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Amedisys Home Health and Hospice Care (), based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, is one of the largest home health provider and fourth largest hospice care provider in the United States. Amedisys provides in-home skilled nursing, physical, occupational and speech therapy, medical social work, home aides, and hospice and bereavement services, with 11 million patient care visits in 2011.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/amed )〕 Amedisys employs more than 16,000 individuals at more than 500 locations in 45 states, Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico. In 2010, annual revenues were approximately $1.6 billion.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://finance.yahoo.com/q/pr?s=AMED+Profile )〕 Amedisys was ranked 999 on the Fortune 1000 in 2011. == History and governance == Amedisys was founded in 1982 by William F. Borne, a registered nurse from Reserve, La., who has served as chief executive officer (CEO) and chairman of the board since that time. In 1993, the company completed a reverse acquisition with M&N Capital Corp, and began trading on the NASDAQ Small Cap Market in 1994. Additional public offerings of its common stock were completed in 2004 and 2006. As of Nov. 6, 2011, the members of the board of directors of Amedisys are: William F. Borne, chairman; Don Washburn, lead director; Ronald LaBorde; Jake L. Netterville, CPA; David Pitts, and Peter Ricchiuti.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://investors.amedisys.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=64257&p=irol-govboard )〕 Borne resigned as CEO, chairman, and director of Amedisys on February 24, 2014, 33 years after founding the company, and was named Chairman Emeritus by the company's Board of Directors.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://investors.amedisys.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=64257&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1902692&highlight= )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://theadvocate.com/news/business/8464441-123/story.html )〕 Ronald (Ronnie) A. LaBorde was named Interim CEO, having been Amedisys president and chief financial office for two years, and a member of the Board of Directors for 17 years.〔〔 In June 2011, Amedisys closed the acquisition of Beacon Hospice, a New England provider of hospice services with 24 locations in five states.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/2011/04/18/amedisys-scoops-beacon-hospice-125m/ )〕 In March 2008, Amedisys closed the acquisition of TLC Health Care Services, a home health provider with more than 100 locations.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2008/02/20/amedisys-gets-tlc/ )〕 Amedisys announced March 28, 2014, it was closing 29 care centers (23 home health and six hospice) and consolidating another 25 (21 home health and four hospice).〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://investors.amedisys.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=64257&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1913389&highlight= )〕 The Concord (NH) office of Beacon Hospice was closed on April 30, 2014.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.unionleader.com/article/20140327/NEWS02/140329257 )〕 Hyder Family Hospice House (Dover, NH), one of the facilities in the Beacon Hospice acquisition, was also to be closed.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.fosters.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20140327%2FGJNEWS_01%2F140329325 )〕 Hyder House was the only in-patient hospice facility in Strafford County, NH. (Hyder House was expected to transfer to county ownership on August 1, 2014.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.fosters.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20140725/GJNEWS_01/140729597/0/SEARCH )〕) Amedisys announced a $150-million settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice on April 23, 2014. This settlement was about Medicare reimbursements for home health services by some Amedisys care centers from January 1, 2008, through December 31, 2010, as well as a Stark Law infraction involving care services provided to a physician group in exchange for compensation inconsistent with fair market value from April 1, 2008, through April 30, 2012, an issue Amedisys had voluntarily disclosed.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://investors.amedisys.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=64257&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1921390&highlight= )〕 The $150 million included more than $26 million to settle six whistleblower lawsuits in Pennsylvania and one in Georgia.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://theadvocate.com/news/business/8981939-123/amedisys-150-million-settlement-finalized )〕 The $150 million is five times what a leading analyst in the industry estimates Amedisys will earn in 2014 before income taxes, depreciation, and amortization.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Amedisys Home Health and Hospice Care」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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