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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000950144-96-006044.txt : 19960830
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000950144-96-006044
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	10-Q/A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	19960630
FILED AS OF DATE:		19960829
SROS:			NASD

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			AMERICAN HOMEPATIENT INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000879181
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SERVICES-HOME HEALTH CARE SERVICES [8082]
		IRS NUMBER:				621474680
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		10-Q/A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-19532
		FILM NUMBER:		96623156

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		5200 MARYLAND WAY
		STREET 2:		MARYLAND FARMS OFFICE PARK
		CITY:			BRENTWOOD
		STATE:			TN
		ZIP:			37027
		BUSINESS PHONE:		6152218884

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		MARYLAND FARMS OFFICE PARK
		STREET 2:		5200 MARYLAND WAY
		CITY:			BRENTWOOD
		STATE:			TN
		ZIP:			37027

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	DIVERSICARE INC /DE
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19930328
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<DESCRIPTION>AMERICAN HOMEPATIENT, INC.  10-Q/A
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<PAGE>   1


                UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                ________________

                                  FORM 10-Q/A

                         AMENDMENT TO QUARTERLY REPORT
                    FILED PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF
                      THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

                         COMMISSION FILE NUMBER 0-19532

                           AMERICAN HOMEPATIENT, INC.
             (EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)

                                AMENDMENT NO. 1


         The undersigned Registrant hereby amends the following items of its
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 1996 (the
"Form 10-Q"), as set forth in the pages attached hereto:

         1.      The Registrant hereby modifies the cover page of the Form 10-Q
filed August 14, 1996 as follows:

                 (i) The outstanding shares of the issuer's common stock as of
                 August 7, 1996 is 14,657,062.
<PAGE>   2

                                 SIGNATURES

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


                                        AMERICAN HOMEPATIENT, INC.
                                        (Registrant)


Date: August 28, 1996                   By:     /s/ Mary Ellen Rodgers 
                                            ---------------------------------
                                               Mary Ellen Rodgers 
                                               Senior Vice President 
                                               and Chief Financial
                                               and Accounting Officer Duly
                                               Authorized to Sign on Behalf
                                               of the Registrant
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