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Amedisys Honored with Innovator of the Year Award

The Innovator of the Year award is presented to an individual, organization or company that has creatively used technology to advance their organization, to improve client/customer services and to positively impact their community and state. Other criteria include taking advantage of the latest developments in technology to help grow and expand the technology industry.

MercuryDoc is a web-based application developed for physicians to give them access to real-time critical patient data, such as patient demographics, medications, pharmacy information and graphed trends/vitals. It also allows physicians to manage home care patients' Plan of Care (485), supplemental orders, and provides information for physician care plan oversight.

"Amedisys is honored to be recognized for MercuryDoc, a technology that provides physicians with a greater level of clinical information in a faster medium resulting in higher quality of care for our patients," stated Patrick Thompson, Executive Vice President of Administration and Chief Information Officer. "Amedisys is committed to developing innovative solutions centered on quality health care in the home, where our patients most want to be."

The Governor's Technology Awards is a cooperative program designed to recognize the technological achievements and initiative of the state of Louisiana's top companies, organizations and individuals. It is a celebration of innovation and achievement for those in Louisiana that have made a positive impact in the technology field for the State over the past year.

About Amedisys:

Amedisys, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMED) is a leading health care company focused on bringing home the continuum of care. Amedisys delivers personalized health care services to patients and their families, in the comfort of patients' homes, with approximately 10 million patient care and education encounters per year. Amedisys has two divisions, home health care and hospice. The Company's state-of-the-art advanced chronic care management programs and leading-edge technology enables it to deliver quality care based upon the latest evidence-based best practices. Amedisys is a recognized innovator, being one of the first in the industry to equip its clinicians with point-of-care laptop technology and referring physicians with an internet portal that enables real-time coordination of patient care seamlessly. Amedisys also has the industry's first-ever nationwide Care Transitions program. Amedisys Care Transitions is designed to reduce unnecessary hospital readmissions through patient and caregiver health coaching and care coordination, which starts in the hospital and continues throughout completion of the patient's home health plan of care. For more information about the Company, please visit: www.amedisys.com.

Amedisys, Inc.
Kendra Kimmons, 225-299-3720
Senior Director of Communications
kendra.kimmons@amedisys.com