U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                    Form 10-Q

(Mark One)

[ X ] QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
      EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2002

                                       OR

[   ] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
      EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
      For the transition period from ______ to ______

                          Commission File No. 0-20619


                             MATRIA HEALTHCARE, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

           Delaware                                           58-2205984
(State or other jurisdiction of                            (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)                             Identification No.)

                               1850 Parkway Place
                             Marietta, Georgia 30067
                    (Address of principal executive offices)
                                   (Zip Code)

                                 (770) 767-4500
              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)


Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required
to be filed by Section 13 or 15 (d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant
was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing
requirements for the past 90 days.

                              Yes   X    No
                              ---------- ----------

The number of shares outstanding of the issuer's only class of common stock,
$.01 par value, together with associated common stock purchase rights, as of
November 1, 2002 was 10,051,463.






                             MATRIA HEALTHCARE, INC.
                          QUARTERLY REPORT ON FORM 10-Q
                               SEPTEMBER 30, 2002

                                TABLE OF CONTENTS


PART I--FINANCIAL INFORMATION

  Item 1.      Financial Statements...................................       3
  Item 2.      Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial
                 Condition and Results of Operations..................      22
  Item 3.      Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk   30
  Item 4.      Controls and Procedures................................      30


PART II--OTHER INFORMATION

  Item 2.      Changes in Securities and Use of Proceeds..............      31
  Item 4.      Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders....      31
  Item 6.      Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K.......................      32


SIGNATURES               .............................................      33
CERTIFICATIONS           .............................................      34









                          Part I--Financial Information

Item 1.  Financial Statements



                    Matria Healthcare, Inc. and Subsidiaries
                      Consolidated Condensed Balance Sheets
                (Amounts in thousands, except per share amounts)
                                   (Unaudited)


                                                                                                 


ASSETS                                                                              September 30,        December 31,
- ------                                                                                   2002                2001
                                                                                 -------------------   ----------------

Current assets:
     Cash and cash equivalents                                                              $ 5,418              1,983
     Short-term investments                                                                      83                116
     Trade accounts receivable, less allowances of $8,711 and
        $7,025 at September 30, 2002 and December 31, 2001, respectively                     50,732             52,054
     Inventories                                                                             24,219             21,306
     Prepaid expenses and other current assets                                               15,639             14,040
                                                                                             ------             ------
          Total current assets                                                               96,091             89,499
Property and equipment, less accumulated depreciation of $31,602 and
   $26,518 at September 30, 2002 and December 31, 2001, respectively                         27,422             18,722
Intangible assets, less accumulated amortization of $29,970 and
   $29,211 at September 30, 2002 and December 31, 2001, respectively                        133,017            109,634
Deferred income taxes                                                                        26,913             24,715
Other assets                                                                                 19,554             18,053
                                                                                            -------             ------
                                                                                          $ 302,997            260,623
                                                                                          =========            =======




See accompanying notes to consolidated condensed financial statements.





                    Matria Healthcare, Inc. and Subsidiaries
                      Consolidated Condensed Balance Sheets
                (Amounts in thousands, except per share amounts)
                                   (Unaudited)


                                                                                                


LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY                                                September 30,       December 31,
- ------------------------------------                                                    2002               2001
                                                                                  -----------------  -----------------

Current liabilities:
     Current installments of long-term debt                                                $ 1,162                615
     Accounts payable, principally trade                                                    28,135             22,651
     Accrued liabilities                                                                    17,914              9,619
                                                                                           -------             ------
          Total current liabilities                                                         47,211             32,885
Long-term debt, excluding current installments                                             118,051            114,575
Other long-term liabilities                                                                  8,088              8,266
                                                                                           -------            -------
          Total liabilities                                                                173,350            155,726
                                                                                           -------            -------

Common shareholders' equity:
     Common stock, $.01 par value.  Authorized 25,000 shares:
        issued and outstanding -- 10,051 and 8,927 shares
        at September 30, 2002 and December 31, 2001, respectively                              101                 89
     Additional paid-in capital                                                            311,102            290,070
     Accumulated deficit                                                                 (181,385)          (181,035)
     Accumulated other comprehensive loss                                                    (171)              (692)
     Notes receivable and accrued interest from shareholder                                     --            (3,535)
                                                                                         ---------           -------
          Total common shareholders' equity                                                129,647            104,897
                                                                                          --------            -------
                                                                                         $ 302,997            260,623
                                                                                         =========            =======



See accompanying notes to consolidated condensed financial statements.





                    Matria Healthcare, Inc. and Subsidiaries
                 Consolidated Condensed Statements of Operations
                (Amounts in thousands, except per share amounts)
                                   (Unaudited)


                                                                                                  
                                                                              Three Months Ended             Nine Months Ended
                                                                                 September 30,                 September 30,
                                                                          ---------------------------    --------------------------
                                                                              2002          2001            2002           2001
                                                                          -------------  ------------    ------------  ------------

Revenues                                                                      $ 71,352        68,097         205,943       194,303

Cost of revenues                                                                42,926        37,420         120,736       105,895
Selling and administrative expenses                                             20,972        18,690          65,576        55,296
Provision for doubtful accounts                                                  4,032         1,991           7,960         5,764
Amortization of intangible assets                                                  140         2,457             420         7,370
                                                                           -----------     ---------       ---------     ---------
     Operating earnings from continuing operations                               3,282         7,539          11,251        19,978
Interest expense, net                                                          (3,494)       (3,453)         (9,995)       (6,678)
Other income (expense), net                                                      (613)            13           (584)         (725)
                                                                           -----------    ----------       ---------     ---------
     Earnings (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes              (825)         4,099             672        12,575
Income tax expense (benefit)                                                     (260)         1,650             340         5,050
                                                                           ----------     ----------      ----------     ---------
     Earnings (loss) from continuing operations                                  (565)         2,449             332         7,525
Loss from discontinued operations, net of income taxes                           (682)         (210)           (682)          (210)
                                                                           -----------    ----------       ---------     ---------
     Net earnings (loss)                                                       (1,247)         2,239           (350)         7,315
Preferred stock dividend requirements                                               --          (42)              --        (1,638)
Accretion of preferred stock                                                        --           (7)              --          (225)
  Gain (loss) on repurchases of preferred stock                                     --       (1,400)              --           739
                                                                            ----------     ---------       ---------     ---------

       Net earnings (loss) available to common shareholders                  $ (1,247)           790           (350)         6,191
                                                                             =========    ==========      ==========     =========

Net earnings (loss) per common share:
     Basic:
        Continuing operations                                                 $ (0.06)         0.11           0.04           0.73
        Discontinued operations                                                 (0.08)        (0.02)        ( 0.08)        ( 0.02)
                                                                            ----------    ---------       ---------      --------
                                                                              $ (0.14)         0.09          (0.04)          0.71
                                                                              ========    =========       =========     =========

     Diluted:
        Continuing operations                                                 $ (0.06)         0.11            0.04         0.72
        Discontinued operations                                                 (0.08)        (0.02)         ( 0.08)       (0.02)
                                                                           -----------    ----------      ---------      --------
                                                                              $ (0.14)         0.09           (0.04)        0.70
                                                                            ==========   ===========      =========     =========

Weighted average shares outstanding:
     Basic                                                                      9,161         8,736           9,062         8,735
                                                                           ==========    ==========       =========      ========
     Diluted                                                                    9,161         8,905           9,062         8,924
                                                                           ==========    ==========       =========      ========




See accompanying notes to consolidated condensed financial statements.





                    Matria Healthcare, Inc. and Subsidiaries
                 Consolidated Condensed Statements of Cash Flows
                             (Amounts in thousands)
                                   (Unaudited)


                                                                                          
                                                                                         Nine Months Ended
                                                                                           September 30,
                                                                                  -----------------------------
                                                                                      2002            2001
                                                                                  --------------   ------------

Cash Flows from Operating Activities:
   Net earnings (loss)                                                                  $ (350)          7,315
   Less, loss from discontinued operations, net of income taxes                           (682)          (210)
                                                                                          -----          -----
   Earnings from continuing operations                                                      332          7,525
   Adjustments to reconcile net earnings (loss) to net cash provided by
      operating activities:
         Depreciation and amortization                                                    5,419         11,229
         Amortization of debt discount and expenses                                       1,648            586
         Provision for doubtful accounts                                                  7,960          5,764
         Deferred tax expense (benefit)                                                 (1,253)          5,050
         Non-cash loss on settlement of note receivable from shareholder                  2,508             --
         Proceeds from termination of interest rate swap agreement                        3,053             --
         Changes in assets and liabilities:
            Trade accounts receivable                                                   (5,723)       (16,408)
            Inventories                                                                 (2,770)        (1,099)
            Prepaid expenses and other current assets                                   (2,795)        (3,664)
            Noncurrent assets                                                           (2,770)        (2,390)
            Accounts payable                                                             5,284            717
            Accrued and other liabilities                                                4,979          1,308
                                                                                         -----          -----
               Net cash provided by continuing operations                               15,872          8,618
               Net cash provided by discontinued operations                                517          2,409
                                                                                        ------         ------
                  Net cash provided by operating activities                             16,389         11,027
                                                                                        ------         ------

Cash Flows from Investing Activities:
   Purchases of property and equipment                                                 (12,669)        (6,389)
   Purchases of property and equipment related to discontinued operations                   --            (17)
   Acquisition of businesses, net of cash acquired                                      (3,476)            --
   Proceeds from disposition of business                                                    --         18,076
                                                                                      ---------        ------
                  Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities                  (16,145)        11,670
                                                                                      ---------        ------

Cash Flows from Financing Activities:
   Borrowings under credit agreement                                                     8,500         36,000
   Proceeds from issuance of debt                                                        1,462          1,013
   Proceeds from  issuance of senior notes                                                  --        112,042
   Principal repayments of long-term debt                                               (9,660)      (126,500)
   Proceeds from issuance of common stock                                                1,858            609
   Repurchases of common stock and warrants                                                 --         (4,346)
   Repurchase of preferred stock                                                            --        (40,931)
   Preferred stock dividend payments                                                        --         (2,438)
                                                                                        -------        -------
                  Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities                    2,160        (24,551)
                                                                                        -------       --------

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents                             1,031           (143)
                                                                                         ------        -------
                  Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents                   3,435         (1,997)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year                                           1,983          3,915
                                                                                         ------        -------
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period                                              $ 5,418          1,918
                                                                                        =======        =======
Supplemental disclosures of cash paid for:
  Interest                                                                              $ 5,624          5,400
                                                                                        =======          =====
  Income taxes                                                                          $   657            725
                                                                                        =======          =====

Supplemental disclosure of noncash investing and financing activities:
  Equipment acquired under capital lease obligations                                      $ 131             --
                                                                                          =====        =======



See accompanying notes to consolidated condensed financial statements.





