BATON ROUGE, La., Jan. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Amedisys, Inc. (Nasdaq: "AMED" or the "Company"), one of America's leading home health nursing companies, today announced that Larry R. Graham, President and Chief Operating Officer, and John F. Giblin, Chief Financial Officer, will present at the 2007 JPMorgan Healthcare Conference at The Westin St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco on Thursday, January 11th at 10:30 AM PT. The audio presentation will be webcast live and be available for 30 days thereafter at: http://events.jpmorgan.com/ Scroll halfway down the main page to a section titled "Conference Webcasts" and click on the first link, "JPMorgan 25th Annual Healthcare Conference". Amedisys, Inc. is headquartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Its common stock trades on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol "AMED". This press release includes statements that may constitute "forward- looking" statements, usually containing the words "believe", "estimate", "project", "expect" or similar expressions. Forward-looking statements inherently involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements. Factors that would cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, continued acceptance of the Company's services in the marketplace, competitive factors, changes in government reimbursement procedures, dependence upon third-party vendors, and other risks discussed in the Company's periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. By making these forward- looking statements, the Company undertakes no obligation to update these statements for revisions or changes after the date of this release. Additional information on the Company can be found at: http://www.amedisys.com/ Contact: Amedisys, Inc. President and Chief Operating Officer Larry R. Graham 225.292.2031 Noonan Russo Investors/Media Matthew Haines 212.845.4235 DATASOURCE: Amedisys, Inc. CONTACT: Larry R. Graham, President and Chief Operating Officer, Amedisys, Inc., +1-225.292.2031, ; Investors-Media - Matthew Haines, Noonan Russo, +1-212-845-4235, Web site: http://www.amedisys.com/

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