
Hospital-based physician consulting services; and
Analysis of statistics via the ApolloWeb database technology.

Services for Individual Physicians
 
Hospital-based services for physicians on weekends, holidays, or for those who do not wish to come to the hospital; primary care physicians can benefit from this arrangement because they have more time to focus on outpatient care.

Competition

The healthcare industry is highly competitive, and the market for hospitalists within this industry is highly fragmented.  The Company faces competition from numerous small hospitalist and emergency room practices as well as large physician groups. Some of these competitors operate on a national level, such as Emcare, Team Health and IPC and may have greater financial and other resources available to them.
 
In addition, because the market for hospitalist services is highly fragmented and the ability of individual physicians to provide services in any hospital where they have certain credentials and privileges, competition for growth in existing and expanding markets is not limited to our largest competitors.

Growth Strategy, Competitive Position in Industry and Methods of Competition

We anticipate that we will grow our business by two primary methods, organic growth and acquisitions.

 
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Organic Growth
 
The Company has initiated a marketing plan focused on targeting hospitals, hospital chains, health carriers/HMOs, medical groups and individual physicians. We also plan to commence a physician recruitment campaign aimed at attracting physicians to meet the expected increase in demand for our services. This campaign will be driven by utilizing direct contacts with internal medicine residency programs, advertising in professional journals, and on-line advertising programs. We believe we have a competitive advantage in attracting highly qualified physicians by offering recruits, through our affiliated medical groups, competitive salary and benefits including, if appropriate, incentive-based stock options as part of the compensation package.

We expect to add key personnel to our business operations in order implement our growth strategy. Management believes that this will include a marketing division, establishing a physician recruiting division, expanding the billing department, and establishing a case management division. We also intend to upgrade our information technology systems to keep pace with growth. This could include: (1) upgrading the ApolloWeb technology, (2) integration of billing and collections functions, (3) electronic medical records, and (4) upgrading the wireless technology system.

Acquisitions
 
The Company also plans to grow through mergers/acquisitions. Targeted mergers/acquisitions will focus on hospitalist groups, emergency room physician groups, and other hospital-based specialty physicians. We have identified a number of small group practices, as well as larger groups with between 40 and 200 physicians that may be potential merger/acquisition candidates. We believe that we may have a competitive advantage in closing potential mergers/acquisitions as a publicly-traded company, which could provide us with access to additional capital and the ability to utilize our stock as part of the compensation package to the stockholders of the target companies.

Technology
 
AMH and Drs. Hosseinion and Vazquez have developed, and own, a proprietary web-based, practice management software program for hospital-based physicians. The system, known as ApolloWeb allows a physician to enter patient information in real-time at a patient’s bedside via a 3G broadband-enabled PDA or a desktop computer. ApolloWeb is capable of generating:
 
real-time, comprehensive statistical data
complete HCFA(Health Care Financing Administration) billing forms
patient admissions and discharge summaries, including major test results and necessary follow-ups
faxes or emails to primary care physicians with the aforementioned information.
 
 
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It is expected that additional features will be added to enhance the ApolloWeb technology, several of which include an Electronic Medical Record (EMR) platform and a quality control component in the near future. In exchange for the Company’s management services, AMH and Drs. Hosseinion and Vazquez currently make ApolloWeb available to the Company for its use at no charge in its business operations. The Company is currently negotiating to acquire the rights to the ApolloWeb technology from AMH, and Drs. Hosseinion and Vazquez.

Regulatory Matters
 
Significant Federal and State Healthcare Laws Governing Our Business
 
As a healthcare company, our operations and relationships with healthcare providers such as hospitals, other healthcare facilities, and healthcare professionals are subject to extensive and increasing regulation by numerous federal, state, and local government entities. These laws and regulations often are interpreted broadly and enforced aggressively by multiple government agencies, including the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General, or the OIG, the U.S. Department of Justice, and various state authorities. We have included brief descriptions of some, but not all, of the laws and regulations that affect our business.
 
Imposition of sanctions associated with a violation of any of these healthcare laws and regulations could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. The Company cannot guarantee that its arrangements or business practices will not be subject to government scrutiny or be found to violate certain healthcare laws. Government investigations and prosecutions, even if we are ultimately found to be without fault, can be costly and disruptive to our business. Moreover, changes in healthcare legislation or government regulation may restrict our existing operations, limit the expansion of our business or impose additional compliance requirements and costs, any of which could have a material adverse affect on its business, financial condition and results of operations.
 
False Claims Acts
 
The federal civil False Claims Act imposes civil liability on individuals or entities that submit false or fraudulent claims for payment to the federal government. The False Claims Act provides, in part, that the federal government may bring a lawsuit against any person whom it believes has knowingly or recklessly presented, or caused to be presented, a false or fraudulent request for payment from the federal government, or who has made a false statement or used a false record to get a claim for payment approved. Private parties may initiate qui tam whistleblower lawsuits against any person or entity under the False Claims Act in the name of the government and may share in the proceeds of a successful suit.

 
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The federal government has used the False Claims Act to prosecute a wide variety of alleged false claims and fraud allegedly perpetrated against Medicare and state healthcare programs. By way of illustration, these prosecutions may be based upon alleged coding errors, billing for services not rendered, billing services at a higher payment rate than appropriate, and billing for care that is not considered medically necessary. The government and a number of courts also have taken the position that claims presented in violation of certain other statutes, including the federal Anti-Kickback Statute or the Stark Law, can be considered a violation of the False Claims Act based on the theory that a provider impliedly certifies compliance with all applicable laws, regulations, and other rules when submitting claims for reimbursement.

Penalties for False Claims Act violations include fines ranging from $5,500 to $11,000 for each false claim, plus up to three times the amount of damages sustained by the government. A False Claims Act violation may provide the basis for the imposition of administrative penalties as well as exclusion from participation in governmental healthcare programs, including Medicare and Medicaid. In addition to the provisions of the False Claims Act, which provide for civil enforcement, the federal government also can use several criminal statutes to prosecute persons who are alleged to have submitted false or fraudulent claims for payment to the federal government.
 
A number of states have enacted false claims acts that are similar to the federal False Claims Act. Even more states are expected to do so in the future because Section 6031 of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, or the DRA, amended the federal law to encourage these types of changes, along with a corresponding increase in state initiated false claims enforcement efforts. Under the DRA, if a state enacts a false claims act that is at least as stringent as the federal statute and that also meets certain other requirements, the state will be eligible to receive a greater share of any monetary recovery obtained pursuant to certain actions brought under the state’s false claims act. The OIG, in consultation with the Attorney General of the United States, is responsible for determining if a state’s false claims act complies with the statutory requirements. Currently, 19 states and the District of Columbia have some form of a state false claims acts. As of August 2007, the OIG has determined that eight of these satisfy the DRA standards, and we anticipate this figure will continue to increase. As of August 2007, the eight states are: Hawaii, Illinois, Massachusetts, Nevada, New York, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia. Of the sixteen states in which we currently operate, the following nine states have some form of a state false claims act: California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Michigan, Nevada, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Texas.
 
Anti-Kickback Statutes
 
The federal Anti-Kickback Statute contained in the Social Security Act prohibits the knowing and willful offer, payment, solicitation or receipt of any form of remuneration in return for, or to induce, (1) the referral of a beneficiary of Medicare, Medicaid or other governmental healthcare programs, (2) the furnishing or arranging for the furnishing of items or services reimbursable under Medicare, Medicaid or other governmental healthcare programs or (3) the purchase, lease, or order or arranging or recommending the purchasing, leasing or ordering of any item or service reimbursable under Medicare, Medicaid or other governmental healthcare programs. Some courts and the OIG interpret the statute to cover any arrangement where even one purpose of the remuneration is to influence referrals. A violation of the Anti-Kickback Statute is a felony punishable by imprisonment, and criminal and civil fines of up to $50,000 per violation and three times the amount of the unlawful remuneration. A violation also can result in exclusion from Medicare, Medicaid or other governmental healthcare programs.

 
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Due to the breadth of the Anti-Kickback Statute’s broad prohibition, there are a few statutory exceptions that protect various common business transactions and arrangements from prosecution. In addition, the OIG has published safe harbor regulations that outline other arrangements that also are deemed protected from prosecution under the Anti-Kickback Statute, provided all applicable criteria are met. The failure of an activity to meet all of the applicable safe harbor criteria does not necessarily mean that the particular arrangement violates the Anti-Kickback Statute, but these arrangements will be subject to greater scrutiny by enforcement agencies.
 
Some states have enacted statutes and regulations similar to the Anti-Kickback Statute, but which may be applicable regardless of the payor source of the patient. These state laws may contain exceptions and safe harbors that are different from those of the federal law and that may vary from state to state.
 
Federal Stark Law
 
The federal Stark Law, also known as the physician self-referral law, generally prohibits a physician from referring Medicare and Medicaid patients to an entity (including hospitals) providing ‘‘designated health services,’’ if the physician or a member of the physician’s immediate family has a ‘‘financial relationship’’ with the entity, unless a specific exception applies. Designated health services include, among other services, inpatient and outpatient hospital services, clinical laboratory services, certain imaging services, and other items or services that our affiliated physicians may order. The prohibition applies regardless of the reasons for the financial relationship and the referral; and therefore, unlike the federal Anti-Kickback Statute, intent to violate the law is not required. Like the Anti-Kickback Statute, the Stark Law contains a number of statutory and regulatory exceptions intended to protect certain types of transactions and business arrangements from penalty. Compliance with all elements of the applicable Stark Law exception is mandatory.

The penalties for violating the Stark Law include the denial of payment for services ordered in violation of the statute, mandatory refunds of any sums paid for such services and civil penalties of up to $15,000 for each violation, double damages, and possible exclusion from future participation in the governmental healthcare programs. A person who engages in a scheme to circumvent the Stark Law’s prohibitions may be fined up to $100,000 for each applicable arrangement or scheme.
 
Some states have enacted statutes and regulations similar to the Stark Law, but which may be applicable to the referral of patients regardless of their payor source and which may apply to different types of services. These state laws may contain statutory and regulatory exceptions that are different from those of the federal law and that may vary from state to state.

 
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Health Information Privacy and Security Standards
 
Among other directives, the Administrative Simplification Provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, or HIPAA, required the Department of Health and Human Services, or the HHS, to adopt standards to protect the privacy and security of certain health-related information. The HIPAA privacy regulations contain detailed requirements concerning the use and disclosure of individually identifiable health information by “HIPAA covered entities,” which include entities like the Company, our affiliated hospitalists, and practice groups.
 
In addition to the privacy requirements, HIPAA covered entities must implement certain administrative, physical, and technical security standards to protect the integrity, confidentiality and availability of certain electronic health information received, maintained, or transmitted. HIPAA also implemented the use of standard transaction code sets and standard identifiers that covered entities must use when submitting or receiving certain electronic healthcare transactions, including activities associated with the billing and collection of healthcare claims.
 
Violations of the HIPAA privacy and security standards may result in civil and criminal penalties, including: (1) civil money penalties of $100 per incident, to a maximum of $25,000, per person, per year, per standard violated and (2) depending upon the nature of the violation, fines of up to $250,000 and imprisonment for up to ten years.
 
Many states in which we operate also have laws that protect the privacy and security of confidential, personal information. These laws may be similar to or even more protective than the federal provisions. Not only may some of these state laws impose fines and penalties upon violators but some may afford private rights of action to individuals who believe their personal information has been misused.
 
Fee-Splitting and Corporate Practice of Medicine
 
Some states have laws that prohibit business entities, such as the Company, from practicing medicine, employing physicians to practice medicine, exercising control over medical decisions by physicians, also known collectively as the corporate practice of medicine, or engaging in certain arrangements, such as fee-splitting, with physicians. In some states these prohibitions are expressly stated in a statute or regulation, while in other states the prohibition is a matter of judicial or regulatory interpretation. Of the sixteen states in which we currently operate, we believe that the following nine states prohibit the corporate practice of medicine: California, Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Tennessee and Texas.
 
The Company operates by maintaining long-term management contracts with affiliated professional organizations, which are each owned and operated by physicians and which employ or contract with additional physicians to provide hospitalist services. Under these arrangements, we perform only non-medical administrative services, do not represent that we offer medical services, and do not exercise influence or control over the practice of medicine by the physicians or the affiliated professional organizations.

 
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Some of the relevant laws, regulations, and agency interpretations in the states in which we operate have been subject to limited judicial and regulatory interpretation. Moreover, state laws are subject to change and regulatory authorities and other parties, including our affiliated physicians, may assert that, despite these arrangements, we are engaged in the prohibited corporate practice of medicine or that our arrangements constitute unlawful fee-splitting. If this occurred, we could be subject to civil or criminal penalties, our contracts could be found legally invalid and unenforceable (in whole or in part), or we could be required to restructure our contractual arrangements.

Deficit Reduction Act of 2005
 
Among other mandates, the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, or the DRA, created a new Medicaid Integrity Program designed to enhance federal and state efforts to detect Medicaid fraud, waste and abuse. Additionally, section 6032 of the DRA requires entities that make or receive annual Medicaid payments of $5.0 million or more from any one state to provide their employees, contractors and agents with written policies and employee handbook materials on federal and state False Claims Acts and related statues. At this time, we are not required to comply with section 6032 because we receive less than $5.0 million in Medicaid payments annually from any one state. However, we will likely be required to comply in the future as our Medicaid billings increase, but we cannot predict when that will occur. We also cannot predict what new state statutes or enforcement efforts may emerge from the DRA and what impact they may have on our operations.
 
Other Federal Healthcare Fraud and Abuse Laws
 
We are also subject to other federal healthcare fraud and abuse laws. Under HIPAA, there are two additional federal crimes that could have an impact on our business: ‘‘Health Care Fraud’’ and ‘‘False Statements Relating to Health Care Matters.’’ The Health Care Fraud statute prohibits any person from knowingly and recklessly executing a scheme or artifice to defraud any healthcare benefit program. Healthcare benefit programs include both government and private payers. A violation of this statute is a felony and may result in fines, imprisonment and/or exclusion from governmental healthcare programs.
 
The False Statements Relating to Health Care Matters statute prohibits knowingly and willfully falsifying, concealing or covering a material fact by any trick, scheme or device or making any materially false, fictitious or fraudulent statement in connection with the delivery of or payment for healthcare benefits, items or services. A violation of this statute is a felony and may result in fines and/or imprisonment.
 
The OIG may impose administrative sanctions or civil monetary penalties against any person or entity that knowingly presents or causes to be presented a claim for payment to a governmental healthcare program for services that were not provided as claimed, is fraudulent, is for a service by an unlicensed physician, or is for medically unnecessary services. Violations may result in penalties of up to $10,000 per claim, treble damages, and exclusion from governmental healthcare funded programs, such as Medicare and Medicaid. In addition, the OIG may impose administrative sanctions against any physician who knowingly accepts payment from a hospital as an inducement to reduce or limit services provided to Medicare and Medicaid program beneficiaries.

 
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Other State Fraud and Abuse Provisions
 
In addition to the state laws previously described, we also are subject to other state fraud and abuse statutes and regulations. Many of the states in which we operate have adopted a form of anti-kickback law, self-referral prohibition, and false claims and insurance fraud prohibition. The scope of these laws and the interpretations of them vary from state to state and are enforced by state courts and regulatory authorities, each with broad discretion. Generally, state laws reach to all healthcare services and not just those covered under a governmental healthcare program. A determination of liability under any of these laws could result in fines and penalties and restrictions on our ability to operate in these states. We cannot assure that our arrangements or business practices will not be subject to government scrutiny or be found to violate applicable fraud and abuse laws.
 
