UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
 
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 29, 2012

Accretive Health, Inc.
 
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
Delaware
 
001-34746
 
02-0698101
 
 
 
 
 
(State or Other Juris-
diction of Incorporation)
 
(Commission
File Number)
 
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
 
401 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 2700, Chicago, Illinois
 
60611
 
 
 
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 
(Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (312) 324-7820
 
 
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
 
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Item 8.01. Other Events.

Accretive Health (NYSE: AH) announced today that in an ongoing effort to resolve its outstanding issues with the Minnesota Attorney General, Accretive Health and Fairview Health Services have decided to amend their revenue cycle operations agreement to transition the management of those operations to Fairview leadership.  The company is currently working with Fairview on transition plans. Accretive Health and Fairview will continue their work together on their Quality and Total Cost of Care initiative for population health management.

Accretive Health expects the revenue impact of the new revenue cycle operations arrangement with Fairview to be in the range of $62 million to $68 million, or approximately 6% of the company's expected 2012 revenue.  Accretive Health is working to offset the majority of this revenue shortfall with work from new and existing customers.  If the company is unable to do so, the new Fairview arrangement will adversely affect Accretive Health's fiscal year 2012 guidance.  The company will provide an update on its financial metrics and 2012 guidance on its quarterly earnings call on May 9th.

Safe Harbor Statement

This document contains forward-looking statements, including statements regarding expectations for future financial and business performance, and services provided to Fairview Health Services, which involve risks and uncertainties. Our actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of various factors, including those set forth in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on February 29, 2012, under the heading "Risk Factors". The words "anticipates," "believes," "estimates," "expects," "intends," "may," "plans," "projects," "would," “will,” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain these identifying words. We have based these forward-looking statements on our current expectations and projections about future events. Although we believe that the expectations underlying any of our forward-looking statements are reasonable, these expectations may prove to be incorrect and all of these statements are subject to risks and uncertainties. Should one or more of these risks and uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions, projections, or expectations prove incorrect, actual results, performance, financial condition, or events may vary materially and adversely from those anticipated, estimated, or expected.

All forward-looking statements included in this report are expressly qualified in their entirety by the foregoing cautionary statements. We wish to caution readers not to place undue reliance on any forward-looking statement that speaks only as of the date made and to recognize that forward-looking statements are predictions of future results, which may not occur as anticipated. Actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in the forward-looking statements and from historical results, due to the uncertainties and factors described above, as well as others that we may consider immaterial or do not anticipate at this time. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in our forward-looking statements are reasonable, we do not know whether our expectations will prove correct. Our expectations reflected in our forward-looking statements can be affected by inaccurate assumptions we might make or by known or unknown uncertainties and factors, including those described above. The risks and uncertainties described above are not exclusive, and further information concerning us and our business, including factors that potentially could materially affect our financial results or condition, may emerge from time to time. We assume no, and we specifically disclaim any, obligation to update, amend, or clarify forward-looking statements to reflect actual results or changes in factors or assumptions affecting such forward-looking statements. We advise you, however, to consult any further disclosures we make on related subjects in our periodic reports that we file with or furnish to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.







SIGNATURE

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.
 
 
 
ACCRETIVE HEALTH, INC.
 
Date:
March 29, 2012
By:  
/s/ John T. Staton 
 
 
 
John T. Staton 
 
 
 
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer