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SEC Comment Letter for VERTICAL HEALTH SOLUTIONS INC (CIK 0001163332) — Oct 8, 2004

VERTICAL HEALTH SOLUTIONS INC (CIK 0001163332)
Date: Oct. 8, 2004 · CIK: 0001163332 · Accession: 0000000000-04-032528

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File numbers found in text: 333-119495

Date
October 8, 2004
Author
Jeffrey P. Riedler
Form
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Company
VERTICAL HEALTH SOLUTIONS INC (CIK 0001163332)

Letter

Mail Stop 0309 October 8, 2004 Stephen Watters Chief Executive Officer Vertical Health Solutions, Inc. 855 Dunbar Avenue Oldsmar, Florida 34677

Re: Vertical Health Solutions, Inc. Registration Statement on Form SB-2 File Number 333-119495

Dear Mr. Watters:

We have limited our review of the above-referenced filing to only the matters addressed herein. All comments need to be fully resolved before we take final action on the registration statement.

Where indicated, we think you should revise your document in response to these comments. If you disagree, we will consider your explanation as to why our comment is inapplicable or a revision is unnecessary. Please be as detailed as necessary in your explanation. In some of our comments, we may ask you to provide us with supplemental information so we may better understand your disclosure. After reviewing this information, we may or may not raise additional comments.

Please understand that the purpose of our review process is to assist you in your compliance with the applicable disclosure requirements and to enhance the overall disclosure in your filing. We look forward to working with you in these respects. We welcome any questions you may have about our comments or on any other aspect of our review. Feel free to call us at the telephone numbers listed at the end of this letter.

1. We note that the number of shares disclosed in the selling stockholder table is less than the total number of shares being registered. Please include a line item with corresponding footnote that states the company must specifically identify the previously unidentified selling security holders in the registration statement, along with the other information required by Item 507, by post- effective amendment as other selling security holders become known to the registrant.

2. Please disclose as part of the Beneficial Ownership table on page 21, the selling security holder Laurus Master Fund, Ltd. As Laurus Master Fund, Ltd. has the right to acquire 6,973,843 shares within 60 days they are deemed to be the beneficial owner of these shares pursuant to Rule 13d-3 of the Exchange Act. Please revise or advise.

3. We note that some of the selling security holders may be broker- dealers. If any of the selling share holders are broker-dealers revise to identify them as underwriters. The only exception to this position is if these entities obtained these securities as compensation for underwriting services.

4. If any of the selling security holders are affiliates of broker- dealers, they should be so identified. In addition, please revise your disclosure to include the following representations:

* The selling security holder purchased in the ordinary course of business; and

* At the time of the purchase, the selling security holder had no agreements or understanding to distribute the securities.

If you are unable to make these statements in the prospectus, please revise the prospectus to state the seller is an underwriter.

* * *

As appropriate, please amend your registration statement in response to these comments. You may wish to provide us with marked copies of the amendment to expedite our review. Please furnish a cover letter with your amendment that keys your responses to our comments and provides any requested supplemental information. Detailed cover letters greatly facilitate our review. Please understand that we may have additional comments after reviewing your amendment and responses to our comments.

We urge all persons who are responsible for the accuracy and adequacy of the disclosure in the filings reviewed by the staff to be certain that they have provided all information investors require for an informed decision. Since the company and its management are in possession of all facts relating to a company`s disclosure, they are responsible for the accuracy and adequacy of the disclosures they have made.

Notwithstanding our comments, in the event the company requests acceleration of the effective date of the pending registration statement, it should furnish a letter, at the time of such request, acknowledging that:

* should the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, declare the filing effective, it does not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing; * the action of the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in declaring the filing effective, does not relieve the company from its full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing; and

* the company may not assert this action as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States.

In addition, please be advised that the Division of Enforcement has access to all information you provide to the staff of the Division of Corporation Finance in connection with our review of your filing or in response to our comments on your filing.

We will consider a written request for acceleration of the effective date of the registration statement as a confirmation of the fact that those requesting acceleration are aware of their respective responsibilities under the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as they relate to the proposed public offering of the securities specified in the above registration statement. We will act on the request and, pursuant to delegated authority, grant acceleration of the effective date.

We direct your attention to Rules 460 and 461 regarding requesting acceleration of a registration statement. Please allow adequate time after the filing of any amendment for further review before submitting a request for acceleration. Please provide this request at least two business days in advance of the requested effective date.

Please contact Albert Lee at (202) 824-5522 or me at (202) 942-1840 with any questions.