Fair Debt Collection Practices Act
 
Some of our operations may be subject to compliance with certain provisions of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and comparable statutes in many states. Under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, a third-party collection company is restricted in the methods it uses to contact consumer debtors and elicit payments with respect to placed accounts. Requirements under state collection agency statutes vary, with most requiring compliance similar to that required under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.

U.S. Sentencing Guidelines
 
The U.S. Sentencing Guidelines are used by federal judges in determining sentences in federal criminal cases. The guidelines are advisory, not mandatory. With respect to corporations, the guidelines states that having an effective ethics and compliance program may be a relevant mitigating factor in determining sentencing. To comply with the guidelines, the compliance program must be reasonably designed, implemented, and enforced such that it is generally effective in preventing and detecting criminal conduct. The guidelines also state that a corporation should take certain steps such as periodic monitoring and appropriately responding to detected criminal conduct. We have yet to develop a formal ethics and compliance program.
 
Licensing, Certification, Accreditation and Related Laws and Guidelines
 
Clinical personnel of our affiliated companies are subject to numerous federal, state and local licensing laws and regulations, relating to, among other things, professional credentialing and professional ethics. Since the Company performs services at hospitals and other types of healthcare facilities, it may indirectly be subject to laws applicable to those entities as well as ethical guidelines and operating standards of professional trade associations and private accreditation commissions, such as the American Medical Association and the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations. There are penalties for non-compliance with these laws and standards, including loss of professional license, civil or criminal fines and penalties, loss of hospital admitting privileges, and exclusion from participation in various governmental and other third-party healthcare programs.

 
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Professional Licensing Requirements
 
The Company’s affiliated hospitalists must satisfy and maintain their professional licensing in the states where they practice medicine. Activities that qualify as professional misconduct under state law may subject them to sanctions, or to even lose their license and could, possibly, subject us to sanctions as well. Some state boards of medicine impose reciprocal discipline, that is, if a physician is disciplined for having committed professional misconduct in one state where he or she is licensed, another state where he or she is also licensed may impose the same discipline even though the conduct occurred in another state. Professional licensing sanctions may also result in exclusion from participation in governmental healthcare programs, such as Medicare and Medicaid, as well as other third-party programs.

Employees

As of April 30, 2009, we had 3 full-time employees. None of our full-time employees is a member of a labor union, and we have never experienced a work stoppage.

ITEM 1A. 
RISK FACTORS

There are a number of important factors that could cause our business, financial condition, cash flows, and results of operations to differ materially from historical results or those indicated by any forward-looking statements, including the risk factors identified below and other factors about which we may or may not yet be aware. Prospective and existing investors are strongly urged to carefully consider the various cautionary statements and risks set forth in this Report and our other public filings.
 
Risk Relating to Our Business

The Company has a limited operating history that makes it impossible to reliably predict future growth and operating results.

The Company was incorporated on October 19, 2006, and will serve as the management company initially for two medical groups, AMH and AMA. Accordingly, we have a limited operating history upon which you can evaluate its business prospects, which makes it difficult to forecast Apollo’s future operating results. The evolving nature of the current medical services industry increases these uncertainties.
 
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The Company has an unproven business model with no assurance of significant revenues or operating profit. 
 
The current business model is unproven and the profit potential, if any, is unknown at this time. The Company is subject to all of the risks inherent in the creation of a new business. We have not yet commenced full operations and our ability to achieve profitability is dependent, among other things, on our initial marketing to generate sufficient operating cash flow to fund future expansion. There can be no assurance that our results of operations or business strategy will achieve significant revenue or profitability.

The growth strategy of Apollo may not prove viable and expected growth and value may not be realized.

Our business strategy is to rapidly grow by financing the acquisition and establishment, and managing a network, of medical groups providing certain hospital-based services. Where permitted by local law, we may also acquire such medical groups directly. Groups managed (or owned) by the Company are referred to herein as “Affiliated Medical Groups.” Identifying quality acquisition candidates is a time-consuming and costly process. There can be no assurance that we will be successful in identifying and establishing relationships with these and other candidates. If the Company is successful in identifying and acquiring other businesses, there is no assurance that it will be able to manage the growth of such businesses effectively.

The success of our growth strategy depends on the successful identification, completion and integration of acquisitions.

The Company’s future success will depend on the ability to identify, complete, and integrate the acquired businesses with its existing operations. The growth strategy will result in additional demands on our infrastructure, and will place further strain on limited management, administrative, operational, financial and technical resources. Acquisitions involve numerous risks, including, but not limited to:

· 
the possibility that we will not able to identify suitable acquisition candidates or consummate acquisitions on acceptable terms, if at all;
· 
possible decreases in capital resources or dilution to existing stockholders;
· 
difficulties and expenses incurred in connection with an acquisition;
· 
the diversion of management’s attention from other business concerns;
· 
the difficulties of managing an acquired business;
· 
the potential loss of key employees and customers of an acquired business;
·
in the event that the operations of an acquired business do not meet expectations, we may be required to restructure the acquired entity or write-off the value of some or all of the assets of the acquisition.

 
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Our future growth could be harmed if we lose the services of certain key personnel.

The Company’s success depends upon the services of a number of key employees, specifically Warren Hosseinion, M.D. and Adrian Vazquez, M.D., and will depend upon certain other additional key employees. We plan to enter into employment agreements with, and acquiring key man life insurance, for Drs. Hosseinion and Vazquez, and other key executives hired in the future. The loss of the services of one or more of these key employees could harm our business. The Company’s success also depends upon its ability to attract highly skilled new employees. Competition for such employees is intense in the industries and geographic areas in which we operate. We may rely on our ability to grant stock options as one mechanism for recruiting and retaining highly skilled talent. Recently proposed accounting regulations requiring the expensing of stock options may impair our future ability to provide these incentives without incurring significant compensation costs. If the Company is unable to compete successfully for key employees, its results of operations, financial condition, business and prospects could be adversely affected.

Economic conditions or changing consumer preferences could adversely impact our business.

A downturn in economic conditions in one or more of the Company’s markets could have a material adverse effect on its results of operations, financial condition, business and prospects. Although we attempt to stay informed of customer preferences, any sustained failure to identify and respond to trends could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations, financial condition, business and prospects.

We may be unable to scale its operations successfully.

Our growth strategy will place significant demands on our management and financial, administrative and other resources. Operating results will depend substantially on the ability of our officers and key employees to manage changing business conditions and to implement and improve our financial, administrative and other resources. If the Company is unable to respond to and manage changing business conditions, or the scale of its operations, then the quality of its services, its ability to retain key personnel, and its business could be harmed.

We may be unable to integrate new business entities and manage its growth.

The Company’s ability to manage its growth effectively will require it to continue to improve its operational, financial and management controls and information systems to accurately forecast sales demand, to manage its operating costs, manage its marketing programs in conjunction with an emerging market, and attract, train, motivate and manage its employees effectively. If our management fails to manage the expected growth, our results of operations, financial condition, business and prospects could be adversely affected. In addition, the Company’s growth strategy may depend on effectively integrating future entities, which requires cooperative efforts from the managers and employees of the respective business entities. If our management is unable to effectively integrate our various business entities, our results of operations, financial condition, business and prospects could be adversely affected.

 
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The Company’s success depends upon its ability to adapt to a changing market and its continued development of additional services.

Although we expect to provide a broad and competitive range of services, there can be no assurance of acceptance by the marketplace. The procurement of new contracts by the Company’s Affiliated Medical Groups may be dependent upon the continuing results achieved at the current facilities, upon pricing and operational considerations, as well as the potential need for continuing improvement to existing services. Moreover, the markets for such services may not develop as expected nor can there be any assurance that we will be successful in its marketing of any such services.

Changes associated with reimbursement by third-party payers for the Company’s services may adversely affect operating results and financial condition.

The medical services industry is undergoing significant changes with third-party payers that are taking measures to reduce reimbursement rates or in some cases, denying reimbursement altogether. There is no assurance that third party payers will continue to pay for the services provided by our Affiliated Medical Groups. Failure of third party payers to adequately cover the medical services so provided by the Company will have a material adverse affect on our results of operations, financial condition, business and prospects.

The medical services industry is highly regulated and failure to comply with laws and regulations applicable to our business could have an adverse affect on the Company’s financial condition.

The medical services currently provided by our Affiliated Medical Groups and those expected to be provided in the future are subject to stringent federal, state, and local government health care laws and regulations. If we fail to comply with applicable laws, we could be subject to civil or criminal penalties while also being declined participation in Medicare, Medicaid, and other government sponsored health care programs.

Federal and state healthcare reform may have an adverse effect on the Company’s financial condition and results of operations.

Federal and state governments have continued to focus significant attention on health care reform. A broad range of health care reform measures have been introduced in Congress and in state legislatures. It is not clear at this time what proposals, if any, will be adopted, or, if adopted, what effect, if any, such proposals would have on the Company’s business.

 
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Regulatory authorities or other persons could assert that current or future relationships with any acquired companies fail to comply with the anti-kickback law, which could adversely affect our business operations.

The anti-kickback provisions of the Social Security Act prohibit anyone from knowingly and willfully (a) soliciting or receiving any remuneration in return for referrals for items and services reimbursable under most federal health care programs or (b) offering or paying any remunerations to induce a person to make referrals for items and services reimbursable under most federal health care programs, which is referred to as the “anti-kickback law”. The prohibited remunerations may be paid directly or indirectly, overtly or covertly, in cash or in kind. If such a claim were successfully asserted, the Company could be subject to civil and criminal penalties and could be required to restructure or terminate the applicable contractual arrangements. If we were subjected to penalties or were unable to successfully restructure our relationships to comply with the anti-kickback law, our results of operations, financial condition, business and prospects could be adversely affected.

Regulatory authorities could assert that acquisitions or service agreements with third parties fail to comply with the federal Stark Law and state laws prohibiting physicians from referring to entities in which they have a financial interest. 

The Stark Law prohibits a physician from making a referral to an entity for the furnishing of federally funded designated health services if the physician has a financial relationship with the entity.  Designated health services include clinical laboratory services, physical and occupational therapy services, radiology services such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and ultrasound services, radiation therapy services and supplies, durable medical equipment and supplies, and others.  More detailed implementing regulations have been promulgated by the United States Department of Health and Human Services.  Some states have comparable laws restricting referrals for designated health services paid by any payer.  Unless an exception is satisfied, these laws and regulations prevent physician investors and other physicians who have a financial relationship with the Company from referring patients to us for designated health services.  The inability of these physicians to refer designated health services to us may have an adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations.  In addition, we could be required to restructure or terminate acquisitions or service agreements to ensure compliance with the Stark Law and applicable rules and regulations.    The provisions of the self-referral laws, like all statutes affecting the health care industry, and the regulatory implementation and interpretation of them may change, and the nature and timing of any such change cannot be predicted.  

We are subject to information privacy regulations, and our failure to comply with such laws may adversely affect our business operations.

Numerous state, federal and international laws and regulations govern the collection, dissemination, use and confidentiality of patient-identifiable health information, including the Federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”) and related rules and regulations. The HIPAA Privacy Rule restricts the use and disclosure of patient information and requires entities to safeguard that information and to provide certain rights to individuals with respect to that information. The HIPAA Security Rule establishes elaborate requirements for safeguarding patient information transmitted or stored electronically. We may be required to make costly system purchases and modifications to comply with the HIPAA requirements that will be imposed on us. Our failure to comply with these requirements could result in liability and have a material adverse affect on our results of operations, financial condition, business and prospects.

 
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Our Business may expose us to certain potential litigation, which if successful and not covered by existing insurance could have a material adverse effect on our profitability.

The Company’s business may expose it to potential litigation. While we intend to take precautions we deem appropriate, there can be no assurance that we will be able to avoid significant liability or litigation exposure. Service liability insurance is expensive, to the extent it is available at all. There can be no assurance that we will be able to obtain such insurance on acceptable terms, if at all, or that we will be able to secure increased coverage or that any insurance policy will provide adequate protection against successful claims, if at all. A successful claim brought against the Company in excess of its insurance coverage would have a material adverse effect upon our results of operations and financial condition.

We face possible liability in connection with the proposed acquisition of a medical management company.

In connection with the proposed acquisition of a medical management company, the billing company was notified approximately one month ago that Medicaid will be auditing some of their billing practices. The audit relates to inadvertent billing of services for which the local hospital also billed. The Medicaid audit is expected to take 6 to 12 months. Assuming that the Company’s acquisition of this medical management company is consummated, it is possible that the Company will have the liability to reimburse Medicaid for these charges, along with interest and penalties. The amount of such reimbursement, if any, cannot be estimated at this time, but it could be material. In further negotiations with the medical management company, management of the Company intends to seek a mechanism whereby the Company would be able to recoup any amounts that it must pay to Medicaid. However, no assurance can be given as to whether such negotiations will be successful or whether the transaction will be completed.

Risks Relating to Our Common Stock

If we fail to remain current in our SEC reporting obligations, we could be removed from the OTC Bulletin Board, which would adversely affect the market liquidity for our securities.
 
Companies trading on the OTC Bulletin Board, such as us, must be reporting issuers under Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and must be current in their reports under Section 13, in order to maintain price quotation privileges on the OTC Bulletin Board. If we fail to remain current in our reporting requirements, we could be removed from the OTC Bulletin Board. As a result, the market liquidity for our securities could be severely adversely affected by limiting the ability of broker-dealers to sell our securities and the ability of stockholders to sell their securities in the secondary market.

 
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Our common stock is subject to the “penny stock” rules of the SEC, and trading in our securities is very limited, which makes transactions in our common stock cumbersome and may reduce the value of an investment in our securities.

The SEC has adopted Rule 3a51-1 which establishes the definition of a "penny stock," for the purposes relevant to us, as any equity security that has a market price of less than $5.00 per share or with an exercise price of less than $5.00 per share, subject to certain exceptions. For any transaction involving a penny stock, unless exempt, Rule 15g-9 requires:
 
· 
that a broker or dealer approve a person's account for transactions in penny stocks; and
· 
the broker or dealer receives from the investor a written agreement to the transaction, setting forth the identity and quantity of the penny stock to be purchased.
 
In order to approve a person's account for transactions in penny stocks, the broker or dealer must:

· 
obtain financial information and investment experience objectives of the person; and
· 
make a reasonable determination that the transactions in penny stocks are suitable for that person and the person has sufficient knowledge and experience in financial matters to be capable of evaluating the risks of transactions in penny stocks.

The broker or dealer must also deliver, prior to any transaction in a penny stock, a disclosure schedule prescribed by the SEC relating to the penny stock market, which, in highlight form:

· 
sets forth the basis on which the broker or dealer made the suitability determination; and
· 
that the broker or dealer received a signed, written agreement from the investor prior to the transaction.

Disclosure also has to be made about the risks of investing in penny stocks in both public offerings and in secondary trading and about the commissions payable to both the broker-dealer and the registered representative, current quotations for the securities and the rights and remedies available to an investor in cases of fraud in penny stock transactions. Finally, monthly statements have to be sent disclosing recent price information for the penny stock held in the account and information on the limited market in penny stocks.  Generally, brokers may be less willing to execute transactions in securities subject to the “penny stock” rules. This may make it more difficult for investors to dispose of our common stock and cause a decline in the market value of our stock.

