BATON ROUGE, La., Oct. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Amedisys, Inc. (Nasdaq: “AMED” or the “Company”), one of America’s leading home health nursing companies, today announced that it has received the Visionary Use of Information to Affect Positive Organizational Change award from OCS, a company that provides health care organizations with comparative information solutions. According to OCS, Amedisys was recognized out of its clients who submitted applications due to its overall ability to utilize data to improve patient outcomes, overcome challenges and achieve strategic organizational goals.
“We are pleased to present Amedisys with the overall vision award from amongst the hundreds of applications from healthcare organizations we received this year,” said Amanda Twiss, OCS President. “Their use of OCS provided data led to increased operational efficiencies and, in our opinion, truly benefited the clinical outcomes of their patients.”
“This award is a result of our focus on outcome-driven home care,” said Larry Graham, Amedisys’ President and Chief Operating Officer. “We have and will continue to execute on our mission to provide cost-efficient, quality healthcare services to the patients entrusted to our care, and will strive to carry on our goal of producing technological advancements in order to maintain our high level of patient care. I would like to extend my thanks to our engaged local agency managements, whose work enables us to ensure our patients are receiving the best care possible.”
Amedisys, Inc., one of the nation’s largest providers of home nursing services, is headquartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The Company had approximately $142.5 million in revenue in 2003. Its common stock trades on the Nasdaq Stock Market under the symbol “AMED”.
Founded in 1992 by a team of home care professionals, OCS is a Seattle- based company focused on providing health care organizations with sophisticated, yet easy to use, comparative information solutions. A market- driven organization, with a backbone of outstanding client support, OCS is the premier benchmarking vendor for home health, hospice, and private duty organizations.
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Additional information on this Company can be found on the World Wide Web http://www.amedisys.com/ Contact: Amedisys, Inc. EURO RSCG Life NRP Chief Financial Officer Investors/Media Gregory H. Browne Brian Ritchie 225.292.2031 212.845.4269 gbrowne@amedisys.combrian.ritchie@eurorscg.com
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CONTACT: Gregory H. Browne, Chief Financial Officer of Amedisys, Inc.,+1-225-292-2031, or gbrowne@amedisys.com; or Investors and Media, BrianRitchie of EURO RSCG Life NRP, +1-212-845-4269, or brian.ritchie@eurorscg.com,for Amedisys, Inc.
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