Sincerely,
Jeffrey P. Riedler
Assistant Director

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Mail Stop 0309

										October 8, 2004

Stephen Watters
Chief Executive Officer
Vertical Health Solutions, Inc.
855 Dunbar Avenue
Oldsmar, Florida 34677

Re:	Vertical Health Solutions, Inc.
	Registration Statement on Form SB-2
	File Number 333-119495

Dear Mr. Watters:

We have limited our review of the above-referenced filing to only the
matters addressed herein.  All comments need to be fully resolved
before we take final action on the registration statement.

Where indicated, we think you should revise your document in response
to these comments.  If you disagree, we will consider your
explanation as to why our comment is inapplicable or a revision is
unnecessary.  Please be as detailed as necessary in your explanation.
In some of our comments, we may ask you to provide us with
supplemental information so we may better understand your disclosure.
After reviewing this information, we may or may not raise additional
comments.

Please understand that the purpose of our review process is to assist
you in your compliance with the applicable disclosure requirements
and to enhance the overall disclosure in your filing.  We look
forward to working with you in these respects.  We welcome any
questions you may have about our comments or on any other aspect of
our review.  Feel free to call us at the telephone numbers listed at
the end of this letter.

1. We note that the number of shares disclosed in the selling
stockholder table is less than the total number of shares being
registered.  Please include a line item with corresponding footnote
that states the company must specifically identify the previously
unidentified selling security holders in the registration statement,
along with the other information required by Item 507, by post-
effective amendment as other selling security holders become known to
the registrant.

2. Please disclose as part of the Beneficial Ownership table on page
21, the selling security holder Laurus Master Fund, Ltd.  As Laurus
Master Fund, Ltd. has the right to acquire 6,973,843 shares within 60
days they are deemed to be the beneficial owner of these shares
pursuant to Rule 13d-3 of the Exchange Act.  Please revise or advise.

3. We note that some of the selling security holders may be broker-
dealers.  If any of the selling share holders are broker-dealers
revise to identify them as underwriters.  The only exception to this
position is if these entities obtained these securities as
compensation for underwriting services.

4. If any of the selling security holders are affiliates of broker-
dealers, they should be so identified.  In addition, please revise
your disclosure to include the following representations:

* The selling security holder purchased in the ordinary course of
business; and

* At the time of the purchase, the selling security holder had no
agreements or understanding to distribute the securities.

If you are unable to make these statements in the prospectus, please
revise the prospectus to state the seller is an underwriter.

*	*	*

As appropriate, please amend your registration statement in response
to these comments.  You may wish to provide us with marked copies of
the amendment to expedite our review.  Please furnish a cover letter
with your amendment that keys your responses to our comments and
provides any requested supplemental information.  Detailed cover
letters greatly facilitate our review.  Please understand that we may
have additional comments after reviewing your amendment and responses
to our comments.

We urge all persons who are responsible for the accuracy and adequacy
of the disclosure in the filings reviewed by the staff to be certain
that they have provided all information investors require for an
informed decision.  Since the company and its management are in
possession of all facts relating to a company`s disclosure, they are
responsible for the accuracy and adequacy of the disclosures they
have made.

	Notwithstanding our comments, in the event the company requests
acceleration of the effective date of the pending registration
statement, it should furnish a letter, at the time of such request,
acknowledging that:

* should the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated
authority, declare the filing effective, it does not foreclose the
Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing;
* the action of the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to
delegated authority, in declaring the filing effective, does not
relieve the company from its full responsibility for the adequacy and
accuracy of the disclosure in the filing; and

* the company may not assert this action as a defense in any
proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the
federal securities laws of the United States.

	In addition, please be advised that the Division of Enforcement
has access to all information you provide to the staff of the
Division of Corporation Finance in connection with our review of your
filing or in response to our comments on your filing.

We will consider a written request for acceleration of the effective
date of the registration statement as a confirmation of the fact that
those requesting acceleration are aware of their respective
responsibilities under the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 as they relate to the proposed public offering
of the securities specified in the above registration statement.  We
will act on the request and, pursuant to delegated authority, grant
acceleration of the effective date.

We direct your attention to Rules 460 and 461 regarding requesting
acceleration of a registration statement.  Please allow adequate time
after the filing of any amendment for further review before
submitting a request for acceleration.  Please provide this request
at least two business days in advance of the requested effective
date.

Please contact Albert Lee at (202) 824-5522 or me at (202) 942-1840
with any questions.

Sincerely,

							Jeffrey P. Riedler
							Assistant Director

cc:	Gregory Sichenzia, Esq.
	Sichenzia Ross Friedman Ference LLP
1065 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10018

Stephen Watters
Vertical Health Solutions, Inc.
October 8, 2004
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