 
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Efforts to comply with recently enacted changes in federal securities laws will increase our costs and require additional management resources.
 
As directed by Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the SEC adopted rules requiring public companies to include a report of management on the Company’s internal controls over financial reporting in their annual reports on Form 10-K. In addition, the public accounting firm auditing the company’s financial statements must attest to and report on management’s assessment of the effectiveness of the company’s internal controls over financial reporting. These requirements are not presently applicable to us but we will become subject to these requirements by the end of our next fiscal year. If and when these regulations become applicable to us, and if we are unable to conclude that we have effective internal controls over financial reporting or if our independent auditors are unable to provide us with an unqualified report as to the effectiveness of our internal controls over financial reporting as required by Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, investors could lose confidence in the reliability of our financial statements, which could result in a decrease in the value of our securities. We have not yet begun a formal process to evaluate our internal controls over financial reporting. Given the status of our efforts, coupled with the fact that guidance from regulatory authorities in the area of internal controls continues to evolve, substantial uncertainty exists regarding our ability to comply by applicable deadlines.

Trading on the OTC Bulletin Board may be volatile and sporadic, which could depress the market price of our common stock and make it difficult for our stockholders to resell their shares.

Our common stock is quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board service of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”). Trading in stock quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board is often thin and characterized by wide fluctuations in trading prices due to many factors that may have little to do with our operations or business prospects. This volatility could depress the market price of our common stock for reasons unrelated to operating performance. Moreover, the OTC Bulletin Board is not a stock exchange, and trading of securities on the OTC Bulletin Board is often more sporadic than the trading of securities listed on a quotation system like NASDAQ or a stock exchange like the American Stock Exchange. Accordingly, our shareholders may have difficulty reselling any of their shares.
 
ITEM 1B.
UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS

Not applicable.

ITEM 2. 
DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTIES

The Company’s corporate headquarters is located at 1010 N. Central Avenue, Glendale, California. The corporate office is approximately 800 square feet and is leased on a month-to-month basis for approximately $1,800 per month. In January 2009, the Company exercised its right to terminate the lease and the lease was terminated on February 28, 2009.

 
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ITEM 3. 
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.
 
The Company is not a party to any litigation and, to its knowledge, no action, suit or proceeding has been threatened against the Company.

ITEM 4. 
SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS.
 
None.

PART II

ITEM 5. 
MARKET FOR COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES.
 
The Company’s common stock was approved for listing on the OTC Bulletin Board, under the symbol “AMEH,” on July 13, 2008. The following table sets forth, for the fiscal quarters indicated, high and low sale prices for the common stock on the over-the-counter market, as reported by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (NASD). The information below reflects inter-dealer prices, without retail mark-up, markdown or commissions, and may not necessarily represent actual transactions.   There was little trading in our common stock during the period(s) reflected. As of April 10, 2009, the Company had 25,870,220 common shares outstanding, of which only 49,134 were free trading.

   
High
   
Low
 
Fiscal Year ended January 31, 2009
           
July 13, 2008 – July 31, 2008
  $ 0.0001     $ 0.0001  
Third Quarter
  $ 4.25     $ 0.0001  
Fourth Quarter
    4.24       0.51  

Stockholders

As of April 10, 2009, as reported by the Company’s stock transfer agent, there were 318 holders of record of our common stock.

 
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Dividends

To date, we have not paid any cash dividends on our common stock and we do not contemplate the payment of cash dividends in the foreseeable future. Our future dividend policy will depend on our earnings, capital requirements, financial condition, and other factors considered relevant to our ability to pay dividends.

Stock Option Grants

For the twelve months ended January 31, 2009, we granted no stock options.

Equity Compensation Plan Information

The following table provides information, as of January 31, 2009, with respect to all of our compensation plans under which equity securities are authorized for issuance:

         
Number of securities
         
remaining available
   
Number of securities
   
for future issuance
   
to be issued upon
 
Weighted-average
under equity
   
exercise of
 
exercise price of
compensation plans
   
outstanding options,
 
outstanding options,
(excluding securities
Plan category
 
warrants and rights
 
warrants and rights
reflected in column (a))
   
(a)
 
(b)
(c)
           
Equity compensation plans approved by stockholders
   
 
Equity compensation plans not approved by stockholders (1)
   
322,222
 
$0.27
377,778

(1)        The amounts reported include: (i) 250,000 shares of common stock issued to A. Noel DeWinter, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, pursuant to an employment agreement with the Company, dated September 10, 2008; (ii) a stock award of 50,000 shares to Kaneohe (Kyle Francis) under a consulting contract dated October 22, 2008; and (iii) 400,000 shares of common stock issued to Suresh Nihalani under a director agreement with the Company, dated as October 27, 2008. The shares issued to Mr. Nihalani will vest ratably over a thirty-six month period commencing December 2008.  As of January 31, 2009, 22,222 shares had vested under the director agreement, and 377,778 shares remained unvested.

Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities

We have issued and sold securities of the Company as disclosed below within the last three years. Unless otherwise noted, the following sales of securities were effected in reliance on the exemption from registration contained in Section 4(2) of the Act and Regulation D promulgated thereunder, and such securities may not be reoffered or sold in the United States by the holders in the absence of an effective registration statement, or valid exemption from the registration requirements, under the Securities Act of 1933 (as amended, the “ Act ”):

 
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·
During the period from February 1, 2007 through July 31, 2007, we sold and issued a total of 364,000 shares of our common stock to investors for aggregate proceeds of $182,000, at a per share price of $0.27.  As part of this issuance, we granted 91,000 warrants to purchase shares of our common stock to such investors; and

 
·
During the period from February 1, 2008 through July 31, 2008, we sold and issued a total of 670,000 shares of our common stock to investors for aggregate proceeds of $335,000, at a per share price of $0.50.  As part of this issuance, we granted 167,500 warrants to purchase shares of our common stock to such investors.
 
ITEM 6. 
SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA
 
Not applicable.

ITEM 7. 
MANAGEMENTS’ DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OR PLAN OF OPERATION.
 
Forward-Looking Statements- Cautionary Statement

The following discussion contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements, written, oral or otherwise, are based on the Company’s current expectations or beliefs rather than historical facts concerning future events, and they are indicated by words or phrases such as (but not limited to) “anticipate,” “could,” “may,” “might,” “potential,” “predict,” “should,” “estimate,” “expect,” “project,” “believe,” “think,” “intend,” “plan,” “envision,” “continue,” “intend,” “target,” “contemplate,” “budgeted,”  or “will” and similar words or phrases or comparable terminology. Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties. The Company cautions that these statements are further qualified by important economic, competitive, governmental and technological factors that could cause the Company’s business, strategy, or actual results or events to differ materially, or otherwise, from those in the forward-looking statements. We have based such forward-looking statements on our current expectations, assumptions, estimates and projections, and therefore there can be no assurance that any forward-looking statement contained herein, or otherwise made by the Company, will prove to be accurate. Our actual results may differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of certain factors, including those set forth under Item 1A “Risk Factors,” and elsewhere in this report.  The Company assumes no obligation to update the forward-looking statements.

 
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THE FOLLOWING DISCUSSION OF OUR FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS SHOULD BE READ IN CONJUNCTION WITH OUR CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND THE NOTES TO THOSE STATEMENTS INCLUDED ELSEWHERE IN THIS REPORT.

Overview and Plan of Operations
 
CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND ESTIMATES
 
Our consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. The preparation of these financial statements requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses. Note 1 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements describes the significant accounting policies used in the preparation of the consolidated financial statements. Certain of these significant accounting policies are considered to be critical accounting policies, as defined below.
 
A critical accounting policy is defined as one that is both material to the presentation of our financial statements and requires management to make difficult, subjective or complex judgments that could have a material effect on our financial condition and results of operations. Specifically, critical accounting estimates have the following attributes: (i) we are required to make assumptions about matters that are uncertain at the time of the estimate; and (ii) different estimates we could reasonably have used, or changes in the estimate that are reasonably likely to occur, would have a material effect on our financial condition or results of operations.
 
Estimates and assumptions about future events and their effects cannot be determined with certainty. We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions believed to be applicable and reasonable under the circumstances. These estimates may change as new events occur, as additional information is obtained and as our operating environment changes. These changes have historically been minor and have been included in the consolidated financial statements as soon as they became known. Based on a critical assessment of our accounting policies and the underlying judgments and uncertainties affecting the application of those policies, management believes that our consolidated financial statements are fairly stated in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, and meaningfully present our financial condition and results of operations.
 
We believe the following critical accounting policies reflect our more significant estimates and assumptions used in the preparation of our consolidated financial statements:

 
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Revenue Recognition
 
The Company provides hospitalist services to numerous hospitals and other health care providers and recognizes revenue as the services are provided.  The Company generates, and segregates, its revenue into three categories: Case Rate, Capitation and Fee for Service. Case Rate and Capitation revenues in each period are recorded upon completion of the services under each contract.
 
Patient Fee for Service revenues in each period is recorded at amounts reasonably assured to be collected.  The percentage of Fee for Service billings that are assumed reasonably collectible are based on experience and are adjusted to reflect actual collections in subsequent periods.
 
The estimation and the reporting of patient responsibility revenues is highly subjective and depends on the payer mix, contractual reimbursement rates, collection experiences, and other factors.
 
Direct Costs of Services
 
Direct Costs include the direct salaries and contract payments to physicians employed by the Company that serve as hospitalists, all employment related taxes, medical and disability insurance costs, premiums for malpractice insurance provided to these physicians, costs incurred for medical billing services and the costs associated with establishing physician privileges.
 
Management Fees
 
AMH is charged, and pays, a monthly Management fee to AMM. The fee is calculated on a percentage of AMH’s gross revenue that AMH receives for the performance of medical services by AMH. The monthly percentage is established based upon the requirements of the Management Company (AMM). Under the Management Services Agreement dated August 1, 2008, the management fee was established at 3.5 percent of AMH’s monthly gross revenues. The Management Services Agreement was modified on March 20, 2009 to allow for an adjustment in monthly management fees as needed to cover costs incurred by AMM.  These fees are eliminated in consolidation.
 
FISCAL YEAR ENDED JANUARY 31, 2009 COMPARED TO FISCAL YEAR ENDED JANUARY 31, 2008

Revenues

The Company reported revenues of $1,057,354 for the twelve months ended January 31, 2009, up from revenues of $90,500 reported for the twelve months ended one year earlier on January 31, 2008.  The increase of $966,854 almost solely reflects the consolidation of medical fees and services from AMH for the period from August 1, 2008 through January 31, 2009, which resulted from the execution of the Management Services Agreement signed on August 1, 2008. Revenues in fiscal 2008 represented Management Fees earned and reported by AMM.

 
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Cost of Services

Cost of Services was $1,046,103 for the twelve months ended January 2009, compared to Cost of Goods Sold of $ 63,093 for the corresponding twelve months ended January 2008. Cost of Services includes the payroll and consulting costs of the physicians, all payroll related costs, costs for all medical malpractice insurance and physician privileges.

Operating Expenses

General and Administrative expenses were $827,287 for the twelve months ended January 2008, compared to General and Administrative expenses of $181,069 reported in the comparable twelve months of 2007. In fiscal 2009, the Company expensed the $250,000 initial payment for the Siclone Merger along with legal costs of $28,348 incurred in this transaction. . In addition, the Company recorded compensation and consulting expenses, and financing costs of $ 306,555 and $46,250, respectively, in 2009, all incremental to 2008.

Loss from Operations

The Company reported a Loss from Operations of $(835,815) for the twelve month period ended January 31, 2009, compared to a Loss from Operations of $(153,662) for the comparable twelve months ended January 31, 2008.  The increased loss of $(682,153) from 2008 to 2009 was due to the high costs of service relative to the revenues generated from the Company’s contracts, as the Company has not yet achieved economies of scale in its activities. In addition, the loss from operations in 2009 was further impacted by costs related to the Siclone transaction and a high level of compensation and consulting costs.  The Loss form Operations in 2008 was due to the fact that the low level of management Fee income was insufficient to cover the costs of services and administrative costs in this formative year.

Net Loss

A net loss of $(891,815) was reported for the twelve months ended January 31, 2009 verses a net loss of $(154,462) for the twelve months ended January 31, 2008.  The increased loss of $(737,353) was primarily due to the cost incurred for the Siclone Merger of $250,000, and the related legal costs of $28,348, along with the compensation costs and financing fees.

Liquidity and Capital Resources
 
At January 31, 2009, the Company had cash and cash equivalents of $84,161, compared to cash and cash equivalents of $44,352 at the beginning of the fiscal year at January 31, 2008. Short-term borrowings totaled $74,782 at January 31, 2009, compared to no short-term borrowings at January 31, 2008. Long-term borrowings totaled $231,218 as of January 31, 2009, compared to no long-term borrowings as of January 31, 2008.

 
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Net cash used in operating activities totaled a $(622,485) for the twelve months ended January 31, 2009, compared to $(139,832) for the comparable twelve months ended January 31, 2008. The significantly larger operating loss, including the $250,000 paid and expensed on the Siclone Merger, was primarily responsible for the increase in the negative operating cash flow.
 
The Company borrowed a total of $320,000 on short-term promissory notes in the year ended January 31, 2009.  The father of the Company’s CEO loaned $70,000 to the Company, and two individuals, each loaned the Company $125,000.

The $70,000 related party note was due and payable in full no later than October 1, 2008, carried no interest rate, and the Company was obligated to pay an origination fee of $5,000 at the time of payoff.  The note was extended by verbal agreement on its expiration date with no change in terms. On January 24, 2009, the Company formalized the note extension with the father of the Company’s CEO.  Under the terms of the new note, the $5,000 origination fee was added to the note, the due date was extended to March 31, 2011, the interest rate was set at eight (8) percent and the note is initially convertible into 214,285 shares of common stock.  The Company has the right to redeem the note at a 105 percent premium any time prior to the due date on March 31, 2011.

The Company borrowed $125,000 on June 13, 2008 from a non-related party.  The note also bears no interest rate and was due and payable in full on July 2, 2008.  The note was paid off as of October 31, 2008.  The Company recorded a penalty of $6,250 during the nine months ended October 31, 2008 due to late payment.
 
Also, during the third fiscal quarter, the Company borrowed $125,000 on September 24, 2008 under a note from a non-related party. This note bore an interest rate of 15 percent and was due and payable in full on October 22, 2008.  The note obligated the Company for an origination fee of $10,000 and reimbursement of legal fees totaling $1,500 and issuance of 50,000 shares of the Company’s common stock. The note, along with the origination fee and legal reimbursement, was paid off in full on October 20, 2008.

During the twelve months ended January 31, 2009, the Company also financed its operations with the private placement of Company stock to accredited investors totaling $335,000. These stock sales and the proceeds occurred prior to the completion of the Siclone Merger. The Company has not sold any common stock subsequent to the Merger in mid June 2008.  During the initial six months of 2007, the Company received $182,000 from the sale of its Common stock.

ITEM 7A.  QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

Not applicable.

 
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ITEM 8.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA

The Company’s financial statements for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2009 are included in this annual report, beginning on page F-1.

