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SEC FORM 3 SEC Form 3
FORM 3 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 		 
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
PONZIO VITO JR
(Last) (First) (Middle)
100 CLEARBROOK ROAD
(Street)
NEW YORK NY 10523
(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
05/02/2011 		3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
BioScrip, Inc. [ BIOS ]
4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
Director 10% Owner
X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
Senior Vice President
 5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
X Form filed by One Reporting Person
Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Employee Stock Option 02/23/2011(1) 02/23/2020 Common Stock, $.0001 Par Value 50,000 7.09 D
Employee Stock Option 04/26/2011(1) 04/26/2021 Common Stock, $.0001 Par Value 50,000 4.42 D
Employee Stock Option 03/01/2012(1) 03/01/2021 Common Stock, $.0001 Par Value 25,000 4.24 D
Explanation of Responses:
1. Vests and becomes exercisable in three equal annual installments commencing on the first anniversary of the date of grant.
/s/ Barry A. Posner, attorney-in-fact for Mr. Ponzio 05/03/2011
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR
SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS


Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby makes, constitutes and
appoints each of Barry A. Posner and Gregory O. Ogunsanya, each acting
individually, as the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full
power and authority as hereinafter described on behalf of and in the name,
place and stead of the undersigned to:

1) prepare, execute, acknowledge, deliver and file in the undersigned's name
and on the undersigned's behalf, and submit to the United States Securities
and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), a Form ID (including any amendments
thereto) and any other documents necessary or appropriate to obtain codes and
passwords for the undersigned to make electronic filings with the SEC of
reports required by Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and
the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, as amended from time to time
(the "Exchange Act");

2) prepare, execute, acknowledge, deliver and file Forms 3, 4 and 5 (including
any amendments thereto) with respect to the securities of BioScrip, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the "Company"), required to be filed with the SEC, any
national securities exchanges and the Company pursuant to Section 16(a) of the
Exchange Act;

3) seek or obtain, as the undersigned's representative and on the undersigned's
behalf, information on transactions in the Company's securities from any third
party, including brokers, employee benefit plan administrators and trustees,
and the undersigned hereby authorizes any such person to release any such
information to the undersigned and approves and ratifies any such release of
information; and

4) perform any and all other acts which in the discretion of such
attorney-in-fact are necessary or  desirable for and on behalf of the
undersigned in connection with the foregoing.

The undersigned acknowledges that:

1) This Limited Power of Attorney authorizes, but does not require, each such
attorney-in-fact to act in their discretion on information provided to such
attorney-in-fact without independent verification of such information;

2) Any documents prepared and/or executed by either of such attorneys-in-fact
on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Limited Power of Attorney will
be in such form and will contain such information and disclosure as such
attorney-in-fact, in his or her discretion, deems necessary or desirable;

3) Neither the Company nor either of such attorneys-in-fact assumes
(i) any liability for the undersigned's responsibility to comply with the
requirement of the Exchange Act, (ii) any liability of the undersigned for any
failure to comply with such requirements, or (iii) any obligation or liability
of the undersigned for profit disgorgement under Section 16(b) of the Exchange
Act; and

4) This Limited Power of Attorney does not relieve the undersigned from
responsibility for compliance with the undersigned's obligations under the
Exchange Act, including without limitation the reporting requirements under
 Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

The undersigned hereby gives and grants each of the foregoing attorneys-in-fact
full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing
whatsoever requisite, necessary or appropriate to be done in and about the
foregoing matters as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might
or could do if present, hereby ratifying all that each such attorney-in-fact
of, for and on behalf of the undersigned, shall lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue of this Limited Power of Attorney.


This Limited Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until
the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect
to the undersigned's holdings and transactions in securities issued by the
Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing
delivered to each such attorney-in-fact.


         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of
 Attorney to be executed as of this 3rd day of May, 2011.



                  /s/ Vito Ponzio, Jr.
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                  Signature


                  Vito Ponzio, Jr.
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                  Print Name

STATE OF NEW YORK           		               )
                                       		     	               )
COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER			)

        On this 3rd day of May 2011, Vito Ponzio, Jr. personally appeared
before me, and acknowledged that she executed the foregoing instrument for the
purposes therein contained.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and official seal.


                             /s/ Jeannette Morales
		 -----------------------------------
                              Notary Public

                 My commission expires September 5, 2014