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Apria Healthcare Group Inc – ‘10-Q’ for 9/30/13 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Wednesday, 11/13/13, at 11:01am ET   ·   For:  9/30/13   ·   Accession #:  1193125-13-439649   ·   File #:  333-168159

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11/13/13  Apria Healthcare Group Inc        10-Q        9/30/13   72:9.7M                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q   —   Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML    881K 
 6: EX-99.1     Miscellaneous Exhibit                               HTML     22K 
 2: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     28K 
 3: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     28K 
 4: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     23K 
 5: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     23K 
71: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     44K 
48: R2          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML    132K 
45: R3          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML     36K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
16: R4          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations     HTML     91K 
47: R5          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows     HTML    154K 
32: R6          Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     70K 
63: R7          Restatement of Consolidated Financial Statements    HTML     31K 
33: R8          Goodwill and Intangible Assets                      HTML     60K 
35: R9          Long-Term Debt                                      HTML     59K 
17: R10         Stockholders' Deficit                               HTML     41K 
34: R11         Profit Interest Units                               HTML    114K 
62: R12         Income Taxes                                        HTML     35K 
58: R13         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     31K 
46: R14         Segments                                            HTML     68K 
68: R15         Certain Relationships and Related Party             HTML     36K 
                Transactions                                                     
61: R16         Financial Guarantees                                HTML    287K 
13: R17         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    135K 
                (Policies)                                                       
20: R18         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     43K 
                (Tables)                                                         
67: R19         Restatement of Consolidated Financial Statements    HTML     29K 
                (Tables)                                                         
70: R20         Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Tables)             HTML     61K 
72: R21         Long-Term Debt (Tables)                             HTML     45K 
69: R22         Stockholders' Deficit (Tables)                      HTML     31K 
52: R23         Profit Interest Units (Tables)                      HTML     91K 
18: R24         Segments (Tables)                                   HTML     67K 
31: R25         Financial Guarantees (Tables)                       HTML    286K 
24: R26         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     71K 
                Additional Information (Detail)                                  
23: R27         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     35K 
                Rental and Sale Revenues in                                      
                Fee-for-Service/Product Arrangement Revenue                      
                (Detail)                                                         
37: R28         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     31K 
                Amounts Accrued as Current Liabilities within                    
                Other Accrued Liabilities (Detail)                               
51: R29         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     27K 
                Amounts Accrued as Long-Term Liabilities within                  
                Income Taxes Payable and Other Non-Current                       
                Liabilities (Detail)                                             
59: R30         Restatement of Consolidated Financial Statements -  HTML     39K 
                Additional Information (Detail)                                  
29: R31         Restatement of Consolidated Financial Statements -  HTML     38K 
                Restatement of Condensed Consolidated Statement of               
                Cash Flows Items (Detail)                                        
38: R32         Goodwill and Intangible Assets - Schedule of        HTML     33K 
                Changes in Goodwill by Segment (Detail)                          
66: R33         Goodwill and Intangible Assets - Additional         HTML     33K 
                Information (Detail)                                             
26: R34         Goodwill and Intangible Assets - Schedule of        HTML     52K 
                Intangible Assets (Detail)                                       
56: R35         Goodwill and Intangible Assets - Schedule of        HTML     36K 
                Estimated Amortization Expense (Detail)                          
57: R36         Long-Term Debt - Schedule of Long Term Debt         HTML     41K 
                (Detail)                                                         
39: R37         Long-Term Debt - Additional Information (Detail)    HTML    167K 
22: R38         Long Term Debt - Schedule of Notes Redemption       HTML     25K 
                Prices (Detail)                                                  
55: R39         Long Term Debt - Schedule of Maturities of          HTML     43K 
                Long-Term Debt and ABL Facility (Detail)                         
27: R40         Stockholders' Deficit - Schedule of Changes to      HTML     45K 
                Stockholders Deficit (Detail)                                    
36: R41         Profit Interest Units - Additional Information      HTML     71K 
                (Detail)                                                         
60: R42         Profit Interest Units - Profit Interest Units       HTML     43K 
                Assumptions (Detail)                                             
30: R43         Profit Interest Units - Summary of Activity for     HTML     86K 
                Profit Interest Units (Detail)                                   
53: R44         Profit Interest Units - Additional Information 1    HTML     82K 
                (Detail)                                                         
44: R45         Income Taxes - Additional Information (Detail)      HTML     51K 
25: R46         Commitments and Contingencies - Additional          HTML     26K 
                Information (Detail)                                             
65: R47         Segments - Additional Information (Detail)          HTML     24K 
21: R48         Segments - Schedule of Operating Segments (Detail)  HTML     33K 
28: R49         Segments - Schedule of Reconciliation from Net      HTML     41K 
                Loss to EBIT (Detail)                                            
43: R50         Segments - Schedule of Reconciliation from Net      HTML     48K 
                Loss to EBIT (Parenthetical) (Detail)                            
49: R51         Segments - Schedule of Corporate Costs Allocated    HTML     26K 
                to Operating Segments (Detail)                                   
64: R52         Certain Relationships and Related Party             HTML     39K 
                Transactions - Additional Information (Detail)                   
14: R53         Financial Guarantees - Additional Information       HTML     24K 
                (Detail)                                                         
54: R54         Financial Guarantees - Condensed Consolidating      HTML    213K 
                Balance Sheets (Detail)                                          
40: R55         Financial Guarantees - Condensed Consolidating      HTML    122K 
                Statements of Operations (Detail)                                
19: R56         Financial Guarantees - Condensed Consolidated       HTML     93K 
                Statements of Cash Flows (Detail)                                
42: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    109K 
15: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX    278K 
41: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports (.xls)            XLS   1.55M 
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10: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- ahg-20130930_def                 XML    682K 
11: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- ahg-20130930_lab                      XML   1.19M 
12: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- ahg-20130930_pre               XML    947K 
 8: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- ahg-20130930                          XSD    201K 
50: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001193125-13-439649-xbrl      Zip    203K

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