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UNITED STATES
 
 
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
 
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
FORM 8-K
 
 
CURRENT REPORT
 
 
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
 
 
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 29, 2008
 
 
Allion Healthcare, Inc.
 
 
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
         
Delaware
  
0-17821
  
11-2962027
         
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
  
(Commission File Number)
  
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
 
1660 Walt Whitman Road, Suite 105, Melville, New York 11747
 
 
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
 
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (631) 547-6520
 
 
N/A
 
 
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
 
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Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangement of Certain Officers.

(b)           On April 29, 2008, Stephen A. Maggio, Interim Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer of Allion Healthcare, Inc. (the “Company”), was replaced in his position as Interim Chief Financial Officer, effective June 1, 2008, by the appointment of Russell J. Fichera as Chief Financial Officer of the Company.

(c)           On April 29, 2008, the Company appointed Russell J. Fichera as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Fichera, 55, has served as one of the Company’s directors since May 2006 and has served as the chairperson of the Audit Committee since August 2006.  Since 2003, Mr. Fichera has served as Chief Financial Officer of EnduraCare Therapy Management, a national provider of contract rehabilitation services to skilled nursing facilities and hospitals. From 2001 to 2003, he served as Chief Financial Officer of Advanced Care Solutions, Inc., a start-up healthcare services business. From 1999 to 2001, he served as the Chief Financial Officer of American Pharmaceutical Services, or APS, a national provider of institutional pharmacy services.  From 1997 to 1999, he served as Chief Financial Officer of Prism Rehab Systems, or PRS, a national provider of contract rehabilitation services to skilled nursing facilities.  Both APS and PRS were divisions of Mariner Post-Acute Network, Inc.  From 1995 to 1997, he served as Chief Financial Officer of Prism Health Group, a privately held therapy program management firm.  Mr. Fichera is a certified public accountant and a member of the Massachusetts Society of Certified Public Accountants and the American Institute of CPAs.  Mr. Fichera received his B.S. in Accounting from Bentley College.

There are no arrangements between Mr. Fichera and any other person pursuant to which Mr. Fichera was selected as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, nor are there any transactions to which the Company was or is a participant and in which Mr. Fichera has a material interest subject to disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

Item 8.01. Other Events

On April 29, 2008, the Company issued a press release announcing the appointment of Russell J. Fichera as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company. A copy of this press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
 
     (d) Exhibits
 
           
    
Exhibit
    
Number
  
Description
99.1
  
Press release dated April 29, 2008.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
SIGNATURES
 
 
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
         
 
ALLION HEALTHCARE, INC.
(Registrant)
 
  
April 29, 2008 
 /s/ Michael Moran                                                      
    
 
By:  Michael Moran
    
 
Its:  Chief Executive Officer
    
 

 
 
 
 


 
 
 

 
 
 
Exhibit
    
Number
  
Description
99.1
  
Press release dated April 29, 2008.