              Notes to Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements
           (Amounts in thousands, except share and per share amounts)
                                   (Unaudited)


1.  General

     The consolidated  condensed  financial  statements as of September 30, 2002
and for the  three  and  nine  months  ended  September  30,  2002  and 2001 are
unaudited. In the opinion of management,  all adjustments,  consisting of normal
recurring  accruals,   necessary  for  fair  presentation  of  the  consolidated
financial position and results of operations for the periods presented have been
included.  The  consolidated  condensed  balance sheet for December 31, 2001 was
derived from audited financial statements,  but does not include all disclosures
required by accounting  principles  generally accepted in the United States. The
results for the three-month and nine-month  periods ended September 30, 2002 are
not necessarily  indicative of the results for the full year ending December 31,
2002.

     The  consolidated   condensed  financial   statements  should  be  read  in
conjunction  with  the  consolidated  financial  statements  and  related  notes
included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Matria Healthcare,  Inc. ("Matria"
or the "Company") for the year ended December 31, 2001.


2.  Comprehensive Earnings

     Comprehensive  earnings  generally  include all changes in equity  during a
period except those resulting from  investments by owners and  distributions  to
owners. For the Company, comprehensive earnings consist of net earnings, foreign
currency translation adjustments (net of income taxes) and changes in unrealized
appreciation   on   available-for-sale   securities   (net  of  income   taxes).
Comprehensive  earnings (loss) for the three-month and nine-month  periods ended
September  30,  2002  were  $(1,247)  and  $171,   respectively,   and  for  the
corresponding periods in 2001 were $2,455 and $7,115, respectively.


3.  Fair Value of Financial Instruments

     The carrying  amounts and estimated fair values of the Company's  financial
instruments are as follows:

 
                                                                                      

                                                                                September 30, 2002
                                                                            ---------------------------
                                                                              Carrying        Fair
                                                                               Amount         Value
                                                                            ------------- -------------
         Senior notes, net of unamortized discount                           $ 115,069        98,820



    The estimated fair value of the above  financial  instruments is based upon
the quoted  market price of the senior  notes.  The  Company's  other  financial
instruments  approximate fair value due to the short-term nature of those assets
and liabilities.


4.  Business Segment Information

         The Company's reportable business segments are the strategic business
units that offer different products and services. They are managed separately,
and the Company evaluates performance based on operating earnings of the
respective business unit.


     The  Company's  operations  are  classified  into two  reportable  business
segments:  Health Enhancement and Women's Health. The Health Enhancement segment
includes  disease  management  and  medical  product  design and  manufacturing.
Disease  management   involves   identification,   stratification,   assessment,
education,  clinical  interventions and products for the management of specified
diseases and associated  co-morbidities.  The Company  currently  offers disease
management  services for  diabetes,  respiratory  disease,  cardiac  disease and
cancer. The Women's Health segment offers services designed to assist physicians
and payors in the cost  effective  management of maternity  patients  including:
specialized home nursing; risk assessment;  patient education,  case and disease
management; home uterine contraction monitoring;  infusion therapy;  gestational
diabetes and hypertension management; and other monitoring and clinical services
as prescribed by the patient's physician.

     The  accounting  policies  of the  segments  are the same as those  for the
consolidated  entity.  Operating  earnings of the Health Enhancement and Women's
Health  segments  were reduced by  amortization  of goodwill of $6,527 and $423,
respectively, for the nine months ended September 30, 2001. As discussed in note
5, no  amortization of goodwill was recorded for the nine months ended September
30, 2002.  Severance  and related  costs of $1,392 and $391 were incurred in the
Health  Enhancement and Women's Health segments,  respectively,  during the nine
months ended September 30, 2002.  Operating earnings by business segment exclude
interest income and interest  expense.  An allocation of corporate  expenses for
shared services has been charged to the segments.

     Summarized  financial  information  as  of  and  for  the  three-month  and
nine-month  periods  ended  September  30,  2002  and 2001 by  business  segment
follows:


                                                                                         

                                                                                          Earnings (loss) before
                                                              Revenues                         income taxes
                                                   -------------------------------       -------------------------
        Three Months Ended September 30,                2002            2001                 2002         2001
        --------------------------------           ---------------  --------------        -----------  -----------

Health Enhancement                                    $47,005           41,724               2,761        4,804
Women's Health                                         24,370           26,373               3,148        4,293
Intersegment sales                                        (23)              --                  --           --
                                                     --------          -------             -------       ------
  Total segments                                       71,352           68,097               5,909        9,097
General corporate                                          --               --              (2,627)      (1,558)
Interest expense, net                                      --               --              (3,494)      (3,453)
Other income, net                                          --               --                (613)          13
                                                     --------          -------             --------      -------
  Consolidated revenues and earnings
  (loss) before income taxes                          $71,352           68,097                (825)       4,099
                                                    =========          ========            ========      =======





                                                                                                 
                                                                                          Earnings before income
                                                              Revenues                             taxes
                                                   -------------------------------        ------------------------
        Nine Months Ended September 30,                 2002            2001                 2002         2001
        -------------------------------            ---------------  --------------        -----------  -----------
Health Enhancement                                    $131,788         115,666              10,112       12,303
Women's Health                                          74,189          78,760              10,661       13,169
Intersegment sales                                         (34)           (123)                 --           --
                                                      --------        --------            --------      -------
  Total segments                                       205,943         194,303              20,773       25,472
General corporate                                           --              --              (9,522)      (5,494)
Interest expense, net                                       --              --              (9,995)      (6,678)
Other income, net                                           --              --                (584)        (725)
                                                      --------        --------            --------      -------
  Consolidated revenues and earnings
  before income taxes                                 $205,943         194,303                 672       12,575
                                                      ========        ========            ========      =======



                                             Identifiable assets
                                      ---------------------------------
                                       September 30,     December 31,
                                           2002             2001
                                      -----------------  --------------

Health Enhancement                        $212,773         169,818
Women's Health                              32,172          36,081
General corporate                           58,052          54,724
                                          --------         -------
     Consolidated assets                  $302,997         260,623
                                          ========         =======

     The Company's  revenues from operations outside the U.S. were approximately
17% and 16% of total revenues for the  three-month  periods ended  September 30,
2002  and  2001,  respectively;  and  17%  and  16% of  total  revenues  for the
nine-month  periods ended September 30, 2002 and 2001,  respectively.  No single
customer  accounted for 10% of consolidated net revenue of the Company in any of
these periods.


5.  Implementation of Recently Issued Accounting Standards

     In June 2001, the Financial  Accounting  Standards  Board  ("FASB")  issued
Statement of  Financial  Accounting  Standards  No. 141,  Business  Combinations
("SFAS 141") and Statement of Financial  Accounting  Standards No. 142, Goodwill
and Other  Intangible  Assets ("SFAS 142").  SFAS 141 requires that the purchase
method  of  accounting  be  used  for all  business  combinations  initiated  or
completed after June 30, 2001 and specifies criteria  intangible assets acquired
in a  purchase  method  business  combination  must  meet to be  recognized  and
reported  apart from  goodwill.  SFAS 142 requires that goodwill and  intangible
assets  with  indefinite  useful  lives no longer be  amortized,  but instead be
tested for  impairment at least  annually in accordance  with the  provisions of
SFAS 142. SFAS 142 also requires that  intangible  assets with estimable  useful
lives  be  amortized  over  their  respective  estimated  useful  lives to their
estimated  residual  values,  and reviewed for  impairment  in  accordance  with
Statement  of  Financial  Accounting  Standards  No.  121,  Accounting  for  the
Impairment  of  Long-Lived  Assets and for  Long-Lived  Assets to be Disposed Of
("SFAS 121").

     The  Company  adopted  the  provisions  of SFAS  141 in 2001  and  SFAS 142
effective  January 1, 2002.  SFAS 141 required,  upon adoption of SFAS 142, that
the Company  evaluate its  existing  goodwill  and  intangible  assets that were
acquired  in  prior  purchase  business  combinations  and  make  any  necessary
reclassifications  in order to  conform  with the new  criteria  in SFAS 141 for
recognition apart from goodwill. Upon adoption of SFAS 142, the Company also was
required to reassess  the useful  lives and  residual  values of all  intangible
assets acquired, and to make any necessary amortization period adjustments.


     During the first quarter of 2002, the Company  evaluated the fair values of
the business  segments  identified under the provisions of SFAS 141 and SFAS 142
and  concluded  that no  impairment of recorded  goodwill  exists.  The carrying
values of  goodwill  as of  September  30,  2002 and  December  31, 2001 were as
follows:


                                                                                       

                                                                   Health           Women's
                                                                 Enhancement         Health              Total
                                                             -----------------   -------------      -----------
         Carrying value at December 31, 2001                        $ 104,832            2,682          107,514
         Additional goodwill from acquisitions (note 7)                24,142               --           24,142
         Tax benefit of additional deductible goodwill                  (339)               --            (339)
                                                                     ---------   -------------      -----------
         Carrying value at September 30, 2002                       $ 128,635            2,682          131,317
                                                                    =========            =====          =======



         In connection with the adoption of SFAS 142, the Company also
reassessed the useful lives, residual values and classification of its
identifiable intangible assets and determined that they continue to be
appropriate. The components of identifiable intangible assets were as follows:


                                                                          

                                                                 September 30,      December 31,
                                                                     2002               2001
                                                             -------------------- -----------------
         Gross carrying amounts:
             Patient lists                                          $3,300               3,300
             Non-compete agreement                                     500                 500
                                                                   -------             -------
                                                                     3,800               3,800
         Accumulated amortization                                   (2,100)             (1,680)
                                                                   -------             -------
                                                                    $1,700               2,120
                                                                    ======             =======



         Amortization expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2002 was
$420 and is estimated to be $560 for the year ended December 31, 2002. Estimated
amortization expense for the five succeeding years is as follows:

         2003                                   $ 560
         2004                                     200
         2005                                     200
         2006                                     200
         2007                                     200



         The reconciliation of reported net earnings (loss) adjusted for the
adoption of SFAS 142 is as follows:


                                                                                                   

                                                                     Three Months Ended         Nine Months Ended
                                                                         September 30,              September 30,
                                                                    ---------------------------------------------------
                                                                        2002         2001          2002        2001
                                                                    ------------- -----------   ------------------------
Net earnings (loss) available to common shareholders
As reported                                                          $ (1,247)        790          (350)      6,191
Add back:  Goodwill amortization, net of tax                               --       1,384            --       4,159
                                                                    ----------    -------       -------      ------
Adjusted net earnings (loss) available to common shareholders        $ (1,247)      2,174          (350)     10,350
                                                                    ==========    =======       ========     ======

Net earnings (loss) per common share
  Basic:
As reported                                                           $ (0.14)       0.09         (0.04)       0.71
Add back: Goodwill amortization, net of tax                                --        0.16            --        0.48
                                                                     ---------       ----         -----      ------
Adjusted net earnings (loss) per common share                         $ (0.14)       0.25         (0.04)       1.19
                                                                     =========       ====       =======      ======

   Diluted:
As reported                                                           $ (0.14)       0.09         (0.04)       0.70
Add back: Goodwill amortization, net of tax                               --         0.16            --        0.47
                                                                      -------        ----          ----       -----
Adjusted net earnings (loss) per common share                         $ (0.14)       0.25         (0.04)       1.17
                                                                     ========        ====         ======      ======



         In April 2002, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting
Standards No. 145, Rescission of FASB Statements No. 4, 44 and 64, Amendment of
FASB Statement No. 13 and Technical Corrections ("SFAS 145"). SFAS 145 rescinds
FASB Statement No. 4, Reporting Gains and Losses from Extinguishment of Debt,
and an amendment of that Statement, FASB Statement No. 64, Extinguishments of
Debt Made to Satisfy Sinking-Fund Requirements. It also rescinds FASB Statement
No. 44, Accounting for Intangible Assets of Motor Carriers. SFAS 145 amends FASB
Statement No. 13, Accounting for Leases, to eliminate an inconsistency between
the required accounting for sale-leaseback transactions and the required
accounting for certain lease modifications that have economic effects that are
similar to sale-leaseback transactions. It also amends other existing
authoritative pronouncements to make various technical corrections, clarify
meanings or describe their applicability under changed conditions. SFAS 145 had
no impact on the Company's financial statements.

