Amedisys Closes on Acquisition Expanding Personal Care to Tennessee

BATON ROUGE, La., May 02, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Amedisys, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMED), one of the nation’s leading home healthcare, hospice and personal care companies, announced today that its subsidiary, Associated Home Care, has closed on its acquisition of East Tennessee Personal Care Service (ETPCS), a personal care provider headquartered in Knoxville, Tennessee.

Under the terms of the agreement, Associated Home Care acquired substantially all assets of ETPCS.

“This transaction is exciting because it enlarges our personal care footprint outside of Massachusetts and Florida,” stated Amedisys President and Chief Executive Officer Paul Kusserow. “This allows us to continue to focus on our overall strategy of expanding our continuum of care into new markets.”

Founded in 2003, East Tennessee Personal Care Service offers personal care, homemaker services, personal support and Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs) to clients to encourage independent living 24 hours a day and seven days a week. ETPCS has a personal care office in Knoxville, Tennessee, and serves the Knoxville metro area, including Knox, Loudon, Blount, Roane, Anderson and Monroe counties.

The Amedisys Personal Care Division now serves more than 19,000 clients annually in Massachusetts, Florida and Tennessee.

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About Amedisys:
Amedisys, Inc. is a leading healthcare at home Company delivering personalized home health, hospice and personal care. Amedisys is focused on delivering the care that is best for our patients, whether that is home-based personal care; recovery and rehabilitation after an operation or injury; care focused on empowering them to manage a chronic disease; or hospice care at the end of life. We partner with 3,000 hospitals and 59,000 physicians nationwide have chosen Amedisys as a partner in post-acute care. Founded in 1982, headquartered in Baton Rouge, LA with an executive office in Nashville, TN, Amedisys is a publicly held company. With more than 17,500 employees, in 421 care centers in 34 states, Amedisys is dedicated to delivering the highest quality of care to the doorsteps of more than 369,000 patients and clients in need every year. For more information about the Company, please visit: www.amedisys.com.

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