SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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                                    FORM 8-K
                                 CURRENT REPORT

     Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

                           Date of Report May 15, 1998
                        (Date of earliest event reported)

                        HOSPITAL STAFFING SERVICES, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

         FLORIDA                      1-11131                   59-2150637
(State or other jurisdiction        (Commission              (I.R.S. Employer
     of incorporation)              File Number)          Identification Number)

                      6245 North Federal Highway, Suite 500
                       Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33308-1900
                    (Address of principal executive offices)

                                 (954) 771-0500
               Registrant's telephone number, including area code
















                HOSPITAL STAFFING SERVICES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
                                    FORM 8-K
                              ITEM 5. Other Events




On May 6, 1998  Hospital  Staffing  Services of  Tennessee,  Inc. (a fully owned
subsidiary of Hospital  Staffing  Services,  Inc.) filed an adversary  complaint
against the  Department  of Health and Human  Services,  Health  Care  Financing
Administration ("HCFA"), and Wellmark, Inc., as financial intermediary. Further,
the Company filed an emergency  motion for a temporary  restraining  order in an
effort to  temporarily  restrain the  Department  of Health and Human  Services,
through HCFA, from withholding the Medicare revenues generated by the operations
of the Company.

As a result,  on May 15, 1998, the Honorable,  Raymond B. Ray,  Bankruptcy Judge
for the  Southern  District of Florida,  entered a temporary  restraining  order
enjoining further  withholding of Medicare  reimbursements  pending order of the
Court.  In  addition,  the order  required  HCFA to  immediately  wire  transfer
$441,373.00  to the Company  representing  funds  improperly  withheld since the
bankruptcy filing and such order further requires HCFA to reinstate the periodic
interim  payments to the  Company as they  become  due.  See copy of Court Order
attached as Exhibit I.















                                   SIGNATURES
                                  May 19, 1998


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


HOSPITAL STAFFING SERVICES, INC.


By:  /s/Steve Martin                       Steve Martin, Chief Financial Officer
                                           (principal financial officer)
                                           Date: May 19, 1998






EXHIBIT I:

                         UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT
                          SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
                                BROWARD DIVISION
In re:

HOSPITAL STAFFING SERVICES          Case No.  98-21899-BKC-RBR
OF TENNESSEE, INC.,                         Chapter 11
FEI # 65-0194606,

         Debtor.
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HOSPITAL STAFFING SERVICES          Adv.  Case No. 98-2151-BKC-RBR-A
OF TENNESSEE, INC.,

         Plaintiff,

vs.

DONNA SHALALA,  as Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human
Services; HEALTH CARE FINANCING ADMINISTRATION; and WELLMARK, INC.

         Defendants.
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         ORDER GRANTING DEBTOR'S MOTION PURSUANT TO 11 U.S.C. SECT. 105
                      AND FED.R.BANKR.P. 7065 FOR TEMPORARY
                 RESTRAINING ORDER AND/OR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION

         THIS MATTER came before the Court on May 12, 1998 at 1:30 p.m. upon the
emergency hearing on the Motion Pursuant to 11 U.S.C.  ss.105 and Fed.R.Bankr.P.
7065  for  Temporary  Restraining  Order  and/or  Preliminary   Injunction  (the
"Injunction  Motion")  filed by the  Plaintiff,  Hospital  Staffing  Services of
Tennessee, Inc.

         THE COURT,  shall issue its MEMORANDUM  DECISION forthwith to set forth
its findings of fact and  conclusions  of law, and finding that the  Plaintiff's
success  on the merits is highly  likely,  irreparable  harm will  result in the
event the Debtor is not able to obtain  access to the funds which were  withheld
post petition and/or rely upon future revenues from post petition services,  the
threatened  injury to the  Plaintiff and its  affiliates  far outweighs any harm
that may  result to the  Defendants  in the  event  that the  Court  enters  the
injunction,  where the balance of the harm weighs in favor of the Plaintiff, and
the public interest will be served by the entry of the injunction, it is hereby

         ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that:

         (1)  The Defendants  shall remit instanter,  by wire transfer,  to HSS
Tennessee the sum of $441,373.00;

         (2)  The   Defendants   shall   transmit   all  future   payments   and
reimbursements  as and when due in accordance with the procedures in place prior
to the suspension of payments;

         (3)  The  Defendants  are  temporarily  restrained  and  enjoined  from
withholding future payments or claiming recoupment thereon pending further order
of this Court.

         DONE AND ORDERED in Chambers in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, this 15th day
of May, 1998.

                                                 /s/Raymond B. Ray
                                                 Raymond B. Ray, Judge
                                                 United States Bankruptcy Court