         In June 2002, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting
Standards No. 146, Accounting for Costs Associated with Exit or Disposal
Activities ("SFAS 146"). SFAS 146 addresses financial accounting and reporting
for costs associated with exit or disposal activities and nullifies Emerging
Issues Task Force Issue No. 94-3, Liability Recognition for Certain Employee
Termination Benefits and Other Costs to Exit an Activity (including Certain
Costs Incurred in a Restructuring) ("Issue 94-3"). The principal difference
between SFAS 146 and Issue 94-3 relates to its requirements for recognition of a
liability for a cost associated with an exit or disposal activity. This
Statement requires that a liability for a cost associated with an exit or
disposal activity be recognized when the liability is incurred. Under Issue
94-3, a liability for an exit cost as defined in Issue 94-3 was recognized at
the date of an entity's commitment to an exit plan. A fundamental conclusion
reached by the FASB in SFAS 146 is that an entity's commitment to a plan, by
itself, does not create a present obligation to others that meets the definition
of a liability. Therefore, SFAS 146 eliminates the definition and requirements
for recognition of exit costs in Issue 94-3. It also establishes that fair value
is the objective for initial measurement of the liability. The provisions of
SFAS 146 are effective for exit or disposal activities that are initiated after
December 31, 2002, with early application encouraged.



6.  Supplemental Guarantor/Non-Guarantor Financial Information

         Supplemental financial information is being provided in connection with
the Company's senior notes. The senior notes are unconditionally guaranteed by
the Company and its domestic subsidiaries. All guarantees are joint and several.
Each of the domestic and foreign subsidiaries is 100% owned by the Company.

         The following financial information presents the consolidating
condensed balance sheets, statements of operations and cash flows of the
Company, the guarantor domestic subsidiaries on a combined basis and the
non-guarantor foreign subsidiaries on a combined basis.


                     Consolidating Condensed Balance Sheets
                               September 30, 2002
                                   (Unaudited)

                                                                                                 

                                                    Matria       Guarantor       Non-Guarantor
                                                 Healthcare,      Domestic          Foreign
                                                     Inc.       Subsidiaries     Subsidiaries   Eliminations   Consolidated
                                                ------------  --------------    --------------  ------------   ------------
ASSETS
Cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments  $  1,125          2,860             1,516            --          5,501
Trade accounts receivable, net                       19,742         25,345             5,645            --         50,732
Inventories                                           1,767         15,477             6,975            --         24,219
Other current assets                                  6,519          8,422               698            --         15,639
                                                  ----------     ---------        ----------    ----------      ---------
    Total current assets                             29,153         52,104            14,834            --         96,091

Property and equipment, net                          10,037         16,798               587            --         27,422
Intangible assets, net                                2,682        125,457             4,878            --        133,017
Investment in subsidiaries                          130,335             --                --      (130,335)            --
Deferred income taxes                                26,913             --                --            --         26,913
Other long-term assets                               19,430            124                --            --         19,554
                                                  ----------     ----------       ----------     ----------      --------
                                                  $ 218,550        194,483            20,299      (130,335)       302,997
                                                  ==========      ========        ==========     ==========      ========


LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
Current installments of long-term debt              $ 1,123             39                --            --          1,162
Other current liabilities                            15,555         23,617             6,877            --         46,049
                                                  ----------     ---------        -----------     --------       --------
   Total current liabilities                         16,678         23,656             6,877            --         47,211

Long-term debt, excluding current installments      112,595              6             5,450            --        118,051
Intercompany                                            129         18,047           (18,176)           --             --
Other long-term liabilities                           7,209            756               123            --          8,088
                                                  ----------     ---------        ----------      --------       --------
   Total liabilities                                136,611         42,465            (5,726)           --        173,350
                                                  ----------      --------       -----------      --------      ---------


Common shareholders' equity
     Common stock                                       101             --                --            --            101
     Additional paid-in capital                     311,102        125,457             4,878      (130,335)       311,102
     Accumulated earnings (deficit)                (232,963)        34,743            16,835            --       (181,385)
     Other                                            3,699         (8,182)            4,312            --           (171)
                                                  -----------     ---------        ---------      ----------     ---------
  Total common shareholders' equity                  81,939        152,018            26,025      (130,335)       129,647
                                                  -----------     ---------        ---------      ----------     ---------
                                                  $ 218,550        194,483            20,299      (130,335)       302,997
                                                  ===========     =========        =========      =========      =========








                     Consolidating Condensed Balance Sheets
                                December 31, 2001

                                   (Unaudited)


                                                                                                 

                                                 Matria        Guarantor       Non-Guarantor
                                               Healthcare,      Domestic          Foreign
                                                  Inc.        Subsidiaries     Subsidiaries    Eliminations  Consolidated
                                             -------------    ------------     ------------    ------------  ------------
ASSETS
Cash, cash equivalents and short-term
investments                                     $ 1,435            535              129              --         2,099
Trade accounts receivable, net                   22,939         23,740            5,375              --        52,054
Inventories                                       2,151         13,155            6,000              --        21,306
Other current assets                              5,885          7,119            1,036              --        14,040
                                                -------      ----------        --------       ----------     --------
    Total current assets                         32,410         44,549           12,540              --        89,499

Property and equipment, net                      11,254          6,985              483              --        18,722
Intangible assets, net                            2,682        101,974            4,978              --       109,634
Investment in subsidiaries                      106,952             --               --        (106,952)           --
Deferred income taxes                            24,715             --               --              --        24,715
Other long-term assets                           17,879            174               --              --        18,053
                                                -------      ---------         --------       ----------     --------
                                               $195,892        153,682           18,001        (106,952)      260,623
                                              =========      =========         ========       ==========     ========


LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
Current installments of long-term debt         $   484            131                --              --           615
Other current liabilities                        9,942         16,612             5,716              --        32,270
                                               -------       --------          --------       ----------      -------
     Total current liabilities                  10,426         16,743             5,716              --        32,885

Long-term debt,excluding current installments  108,015             21             6,539              --       114,575
Intercompany                                    (2,053)        18,499           (16,446)             --            --
Other long-term liabilities                      7,757            467                42              --         8,266
                                               -------       ---------        ---------      -----------      -------
     Total liabilities                         124,145         35,730            (4,149)             --       155,726
                                              --------       ---------        ----------     -----------      -------


Common shareholders' equity
     Common stock                                   89             --                --              --            89
     Additional paid-in capital                290,070        101,974             4,978        (106,952)      290,070
     Accumulated earnings (deficit)           (218,916)        24,150            13,731              --      (181,035)
     Other                                         504         (8,172)            3,441              --        (4,227)
                                             ----------       --------        ---------       ----------      -------
     Total common shareholders' equity          71,747        117,952            22,150        (106,952)      104,897
                                             ----------       --------        ---------       ----------      -------
                                             $ 195,892        153,682            18,001        (106,952)     260,623
                                            ===========       ========        ==========      ==========      =======




                Consolidating Condensed Statements of Operations
                  For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2002
                                   (Unaudited)


                                                                                 


                                         Matria      Guarantor   Non-Guarantor
                                       Healthcare,    Domestic      Foreign
                                          Inc.      Subsidiaries Subsidiaries     Eliminations Consolidated
                                      ------------  ------------ -------------    ------------ ------------

Revenues                               $ 74,189        97,570        34,218            (34)       205,943

Cost of revenues                         31,946        61,776        27,048            (34)       120,736
Selling and administrative expenses      41,643        20,318         3,615              --        65,576
Provision for doubtful accounts           4,026         3,934            --              --         7,960
Amortization of intangible assets            --           270           150              --           420
                                       --------       -------       -------        --------       -------
    Operating earnings (loss) from
       continuing operations             (3,426)       11,272         3,405              --        11,251

Interest expense, net                    (9,684)           (1)         (310)             --        (9,995)
Other income (expense), net                (603)            6            13              --          (584)
                                       ---------      --------       -------       --------      --------
     Earnings (loss) from continuing
       operations before income taxes   (13,713)        11,277        3,108              --           672

Income tax expense                          335             --            5              --           340
                                       ----------     ---------      -------       ---------     --------
     Earnings (loss) from continuing
          operations                    (14,048)        11,277        3,103              --           332
     Loss from discontinued operations       --           (682)          --              --          (682)
                                      ----------     ---------      -------       ---------    ---------


     Net earnings (loss)              $ (14,048)        10,595        3,103              --          (350)
                                      ==========      =========      =======       ==========   ==========





                Consolidating Condensed Statements of Operations
                  For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2001
                                   (Unaudited)


                                                                                 

                                         Matria      Guarantor    Non-Guarantor
                                       Healthcare,    Domestic     Foreign
                                          Inc.      Subsidiaries Subsidiaries     Eliminations Consolidated
                                      ------------- ------------ --------------   ------------ ------------

Revenues                                $ 80,632        87,628        26,530           (487)      194,303

Cost of revenues                          32,849        52,771        20,762           (487)      105,895
Selling and administrative expenses       38,426        13,654         3,216             --        55,296
Provision for doubtful accounts            4,162         1,601             1             --         5,764
Amortization of intangible assets            423         6,574           373             --         7,370
                                      -----------   -----------   ----------        --------     --------
     Operating earnings from
         continuing operations             4,772        13,028         2,178             --        19,978

Interest income (expense), net            (6,384)            6         (300)             --        (6,678)
Other income (expense), net                 (744)            5           14              --          (725)
                                      ------------  -----------   ----------        --------     --------
     Earnings (loss) from continuing
      operations before income taxes      (2,356)       13,039        1,892              --        12,575
Income tax expense                         5,045            --            5              --         5,050
                                      ------------  -----------   ----------        --------    ---------

     Earnings (loss) from continuing
     operations                           (7,401)       13,039        1,887              --        7,525
     Loss from discontinued operations        --          (210)                          --         (210)
                                      ------------  -----------   ----------        --------    ---------

     Net earnings (loss)                $ (7,401)       12,829        1,887              --        7,315
                                      ============  ===========   ==========       =========    ========




                Consolidating Condensed Statements of Cash Flows
                  For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2002
                                   (Unaudited)


                                                                                            

                                                                                              Non-
                                                               Matria       Guarantor       Guarantor
                                                            Healthcare,      Domestic        Foreign
                                                                Inc.       Subsidiaries   Subsidiaries  Consolidated
                                                           ------------   -------------   ------------  -------------

