In connection with the Amendment No. 1 to the Annual Report of Apria Healthcare Group Inc.
(the
“Company” or
“Apria”) on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2007 as filed with the SEC
on the date hereof (the
“Report”), I,
Lawrence M. Higby, Chief Executive Officer of
the Company,
certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to § 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002, that:
A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been provided to Apria and
will be retained by Apria and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon
request.