ITEM 9.      CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE
 
None.
 
ITEM 9A.   CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
 
Disclosure Controls and Procedures

As of the end of the period covered by this report, the Company has carried out an evaluation under the supervision and with the participation of its management, including its Chief Executive Officer and its Chief Financial Officer of the effectiveness of the design and operation of its disclosure controls and procedures as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d- 15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Based upon that evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that, at January 31, 2009, the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) were not effective, at a reasonable assurance level, in ensuring that information required to be disclosed in the reports the Company files and submits under the Exchange Act are recorded, processed, summarized and reported as and when required.  For a discussion of the reasons on which this conclusion was based, see “Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting” below.
 
Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
 
Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting, as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) and Rule 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act. Management must evaluate its internal controls over financial reporting, as required by Sarbanes-Oxley Act. The Company's internal control over financial reporting is a process designed under the supervision of the Company's management to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of the Company's financial statements for external purposes in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”).  Our management conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting based on the criteria for effective internal control over financial reporting established in Internal Control-Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (“COSO”) and SEC guidance on conducting such assessments. Based on this evaluation, our management concluded that there were material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting as of January 31, 2009.

 
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A material weakness is a control deficiency (within the meaning of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) Auditing Standard No. 2) or combination of control deficiencies that result in more than a remote likelihood that a material misstatement of the annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected.  Management has identified the following three material weaknesses in our disclosure controls and procedures, and internal controls over financial reporting:
 
1.          We do not have written documentation of our internal control policies and procedures.  Written documentation of key internal controls over financial reporting is a requirement of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.  Management evaluated the impact of our failure to have written documentation of our internal controls and procedures on our assessment of our disclosure controls and procedures, and concluded that the control deficiency that resulted represented a material weakness.
 
2.          We do not have sufficient segregation of duties within accounting functions, which is a basic internal control.  Due to our size and nature, segregation of all conflicting duties may not always be possible and may not be economically feasible.  However, to the extent possible, the initiation of transactions, the custody of assets and the recording of transactions should be performed by separate individuals.  Management evaluated the impact of our failure to have segregation of duties on our assessment of our disclosure controls and procedures, and concluded that the control deficiency that resulted represented a material weakness.
 
3.           We do not have review and supervision procedures for financial reporting functions. The review and supervision function of internal control relates to the accuracy of financial information reported. The failure to review and supervise could allow the reporting of inaccurate or incomplete financial information. Due to our size and nature, review and supervision may not always be possible or economically feasible.  Management evaluated the impact of our significant number of audit adjustments, and concluded that the control deficiency that resulted represented a material weakness.
 
Based on the foregoing materials weaknesses, we have determined that, as of January 31, 2009, the effectiveness of our controls and procedures over financial accounting and reporting are insufficient.  The Company is taking steps to improve the timeliness and accuracy of its financial information, including the hiring of additional employees to facilitate proper segregation of duties.  It should be noted that any system of controls, however well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable and not absolute assurance that the objectives of the system are met. In addition, the design of any control system is based in part upon certain assumptions about the likelihood of certain events. Because of these and other inherent limitations of control systems, there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions, regardless of how remote.
 
This Annual Report on Form 10-K does not include an attestation report of our independent registered public accounting firm regarding internal control over financial reporting. Management’s report was not subject to attestation by our independent registered public accounting firm pursuant to temporary rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission that permit us to provide only management’s report in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

 
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Changes in Internal Controls Over Financial Reporting
 
There has been no change in our internal controls over financial reporting during our most recently completed fiscal quarter (i.e., the three-month period ended January 31, 2009) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
 
ITEM 9B.   OTHER INFORMATION
 
None.
 
PART III
 
ITEM 10.   DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
 
The following table sets forth information with respect to the Company’s directors and executive officers, as of the date hereof. Dr. Hosseinion and Dr. Vazquez have served as directors since the formation of the Company on July 3, 2008. Mr. Nihalani was elected a Director on October 27, 2008.
 
Name
 
Age
 
Title
Warren Hosseinion, M.D.
 
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Chief Executive Officer, Director
Adrian Vazquez, M.D.
 
38
 
President and Chairman of the Board
A. Noel DeWinter
 
70
 
Chief Financial Officer
Suresh Nihalani
 
56
 
Director
 
Warren Hosseinion, M.D. Dr. Hosseinion has served as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) since its formation in July 2008, and prior to that he served as the CEO of ApolloMed Hospitalists beginning in 2001.   Dr. Hosseinion received his medical degree from Georgetown University and is a Diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine.

Adrian Vazquez, M.D. Dr. Vazquez has served as the Company’s President and Chairman of the Board since 2008.  Dr. Vazquez co-founded ApolloMed Hospitalists in 2001, and he has served as President and Chairman of AMH since June 2001. Dr. Vazquez received his medical degree from the University of California, Irvine and is a Diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine.

A.  Noel DeWinter. Mr. DeWinter has served as the Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) since joining the Company in August 2008. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. DeWinter served as Chief Financial Officer of Bridgetech Holdings International, Inc. (“Bridgetech”), from March 2007 through April 2008.  Priot to that,  Mr. DeWinter served as CFO of Retail Pilot, Inc., an affiliate of Bridgetech, since March 2005. Mr. DeWinter holds a BA in Economics from Carleton College and an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. 

 
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Suresh Nihalani was President and CEO of ClearMesh Network from 2005 to 2007. He also co-founded Nevis Networks, where he served as CEO from 2002 through 2005. Prior to Nevis Networks, he co-founded Accelerated Networks and ACT Networks. Mr. Nihalani holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from ITT Bombay and MSEE and MBA degrees from the Florida Institute of Technology.

Family Relationships
 
There are no familial relationships among the directors and executive offices identified in this report.
 
Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance

Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act requires our officers, directors, and persons who beneficially own more than 10% of a registered class of our equity securities (“10% stockholders”) to file reports of ownership and changes in ownership with the SEC. Officers, directors, and 10% stockholders also are required to furnish us with copies of all Section 16(a) forms they file. To our knowledge, based solely upon a review of the copies of such reports furnished to us and written representations provided by our officers, directors and 10% stockholders, the Company’s directors, executive officers and 10% stockholders have complied with all Section 16(a) filing requirements, as applicable.

Code of Ethics
 
The Company has not yet adopted a code of ethics, in part because we recently commenced business operations and have a limited number of employees.  As the Company grows its business, and hires additional employees, we expect to adopt a code of ethics applicable to the conduct of our employees.

Committees of the Board of Directors

Our common stock is currently quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board electronic trading platform, which does not maintain any standards requiring us to establish or maintain an Audit, Nominating or Compensation committee. As of January 31, 2009, our Board of Directors did not maintain an Audit Committee, Nominating Committee or Compensation Committee.

Additionally, the OTC Bulletin Board electronic trading platform does not maintain any standards regarding the “independence” of the directors on our Company’s Board, and we are not otherwise subject to the requirements of any national securities exchange or an inter-dealer quotation system with respect to the need to have a majority of our directors be independent. In the absence of such requirements, we have elected to use the definition for “director independence” under the NASDAQ stock market’s listing standards, which defines an “independent director” as “a person other than an officer or employee of us or its subsidiaries or any other individual having a relationship, which in the opinion of our Board, would interfere with the exercise of independent judgment in carrying out the responsibilities of a director.” The definition further provides that, among others, employment of a director by us (or any parent or subsidiary of ours) at any time during the past three years is considered a bar to independence regardless of the determination of our Board.  Based on the foregoing standards, we have determined that Suresh Nihalani is our only “independent” director.

 
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ITEM 11.   EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
 
The following table discloses the compensation awarded to, earned by, or paid to the our executive officers for the fiscal years ended January 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively:

                                     
Non-Qualified
             
                               
Non-Equity
   
Deferred
             
Name and
                 
Stock
   
Option
   
Incentive Plan
   
Compensation
   
All Other
       
Principal Position
 
Year
 
Salary
   
Bonus
   
Awards
   
Awards
   
Compensation
   
Earnings
   
Compensation
   
Total
 
                                                     
Warren Hosseinion, M. D.
 
2009
  $ 239,830       0       0       0       0       0       0     $ 239,830  
Chief Executive Officer(1)
 
2008
  $ 0                                                     $ 0  
                                                                     
Adrian Vazquez, M.D.
 
2009
  $ 256,720       0       0       0       0       0       0     $ 256,720  
President and Chairman(1)
 
2008
  $ 0                                                     $ 0  
                                                                     
A. Noel DeWinter
 
2009
  $ 33,500       0     $ 67,500       0       0       0       0     $ 101,000  
Chief Financial Officer (2)
 
2008
  $ 0                                                     $ 0  
 
(1)  The reported compensation for Dr. Hosseinion and Dr. Vazquez is entirely generated from patient care activities.
 
(2)  Mr. DeWinter joined the Company on August 1, 2008.
 
Employment Agreements

On September 10, 2008, the Company entered into an employment agreement with A. Noel DeWinter pursuant to which Mr. DeWinter agreed to serve as the Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Under the employment agreement, Mr. DeWinter is entitled to a base salary of $7,000 per month, and reimbursement of reasonable travel and other expenses.  In addition, pursuant to the employment agreement, the Company issued to Mr. DeWinter a stock award of 250,000 shares of common stock.

 
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Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End
 
   
OPTION AWARDS
 
STOCK AWARDS
 
Name 
 
Number of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options 
(#) 
Exercisable
 
Number of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options 
(#) 
Unexercisable
 
Equity
Incentive Plan
Awards:
Number of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Unearned
Options
(#)
 
Option
Exercise
Price
($)
 
Option
Expiration
Date
 
Number of
Shares or
Units of
Stock That
Have Not
Vested
(#)
 
Market
Value of
Shares or
Units of
Stock That
Have Not
Vested
($)
 
Equity
Incentive
Plan Awards:
Number of
Unearned
Shares, Units 
or Other 
Rights That
Have Not
Vested
(#)
 
Equity
Incentive Plan
Awards:
Market or
Payout Value
of Unearned
Shares, Units
or Other
Rights That
Have Not
Vested
(#)
 
Warren Hosseinion, M.D.
   
0
 
0
   
0
 
0
   
n/a
 
0
  $
0
 
0
   
0
 
Adrian Vazquez, M.D.
   
0
 
0
   
0
 
0
   
n/a
 
0
  $
0
 
0
   
0
 
A. Noel DeWinter
   
0
 
0
   
0
 
0
   
n/a
 
0
  $
0
 
0
   
0
 
 
Director Compensation

On October 27, 2008, the Company entered into a Director Agreement with Suresh Nihalani.  The Company issued a stock award of 400,000 shares of common stock to Mr. Nihalani, under the terms of the Director Agreement, which shares will vest ratably over a thirty-six month period commencing December 2008.  As of January 31, 2009, 22,222 shares had vested pursuant to the agreement.  None of our remaining directors receive any compensation solely for their services as directors.

Option/SAR Grants in the Last Fiscal Year

The following table reflects option grants to our executive officers during the fiscal year ended January 31, 2009:

       
% Total Options/
         
   
# of Securities
 
SARs Granted to
 
Exercise or
     
   
Underlying Options/
 
Employees in Fiscal
 
Base
 
Expiration
 
Name
 
SARs Granted
 
Year 
 
Price ($/Share)
 
Date
 
Warren Hosseinion, M.D.
   
0
 
0
   
0
 
0
 
Adrian Vazquez, M.D.
   
0
 
0
   
0
 
0
 
A. Noel DeWinter
   
0
 
0
   
0
 
0
 
 
ITEM 12.   SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS
 
The following table sets forth certain information as of April 10, 2009, with respect to (i) those persons known to us to beneficially own more than 5% of our voting securities, (ii) each of our directors, (iii) each of our executive officers, and (iv) all directors and executive officers as a group. The information is determined in accordance with Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act. Except as indicated below, the beneficial owners have sole voting and dispositive power with respect to the shares beneficially owned.  As of April 10, 2009, there were 25,870,220 shares of the Company’s common stock issued and outstanding, of which only 49,134 are free trading shares and 25,821,086 are restricted shares.

 
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Name and Address of Beneficial Owner (1)
 
Shares Beneficially
Owned (2)
   
Percent
of Class
(3)
 
Certain Beneficial Owners:
               
N/A
   
-
     
-
 
                 
Directors/Named Executive Officers:
               
Warren Hosseinion, M.D.
   
9,123,387
     
34.9%
 
Adrian Vazquez, M.D
   
9,123,387
     
34.9%
 
A. Noel DeWinter
   
250,000 (4)
     
*
 
Suresh Nihalani
   
66,666 (5)
     
*
 
All Named Executive Officers and Directors as a group (4 persons)
   
18,563,440 (4)(5)
     
70.9%
 

* Less than 1%
(1) Unless otherwise indicated, the business address of each person listed is c/o Apollo Medical Holdings, Inc., 1010 N. Central Avenue, Glendale, California 91202.
(2) For purposes of this table, shares are considered beneficially owned if the person directly or indirectly has the sole or shared power to vote or direct the voting of the securities or the sole or shared power to dispose of or direct the disposition of the securities. Shares are also considered beneficially owned if a person has the right to acquire beneficial ownership of the shares within 60 days of April 10, 2009.
(3)  The percentages are calculated based on the actual number of shares issued and outstanding as of April 10, 2009, which is 25,870,220 plus the amounts reported for Messrs. DeWinter and Nihalani, as further described in Notes 4 and 5 below.
(4) The shares reported include 250,000 shares of common stock beneficially owned by Mr. DeWinter under his employment agreement with the Company.  However, as of the date of this Report, such shares have not been issued to Mr. DeWinter due to an administrative delay.
(5)  The shares reported include (i) 44,444 shares of common stock beneficially owned by Mr. Nihalani pursuant  his director agreement, as of the date of this Report; and (ii) 22,222 shares of common stock that will vest within 60 days of this Report.  However, as of the date of this Report, the 44,444 shares have not been issued to Mr. Nihalani due to an administrative delay.
 
ITEM 13.   CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE
 
During the twelve months ended January 31, 2009 and 2008, the Company generated revenue of $57,344 and $90,500, respectively, by providing management services to ApolloMed Hospitalists (AMH), an affiliated company with common ownership interest. Commencing August 1, 2008, the management services fee income reported by AMM was eliminated in consolidation against similar costs recorded at AMH.
 
The Company borrowed $70,000 on a short-term promissory note in the quarter ended July 2008 from a related party of the Chief Executive officer of the Company.   The $70,000 note was due and payable in full no later than October 1, 2008, carries no interest rate, and the Company was obligated to pay an origination fee of $5,000 at the time of payoff.  The note was extended by verbal agreement on its expiration date with no change in terms. On January 24, 2009, the Company formalized the note extension.  Under the terms of the new note, the $5,000 origination fee was added to the note, the due date was extended to March 31, 2011, the interest rate was set at 8% and the note is initially convertible into 214,285 shares of common stock.  The Company has the right to redeem the note at a 105 percent premium prior to March 31, 2011.

 
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In addition, during the Company’s most recently completed fiscal quarter, we issued convertible notes in amounts aggregating to $23,000 to two relatives of Warren Hosseinion, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer.