Cash Flows from Operating Activities:
    Net cash provided by (used in) continuing operations     $ (730)         12,947         3,655         15,872
    Net cash provided by discontinued operations                 --             517            --            517
                                                          ----------       --------      ---------       -------
      Net cash provided by (used in)operating activities       (730)         13,464         3,655         16,389
                                                          ----------       --------      ---------       -------


Cash Flows from Investing Activities:
     Purchases of property and equipment                     (2,710)        (9,699)         (260)       (12,669)
     Acquisition of business, net of cash acquired               --         (3,476)           --         (3,476)
                                                           ---------       --------      ---------      --------
          Net cash used in investing activities              (2,710)       (13,173)         (260)       (16,145)
                                                           ---------       --------      ---------      --------
Cash Flows from Financing Activities:
     Borrowings under credit agreement                        8,500             --            --          8,500
     Proceeds from issuance of debt                           1,462             --            --          1,462
     Principal repayments of long-term debt                  (8,448)          (123)       (1,089)        (9,660)
     Proceeds from issuance of common stock                   1,858             --            --          1,858
                                                           ---------       --------      ---------      --------
          Net cash provided by (used in)financing             3,372           (123)       (1,089)         2,160
          activities                                       ---------       --------      ---------      --------


Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash                 --             --         1,031          1,031
equivalents
Net change in intercompany balances                            (126)         2,076        (1,950)            --
                                                           ---------       --------      ---------      -------
          Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash
          equivalents                                          (194)         2,242         1,387          3,435

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year                1,319            535           129          1,983
                                                           ---------       --------      ---------      -------
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period                  $ 1,125          2,777         1,516          5,418
                                                           =========       ========      =========      =======



                Consolidating Condensed Statements of Cash Flows
                  For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2001
                                   (Unaudited)



                                                                                                

                                                               Matria       Guarantor       Non-Guarantor
                                                             Healthcare,      Domestic         Foreign
                                                                Inc.       Subsidiaries      Subsidiaries    Consolidated
                                                           ---------------------------------------------------------------

Cash Flows from Operating Activities:
    Net cash provided by (used in) continuing operations     $ 1,126         9,026            (1,534)          8,618
    Net cash provided by discontinued operations                  --         2,409                --           2,409
                                                           ---------     ----------          ---------       --------

         Net cash provided by (used in) operating              1,126        13,435            (1,534)         11,027
         activities                                       ----------     ----------          ---------      --------


Cash Flows from Investing Activities:
     Purchases of property and equipment                     (3,556)        (2,788)              (62)         (6,406)
     Proceeds from disposition of business                       --         18,076                --          18,076
                                                          ----------     ----------          ---------       --------

        Net cash provided by (used in)investing activities   (3,556)        15,288               (62)         11,670
                                                          ----------     ----------          ---------       --------

Cash Flows from Financing Activities:
     Proceeds from issuance of senior notes                  112,042            --                 --        112,042
     Borrowings under credit agreement                        36,000            --                 --         36,000
     Proceeds from issuance of debt                            1,013            --                 --          1,013
     Principal repayments of long-term debt                 (126,425)          (75)                --       (126,500)
     Proceeds from issuance of common stock                      609             --                --            609
     Repurchases of common stock                              (4,346)            --                --         (4,346)
     Repurchases of preferred stock                          (40,931)            --                --        (40,931)
     Preferred stock dividend payments                        (2,438)            --                --         (2,438)
                                                          -----------    ----------          ----------      --------
         Net cash used in financing activities               (24,476)           (75)                --       (24,551)
                                                          -----------    -----------         -----------     --------
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash                  --             --               (143)         (143)
equivalents
Net change in intercompany balances                           26,461        (27,467)             1,006            --
                                                          -----------    -----------         -----------     --------
         Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents              (445)          (819)              (733)       (1,997)

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year                 1,524          1,045              1,346         3,915
                                                          -----------    -----------         -----------     --------
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period                  $  1,079            226                613         1,918
                                                          ===========    ===========         ===========     ========



7.  Acquisitions

     On September 30, 2002, the Company  completed its acquisition of all of the
issued  and  outstanding  stock of Quality  Oncology,  Inc.  ("QO"),  a national
provider of cancer  disease  management  services,  from  LifeMetrix,  Inc.  for
consideration valued for financial statement purposes at approximately  $20,000.
This  acquisition  broadens the  Company's  capability to offer health plans and
employers a single source for multiple  disease  management  services  among the
five most costly chronic diseases and episodic conditions.  In this acquisition,
the Company also acquired from LifeMetrix its Integrated Care Management  System
and its  rights in  Cancerpage.com(tm)  and other  assets  related to its cancer
disease management business.  Under the terms of the agreement, the Company paid
$3,000 (less previously paid advances and deposits of $2,000) in cash and issued
approximately  890,000 shares of common stock.  The common stock is reflected on
the  Company's  balance  sheet at  September  30, 2002 at a price of $18.818 per
share. The price is the 5-day average of the closing stock prices between June 3
and June 7, 2002, based on a measurement date of June 5, which was the date that
the closing stock price fell below the $19.148 minimum price in the purchase and
sale agreement and the number of shares became fixed.

         Additional financial consideration will be paid in 2004 based upon 2003
operating results. Management currently estimates that the additional
consideration could be between $20,000 and $30,000, although the amount could be
more or less depending on 2003 performance. The additional consideration will be
payable, at the Company's option, in cash, shares of common stock or a
combination thereof, provided that the lesser of 20% of the payment or $10,000
must be paid in cash.


     The Company's September 30, 2002 balance sheet reflects the assets acquired
and liabilities  assumed in this transaction,  including  additional goodwill of
$20,855.  However,  at this  time,  the  Company  has not  completed  its  final
assessment of the allocation of the purchase price in order to determine whether
a portion of the  purchase  price may be allocated  to  identifiable  intangible
assets or deferred  tax assets.  The  recorded  goodwill is expected to be fully
deductible for federal tax purposes.

         Results of operations of QO will be reflected in the consolidated
statement of operations of the Company effective October 1, 2002. The following
unaudited pro forma combined condensed statements of operations are presented to
give effect to the acquisition as if it had been completed as of the beginning
of the period being reported upon. The pro forma information presents the
combined results of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30,
2002 and 2001 and was prepared based on the historical financial statements and
related notes of Matria and QO. Pro forma adjustments reflect the income tax
effect of QO's net loss. Incremental shares of Matria common stock
resulting from the acquisition are reflected in the calculation of pro forma
earnings per share.

         The unaudited pro forma combined condensed statements of operations
were prepared in accordance with rules and regulations established by the
Securities and Exchange Commission and are not necessarily reflective of the
actual or future results of operations or the financial position of Matria.


               Matria Healthcare, Inc. and Quality Oncology, Inc.
              Pro Forma Combined Condensed Statement of Operations
                  For the Three Months Ended September 30, 2002
                                   (Unaudited)


                                                                                                
                                                                Historical
                                                       ----------------------------
                                                                         Quality        Pro Forma             Pro Forma
                                                          Matria        Oncology       Adjustments            Combined

Revenues                                                $ 71,352          2,890                                74,242
Operating Expenses                                        68,070          3,020                                71,090
                                                       ---------          -----                                ------
     Operating earnings (loss)                             3,282           (130)                                3,152
Interest expense, net                                     (3,494)             4               (15)  (A)        (3,505)
Other income (expense), net                                 (613)             0                                  (613)
                                                       ---------          ------         ---------             -------
     Earnings (loss) before income taxes                    (825)          (126)              (15)               (966)
Income tax expense (benefit)                                (260)              0              (56)  (B)          (316)
                                                       ---------          ------         ---------             -------
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations                $ (565)          (126)               41                (650)
                                                       =========          ======         =========             =======

Net earnings per common share from continuing
    operations:
    Basic                                                $ (0.06)                                               (0.06)
                                                        =========                                               ======
    Diluted                                              $ (0.06)                                               (0.06)
                                                        =========                                               ======

Weighted average shares outstanding:
     Basic                                                 9,161                              890   (C)        10,051
                                                          ======                             ====              ======
     Diluted                                               9,161                              890   (C)        10,051
                                                          ======                             ====              ======






               Matria Healthcare, Inc. and Quality Oncology, Inc.
              Pro Forma Combined Condensed Statement of Operations
                  For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2002
                                   (Unaudited)

                                                                                            


                                                                Historical
                                                       ----------------------------
                                                                         Quality          Pro Forma         Pro Forma
                                                          Matria        Oncology         Adjustments        Combined


Revenues                                                $ 205,943          6,775                               212,718
Operating Expenses                                        194,692          8,379                               203,071
                                                       ----------         ------                               -------
     Operating earnings (loss)                             11,251         (1,604)                                9,647
Interest expense, net                                      (9,995)            16             (45)  (A)         (10,024)
Other income (expense), net                                  (584)             0                                  (584)
                                                       -----------        ------         ---------             -------
     Earnings (loss) before income taxes                      672         (1,588)            (45)                 (961)

Income tax expense (benefit)                                  340              0            (653)  (B)            (313)
                                                       -----------        ------         ---------            --------
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations                 $  332         (1,588)            608                  (648)
                                                       ===========        ======         =========            ========
Net earnings per common share from continuing
     operations:
     Basic                                                  $0.04                                                (0.07)
                                                           ======                                               ======
     Diluted                                                $0.04                                                (0.07)
                                                           ======                                               ======

Weighted average shares outstanding:
     Basic                                                  9,062                              890  (C)          9,952
                                                           ======                             ====               =====
     Diluted                                                9,062                              890  (C)          9,952
                                                           ======                             ====               =====









               Matria Healthcare, Inc. and Quality Oncology, Inc.
              Pro Forma Combined Condensed Statement of Operations
                  For the Three Months Ended September 30, 2001
                                   (Unaudited)

                                                                                            


                                                                Historical
                                                       ---------------------------
                                                                         Quality        Pro Forma         Pro Forma
                                                          Matria        Oncology       Adjustments        Combined


Revenues                                                 $ 68,097          1,573                          69,670
Operating Expenses                                         60,558          2,212                          62,770
                                                       ----------          -----                          -------
     Operating earnings (loss)                              7,539          (639)                           6,900
Interest expense, net                                      (3,453)           11           (15)  (A)       (3,457)
Other income (expense), net                                    13             0                               13
                                                       -----------         -----          -----            ------
     Earnings (loss) before income taxes                    4,099          (628)          (15)             3,456
Income tax expense (benefit)                                1,650              0         (257)  (B)        1,393
                                                       -----------         -----          -----            ------
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations                $ 2,449          (628)          242              2,063
                                                       -----------         -----          -----            ------

Net earnings per common share from continuing
     operations:
     Basic                                                  $0.11                                           0.06
                                                           ======                                           ====
     Diluted                                                $0.11                                           0.06
                                                           ======                                           ====

Weighted average shares outstanding:
     Basic                                                  8,736                         890   (C)         9,626
                                                           ======                         ====              =====
     Diluted                                                8,905                         890   (C)         9,795
                                                           ======                         ====              =====








               Matria Healthcare, Inc. and Quality Oncology, Inc.
              Pro Forma Combined Condensed Statement of Operations
                  For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2001
                                   (Unaudited)

                                                                                            
                                                               Historical
                                                       --------------------------
                                                                         Quality        Pro Forma           Pro Forma
                                                          Matria        Oncology       Adjustments          Combined


Revenues                                               $ 194,303          3,942                               198,245
Operating Expenses                                       174,325          6,793                               181,118
                                                        --------         ------                               -------
     Operating earnings (loss)                            19,978         (2,851)                               17,127
Interest expense, net                                     (6,678)            77              (45)  (A)        (6,646)
Other income (expense), net                                 (725)             0                                 (725)
                                                        --------          -----            ------              ------
     Earnings (loss) before income taxes                  12,575         (2,774)             (45)               9,756
Income tax expense (benefit)                               5,050              0            1,128)  (B)          3,922
                                                       ---------         -------           ------              ------
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations               $ 7,525         (2,774)           1,083                5,834
                                                       =========
Net earnings per common share from continuing
     operations:
     Basic                                                 $0.73                                                 0.49
                                                          ======                                                 ====
     Diluted                                               $0.72                                                 0.48
                                                          ======                                                 ====

Weighted average shares outstanding:
     Basic                                                 8,735                             890   (C)          9,625
                                                           =====                             ====               =====
     Diluted                                               8,924                             890   (C)          9,814
                                                          ======                             ====               =====




(A)  To reflect the reduction in interest income resulting from the $3,000 cash
     portion of the purchase price due to the unavailability of those funds for
     investment. The interest rate assumed for investments is 2% for each
     period.

