BATON ROUGE, La., Nov. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Amedisys, Inc. (Nasdaq: AMED or the "Company"), one of America's leading home health nursing companies, today announced its acquisition of certain assets of a single home health agency operated by the Davidson County Health Department in Lexington, North Carolina for $2.2 million in cash. The acquisition represents Amedisys' further penetration into the North Carolina market, a Certificate of Need (C.O.N.) state, by giving it the potential to add new markets to its existing coverage area, including Charlotte. The agency currently has minimal revenue and is not expected to contribute materially to Amedisys' earnings in 2006. The company also announced today that it had entered into a binding contract to acquire certain assets of a therapy staffing company based in Oklahoma for $2.5 million. Pursuant to this contract, the Company paid $0.5 million immediately, with the balance to be paid at closing on January 2, 2006 in a combination of $1.25 million in cash and a $0.7 million promissory note. "The acquisition of a therapy staffing company will enhance our ability to recruit qualified therapists in key markets," said William F. Borne, Chief Executive Officer of Amedisys, Inc. "Therapy is an integral component of our disease management programs, and this acquisition will eventually provide Amedisys with the opportunity to implement therapy staffing services on a company-wide basis." Amedisys, Inc., a leading provider of home health nursing services, is headquartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Its common stock trades on the Nasdaq National Market System 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 on the World Wide Web at: http://www.amedisys.com/ Contact: Amedisys, Inc. Noonan Russo Chief Financial Officer Investors/Media Gregory H. Browne Brian Ritchie 225.292.2031 212.845.4269 DATASOURCE: Amedisys, Inc. CONTACT: Gregory H. Browne, Chief Financial Officer of Amedisys, Inc., +1-225-292-2031, or ; or Brian Ritchie, Investors/Media of Noonan Russo, +1-212-845-4269, or Web site: http://www.amedisys.com/

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