Director Independence

Our common stock is quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board electronic trading platform, which does not maintain any standards regarding the “independence” of the directors on our Company’s Board, and we are not otherwise subject to the requirements of any national securities exchange or an inter-dealer quotation system with respect to the need to have a majority of our directors be independent. In the absence of such requirements, we have elected to use the definition for “director independence” under the NASDAQ stock market’s listing standards, which defines an “independent director” as “a person other than an officer or employee of us or its subsidiaries or any other individual having a relationship, which in the opinion of our Board, would interfere with the exercise of independent judgment in carrying out the responsibilities of a director.” The definition further provides that, among others, employment of a director by us (or any parent or subsidiary of ours) at any time during the past three years is considered a bar to independence regardless of the determination of our Board.  Based on the foregoing standards, we have determined that Suresh Nihalani is our only “independent” director.
 
ITEM 14.   PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING FEES AND SERVICES
 
The aggregate fees for professional services rendered by Kabani and Company to us for the fiscal years ended January 31, 2009 and January 31, 2008 were as follows:
 
   
Fiscal Year Ended
1/31/2009
   
Fiscal Year Ended
1/31/2008
 
Audit fees
  $ 27,000     $ 25,000  
Audit-related fees
    -       -  
Tax fees*
  $ 3,000     $ 3,000  
All other fees
    -       -  
       Total
  $ 30,000     $ 28,000  

*Tax Returns for the Company were completed by a local CPA firm and the Tax Fees in the table above represent amounts paid to this firm.

(1)
Audit fees consist of services that would normally be provided in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements, including services that generally only the independent accountant can reasonably provide.
 
(2)
Audit-related fees relate to assurance and associated services that traditionally are performed by the independent accountant, including: attest services that are not required by statute or regulation; accounting consultation and audits in connection with mergers, acquisitions and divestitures; employee benefit plans audits; and consultation concerning financial accounting and reporting standards.

(3)
Tax fees relate to services performed by the tax division for tax compliance, planning, and advice.
 
 
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PART IV
 
ITEM 15.   EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES
 
(a)
Please see the Report of our Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, and related financial statements for our fiscal year ended January 31, 2009, beginning on page F-1 of this Form 10-K.

(b)
Exhibits Index

Number
 
Exhibit
10.1
 
Employment Agreement with A. Noel DeWinter (filed as an exhibit to Current Report on Form 8-K filed on September 11, 2008, and incorporated herein by reference).
10.2
 
Management Services Agreement dated August 1, 2008, between Apollo Medical Management and ApolloMed Hospitalists (filed as an exhibit on Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q on December 22, 2008, and incorporated herein by reference).
10.3
 
Management Services Agreement dated March 20, 2009, between Apollo Medical Management and ApolloMed Hospitalists*
31.1
 
Rule 13a-14(a) Certification, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002*
31.2
 
Rule 13a-14(a) Certification, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002*
32.1
 
Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002*
32.2
 
Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002*
*      Filed herewith.

SIGNATURES

In accordance with Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the registrant caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 
APOLLO MEDICAL HOLDINGS, INC.
     
Date: May 18, 2009
By:
/ S/ WARREN HOSSEINION, M.D
   
Warren Hosseinion, M.D., Chief
Executive Officer

In accordance with the Exchange Act, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Company and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 
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SIGNATURE
 
TITLE
 
DATE
         
/S/ WARREN HOSSEINION, M.D.
 
Chief Executive Officer,
 
May 18, 2009
Warren Hosseinion, M.D.
       
         
/S/ ADRIAN VAZQUEZ, M.D.
 
President and Chairman of the Board
 
May 18, 2009
Adrian Vazquez, M.D.
       
         
/S/ A. NOEL DeWinter
 
Chief Financial Officer
 
May 18, 2009
A. Noel DeWinter
       
 
 
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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - TABLE OF CONTENTS:
 
 
Page
   
Report of independent registered public accounting firm
F-2
   
Financial statements:
 
Consolidated balance sheets
F-3
Consolidated statements of operations
F-4
Consolidated statements of changes in stockholders’ equity
F-5
Consolidated statements of cash flows
F-6
Notes to consolidated financial statements
F-7
 
 
F-1

 

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
 
Board of Directors and Stockholders of
Apollo Medical Holdings, Inc.
(Formerly, Siclone Industries, Inc.)
 
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Apollo Medical Holdings, Inc as of January 31, 2009 and 2008 and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders' equity, and cash flows for the years then ended. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.
 
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
 
In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Apollo Medical Holdings, Inc as of January 31, 2009 and 2008, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the years then ended, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
 
The Company's consolidate financial statements are prepared using the generally accepted accounting principles applicable to a going concern, which contemplates the realization of assets and liquidation of liabilities in the normal course of business. The Company has accumulated deficit of $1,044,951 as of January 31, 2009, negative working capital of $57,022 and cash flows used in operating activities of $622,485. This factor, as discussed in Note 3 to the financial statements raises substantial doubt about the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. Management's plans in regard to the matter are also described in Note 3. The statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
 
/s/ Kabani & Company, Inc.
Certified Public Accountants
Los Angeles, California
May 18, 2009

 
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PART 1 - FINANCIAL INFORMATION
ITEM 1 - FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

APOLLO MEDICAL HOLDINGS, INC.
(FORMERLY, SICLONE INDUSTRIES, INC.)
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

   
January 31,
   
January 31,
 
   
2009
   
2008
 
ASSETS
           
             
CURRENT ASSETS
           
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 84,161     $ 44,352  
Accounts receivable, net
    255,665       -  
Due from affiliate
    2,050       -  
Prepaid expenses
    25,025       15,719  
Total current assets
    366,901       60,071  
Property and equipment - net
    47,330       -  
                 
TOTAL ASSETS
  $ 414,232     $ 60,071  
                 
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY/(DEFICIT):
               
                 
CURRENT LIABILITIES:
               
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
  $ 349,141     $ 13,300  
Due to related party
    -       17,907  
Convertible notes
    10,000       -  
Convertible notes payable-related party
    23,000       -  
Current portion of line of credit
    41,782       -  
Total current liabilities
    423,923       31,207  
                 
Line of credit
    156,218       -  
Convertible notes payable-related party
    75,000       -  
Total liabilities
    655,141       31,207  
                 
Minority interest
    228,115       -  
                 
Commitments and contingency
               
                 
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY/(DEFICIT):
               
Preferred stock, par value $.001 and $0.0001 per share; 5,000,000 and
               
25,000,000 shares authorized, respectively; none issued
    -       -  
Common Stock, par value $.001 and $0.0001, 100,000,000 shares authorized,
               
25,870,220 and 20,933,490 shares issued and outstanding, respectively
    25,870       20,933  
Additional paid-in-capital
    550,058       161,067  
Accumulated deficit
    (1,044,951 )     (153,136 )
Total stockholders' equity (deficit)
    (469,024 )     28,864  
                 
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (DEFICIT)
  $ 414,232     $ 60,071  

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements

 
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APOLLO MEDICAL HOLDINGS, INC.
(FORMERLY, SICLONE INDUSTRIES, INC.)
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
FOR THE YEARS ENDED JANUARY 31, 2009 AND 2008

   
For the years ended
 
   
JANUARY 31,
 
   
2009
   
2008
 
             
REVENUES
  $ 1,057,354     $ 90,500  
                 
Operating expenses:
               
Cost of services - physician practice salaries, benefits and other
    1,046,103       63,093  
General and administrative
    827,287       181,069  
Depreciation
    19,780       -  
Total operating expenses
    1,893,169       244,162  
                 
LOSS FROM OPERATIONS
    (835,815 )     (153,662 )
                 
OTHER  EXPENSES:
               
Interest expense
    8,950       -  
Financing cost
    46,250          
Total other expenses
    55,200       -  
                 
NET LOSS BEFORE INCOME TAXES
    (891,015 )     (153,662 )
                 
Provision for Income Tax
    800       800  
                 
NET LOSS
  $ (891,815 )   $ (154,462 )
                 
WEIGHTED AVERAGE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK OUTSTANDING,
               
BASIC AND DILUTED
    24,007,988       20,933,490  
                 
*BASIC AND DILUTED NET LOSS PER SHARE
    (0.04 )     (0.01 )

*Weighted average number of shares used to compute basic and diluted loss per share is the same since the effect of dilutive securities is anti-dilutive.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements

 
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APOLLO MEDICAL HOLDINGS, INC.
(FORMERLY, SICLONE INDUSTRIES, INC.)
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS' DEFICIT
FOR THE YEARS ENDED JANUARY 31, 2009 AND 2008

                     
Retained
       
                     
Earnings
       
   
Common Stock
         
(Accumulated
   
Stockholder's
 
   
Shares
   
Amount
   
APIC
   
Deficit)
   
Equity (Deficit)
 
                               
Balance at January 31, 2007
  $ 20,933,490     $ 20,933     $ 161,067     $ 1,326     $ 183,326  
                                         
Net loss
    -       -       -       (154,462 )     (154,462 )
                                         
Balance at January 31, 2008
    20,933,490       20,933       161,067       (153,136 )     28,864  
                                         
Issuance of shares by AMM
    -       -       335,000       -       335,000  
                                         
Recapitalization due to reverse acquisition
    4,606,932       4,607       (35,206 )     -       (30,599 )
                                         
Shares issued for finance charge
    50,000       50       13,450       -       13,500  
                                         
Shares issued for service
    279,798       280       75,266       -       75,545  
                                         
Issuance of warrants
    -       -       481       -       481  
                                         
Net Loss
    -       -       -       (891,815 )     (891,815 )
                                         
Balance at January 31, 2009
  $ 25,870,220     $ 25,870     $ 550,058     $ (1,044,951 )   $ (469,024 )

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements

 
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APOLLO MEDICAL HOLDINGS, INC.
(FORMERLY, SICLONE INDUSTRIES, INC.)
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
FOR THE YEARS ENDED JANUARY 31, 2009 AND 2008

   
Years ended January 31,
 
   
2009
   
2008
 
             
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
           
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash
           
(used in) operating activities:
           
Net loss
  $ (891,815 )   $ (154,462 )
Depreciation
    19,780       -  
Bad debt expense
    22,963       -  
Issuance of shares for services
    75,545       -  
Shares issued as finance charge
    13,500       -  
Amortization of debt discount
    481       -  
Changes in assets and liabilities:
               
Accounts receivable
    25,183       -  
Prepaid expenses
    (9,306 )     (1,320 )
Due from related party
    13,098       17,707  
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
    108,087       (1,757 )
Net cash used in operating activities
    (622,485 )     (139,832 )
                 
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
               
Cash acquired through acquisition
    19,295       -  
                 
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
               
Proceeds from notes payable
    250,000       -  
Payments of notes payable
    (250,000 )     -  
Proceeds from notes payable-affiliate
    98,000       -  
Proceeds from isuance of convertible notes
    210,000       -  
Proceeds from issuance of common stock for cash
    335,000       182,000  
Net cash provided by financing activities
    643,000       182,000  
                 
NET INCREASE IN CASH & CASH EQUIVALENTS
    39,810       42,168  
                 
CASH & CASH EQUIVALENTS, BEGINNING BALANCE
    44,352       2,184  
                 
CASH & CASH EQUIVALENTS, ENDING BALANCE
    84,161     $ 44,352  
                 
SUPPLEMENTARY DISCLOSURES OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION
               
                 
Interest paid during the year
  $ 7,960     $ -  
Taxes paid during the year
  $ -     $ -  
                 
NON-CASH SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE
               
                 
Convertible note payable due and classified in accrued liabilities
  $ 200,000       -  
                 
Addition to assets through acquisition (Note 1)
  $ 403,976       -  
                 
Assumption of liabilities through acquisition (Note 1)
  $ (195,155 )     -  

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements

 
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APOLLO MEDICAL HOLDINGS, INC.
(FORMERLY, SICLONE INDUSTRIES, INC.)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

1.  Organization and Summary of Critical Accounting Policies

On June 13, 2008, Siclone Industries, Inc. (the “Company”), Apollo Acquisition Co., Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (“Acquisition”), Apollo Medical Management, Inc. (“Apollo Medical”) and the shareholders of Apollo Medical entered into an agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”). Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, Apollo Medical merged with and into Acquisition. The former shareholders of Apollo Medical received 20,933,490 shares of the Company’s common stock in exchange for all the issued and outstanding shares of Apollo Medical.

The acquisition of Apollo Medical is accounted for as a reverse acquisition under the purchase method of accounting since the shareholders of Apollo Medical obtained control of the consolidated entity. Accordingly, the reorganization of the two companies is recorded as a recapitalization of Apollo Medical, with Apollo Medical being treated as the continuing operating entity. The historical financial statements presented herein will be those of Apollo Medical. The continuing entity retained January 31 as its fiscal year end. The financial statements of the legal acquirer are not significant; therefore, no pro forma financial information is submitted.

On July 1, 2008, “Acquisition” changed its name to Apollo Medical Management, Inc. (AMM).  On July 3, 2008, the Company changed its name from Siclone Industries, Inc. to Apollo Medical Holdings, Inc. (“Apollo or the Company”). Following the merger, the Company is headquartered in Glendale, California.

The Company is a medical management holding company that focuses on managing the provision of hospital-based medicine through a management company, Apollo Medical Management, Inc. (“AMM”). Through AMM, the Company manages affiliated medical groups, which presently consist of ApolloMed Hospitalists (“AMH”) and Apollo Medical Associates (“AMA”).

           AMM operates as a Physician Practice Management Company (PPM) and is in the business of providing management services to Physician Practice Companies (PPC) under Management Service Agreements.  The Company’s goal is to become a leading provider of management services to medical groups that provide comprehensive inpatient care services such as hospitalists, emergency room physicians, and other hospital-based specialists.

On August 1, 2008, AMM completed negotiations and executed a formal management agreement with AMH, under which AMM will provide management services to AMH.  The Agreement is effective as of August 1, 2008 and will allow AMM, which operates as a Physician Practice Management Company, to consolidate AMH, which operates as a Physician Practice, in accordance with EITF 97-2, Application of FASB Statement No. 94 and APB Opinion No. 16 to Physician Management Entities and Certain Other Entities with Contractual Management Agreements. AMH is owned by an officer, director and major shareholder of the Company,

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2.  Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Consolidation

The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared by Apollo in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission for the presentation of financial information, and include all the information and footnotes required by generally accepted accounting principles for complete financial statements.  The statements consist solely of the management company, Apollo Medical Holdings, Inc. prior to August 1, 2008.  Commencing with the Company’s third quarter on August 1, 2008, and concurrent with the execution of the Management Services Agreement, the statements reflect the consolidation of AMM and AMH, in accordance with EITF 97-2, Application of FASB Statement No. 94 and APB Opinion No. 16 to Physician Management Entities and Certain Other Entities with Contractual Management Agreements. All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles 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.

Concentrations

During the twelve month period ended January 31, 2009, the Company had three major customers, which contributed 24%, 19% and 19% of revenue. As of January 31, 2009 the total receivables from these customers amounted to $0, $75,086 and $25,056, respectively.
 
Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

In December 2007, FASB issued FASB Statement No. 160, Noncontrolling Interests in Consolidated Financial Statements—an amendment of ARB No. 51. This Statement applies to all entities that prepare consolidated financial statements, except not-for-profit organizations, but will affect only those entities that have an outstanding non-controlling interest in one or more subsidiaries or that deconsolidate a subsidiary. Not-for-profit organizations should continue to apply the guidance in Accounting Research Bulletin No. 51, Consolidated Financial Statements, before the amendments made by this Statement, and any other applicable standards, until the Board issues interpretative guidance. This Statement is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning on or after December 15, 2008 (that is, January 1, 2009, for entities with calendar year-ends). Earlier adoption is prohibited. The effective date of this Statement is the same as that of the related Statement 141(R). This Statement shall be applied prospectively as of the beginning of the fiscal year in which this Statement is initially applied, except for the presentation and disclosure requirements. The presentation and disclosure requirements shall be applied retrospectively for all periods presented. The Company is currently evaluating the impact that this statement will have on its financial reporting.
 
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In March 2008, the FASB issued FASB Statement No. 161, “Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities”. The new standard is intended to improve financial reporting about derivative instruments and hedging activities by requiring enhanced disclosures to enable investors to better understand their effects on an entity’s financial position, financial performance, and cash flows. It is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years and interim periods beginning after November 15, 2008, with early application encouraged. The new standard also improves transparency about the location and amounts of derivative instruments in an entity’s financial statements; how derivative instruments and related hedged items are accounted for under Statement 133; and how derivative instruments and related hedged items affect its financial position, financial performance, and cash flows. FASB Statement No. 161 achieves these improvements by requiring disclosure of the fair values of derivative instruments and their gains and losses in a tabular format. It also provides more information about an entity’s liquidity by requiring disclosure of derivative features that are credit risk-related. Finally, it requires cross-referencing within footnotes to enable financial statement users to locate important. Based on current conditions, the Company does not expect the adoption of SFAS 161 to have a significant impact on its results of operations or financial position.
 
In December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 141 (revised 2007), “Business Combinations.”  This statement replaces FASB Statement No. 141, “Business Combinations.” This statement retains the fundamental requirements in SFAS 141 that the acquisition method of accounting (which SFAS 141 called the purchase method) be used for all business combinations and for an acquirer to be identified for each business combination. This statement defines the acquirer as the entity that obtains control of one or more businesses in the business combination and establishes the acquisition date as the date that the acquirer achieves control. This statement requires an acquirer to recognize the assets acquired, the liabilities assumed, and any noncontrolling interest in the acquiree at the acquisition date, measured at their fair values as of that date, with limited exceptions specified in the statement. This statement applies prospectively to business combinations for which the acquisition date is on or after the beginning of the first annual reporting period beginning on or after December 15, 2008. The Company does not expect the adoption of SFAS 141R to have a significant impact on its results of operations or financial position.

In May 2008, the FASB issued SFAS No. 162, “The Hierarchy of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.” This Statement identifies the sources of accounting principles and the framework for selecting the principles to be used in the preparation of financial statements of nongovernmental entities that are presented in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) in the United States (the GAAP hierarchy). This Statement will not have an impact on the Company’s financial statements.
 
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In May 2008, the FASB issued SFAS No. 163, “Accounting for Financial Guarantee Insurance Contracts, an interpretation of FASB Statement No. 60.” The scope of this Statement is limited to financial guarantee insurance (and reinsurance) contracts, as described in this Statement, issued by enterprises included within the scope of Statement 60. Accordingly, this Statement does not apply to financial guarantee contracts issued by enterprises excluded from the scope of Statement 60 or to some insurance contracts that seem similar to financial guarantee insurance contracts issued by insurance enterprises (such as mortgage guaranty insurance or credit insurance on trade receivables). This Statement also does not apply to financial guarantee insurance contracts that are derivative instruments included within the scope of FASB Statement No. 133, “Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities.” This Statement will not have an impact on the Company’s financial statements.

Stock-based compensation

On October 17, 2006 the Company adopted SFAS No. 123R, “Share-Based Payment, an Amendment of FASB Statement No. 123.” As of the date of this report the Company has no stock based incentive plan in effect.
 
Basic and Diluted Earnings Per Share

Earnings per share is calculated in accordance with the Statement of financial accounting standards No. 128 (SFAS No. 128), “Earnings per share”. SFAS No. 128 superseded Accounting Principles Board Opinion No.15 (APB 15). Net income (loss) per share for all periods presented has been restated to reflect the adoption of SFAS No. 128. Basic net income per share is based upon the weighted average number of common shares outstanding. Diluted net income (loss) per share is based on the assumption that all dilutive convertible shares and stock options were converted or exercised. Dilution is computed by applying the treasury stock method. Under this method, options and warrants are assumed to be exercised at the beginning of the period (or at the time of issuance, if later), and as if funds obtained thereby were used to purchase common stock at the average market price during the period.
 
Cash and Cash Equivalents
 
Cash and cash equivalents include cash in bank representing Company’s current operating account

Property and Equipment

Property and Equipment is recorded at cost and depreciated using the straight- line method over the estimated useful lives of the respective assets. Cost and related accumulated depreciation on assets retired or disposed of are removed from the accounts and any resulting gains or losses are credited or charged to income.  Computers and Software are depreciated over 3 years.  Furniture and Fixtures are depreciated over 8 years. Machinery and Equipment are depreciated over 3 years.

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Income Taxes
 
The Company utilizes SFAS No. 109, “Accounting for Income Taxes,” which requires the recognition of deferred tax assets and liabilities for the expected future tax consequences of events that have been included in the financial statements or tax returns. Under this method, deferred income taxes are recognized for the tax consequences in future years of differences between the tax bases of assets and liabilities and their financial reporting amounts at each period end based on enacted tax laws and statutory tax rates applicable to the periods in which the differences are expected to affect taxable income. Valuation allowances are established, when necessary, to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount expected to be realized.
 
Revenue Recognition
 
The Company recognizes Case Rate and Capitation revenue when persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, service has been rendered, the sales price is fixed or determinable, and collection is reasonable assured.  Fee for Service revenues are recorded at amounts reasonably assured to be collected. The determination of reasonably assured collections is based on historical Fee for Service collections as a percent of billings. The provisions are adjusted to reflect actual collections in subsequent periods.
 
The estimation and the reporting of patient responsibility revenues is highly subjective and depends on the payer mix, contractual reimbursement rates, collection experiences, judgment and other factors.  The Company’s fee arrangements are with various payers, including managed care organizations, hospitals, insurance companies, individuals, Medicare and Medicaid.
 
3.  Uncertainty of ability to continue as a going concern
 
The Company's financial statements are prepared using the generally accepted accounting principles applicable to a going concern, which contemplates the realization of assets and liquidation of liabilities in the normal course of business. However, the Company has an accumulated deficit of $(1,044,951) as of January 31, 2009.  Cash Flows used in Operating Activities for the twelve months ended January 31, 2009 was $(622,485).
 
The financial statements do not include any adjustments relating to the recoverability and classification of liabilities that might be necessary should the Company be unable to continue as a going concern.  
 
The Company’s need for working capital is a key issue for management and necessary for the Company to meet its goals and objectives. The Company is actively pursuing additional capitalization opportunities. Management believes that the above actions will allow the Company to continue operations through the next fiscal year.
 
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 4.  Accounts Receivable

Accounts Receivable is stated at the amount management expects to collect from outstanding balances. An allowance for doubtful accounts is provided for those accounts receivable considered to be uncollectible, based upon historical experience and management's evaluation of outstanding accounts receivable at each quarter end. Accounts Receivable totals $255,665, net of a provision for bad debt expense of $11,465, and represents invoiced amounts due the Company as of January 31, 2009 on amounts billed by AMH. Accounts receivable was $0 as of January 31, 2008.

5.  Due from affiliate

Due from affiliate totals $2,050 and represents amounts due from AMA, an unconsolidated Affiliate of the Company. None was due from affiliate as of January 31, 2008.

6.  Prepaid expenses

Prepaid expenses of $25,025 and $15,719 as of January 31, 2009 and January 31, 2008, respectively, are amounts prepaid for medical malpractice insurance and Director’s and Officer’s insurance.

7.  Property and Equipment
 
Property and Equipment consists of the following as of January 31, 2009:

   
January 31, 2009
   
January 31,
2008
 
             
Computers
  $ 13,912     $  
Software
    138,443        
Machinery and equipment
    50,815        
Gross Property and Equipment
    203,170        
less accumulated depreciation
    (155,840 )      
Net Property and Equipment
  $ 47,330     $  

Depreciation expense was $19,780 and $0 for the twelve month periods ended January 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively.
 
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8.  Accounts Payable, and Accrued Liabilities
 
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities consist of the following:

   
January 31,
2009
   
January 31,
2008
 
Accounts payable
  $ 30,599     $    
Accrued interest
    507          
Accrued professional fees
    20,267       12,443  
Accrued payroll and income taxes
    13,768       857  
Accrued shares to be issued for note conversion
    200,000       -  
Accrued shares issued for services
    84,000       -  
Total
  $ 349,141     $ 13,300  

9.  Convertible Notes Payable

During the year ended January 31, 2009, the Company received $210,000 proceeds from the issuance of convertible notes payable.  The convertible notes bear interest at 10% and are due twelve months from the date of issuance ranging from October 7, 2008 to December 12, 2008. In connection with the convertible notes, the Company issued 140,000 warrants to the note holders with an exercise price of $1.50.

The Company recorded value of warrants using the Black Scholes pricing model using the following assumptions: Stock price $0.27, Expected life of 3 years, Risk free bond rate of 1.05% to 2.00% and volatility of 44% to 61%. Based on the assumptions used the Company recorded the fair value of warrants amounting to $379 which was fully amortized as interest expense during year ended January 31, 2009.

As of January 31, 2009, the Company has received the conversion notice from the note holders to convert $200,000 of notes into shares of the Company’s common stock. This amount is included in the Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities and the remaining $10,000 is shown as Convertible Notes payable on the accompanying financial statements.
 
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10.  Convertible Notes Payable-Related Party

During the year ended January 31, 2008, the Company received $23,000 proceeds from the issuance of convertible notes payable to relatives of the CEO of the Company. The convertible notes bear interest at 10% and are due twelve months from December 25, 2008. In connection with the convertible notes, the Company issued 15,333 warrants to the note holders with an exercise price of $1.50. The Company recorded value of warrants of $ 68 using the Black Scholes pricing model using the following assumptions: Stock price $0.27, Expected life of 3 years, Risk free bond rate of 1.14% and volatility of 49%.

The Company received $70,000 proceeds from the issuance of notes payable to the father of the Company’s CEO. The note was due and payable in full no later than October 1, 2008, carried no interest rate, and the Company was obligated to pay an origination fee of $5,000 at the time of payoff.  The note was extended by verbal agreement on its expiration date with no change in terms. On January 24, 2009, the Company formalized the note extension with the father of the Company’s CEO.  Under the terms of the new note, the $5,000 origination fee was added to the note, the due date was extended to March 31, 2011, the interest rate was set at eight 8% and the note is initially convertible into 214,285 shares of common stock.  The Company has the right to redeem the note at a 105 percent premium any time prior to the due date on March 31, 2011.

11.  Notes payable

The Company borrowed $125,000 on June 13, 2008 from a non-related party.  The note bears no interest rate and was due and payable in full on July 2, 2008.  The note was paid off as of October 31, 2008.  The Company recorded a penalty of $6,250 during the nine months ended October 31, 2008 due to late payment.

Also, during the third quarter, the Company borrowed $125,000 on September 24, 2008 under a note. This note bore an interest rate of 15 percent and was due and payable in full on October 22, 2008.  The note obligated the Company for an origination fee of $10,000 and reimbursement of legal fees totaling $1,500 and issuance of 50,000 shares of the Company’s common stock. The note, along with the origination fee and legal reimbursement, was paid off in full on October 20, 2008.

12.  Related Party Transactions
 
During the twelve months ended January 31, 2009 and 2008, the Company generated revenue of $57,344 and $90,500, respectively, by providing management services to ApolloMed Hospitalists (AMH), an affiliated company with common ownership interest. Commencing August 1, 2008, the management services fee income reported by AMM was eliminated in consolidation against similar costs recorded at AMH.
 
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The Company borrowed $70,000 on a short-term promissory note in the quarter ended July 2008 from a related party of the Chief Executive officer of the Company.   The $70,000 note was due and payable in full no later than October 1, 2008, carries no interest rate, and the Company was obligated to pay an origination fee of $5,000 at the time of payoff.  The note was extended by verbal agreement on its expiration date with no change in terms. On January 24, 2009, the Company formalized the note extension.  Under the terms of the new note, the $5,000  origination fee was added to the note, the due date was extended to March 31, 2011, the interest rate was set at eight (8) percent and the note is initially convertible  into 214,285 shares of common stock.  The Company has the right to redeem the note at a 105 percent premium prior to March 31, 2011. (Note 9)

Also, during the fourth quarter, the Company issued Convertible Notes in amounts aggregating to $23,000 to two relatives of Warren Hosseinion, the Company’s CEO (Note 9).

 13.  Line of Credit

The Company, through AMH, has a SBA line of credit with Wells Fargo Bank. The loan was established on January 5, 2006, provided a total available credit of $200,000 and had a final maturity date of February 10, 2009.  The interest rate is the bank’s prime rate plus 2 points. The loan is collateralized by all machinery, equipment, furniture, accounts, inventory and general intangibles of AMH and personally guaranteed by the CEO of the Company.

On February 3, 2009, the Company’s SBA line of credit with Wells Fargo Bank was, by mutual agreement, converted into a four-year fully amortized loan. The credit line was reduced to $198,000. The interest rate remained at the bank’s prime rate plus 2 percentage points and the maturity date was extended to February 10, 2013 and all collateral and guarantor remained unchanged.

As of January 31, 2008, Apollo had drawn $198,000 against this facility with $41,782 in current portion. Interest expense of $6,522 related to the SBA loan was recorded during the year ended January 31, 2009.

The following table represents the principal repayments of all the outstanding debt as of January 31, 2009:

     
       
2010
  74,782  
2011
    47,928  
    125,505  
2013
   
53,222
 
2014
   
4,563
 
 
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14.  Minority Interest
 
The Company recorded AMH ownership interest in the accompanied financial statements as Minority Interest amounting to $228,115.
 
15. Stockholder’s Equity
 
During the period from February 1, 2007 to July 31, 2007, Apollo Medical issued 364,000 shares to investors for a total cash value $182,000. As part of issuance of shares for cash the Company granted 91,000 stock warrants to investors. During the period from February 1, 2008 to July 31, 2008, Apollo Medical issued 670,000 shares to investors for a total cash value $335,000. As part of issuance of shares for cash the Company granted 167,500 stock warrants to investors.
 
As the result of the merger on June 13, 2008, the former shareholders of Apollo Medical received 20,933,490 shares of the Company’s common stock in exchange for all the issued and outstanding shares of Apollo Medical. Certain former shareholders of Apollo Medical received 470,470 warrants in exchange for warrants granted to them in previous fund raising.

During the three month period ended October 31, 2008, the Company issued 268,687 shares for legal, accounting and investment advisory services provided to the Company. The Company also issued 50,000 shares as financing fee on a note payable.
 
            On October 27, 2008, the Company entered into a Board of Director’s Agreement with Suresh Nihalani.  The Company issued a stock award of 400,000 shares to Mr. Nihalani, under the terms of the Director’s Agreement, which shares will be issued ratably over a thirty-six month period commencing December 2008.  During the year ended January 2009, Mr. Nihalani was issued 11,111 shares under this agreement.