(B)  To reflect the income tax effect of the pre-tax loss of QO and
     the income tax effect of the pro forma adjustments.

(C)  To reflect the issuance of 890,144 shares of common stock.


     Effective   June   14,   2002,   the   Company   acquired    MarketRing.com
("MarketRing"),  a healthcare information technology company. The purchase price
was paid by the issuance of approximately  296,000 shares of common stock valued
at $3,777  (based on the average  closing  price of the  Company's  common stock
during the  three-day  trading  period ended June 14,  2002).  In addition,  the
Company  may issue up to 21,500  shares of common  stock  upon the  exercise  of
MarketRing  stock  options  assumed  and a  warrant  issued  by the  Company  in
connection with the acquisition. The Company recorded goodwill of $3,287 related
to this  acquisition.  However,  at this time, the Company has not completed its
final  assessment of the  allocation of the purchase price in order to determine
whether  a  portion  of the  purchase  price may be  allocated  to  identifiable
intangible  assets. The recorded goodwill is expected to be fully deductible for
federal tax purposes.  The Company's financial statements include the operations
of MarketRing commencing on June 14, 2002.


     The  following  is a  summary  of the fair  value of  assets  acquired  and
consideration paid in connection with the 2002 acquisitions:

                                                       Quality    MarketRing and
                                                       Oncology       Others
                                                       --------    -------------
Cash paid for assets acquired, net of cash acquired    $ 3,202           274
Common stock issued for assets acquired                 16,751         3,777
Liabilities assumed and transaction costs                3,034           668
                                                         -----         -----
Fair value of assets acquired, including goodwill     $ 22,987         4,719
                                                        ========       =====


8.  Long-Term Debt

     In October 2002, the Company  entered into a new revolving  credit facility
with a borrowing  capacity of the lesser of $35,000 or 80% of eligible  accounts
receivable.  The  facility  is  collateralized  by  cash,  accounts  receivable,
inventories,  intellectual  property  and certain  other  assets of the Company.
Borrowings  under this  agreement  bear interest at the LIBOR rate plus 2.9% and
the  facility  requires a  non-utilization  fee of 0.5% of the unused  borrowing
capacity.  Interest and the commitment fee are payable monthly. The facility has
an initial two-year term.  Thereafter,  the term will be automatically  extended
for annual successive  periods unless either party provides notice not less than
60 days prior to the end of the period.







     Item 2.  Management's  Discussion  and Analysis of Financial  Condition and
              Results of Operations

General

     Matria   Healthcare,   Inc.  ("the  Company")  is  a  leading  provider  of
comprehensive,  integrated disease management services to patients,  physicians,
health  plans  and  employers.  Matria's  strategy  is  to  provide  cost-saving
solutions for the five most costly chronic  diseases and episodic  conditions in
the nation: diabetes, obstetrical conditions,  respiratory disorders, cancer and
cardiovascular  disease. The Company`s disease management programs seek to lower
healthcare  costs and improve patient  outcomes through a broad range of disease
management, mail-order supply and clinical services.

     The Company has two  reporting  segments,  Health  Enhancement  and Women's
Health.  The Health  Enhancement  segment is comprised of the Company's diabetes
and  respiratory  disease  management  programs and the new  cardiovascular  and
cancer service  offerings.  The Women's  Health  segment  includes the Company's
services in the area of assessment and management of obstetrical conditions.

     In April 2002, the Company introduced its cardiovascular disease management
program,  which  includes the  management  of patients  afflicted  with Coronary
Artery Disease,  Congestive Heart Failure and hypertensive disorders.  Effective
June 14, 2002, the Company acquired MarketRing.com ("MarketRing"),  a healthcare
information  technology company.  MarketRing has certain proprietary  technology
that the  Company  had  previously  licensed  and  currently  utilizes  with its
TRAX(TM)  disease  management  system.  The  Company  intends  to  utilize  this
technology to facilitate the  development of  sophisticated  website portals for
patients,  physicians, payors and employers under its current and future disease
management contracts.  The Company's financial statements include the operations
of MarketRing commencing on June 14, 2002.

     On September 30, 2002, the Company  completed its acquisition of all of the
issued  and  outstanding  stock of Quality  Oncology,  Inc.  ("QO"),  a national
provider of cancer  disease  management  programs,  from  LifeMetrix,  Inc. This
acquisition  broadens  the  Company's  capability  to  offer  health  plans  and
employers a single  source for multiple  disease  management  services.  In this
acquisition,  the Company also  acquired from  LifeMetrix  its  Integrated  Care
Management System and its rights in Cancerpage.com(TM)  and other assets related
to its cancer disease management  business.  Results of operations of QO will be
reflected in the consolidated  statement of operations of the Company  effective
October 1, 2002.

     In the fourth  quarter  of 2002,  the  Company  will be  consolidating  and
expanding its disease management call center in Atlanta, Georgia. In addition to
capital costs for leasehold  improvements,  expenses are expected to be incurred
for personnel and other  start-up  costs in advance of the January 2003 expected
initiation of new disease management contracts.

     In February  2001,  the Company  sold the  business  and certain  assets of
Quality Diagnostic  Services,  Inc. ("QDS"), a cardiac event monitoring company.
The Company's  consolidated  financial  statements reflect QDS as a discontinued
operation in 2001 and 2002.

     The  following  discussion  of the  results  of  operations  and  financial
condition of the Company  should be read in  conjunction  with the  consolidated
financial  statements  and related notes in the Company's  Annual Report on Form
10-K for the year ended  December 31,  2001,  as filed with the  Securities  and
Exchange  Commission.  The historical  results of operations are not necessarily
indicative of the results of operations for future periods.



Results of Operations

     Revenues increased $3.3 million,  or 4.8%, and $11.6 million,  or 6.0%, for
the three-month and nine-month  periods ended September 30, 2002 compared to the
same periods in 2001.  This  increase  resulted from strong growth in the Health
Enhancement segment,  where revenues increased $5.3 million, or 12.7%, and $16.1
million,  or 13.9%,  for the three-month and nine-month  periods,  respectively.
Revenues in the Women's Health segment decreased $2.0 million, or 7.6%, and $4.6
million, or 5.8%, for the three-month and nine-month periods,  respectively, due
primarily  to a decline in the  patient  census  for  preterm  labor  management
services.

     Cost of revenues as a  percentage  of revenues  increased  to 60.2% for the
three-month  period ended  September 30, 2002 from 55.0.% for the same period in
2001. For the nine-month period, the percentage  increased to 58.6% in 2002 from
54.5% in 2001.  The cost of revenues as a  percentage  of revenues in the Health
Enhancement  segment  increased  due  to  inefficiencies  experienced  by  Facet
Technologies prior to the installation of a new automated packaging line in July
and  August  2002,  and  due to  additional  labor  costs  incurred  during  the
implementation  phase of a new disease management  contract.  Facet Technologies
also  experienced  higher costs of revenues as a  percentage  of revenues due to
price concessions  provided to customers that exceeded supplier cost reductions.
The cost of revenues as a percentage of revenues in the Women's  Health  segment
has increased due to a  significant  price  increase in one of the primary drugs
used in its preterm  labor  management  program,  combined  with a change in the
patient  therapy mix. In September  2002, the Company signed a contract with its
supplier which will reduce the cost of this drug in the fourth quarter 2002.

     Selling and  administrative  expenses as a percentage of revenues increased
to 29.4% from 27.4% for the three-month period ended September 30, 2002 compared
to the  same  period  of 2001  primarily  due to  increases  in  direct-response
advertising  expenses and costs related to customer service incurred to generate
and support higher revenue levels in the Health Enhancement segment. Selling and
administrative  expenses  for the  nine-month  period ended  September  30, 2002
included a one-time,  non-cash  charge of $2.5 million related to the retirement
of a $3.5  million  note  receivable  from a former  executive  acquired  from a
predecessor  organization.  The note, which matured on June 30, 2002, stipulated
that the balance could be settled in full by surrender of collateral  consisting
of 125,000  shares of the Company's  common stock,  generating a charge equal to
the  difference  between the book value of the note and the closing market value
on June 30, 2002 of the 125,000 shares. Selling and administrative  expenses for
the  nine-month  period ended  September  30, 2002 also included $2.0 million of
year-to-date  severance costs. Excluding these items, selling and administrative
expenses as a  percentage  of  revenues  increased  to 29.7% for the  nine-month
period ended September 30, 2002 from 28.5% for the same period in 2001, also due
to increases in direct-response  advertising and customer service costs. Selling
and administrative  expenses as a percentage of revenue decreased in the Women's
Health segment during the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30,
2002  compared  to the same  periods of the prior year due to  consolidation  of
patient service centers.

     The Company provides for estimated  uncollectible  accounts as revenues are
recognized.  The  three-month  period  ended  September  30,  2002  includes  an
additional  one-time  accrual of reserves of $2.0 million,  which  increased the
provision for doubtful  accounts for both segments.  As a result,  the provision
for  doubtful  accounts as a  percentage  of revenues in the Health  Enhancement
segment was  increased  to  approximately  5% for the  three-month  period ended
September 30, 2002 compared to 2% for the same period of 2001. For this segment,
the   provision   for  doubtful   accounts  as  a  percentage  of  revenues  was
approximately 3% for the nine-month  period ended September 30, 2002 compared to
approximately  2% for the  same  period  of 2001.  The  provision  for  doubtful
accounts  as a  percentage  of  revenues  in  the  Women's  Health  segment  was
approximately 6% for the three-month period ended September 20, 2002 compared to
5% for the same  period  of 2001.  The  provision  for  doubtful  accounts  as a
percentage of revenues for this segment was  approximately 5% for the nine-month
periods of 2002 and 2001. The provision is adjusted  periodically based upon the
Company's quarterly evaluation of historical collection  experience,  recoveries
of amounts previously provided,  industry  reimbursement  trends, audit activity
and other relevant factors.


