UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549





FORM 10-Q/A

Amendment No. 1





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|x | QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2010.

OR



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

Commission file number: 001-33930





IPC THE HOSPITALIST COMPANY, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)







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|Delaware                                                         |  | 95-4562058                          
|(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)   |  | (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
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|4605 Lankershim Boulevard, Suite 617
North Hollywood, California |  | 91602                               
|(Address of principal executive offices)                         |  | (Zip code)                          

Registrants telephone number, including area code: (888) 447-2362





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   ̈

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every
Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such
files).    Yes   ̈    No   ̈

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller
reporting company. See the definitions of large accelerated filer, accelerated filer and smaller reporting company in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.



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|Large accelerated filer |  |  ̈                                                |  | Accelerated filer         |  | x
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|Non-accelerated filer   |  |  ̈  (Do not check if a smaller reporting company) |  | Smaller reporting company |  |  ̈

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the
Act).    Yes   ̈    No  x

As of April 19, 2010, there were 16,227,003 shares of the registrants common stock, $0.001 par value, outstanding.









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EXPLANATORY NOTE

We are filing this Amendment No. 1 on Form 10-Q/A to our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2010, filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 26, 2010 (the Original 10-Q), solely for the purpose of correcting and re-filing the officers certifications contained in Exhibits 31.1 and 31.2 to include introductory language
in paragraph 4 as well as paragraph 4(b) referring to internal control over financial reporting. Each certification was true and correct as of the date of the filing of the Original 10-Q.

Except as described above, this Amendment No. 1 does not amend any other information set forth in the Original 10-Q, and the Company has not updated
disclosures included therein to reflect any events that occurred subsequent to April 26, 2010. Accordingly, this Amendment No. 1 should be read in conjunction with the Original 10-Q and the Companys filings made with the Securities
and Exchange Commission subsequent to the filing of the Original 10-Q.



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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 on the
29thday of September, 2010.



IPC THE HOSPITALIST COMPANY, INC.By:

/S/    ADAM D. SINGER,
M.D.Adam D. Singer, M.D.Chief Executive OfficerBy:

/S/    DEVRA G.
SHAPIRODevra G. Shapiro
Chief Financial Officer




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EXHIBIT INDEX

The following documents are filed as part of this report:



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|Exhibit
Number |  | Description of Document                                                                                                                                                                       
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|31.1           |  | Certification of the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) or Rule 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
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|31.2           |  | Certification of the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) or Rule 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act.



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