Warrants outstanding:

   
Aggregate
intrinsic value
   
Number of
warrants
 
Outstanding at January 31, 2008
  $       165,620  
Granted
            460,183  
Exercised
           
Cancelled
           
                 
Outstanding at January 31, 2009
            625,803  
 
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Exercise Price
   
Warrants
outstanding
   
Weighted
average
remaining
contractual life
   
Warrants
exercisable
   
Weighted
average exercise
price
 
$ 1.10       470,470       1.54       470,470     $ 0.89  
$ 1.50       155,333       0.76       155,333     $ 0.29  
          625,803       2.30       625,803          

The grant date fair value of warrants amounting to $8,190 which was calculated using the Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model.

16. Commitments and Contingency
 
On September 4, 2008, Apollo Medical Management, Inc. executed an employment agreement with Jilbert Issai, M.D., to provide services as Senior Vice President . The agreement is for an initial one-year term with provision for successive one-year periods.  Under the agreement, Doctor Issai is entitled to a nominal salary and may be granted options to purchase an aggregate of 300,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $.10 per share when and if the Company is to adopt a stock compensation plan.
 
The Company entered into an Advisory Agreement with Stonecreek Associates, Inc. on October 27, 2008, under which Stonecreek would provide investment advisory services to the Company. The agreement terminated on March 31, 2009. The Company does have a continuing obligation to pay a commission to Stone Creek if a financing transaction occurs under specific terms and conditions as agreed to by Stone Creek and the Company. This obligation will expire on March 31, 2010.
 
On October 27, 2008, the Company entered into a Board of Director’s Agreement with Suresh Nihalani.  The Company will issue a stock award of 400,000 shares to Mr. Nihalani, under the terms of the Director’s Agreement, which shares will be issued ratably over a thirty-six month period commencing December 2008.  The shares will be released to Mr. Nihalani on a monthly basis during his tenure as a Director.  The distribution of shares will continue as long as Mr. Nihalani  serves  on the Board, but will cease when Mr. Nihalani is no longer is a Director. Mr. Nihalani was issued 11,111 shares under this agreement in the year ended January 31, 2009. In addition, 11,111 shares have been accrued as shares to be issued and are included in Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities on the accompanying financial statements

The Company entered into a Consulting Agreement with Kaneohe Advisors LLC (Kyle Francis) under which Mr. Francis would become the Company’s Executive Vice President, Business Development and Strategy. The agreement calls for monthly compensation of $8,000 of which $6,000 would be deferred. Mr. Francis was awarded an initial restricted stock award of 50,000 shares which have been accrued as shares to be issued and are included in Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities on the accompanying financial statements.
 
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The Company has received a claim for $250,000 relating to amounts purportedly owed by the Company as a result of the initial reverse acquisition transaction.  This dispute relates to the initial letter dated June 3, 2008.  The terms of the letter of intent call for, among other things, the payment of cash of $250,000 within 60 days of closing.  The letter of intent states, however, that it is intended to serve as a memorandum of the Parties current discussions, and that a definitive transaction agreement will follow.  The letter of intent further states that both parties acknowledge that all provisions of the letter of intent are non binding, and that no contract or agreement providing for a transaction shall be deemed to exist unless and until a final agreement has been negotiated and executed.  The final merger agreement that was executed contains a clause that it is the “entire agreement” and thus supersedes all previous agreements including the letter of intent; moreover, management contends that there are no additional amounts owed under the final merger agreement. The Company has not accrued for any amount asserted in the above claim as the attorney of the Company has advised that the matter is in its early stage and the outcome could not be predicted at this stage.
 
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EX-10.3 2 v150037_ex10-3.htm
MANAGEMENT SERVICES AGREEMENT

This Management Agreement (“Agreement”) is made and entered into as of this 20th day of March, 2009, by and between Apollo Medical Management, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Manager”), and ApolloMed Hospitalists, a California medical corporation (“Group”).
 
Recitals:
 
A.            Manager is a Delaware corporation engaged in the business of managing physician practices to enhance the quality and efficiency of the medical practices it manages.
 
B.            Group is a California medical corporation that provides hospitalist services to inpatients at hospitals staffed by Group.
 
C.            Group desires retain Manager to provide assistance to Group in managing and administering all non-medical aspects of Group’s medical practice in a manner and to the extent permitted by law.
 
D.            Group and Manager recognize that Group has sole responsibility for providing medical services to Group’s patients, and Manager shall provide assistance to Group in managing and administering all non-medical functions of Group’s medical practice.
 
THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements contained herein, the parties agree as follows:
 
1.            Management Services.  During the term of this Agreement, Group engages Manager to assist Group in providing the following management and administrative services required by Group for the operation of the Practice:
 
(a)           Business Matters.  Supervising and coordinating all day-to-day, non-medical business aspects of Group’s Practice.
 
(b)           Supplies and Equipment.  Ordering and purchasing, after consultation with Group, all medical and office supplies and equipment required by Group in connection with the operation of Group’s practice.  All such supplies shall be of a quality acceptable to Group.
 
(c)           Bookkeeping.  Providing all bookkeeping and accounting services, including, without limitation, maintenance, custody and supervision of Group’s business records, papers and documents, ledgers, journals and reports, and the preparation, distribution and recording of all bills and statements for professional services rendered by Group in the course of Group’s Practice.
 
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(d)           Management & Clinical Information Systems.  Upon request and in consultation with Group, the planning, negotiation with third party vendors, selection, installation and operation of appropriate hardware and software (including but not limited to the Apollo Web database technology) to provide Group with management and clinical information systems support.  All clinical and financial data pertaining to Group’s practice shall be regularly backed up on electronic media, with additional hard copy back up when in the judgment of Manager, after consultation with Group, it is prudent to do so, and copies of such back up data in both electronic media and hard copy shall be provided to Group from time to time upon request of Group.  Upon termination of this Agreement for any reason, all such data and back up data shall be promptly delivered to Group to ensure continuity of Group’s financial and clinical operations.  All such services shall comply, as appropriate, with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, and the regulations promulgated thereto (“HIPAA”).
 
(e)           Billing & Collection.  Subject to Section 3(d) below, providing all billing and collection services for Group’s medical practice.  All billings shall be accurate and in accord with appropriate and up-to-date payor coding requirements.  Manager shall diligently pursue collections of Group and shall follow up billings in a timely fashion to ensure that payments are received to the greatest extent possible in a commercially reasonable time, and that aged accounts receivable are maintained within commercially reasonable limits, for medical practices similar to that of Group.
 
(i)  Attorney-In-Fact; Assignment and Limitations.  In performing its billing and collection duties hereunder, Manager shall act as Group’s agent and shall indicate it is billing in the name of Group.  Group hereby appoints Manager, for the term hereof, as its true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power of assignment and substitution, to bill patients or third party payors on Group’s behalf; collect accounts receivable arising out of billings, and receive payments on behalf of Group.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, no assignment shall be made to Manager of any sums or rights to payment, the assignment of which is prohibited by law (e.g., revenues from patients covered by the Medicare program).  In lieu of assignment of such payments, unless otherwise prohibited by law, Group shall remit to Manager the amount of any such sums within five (5) business days of Group’s receipt thereof.  Group and Manager shall cooperate in the establishment of a separate account or accounts to track all such amounts.  In connection with its billing activities, Manager may take possession of, and endorse in the name of Group, any and all notes, drafts and other instruments received by way of payment.  Manager shall assist Group in negotiating or otherwise communicating with any patient or third party payor regarding claims processing and any disputes arising therefrom.
 
(ii)           Bank Accounts.  Manager is hereby granted a general power of attorney with respect to the bank accounts of Group and shall have full access to and signatory rights, with Group, over such bank accounts.  Manager shall have full power and authority to deposit funds into, and withdraw funds from, all such accounts in accordance with the terms of this Agreement; provided, however, that Group may impose such limitations upon Manager’s signatory rights over such accounts as Group shall determine from time to time, in Group’s sole discretion.  Manager shall have full authority to receive and transact on behalf of Group all cash, checks, drafts, notes and other instruments tendered as payment for professional services rendered by Group, except as may be precluded by law.
 
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(f)            UR/QA.  Assisting Group in the establishment and implementation of a program or programs of utilization review and quality assurance for the activities of Group, and in the formulation and implementation of related policies, procedures and protocols including, but not limited to both a monitoring function and the development and implementation of performance parameters, evidence based medicine protocols, and outcomes measurements
 
(g)           Insurance.  Negotiating and securing appropriate insurance coverage on behalf of Group and in connection with Group’s Practice, after consultation with Group, including coverage for malpractice, comprehensive general liability, fire and premises liability, worker’s compensation, business interruption, and such other coverage as may be agreed from time to time between Manager and Group.
 
(h)           Worker’s Compensation, Etc.  Preparing and filing all forms, reports, and returns required by law in connection with unemployment insurance, workers’ compensation insurance, disability benefits, social security, and other similar laws now in effect or hereafter imposed.
 
(i)            Premises.  Managing the proper maintenance and physical operation of Group’s medical practice premises (“Premises”).  Group’s medical office lease(s) are listed on Exhibit A, which is attached hereto and made a part hereof.
 
(j)            Clerical Support.  Providing reception, secretarial, human resources, transcription and clerical personnel and services, including management of the maintenance of medical records.  All Manager personnel shall be acceptable to Group in its reasonable discretion and shall be appropriately trained and supervised for the duties assigned to them in connection with Group’s practice.
 
(k)           Advertising.  Marketing of physician services to hospitals, and otherwise coordinating advertising, marketing and similar activities conducted on behalf of Group, after consultation with Group.
 
(l)            Capital.  Consulting with Group regarding capital and financial needs, including seeking capital, undertaking the efforts to raise, and providing access to, capital for any lawful purpose, including without limitation working capital, acquiring other physician practices and acquiring other business assets of the practice.
 
(m)           Contracting.  Manager shall assist Group in setting the parameters under which Group will enter into, and in negotiating, contractual relations with hospitals and third party payors.
 
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(n)           Other Services.  Providing such other services as may be agreed between the parties from time to time which may include, but not be limited to, Physician recruitment services, contracting services (with hospitals and payors), physicians scheduling, Payroll services for the physicians (as well as management company personnel), Case management for patients
 
2.            Performance of Manager’s Services.
 
(a)           Manager’s Availability.  Manager shall devote its best efforts to carrying out the terms of this Agreement and shall devote sufficient time and resources, as determined by Manager after consultation with Group, as is reasonably required to discharge its duties under this Agreement.
 
(b)           Manager’s Authority.  Manager shall perform all additional and ancillary services, not otherwise described in this Agreement, that may in Manager’s judgment, after consultation with Group, be reasonable and appropriate in order to meet Manager’s obligations under this Agreement.  Manager may subcontract with other persons or entities, including entities related to Manager by common ownership or control, to perform all or any part of the services required of Manager by this Agreement.  For purposes of this Agreement, Manager shall have signatory rights on all bank accounts used by Group in the conduct of Group’s Practice, and Manager shall have the right to make deposits to and payments from such accounts as it deems appropriate in furtherance of its obligations hereunder, in accordance with Paragraph 1(e)(ii) (Bank Accounts).
 
(c)           Manager’s Responsibility.  In all matters under this Agreement, Manager shall abide by all applicable state and federal laws and regulations, and applicable policies and procedures of Group.
 
(d)           Reports to Group.  On or before the twenty-fifth (25th) day of the first month of each calendar quarter, Manager shall provide Group with an accounting of all billings and collections on behalf of Group, and all deposits to the account(s) of Group and payments from the account(s) of Group, effected by Manager for the benefit of Group during the immediately preceding calendar quarter.  All reports shall be in such form as may be agreed between Manager and Group from time to time.
 
3.            Obligations of Group.
 
(a)           Designation of Agent.  Group hereby designates and appoints Manager to act as Group’s non-physician manager and to provide the services to Group in connection with Group’s Practice as described in this Agreement.  Group hereby designates Warren Hosseinion, M.D. as its designated representative who is duly authorized by the Group to bind the Group and act on behalf of the Group in all respects pertaining to this Agreement.
 
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(b)           Access to Information.  Group acknowledges and agrees that all information and records concerning Group and Group’s performance of services that may be obtained by Manager during the term of this Agreement may be used by Manager for all purposes necessary or convenient to Manager’s obligations under this Agreement.
 
(c)           Selection of Group Personnel.  Group shall retain responsibility for the selection, hiring and termination of physicians, allied health professionals and medical assistants working in clinical capacities for the Group.  Group, in consultation with Manager, shall be solely responsible for determining the compensation of all licensed medical professionals.
 
(d)           Coding and Billing Procedures.  Group shall retain responsibility for decisions relating to coding and billing procedure for patient care services.
 
4.            Confidentiality.
 
(a)           Trade Secrets.  All proceedings, files, records and related information of Group and of Manager are confidential and proprietary information of Group and Manager, respectively, and each party shall keep and maintain as strictly confidential all such information to which it may have access by virtue of this Agreement.  Neither party shall voluntarily disclose all or any part of such confidential information, orally or in writing, except as expressly required by law or pursuant to a written authorization from the other party.  Each party shall include the provisions of this Paragraph in any written contract with any employed or contracted persons that may be engaged by such party to render services pursuant to this Agreement, and shall take such other steps as may be reasonable under the circumstances to ensure that its respective personnel do not disclose any confidential information in violation of this provision.  This covenant shall survive the termination of this Agreement.  Each party agrees that upon termination of this Agreement for any reason, it shall promptly return to the other party the originals and all copies of any and all trade secrets, confidential or proprietary information, it may then possess, including without limitation any such information stored on computer media.
 
(b)           Medical Information & Patient Records.  Each party shall maintain the confidentiality of all patient records, charts and other patient identifying information, and shall comply with all applicable State and Federal laws governing the confidentiality of medical records and related information.  Manager will serve as a “Business Associate” (as that term is defined under HIPAA) of Group, Accordingly, and in compliance with the requirements HIPAA, Manager shall, prior to the commencement of services hereunder, enter into a mutually acceptable form of Business Associate Agreement.
 
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(c)           Intellectual Property Rights.  Group utilizes a proprietary database technology called ApolloWeb to enhance the quality and efficiency of the medical practices it manages. (“ApolloWeb”).  From time to time, Group may provide Manager with software programs and related documentation, or improvements and upgrades thereto, to facilitate its use of ApolloWeb (“System-Related Software”).  Group hereby grants Manager a nonexclusive, royalty-free license to reproduce, install and use on equipment owned or controlled by Group, and solely for Group’s own purposes (which may be business or non-commercial, as applicable), any such System-Related Software only in the form it was provided or made available to Manager by Group, and only in connection with Manager’s use of the ApolloWeb in accordance with this Agreement.  Manager will not distribute, sublicense, modify, create derivative works of, sell, transfer or assign the System-Related Software, nor will Manager reverse engineer, decompile or disassemble any object code of System-Related Software except to the extent permitted by applicable law notwithstanding this restriction.  Manager further agrees not to remove or destroy any proprietary markings or confidential legends placed upon or contained within any System-Related Software.
 
Group and its licensors reserve all right, title and interest in the  ApolloWeb and System-Related Software, including all intellectual property rights therein (including without limitation all copyrights, patents, trade secrets, trademarks, service marks and trade names) subject to the licenses expressly set forth in this Agreement.  This Agreement does not include any sale or transfer to Manager of Group intellectual property rights, including without limitation with respect to ApolloWeb or any System-Related Software.
 