     Amortization of intangible assets decreased in 2002 by $2.3 million for the
three-month  period and $7.0 million for the nine-month  period compared to 2001
due to the  discontinuance  of  amortization  of  goodwill  resulting  from  the
adoption of SFAS 142 in January 2002 (see "Recently Issued Accounting Standards"
below).

     Net interest expense increased by $3.3 million,  or 50%, for the nine-month
period  ended  September  30, 2002  compared to the same period in 2001 due to a
higher average outstanding debt balance and higher interest rates resulting from
the 11% senior notes issued on July 9, 2001.  The  proceeds  from this  offering
were used to repay all  amounts  outstanding  under the  Company's  former  bank
credit facility and to repurchase the subordinated acquisition notes, all shares
of preferred  stock (and thereby  eliminate  their  dividend  requirements)  and
common stock warrants.  This increase is net of the benefit of $289,000 and $1.4
million,  respectively,  for the three-month and nine-month  periods of 2002 and
$197,000 for the  three-month  and nine-month  periods of 2001 from the interest
rate swap arrangements discussed below in "Liquidity and Capital Resources". The
weighted  average  interest rates  (including  amortization of debt discount and
expense  and  gains  from  terminated   interest  rate  swap   transactions)  on
outstanding indebtedness for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2002 and
2001 were 11.65% and 10.20%, respectively.

     Other income (expense) for the three months ended September 30, 2002
includes a charge of $692,000 to write-off unamortized loan origination costs
associated with the cancellation of the Company's former bank credit agreement
(see "Liquidity and Capital Resources" below where the new facility is
discussed). Other income (expense) for the nine months ended September 30, 2001
included a $737,000 charge to reduce the carrying value amounts related to the
Company's split dollar life insurance program. This non-cash expense was the
result of declines in the stock market.

     Loss from discontinued operations in the three-month and nine-month periods
ended  September  30, 2002 and 2001,  included  charges (net of income taxes) of
$682,000 and $210,000,  respectively,  for the write-off and  collections  costs
related to the remaining accounts receivable from QDS.

     Income tax (benefit)  expense for the  three-month  and nine-month  periods
ended  September  30,  2002  reflect  a  lower  benefit  and a  higher  expense,
respectively,  than  the  statutory  tax  rate  due  to  various  non-deductible
permanent differences.


Liquidity and Capital Resources

     As of September 30, 2002, the Company had cash and  short-term  investments
of $5.5 million.  Net cash provided by continuing  operations  was $15.9 million
for the nine months ended  September  30, 2002  compared to $8.6 million for the
same  period of 2001.  This  increase in cash flows from  continuing  operations
resulted from  improved  cash flows related to decreases in accounts  receivable
and increases in accounts  payable and from proceeds related to the terminations
of two interest rate swap  agreements.  The Company's total accounts  receivable
days' sales outstanding were 64 days' sales as of September 30, 2002, consisting
of 59 days' sales for the Health Enhancement  segment and 73 days' sales for the
Women's  Health  segment.  Lower net  earnings  (adjusted  to  exclude  non-cash
charges) negatively impacted cash flows from continuing operations.


     Effective  August  2001,  the Company  entered  into an interest  rate swap
transaction  with a bank  involving a notional  amount of $60  million.  In June
2002,  the Company  terminated  this  agreement  and received  proceeds from the
counter party bank of approximately $2.4 million.  At the same time, the Company
entered into a new interest rate swap arrangement with this bank in the notional
amount of $60 million.  In August  2002,  the Company  terminated  the June 2002
interest rate swap arrangement and received proceeds from the counter party bank
of approximately $700,000. The cash proceeds of $3.1 million from the second and
third quarter 2002  terminations  of the interest rate swap  agreements  will be
amortized into income as a reduction of interest expense over the remaining term
of the senior notes (through May 2008).  The Company is no longer a party to any
interest rate swap agreement or other hedge against changes in the fair value of
the Company's fixed rate debt obligation.

     Net cash provided by  discontinued  operations of QDS was $517,000 and $2.4
million for the nine months  ended  September  30, 2002 and 2001,  respectively.
These amounts  represent  collections of accounts  receivable,  less payments of
salary costs of personnel retained to collect the accounts  receivable and other
accrued  liabilities.  As of September  30, 2002,  the  Company's  balance sheet
reflected  approximately  $308,000  of  accounts  receivable  that  remain to be
collected.

     Net cash used in investing  activities  totaled  $16.1 million for the nine
months ended  September  30, 2002 compared to net cash provided of $11.7 million
for the same period of 2001. The 2001 amount  included $18.1 million of proceeds
from the sale of the business and certain assets of QDS and capital expenditures
of $6.4 million.  The 2002 amount  included $3.5 million for the  acquisition of
businesses  described below and $12.7 million of capital  expenditures.  Capital
expenditures  in  2001  and  2002  related  primarily  to  the  replacement  and
enhancement of computer  information  systems.  The Company  expects to expend a
total of approximately $15 million for capital items in 2002.

     In February 2002, the Company acquired  substantially  all of the assets of
ChoicePoint Health Systems,  Inc.  ("ChoicePoint") for $650,000 in cash. In June
2002,  the Company  received  $143,000  from  ChoicePoint  under a guarantee  of
collection of acquired accounts  receivable.  In June 2002, the Company acquired
MarketRing.  The Company's Chief  Executive  Officer and four other directors of
the  Company  were  stockholders  of  MarketRing.  The  terms of the  MarketRing
acquisition  were negotiated by an independent  committee of the Company's Board
of Directors and approved by the vote of the Company's disinterested  directors.
The purchase price was paid by the issuance of  approximately  296,000 shares of
common stock valued at approximately  $3.8 million (based on the average closing
price of the Company's  common stock during the three-day  trading  period ended
June 14, 2002). In addition, the Company may issue up to 21,500 shares of common
stock upon the exercise of MarketRing stock options assumed and a warrant issued
by the Company in connection with the acquisition. The Company recorded goodwill
of  approximately  $3.3 million related to this  acquisition.  However,  at this
time,  the Company has not completed its final  assessment of the  allocation of
the purchase price in order to determine whether a portion of the purchase price
may be allocated to identifiable intangible assets.

     In April 2002,  the Company  entered into a purchase and sale  agreement to
acquire QO for  approximately  $20 million.  On September 30, 2002,  the Company
completed  the  acquisition  of QO and paid $3  million  (less  previously  paid
advances  and deposits of $2 million) in cash and issued  approximately  890,000
shares of common stock.  The common stock is reflected on the Company's  balance
sheet at  September  30, 2002 at a price of $18.818 per share.  The price is the
5-day average of the closing stock prices between June 3 and June 7, 2002, based
on a measurement date of June 5, which was the date that the closing stock price
fell below the $19.148  minimum price in the purchase and sale agreement and the
number of shares became  fixed.  Additional  consideration  will be paid in 2004
based upon 2003  operating  results.  Management  currently  estimates  that the
additional consideration could be between $20 million and $30 million,  although
the amount could be more or less depending on 2003  performance.  The additional
consideration will be payable, at the Company's option, in cash, common stock or
a  combination  thereof,  provided  that the lesser of 20% of the payment or $10
million  must be paid in cash.  At  September  30,  2002,  the Company  recorded
additional  goodwill  of $20.9  million  in  connection  with this  transaction.
However, at this time, the Company has not completed its final assessment of the
allocation of the purchase price in order to determine  whether a portion of the
purchase price may be allocated to identifiable intangible assets.


     For the nine months ended September 30, 2002, proceeds of $1.9 million were
received from  participants  under the Company's stock purchase and stock option
plans.

     In  September  2002,  the  Company  terminated  its  revolving  bank credit
facility.  In October  2002,  the Company  entered into a new  revolving  credit
facility  with a  borrowing  capacity  of the  lesser of $35  million  or 80% of
eligible accounts  receivable.  The facility is collateralized by cash, accounts
receivable,  inventories,  intellectual property and certain other assets of the
Company.  Borrowings  under this  agreement bear interest at the LIBOR rate plus
2.9% and the  facility  requires  a  non-utilization  fee of 0.5% of the  unused
borrowing  capacity.  Interest and the commitment fee are payable  monthly.  The
facility  has  an  initial   two-year  term.   Thereafter,   the  term  will  be
automatically  extended  for  annual  successive  periods  unless  either  party
provides notice not less than 60 days prior to the end of the period.

     The Company  believes that its cash,  other liquid  assets,  operating cash
flows and revolving  credit  facility,  taken  together,  will provide  adequate
resources  to  fund  ongoing   operating   requirements   and  planned   capital
expenditures.


Critical Accounting Estimates

     A  critical  accounting  estimate  meets  two  criteria:  (1)  it  requires
assumptions  about highly uncertain  matters;  and (2) there would be a material
effect  on  the  financial  statements  from  either  using  a  different,  also
reasonable,  amount  within the range of the  estimate in the current  period or
from reasonably likely  period-to-period  changes in the estimate. The Company's
critical accounting estimates are as follows:

     Revenue Recognition and Allowances for Uncollectible Accounts. Revenues for
the Women's Health segment are generated by providing  services  through patient
service  centers.  Revenues  from these  segments are  recognized as the related
services  are  rendered  and  are  net of  contractual  allowances  and  related
discounts.  The Health Enhancement segment provides services through its patient
service centers,  provides supplies to patients primarily on a mail-order basis,
and assembles,  packages and distributes  lancing products to original equipment
manufacturers.  Revenues for services are recognized  when services are provided
and revenues  from product  sales are  recognized  when products are shipped (at
which  point  risk of  ownership  passes to the  customer).  Revenues  from this
segment are recorded net of contractual and other discounts.

     The Company's  clinical  services and supply  business are  reimbursed on a
fee-for-service or per item basis. Other aspects of disease management, however,
are paid for  primarily on the basis of monthly fees for each member of a health
plan identified with a particular chronic disease or condition under contract or
enrolled in the Company's program or on a case-rate basis. Some of the contracts
for these  services  provide  that a portion of the  Company's  fees is at risk,
subject to the Company's performance against financial cost savings and clinical
criteria.  Fees earned under these  contracts are  determined  through  periodic
settlements with the customer based on the Company's  performance  against these
criteria.  Actual  performance  under the terms of these  contracts  is assessed
monthly  and  revenue  is  recognized  on an  estimated  basis in the period the
services are provided.  Monthly  estimates of revenues do not attempt to predict
future changes in performance levels under these contracts. Currently, less than
5% of  the  Company's  revenues  are  at  risk  under  these  arrangements  on a
historical and pro forma basis.


     A significant  portion of the Company's  revenues is billed to  third-party
reimbursement sources. Accordingly, the ultimate collectibility of a substantial
portion of the Company's trade accounts  receivable is susceptible to changes in
third-party  reimbursement  policies.  A provision for doubtful accounts is made
for revenues  estimated to be uncollectible and is adjusted  periodically  based
upon  the  Company's  evaluation  of  current  industry  conditions,  historical
collection  experience,  audit activity and other relevant factors which, in the
opinion of  management,  deserve  recognition  in  estimating  the allowance for
uncollectible accounts.

     Goodwill and Other  Intangible  Assets.  See  "Recently  Issued  Accounting
Standards"  below for a description of two new accounting  pronouncements  which
have  significantly  changed the  Company's  accounting  for  goodwill and other
intangible  assets in 2002 and beyond. As of September 30, 2002, the Company had
unamortized goodwill of $131.3 million and unamortized intangible assets of $1.7
million,  which  represented  44% of  total  assets.  Under  the new  accounting
standards, goodwill is no longer being amortized, but instead will be tested for
impairment at least annually.  Other intangible  assets continue to be amortized
over their respective  estimated useful lives and will be reviewed  periodically
for impairment.

     In testing for impairment,  the Company will evaluate the fair value of the
acquired  companies  to which the  goodwill  and other  intangibles  relate  and
determine  whether  changed  circumstances  indicate  that  any  portion  of the
carrying  value of the  goodwill  or other  intangible  assets  may no longer be
recoverable.

     Accounting for Income Taxes. The Company accounts for income taxes using an
asset and liability  approach.  Deferred income taxes are recognized for the tax
consequences of "temporary  differences" by applying enacted statutory tax rates
applicable  to future  years to  differences  between  the  financial  statement
carrying  amounts and the tax bases of existing  assets and  liabilities and net
operating  loss  and tax  credit  carryforwards.  Additionally,  the  effect  on
deferred  taxes of a change in tax rates is recognized in earnings in the period
that includes the enactment date.

     The tax expense for the nine months ended  September 30, 2002 was $340,000.
Cash  outflows  in the  first  nine  months  of 2002 for  income  taxes  totaled
$657,000,  being  comprised of state and foreign taxes for  jurisdictions  where
prior years' net operating  losses were not available.  As of December 31, 2001,
the Company's remaining net operating losses of $49.3 million, the tax effect of
which is reflected in the deferred tax asset, will be available to offset future
tax liabilities.  The Company must continually  assess the  realizability of the
recorded deferred tax asset. If, based on the weight of available  evidence,  it
is more likely than not (a likelihood of more than 50%) that some portion or all
of the deferred tax asset will not be realized, then a valuation allowance would
have to be recorded to reduce the  deferred tax asset to the amount that is more
likely than not to be realized.

     The above listing is not intended to be a comprehensive  list of all of the
Company's  accounting  policies and  estimates.  In many cases,  the  accounting
treatment  of a particular  transaction  is  specifically  dictated by generally
accepted accounting principles,  with no need for management's judgment in their
application.  There are also areas in which  management's  judgment in selecting
any  available  alternative  would not produce a  materially  different  result.
Senior management periodically discusses the application and disclosure of these
critical  accounting  estimates  with  the  audit  committee  of  the  board  of
directors.  See note 1 of  Notes to  Consolidated  Financial  Statements  in the
Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001, which
contains  additional  accounting  policies  and other  disclosures  required  by
generally accepted accounting principles.


Recently Issued Accounting Standards

     In June 2001, the Financial  Accounting  Standards  Board  ("FASB")  issued
Statement of  Financial  Accounting  Standards  No. 141,  Business  Combinations
("SFAS 141") and Statement of Financial  Accounting  Standards No. 142, Goodwill
and Other  Intangible  Assets ("SFAS 142").  SFAS 141 requires that the purchase
method of accounting be used for all business combinations  initiated after June
30, 2001 and specifies criteria  intangible assets acquired in a purchase method
business  combination  must  meet  to be  recognized  and  reported  apart  from
goodwill.  SFAS 142 requires that goodwill and intangible assets with indefinite
useful lives no longer be  amortized,  but instead be tested for  impairment  at
least  annually in  accordance  with the  provisions  of SFAS 142. SFAS 142 also
requires that  intangible  assets with estimable  useful lives be amortized over
their respective  estimated useful lives to their estimated residual values, and
reviewed for  impairment in accordance  with  Statement of Financial  Accounting
Standards No. 121,  Accounting for the  Impairment of Long-Lived  Assets and for
Long-Lived Assets to be Disposed Of ("SFAS 121").


         The Company adopted the provisions of SFAS 141 in 2001 and SFAS 142
effective January 1, 2002. SFAS 141 required, upon adoption of SFAS 142, that
the Company evaluate its existing goodwill and intangible assets that were
acquired in prior purchase business combinations and make any necessary
reclassifications in order to conform with the new criteria in SFAS 141 for
recognition apart from goodwill. Upon adoption of SFAS 142, the Company also was
required to reassess the useful lives and residual values of all intangible
assets acquired and to make any necessary amortization period adjustments.

     As of January 1, 2002, the date of adoption of SFAS 142, the Company
had unamortized goodwill of $107.5 million and unamortized identifiable
intangible assets of $2.1 million, all of which were subject to the transition
provisions of SFAS 141 and SFAS 142. During the first quarter of 2002, the
Company evaluated the fair values of the business segments identified under the
provisions of SFAS 141 and SFAS 142 and concluded that no impairment of recorded
goodwill exists. As a result, no amortization of goodwill was recorded for the
nine months ended September 30, 2002. Amortization expense related to goodwill
was $7.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2001. Also, the Company
reassessed the useful lives, residual values and classification of identifiable
intangible assets and determined that they continue to be appropriate.
Amortization expense related to identifiable intangible assets was $420,000 for
both the nine months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001.

     In April 2002, the FASB issued Statement of Financial  Accounting Standards
No. 145,  Rescission  of FASB  Statements  No. 4, 44 and 64,  Amendment  of FASB
Statement No. 13 and Technical  Corrections ("SFAS 145"). SFAS 145 rescinds FASB
Statement No. 4, Reporting Gains and Losses from  Extinguishment of Debt, and an
amendment of that Statement, FASB Statement No. 64, Extinguishments of Debt Made
to Satisfy  Sinking-Fund  Requirements.  It also rescinds FASB Statement No. 44,
Accounting  for  Intangible  Assets  of Motor  Carriers.  SFAS 145  amends  FASB
Statement No. 13, Accounting for Leases,  to eliminate an inconsistency  between
the  required  accounting  for  sale-leaseback  transactions  and  the  required
accounting for certain lease  modifications  that have economic effects that are
similar  to   sale-leaseback   transactions.   It  also  amends  other  existing
authoritative  pronouncements  to make various  technical  corrections,  clarify
meanings or describe their applicability under changed conditions.  SFAS 145 had
no impact on the Company's financial statements.


     In June 2002, the FASB issued Statement of Financial  Accounting  Standards
No. 146, Accounting for Costs Associated with Exit or Disposal Activities ("SFAS
146").  SFAS  146  addresses  financial   accounting  and  reporting  for  costs
associated with exit or disposal  activities and nullifies  Emerging Issues Task
Force Issue No. 94-3,  Liability  Recognition for Certain  Employee  Termination
Benefits and Other Costs to Exit an Activity  (including  Certain Costs Incurred
in a Restructuring)  ("Issue 94-3").  The principal  difference between SFAS 146
and Issue 94-3 relates to its  requirements for recognition of a liability for a
cost associated with an exit or disposal activity.  This Statement requires that
a  liability  for a cost  associated  with  an  exit  or  disposal  activity  be
recognized when the liability is incurred.  Under Issue 94-3, a liability for an
exit cost as  defined in Issue 94-3 was  recognized  at the date of an  entity's
commitment to an exit plan. A fundamental conclusion reached by the FASB in SFAS
146 is that an  entity's  commitment  to a plan,  by  itself,  does not create a
present  obligation  to  others  that  meets  the  definition  of  a  liability.
Therefore,  SFAS 146 eliminates the definition and  requirements for recognition
of exit  costs  in  Issue  94-3.  It also  establishes  that  fair  value is the
objective for initial  measurement of the liability.  The provisions of SFAS 146
are effective for exit or disposal  activities that are initiated after December
31, 2002, with early application encouraged.


Forward-Looking Information

     This Form 10-Q contains forward-looking statements and information that are
based on the Company's beliefs and assumptions, as well as information currently
available  to the  Company.  From time to time,  the Company  and its  officers,
directors  or  employees  may make other oral or written  statements  (including
statements   in  press   releases   or   other   announcements)   that   contain
forward-looking  statements and information.  Without limiting the generality of
the  foregoing,  the  words  "believe",   "anticipate",   "estimate",  "expect",
"intend",  "plan", "seek" and similar expressions,  when used in this Report and
in such other statements,  are intended to identify forward-looking  statements.
All statements that express  expectations and projections with respect to future
matters, including, without limitation, statements relating to growth, new lines
of  business  and  general   optimism  about  future  operating   results,   are
forward-looking  statements.  All forward-looking  statements and information in
this Report are forward-looking  statements within the meaning of Section 27A of
the  Securities  Act of 1933,  as amended,  and  Section  21E of the  Securities
Exchange  Act of 1934,  as amended,  and are  intended to be covered by the safe
harbors created thereby.  Such forward-looking  statements are not guarantees of
future  performance  and are subject to risks,  uncertainties  and other factors
that may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Company to
differ  materially  from  historical  results or from any results  expressed  or
implied  by such  forward-looking  statements.  Such  factors  include,  without
limitation: (i) changes in reimbursement rates, policies or payment practices by
third-party payors, whether initiated by the payor or legislatively  maintained;
(ii) the loss of major  customers  or failure to receive  recurring  orders from
customers of the mail-order supply business;  (iii) termination of the Company's
exclusive  supply  agreement  with Nipro  Corporation or failure to continue the
agreement on the terms  currently in effect;  (iv)  impairment  of the Company's
rights in intellectual  property;  (v) increased or more effective  competition;
(vi) new  technologies  that render  obsolete or  non-competitive  products  and
services  offered by the Company,  including the development of improved glucose
monitoring  products that  eliminate the need for consumable  testing  supplies;
(vii) the ability of the Company to effectively integrate new technologies, such
as those included in the systems  infrastructure  project and automated  packing
systems of the Health Enhancement  segment;  (viii) technology  failures causing
delayed,  incomplete  data or flawed  data  analysis;  (ix)  changes  in laws or
regulations  applicable  to the Company or failure to comply with  existing laws
and  regulations;  (x) future  healthcare or budget  legislation or other health
reform   initiatives;   (xi)  increased  exposure  to  professional   negligence
liability;  (xii)  difficulties in successfully  integrating  recently  acquired
businesses into the Company's operations and uncertainties related to the future
performance of such businesses;  (xiii) losses due to foreign currency  exchange
rate  fluctuations  or  deterioration  of economic or  political  conditions  in
foreign markets; (xiv) changes in company-wide or business unit strategies; (xv)
the  effectiveness  of the  Company's  advertising,  marketing  and  promotional
programs and changes in patient  therapy mix;  (xvi)  market  acceptance  of the
Company's current and future disease  management  products;  (xvii) inability to
successfully manage the Company's growth;  (xviii)  acquisitions that strain the
Company's  financial  and  operational  resources;  (xix)  inability  to  effect
estimated cost savings and clinical outcomes  improvements or to reach agreement
with the Company's disease  management  customers with respect to the same; (xx)
inability  to  accurately  forecast  performance  under  the  Company's  disease
management  contracts;  (xxi)  inability  of the  Company's  disease  management
customers to provide timely and accurate data that is essential to the operation
and  measurement  of the  Company's  performance  under its  disease  management
contracts;  (xxii) increases in interest rates and general economic  conditions;
(xxiii) delays in or disruptions  related to the Company's  proposed call center
expansion in Atlanta,  Georgia;  (xxiv)  failure to  consummate or delays in the
consummation or implementation of new disease management contracts and (xxv) the
risk factors discussed from time to time in the Company's SEC reports, including
but not limited to, its Annual  Report on Form 10-K for the year ended  December
31, 2001.  Many of such factors are beyond the  Company's  ability to control or
predict,   and  readers  are  cautioned  not  to  put  undue  reliance  on  such
forward-looking  statements.  The Company  disclaims any obligation to update or
review  any  forward-looking  statements  contained  in  this  Report  or in any
statement referencing the risk factors and other cautionary statements set forth
in this  Report,  whether  as a result  of new  information,  future  events  or
otherwise,  except as may be required by the Company's disclosure obligations in
filings it makes with the SEC under federal securities laws.