Manager acknowledges that the content, data and other materials made available by Group are owned or licensed by Group (the “Third Party Materials”).  Manager will not reproduce, distribute, modify, create derivative works of, or exercise any other rights in, such third party materials except as authorized by Group.
 
5.            Independent Contractors.
 
In the performance of services under this Agreement, it is mutually understood and agreed that Manager is at all times acting and performing as an independent contractor rendering administrative services to Group.  Neither party shall have any claim against the other under this Agreement or otherwise for Workers’ Compensation, unemployment compensation, vacation pay, sick leave, retirement benefits, Social Security benefits, disability insurance benefits, unemployment insurance benefits, or any other benefits.
 
6.            Staffing of Manager and Group.
 
(a)           Non-physician Personnel.  Manager shall be responsible for the payment to all persons employed or retained by Manager of all compensation, including reasonable base salary, fringe benefits, bonuses, health and disability insurance, workers’ compensation insurance and any other benefits that Manager may make available to its employees or contractors.
 
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(b)           Licensed Professional Personnel.  Group shall employ or contract with all physicians and other licensed professional personnel that Group, after consultation with Manager, deems to be required for the conduct of the Practice.  All such personnel shall be employees or contractors of Group, and Group shall be responsible for the payment to all such persons of all compensation, including reasonable base salary, fringe benefits, bonuses, health and disability insurance, workers’ compensation insurance and any other benefits which Group may make available to Group’s employees or contractors; provided, however, that Manager shall have management responsibility over the non-medical aspects associated with Group’s employment or contracting of such personnel.
 
7.            Term and Termination.
 
(a)           Term.  This Agreement shall commence on August 1, 2008 and shall continue in full force and effect for a term of twenty (20) years (the “Term”) until terminated as provided in this Agreement.
 
(b)           No Termination without Cause.  This Agreement may be terminated only for cause as specified in Subparagraph (c) below.
 
(c)           Termination For Cause.  This Agreement may be terminated by either party for cause, upon sixty (60) days prior written notice to the other party specifying the cause upon which such termination is based.  For purposes of this Agreement, “cause” shall have the meanings set forth below.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither party may terminate this Agreement if, during the foregoing sixty (60) day period, the party to whom notice has been given successfully cures the failure or breach of performance upon which termination is based; provided, however, that if such failure or breach cannot be cured within the sixty (60) day period, termination shall not occur if the party to whom notice has been given takes material action during such sixty (60) day period to cure the failure or breach and thereafter diligently and continuously prosecutes such cure to completion.
 
(d)           By Group.  Cause for termination by Group shall be limited to the following: (i) failure of any representation or warranty made by Manager in this Agreement to be true at the date of this Agreement and to remain true throughout the Term hereof, which failure has a material adverse effect upon Group; (ii) material failure by Manager to duly observe and perform the covenants and agreements undertaken by Manager herein; (iii) misrepresentation of material fact, or fraud, by Manager in the discharge of its obligations under this Agreement; (iv) if Manager shall dissolve, shall be adjudicated insolvent or bankrupt, or shall make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or shall consent to or authorize the filing of a voluntary petition in bankruptcy, which petition shall remain undismissed for a period of sixty (60) days, or the filing against Manager of any proceeding in involuntary bankruptcy, which proceeding shall remain undismissed for a period of sixty (60) days.
 
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(e)           By Manager.  Cause for termination by Manager shall be limited to the following: (i) failure of any representation or warranty made by Group in this Agreement to be true at the date of this Agreement and to remain true throughout the Term hereof, which failure has a material adverse effect upon Manager; (ii) material failure by Group to duly observe and perform all the covenants and agreements undertaken by Group herein; (iii) misrepresentation of material fact, or fraud, by Group in the discharge of Group’s obligations under this Agreement; or (iv) if Group shall be adjudicated insolvent or bankrupt, or shall make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or shall consent to or authorize the filing of a voluntary petition in bankruptcy, which petition shall remain undismissed for a period of sixty (60) days, or the filing against Group of any proceeding in involuntary bankruptcy, which proceeding shall remain undismissed for a period of sixty (60) days.
 
(f)           Effect of Termination.  Termination of this Agreement shall not discharge either party from any obligation which may have arisen and which remains to be performed upon the date of termination, including, but not limited to, the obligation to compensate Manager in accordance with Section 8 (Management Fee).  Upon termination of this Agreement, Manager shall promptly deliver to Group all clinical and financial data maintained by Manager for Group’s benefit.  Manager shall make diligent efforts to collect receivables arising from services of Group prior to the date of termination and shall remit to Group in a timely fashion the allocable portion of all such collections.  Similarly, following termination, all receivables that Group may directly collect arising from services of Group prior to the date of termination shall be allocated as provided herein, and Group shall remit to Manager in a timely fashion the allocable portion of Group’s collections of the same.
 
8.            Management Fee.
 
(a)           In consideration of the management services to be rendered by Manager hereunder, Group shall pay Manager, each month, a percentage of Group’s gross revenue that Group receives for the performance of medical services by Group.  This percentage will be amended or modified each month, according to medical practice budgets agreed between Manager and Group.
 
(b)           On or before the twentieth (20th) day of the month following each month, Manager may deduct and pay to itself, from any account(s) of Group managed by Manager, all amounts due and owing to Manager as management fees for the immediately preceding month.
 
9.            Rights of Entry and Inspection.
 
(a)           By Manager.  Manager and its duly authorized representatives shall have the right at all reasonable times to enter upon Group’s Premises for the purposes of carrying out the duties of Manager hereunder, and for inspection and verification of Group’s books and records pertaining to Group’s Practice; provided, however, that any such entry by Manager shall not unreasonably interfere with the conduct of Group’s Practice.
 
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(b)           By Group.  Group and its duly authorized representatives shall have the right at all reasonable times to enter upon Manager’s premises for the purposes of carrying out the duties of Group hereunder, and for inspection and verification of Manager’s books and records pertaining to Group’s Practice; provided, however, that any such entry by Group shall not unreasonably interfere with the conduct of Manager’s business.
 
10.          Group’s Representations and Warranties.
 
(a)           Properly Constituted.  Group is a professional corporation, duly organized, existing in good standing under the laws of the State of California, has the corporate power and authority to own its property and to carry on Group’s business as it is now being conducted, and to enter into and perform Group’s obligations under this Agreement.
 
(b)           No Conflicts.  The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement will not contravene or conflict with any agreements, indentures or contracts to which Group is a party or by which it is bound.
 
(c)           Licenses and Permits.  Group has in full force and effect all licenses, permits and certificates required to operate Group’s Practice as it is being operated as of the date of this Agreement.  Group shall promptly notify Manager should any of Group’s shareholders become ineligible to practice medicine in the State of California.  Group shall not permit any persons who have become ineligible to practice medicine in California to retain shares of Group beyond such time periods as may be permitted by law.
 
(d)           Consents.  Group has taken all appropriate corporate action and has obtained all necessary approvals and consents that are necessary or convenient to enable Group to enter into this Agreement.
 
11.          Manager’s Representations and Warranties.
 
(a)           Properly Constituted.  Manager is a corporation duly organized, existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, has the corporate power and authority to own its property and to carry on its business as it is now being conducted, and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement.
 
(b)           No Conflicts.  The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement will not contravene or conflict with any agreements, indentures or contracts to which Manager is a party or by which it is bound.
 
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(c)           Licenses and Permits.  Manager has in full force and effect all licenses, permits and certificates required to operate its business as it is being operated as of the date of this Agreement.
 
(d)           Consents.  Manager has taken all appropriate corporate action and has obtained all necessary approvals and consents that are necessary or convenient to enable Manager to enter into this Agreement.
 
12.          Insurance and Indemnity.
 
(a)           Professional Liability.  Group shall at all times during the term of the Agreement procure and maintain, and cause all licensed health care personnel associated with Group’s medical practice to similarly procure and maintain, professional liability insurance with minimum coverage limits of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) per occurrence and Three Million Dollars ($3,000,000) annual aggregate, and in such form and substance, and underwritten by such recognized companies, authorized to do business in California, as Manager may from time to time reasonably require, and shall provide copies of all such policies and renewals thereof to Manager upon request.
 
(b)           Indemnity.  To the extent permissible under each party’s respective policies of insurance, each party shall indemnify and hold harmless the other party, and its shareholders, directors, officers, employees and agents, from and against all damages, costs, expenses, liabilities, claims, demands, and judgments of whatever kind or nature, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs, for which either party might liable, in whole or in part, arising out of or related to the acts and/or omissions of the indemnifying party and its shareholders, directors, officers employees and agents.
 
13.          General Provisions.
 
(a)           Assignment.  Neither party shall assign any of its rights nor delegate any of its duties or obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of the other party.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, Manager may assign this Agreement to a successor in interest by providing notice to Group, which notice shall state the effective date of such assignment.  Upon such assignment, the successor shall be responsible for the duties and responsibilities of Manager hereunder.  Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed to prevent the Manager from selling or conveying substantially all of its assets used in connection with the performance of this Agreement, nor shall Group be prohibited from selling or conveying substantially all of its assets provided that the Agreement continues in full force and effect.
 
(b)           Access to Books and Records.  Manager shall make available, upon request, to the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Comptroller General of the United States, or their authorized representatives, this Agreement, and all books, documents and records relating to the nature and extent of the costs of services provided hereunder for a period of five (5) years after the furnishing of services pursuant hereto.  In addition, if Manager’s services under this Agreement are to be provided by subcontract and if that subcontract has a value or cost of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) or more over a twelve-month period, Manager shall require in writing that the subcontractor make available to the Secretary and the Comptroller General, or their authorized representatives, for a period of five (5) years after the furnishing of such services, the subcontract and all books, documents and records relating to the nature and extent of the costs of the services provided thereunder.
 
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(c)           Amendments.  This Agreement may be amended at any time by mutual agreement of the parties without additional consideration, provided that before any amendment shall become effective, it shall be reduced to writing and signed by the parties.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, should any provision of this Agreement be in conflict with a governing State or federal law, it shall be deemed amended accordingly.
 
(d)           Notices.  Notices required under this Agreement shall be deemed given (i) at the time of personal delivery upon the party to be served; or (ii) twenty four (24) hours following deposit for overnight delivery with a bonded courier holding itself out to the public as providing such service, or following deposit in the U.S. Mail, Express Mail for overnight delivery; or (iii) forty eight (48) hours following deposit in the U.S. Mail, registered or certified mail; and in any case postage prepaid and addressed as follows, or to such other addresses as either party may from time to time designate to the other:
 
To Group: 
ApolloMed Hospitalists
 
P.O. Box 4555
       Glendale, CA 91222

To Manager:
Apollo Medical Management, Inc.
 
 1010 N. Central Ave.
Glendale, CA 91201
 
(e)           Entire Agreement.  This Agreement, including all Attachments, is the entire Agreement between the parties regarding the subject matter hereof, and supersedes all other and prior agreements, whether oral or written.
 
(f)           Successors and Assigns.  This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of, and shall be binding upon, the parties hereto and their permitted successors and assigns.
 
(g)           Waiver of Provisions.  No waiver of any terms or conditions hereof shall be valid unless given in writing, and signed by the party giving such waiver.  A waiver of any term or condition hereof shall not be construed as a future or continuing waiver of the same or any other term or condition hereof.
 
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(h)           Governing Law.  This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of California without regard to conflicts of law.
 
(i)            Severability.  The provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed severable, and if any portion shall be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason, the remainder of this Agreement shall be effective and binding upon the parties.
 
(j)           Attorneys’ Fees.  In the event that any action, including mediation or arbitration, is brought by either party arising out of or in connection with this Agreement, the prevailing party in such action shall be entitled to recover its costs of suit, including reasonable attorneys’ fees.
 
(k)           Captions.  Any captions to or headings of the articles, sections, subsections, paragraphs, or subparagraphs of this Agreement are solely for the convenience of the parties, are not a part of this Agreement, and shall not be used for the interpretation or determination of any provision hereof.
 
(l)            Cumulation of Remedies.  The various rights, options, elections, powers, and remedies of the respective parties hereto granted by this Agreement are in addition to any others to which the parties may be entitled to by law, shall be construed as cumulative, and no one of them is exclusive of any of the others, or of any right of priority allowed by law.
 
(m)          No Third Party Rights.  The parties do not intend the benefits of this Agreement to inure to any third person not a signatory hereto; and accordingly, this Agreement shall not be construed to create any right, claim or cause of action against either party by any person or entity not a party hereto.
 
(n)           Construction of Agreement.  The parties agree that each party and its counsel have participated in the review and revision of this Agreement and that any rule of construction to the effect that ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting party shall not apply in the interpretation of this Agreement.
 
(o)           Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

Apollo Medical Management, Inc.
(“MANAGER”):
   
By:
/s/ Warren Hosseinion
   
Its:
Chief Executive Officer
   
Apollo Med Hospitalists, a Medical Corporation
(“GROUP”):
   
By:
/s/ Warren Hosseinion
   
Its:
Chief Executive Officer
 
 
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EXHIBIT 31.1
 
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
FORM OF RULE 13A-14(A)
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 302(A) OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
 
I, Warren Hosseinion, M.D., Chief Executive Officer of Apollo Medical Holdings, Inc., certify that:
 
1.
I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of Apollo Medical Holdings, Inc.

2.
Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.
Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4.
The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

(a)
Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

(b)
Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

(c)
Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

 

 
 
(d)
Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5.
The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

(a)
All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

(b)
Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
 
Date: May 18, 2009
 
/s/ WARREN HOSSEINION, M.D.
 
WARREN HOSSEINION, M.D.
 Chief Executive Officer
 
 

 
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EXHIBIT 31.2
 
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
FORM OF RULE 13A-14(A)
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 302(A) OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
 
I, A. Noel DeWinter, Chief Financial Officer of Apollo Medical Holdings, Inc., certify that:
 
1.
I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of Apollo Medical Holdings, Inc.

2.
Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.
Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4.
The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

(a)
Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

(b)
Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

(c)
Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
 
 

 

(d) 
 Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. 
The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

(a) 
All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

(b) 
Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
 
Date: May 18, 2009
 
/s/ A. NOEL DEWINTER
 
A. NOEL DEWINTER
 
Chief Financial Officer
 
 
 

 
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EXHIBIT 32.1
 
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
 
     Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as created by Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the undersigned officer of Apollo Medical Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) hereby certifies, to such officer’s knowledge, that:
 
(i) 
The Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company for the year ended January 31, 2009 (the “Report”), fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or Section 15(d), as applicable, of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

(ii)
The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.
 
Dated: May 18, 2009 
/s/ WARREN HOSSEINION, M.D.  
 
WARREN HOSSEINION, M.D. 
 
Chief Executive Officer 
   
 
 

 
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 EXHIBIT 32.2
 
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
 
     Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as created by Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the undersigned officer of Apollo Medical Holdings, Inc.(the “Company”) hereby certifies, to such officer’s knowledge, that:
 
(i) 
The Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company for the year ended January 31, 2009 (the “Report”), fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or Section 15(d), as applicable, of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

(ii) 
The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.
 
Dated: May 18, 2009  
/s/ A. NOEL DEWINTER  
  
       A. NOEL DEWINTER  
  
Chief Financial Officer 
  
 
 
 

 

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