Item 3.  Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosure About Market Risk

     The  Company is exposed to market risk from  foreign  exchange  rates.  The
Company's non-U.S.  operations with sales denominated in other than U.S. dollars
(primarily in Germany) generated approximately 14% of total revenues in the nine
months  ended  September  30,  2002.  In the normal  course of  business,  these
operations are exposed to fluctuations in currency  values.  Management does not
consider the impact of currency  fluctuations  to represent a significant  risk,
and as such has chosen not to hedge its foreign currency exposure.  A 10% change
in the dollar exchange rate of the euro would impact annual pre-tax  earnings by
approximately $375,000.


Item 4.  Controls and Procedures

(a)  Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures. The Company's Chief
     Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have evaluated the
     effectiveness of the Company's disclosure controls and procedures (as such
     term is defined in Rules 13a-14(c) and 15d-14(c) under the Securities
     Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act")) as of a date within
     90 days prior to the filing date of this quarterly report (the "Evaluation
     Date"). Based on such evaluation, such officers have concluded that, as of
     the Evaluation Date, the Company's disclosure controls and procedures are
     effective in alerting them on a timely basis to material information
     relating to the Company (including the Company's consolidated subsidiaries)
     required to be included in the Company's reports filed or submitted under
     the Exchange Act.


(b) Changes in Internal Controls. Since the Evaluation Date, there have not been
    any significant  changes in the Company's  internal controls or in other
    factors that could significantly affect such controls.







                           PART II--OTHER INFORMATION


Item 2.  Changes in Securities and Use of Proceeds

     On June 14, 2002, in connection  with the  acquisition of  MarketRing,  the
Company  issued  295,787  shares of common  stock and a warrant to  purchase  an
additional  107 shares of common  stock.  The common  stock and the warrant were
issued to various  MarketRing  stockholders  and a MarketRing  warrant holder in
exchange for MarketRing  stock and a MarketRing  warrant.  Approximately  28,363
shares  out of the  total  number  of  shares  issued  in  connection  with  the
acquisition  of  MarketRing  are being  held in escrow  for a period of one year
after the closing as security for the indemnification obligations of MarketRing.
The  exercise  price of the  warrant  issued was set at $24.50 per share,  which
price,  as well as the total number of shares set forth therein,  are subject to
adjustment under certain  circumstances,  including upon release of the escrowed
shares.  The  issuance  of the common  stock and the  warrant  was  exempt  from
registration  under Rule 506 of Regulation D promulgated  by the  Securities and
Exchange Commission under the Securities Act ("Regulation D"). The recipients of
the  Company's  common stock and the warrant were  accredited  investors as that
term is defined in  Regulation D and are aware of the  limitations  on resale as
set forth in Rule 502(d) of Regulation D.


Item 4.  Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

     The  directors  of the Company are divided  into three  classes.  The class
comprised of Jackie M. Ward and Frederick P. Zuspan, M.D. will continue to serve
until the 2003 annual  meeting of  stockholders  and until their  successors are
elected  and  qualified.  The class  comprised  of Parker H.  Petit,  Jeffrey D.
Koepsell,  Donald W. Weber and Morris S. Weeden will continue to serve until the
2004 annual meeting of stockholders  and until their  successors are elected and
qualified.

     At the annual  meeting of  stockholders  of the Company held  September 26,
2002 ("the Meeting"),  the following  directors were elected,  each of whom will
serve until the 2005 annual meeting of stockholders  and until their  successors
are elected and qualified:

                                                                                  

         Nominee                                   Affirmative Votes                     Withheld Votes
         -------                                   -----------------                     --------------
         Guy W. Millner                                   8,027,939                               653,165
         Carl E. Sanders                                  7,151,499                             1,523,605
         Thomas S. Stribling                              7,280,375                             1,400,729


     In addition, the following proposals were approved at the Meeting:

o    Approve the issuance of shares of Matria common stock in connection with
     the acquisition of assets from LifeMetrix, Inc., including all of the
     issued and outstanding stock of Quality Oncology, Inc.

                                                                                  

         Affirmative Votes                         Negative Votes                        Abstentions
         -----------------                         --------------                        -----------
                6,793,574                               120,596                              6,740

o        Approval to adopt the Matria Healthcare, Inc. 2002 Stock Incentive Plan:

         Affirmative Votes                         Negative Votes                        Abstentions
         -----------------                         --------------                        -----------
                6,805,372                             1,865,158                             10,574

o        Approval to adopt the Matria Healthcare, Inc. 2002 Stock Purchase Plan:

         Affirmative Votes                         Negative Votes                        Abstentions
         -----------------                         --------------                        -----------
                8,545,108                               125,505                            10,491


         In September 2002, Jackie M. Ward resigned from the board of directors.
On October 22, 2002, Frederick E. Cooper was elected to the board of directors
to fill the vacancy created by Ms. Ward's resignation.








Item 6.  Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K

(a)  Exhibits

     4. Loan and Security Agreement, dated October 22, 2002, between the Company
        and HFG Healthco-4, LLC.

  10.1  Employment Letter Agreement, dated August 5, 2002, between the  Company
        and  Stephen M.  Mengert

  10.2  NewMarket  Building Lease Agreement,  dated September 4, 2002, between
        the Company and Trizec  Realty,  Inc.

  10.3  One Parkway Center Lease Agreement, dated  November 8, 2002,  between
        the  Company and Atlanta Parkway Investment Group, Inc.

  11.   Computation of Earnings per Share


(b)  Reports on Form 8-K

     The Company filed Current Reports on Form 8-K on September 4, 2002
announcing the appointment of Stephen M. Mengert as Vice-President, Finance and
Chief Financial Officer and on October 8, 2002 announcing the completion of the
acquisition of Quality Oncology, Inc.





                                   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.


                                   MATRIA HEALTHCARE, INC.


November 13, 2002                  By: /s/  Parker H. Petit
                                   ---------------------------------------------
                                            Parker H. Petit
                                            Chairman of the Board, President and
                                            Chief Executive Officer
                                            (Principal Executive Officer)

                                      /s/   Stephen M. Mengert
                                   ---------------------------------------------
                                            Stephen M. Mengert
                                            Vice President--Finance and Chief
                                            Financial Officer
                                            (Principal Financial Officer)





                                 CERTIFICATIONS


I, Parker H. Petit, certify that:

         1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Matria
            Healthcare, Inc.;

         2. Based on my knowledge, this quarterly report does not contain any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary
to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such
statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this
quarterly report;

         3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial
information included in this quarterly report, fairly present in all material
respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the
registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this quarterly report;

         4. The registrant's other certifying officers and I are responsible for
establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in
Exchange Act Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14) for the registrant and we have:

                  a) designed such disclosure controls and procedures to ensure
                     that material information relating to the registrant,
                     including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to
                     us by others within those entities, particularly during the
                     period in which this quarterly report is being prepared;
                  b) evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure
                     controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days prior
                     to the filing date of this quarterly report (the
                     "Evaluation Date"); and
                  c) presented in this quarterly report our conclusions about
                     the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures
                     based on our evaluation as of the Evaluation Date;

         5. The registrant's other certifying officers and I have disclosed,
based on our most recent evaluation, to the registrant's auditors and the audit
committee of registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the
equivalent function):

                  a) all significant deficiencies in the design or operation of
                     internal controls which could adversely affect the
                     registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and
                     report financial data and have identified for the
                     registrant's auditors any material weaknesses in internal
                     controls; and
                  b) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves
                     management or other employees who have a significant role
                     in the registrant's internal controls; and

         6. The registrant's other certifying officers and I have indicated in
this quarterly report whether or not there were significant changes in internal
controls or in other factors that could significantly affect internal controls
subsequent to the date of our most recent evaluation, including any corrective
actions with regard to significant deficiencies and material weaknesses.

November 13, 2002                   /s/  Parker H. Petit
                                    --------------------------------------------
                                         Parker H. Petit
                                         Chairman of the Board,
                                         President and
                                         Chief Executive Officer








I, Stephen M. Mengert, certify that:

         1.  I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Matria
             Healthcare, Inc.;

         2. Based on my knowledge, this quarterly report does not contain any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary
to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such
statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this
quarterly report;

         3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial
information included in this quarterly report, fairly present in all material
respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the
registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this quarterly report;

         4. The registrant's other certifying officers and I are responsible for
establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in
Exchange Act Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14) for the registrant and we have:

                  a) designed such disclosure controls and procedures to ensure
                     that material information relating to the registrant,
                     including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to
                     us by others within those entities, particularly during the
                     period in which this quarterly report is being prepared;
                  b) evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure
                     controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days prior
                     to the filing date of this quarterly report (the
                     "Evaluation Date"); and
                  c) presented in this quarterly report our conclusions about
                     the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures
                     based on our evaluation as of the Evaluation Date;

         5. The registrant's other certifying officers and I have disclosed,
based on our most recent evaluation, to the registrant's auditors and the audit
committee of registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the
equivalent function):

                  a) all significant deficiencies in the design or operation of
                     internal controls which could adversely affect the
                     registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and
                     report financial data and have identified for the
                     registrant's auditors any material weaknesses in internal
                     controls; and
                  b) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves
                     management or other employees who have a significant role
                     in the registrant's internal controls; and

         6. The registrant's other certifying officers and I have indicated in
this quarterly report whether or not there were significant changes in internal
controls or in other factors that could significantly affect internal controls
subsequent to the date of our most recent evaluation, including any corrective
actions with regard to significant deficiencies and material weaknesses.

November 13, 2002                   /s/  Stephen M. Mengert
                                    --------------------------------------------
                                    Stephen M. Mengert
                                    Vice President--Finance and Chief
                                    Financial Officer