Amedisys Announces Promotion of Larry R. Graham to President
10 Agosto 2004 - 9:04PM
PR Newswire (US)
Amedisys Announces Promotion of Larry R. Graham to President BATON
ROUGE, La., Aug. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Amedisys, Inc.
(Nasdaq: "AMED" or "the Company"), one of America's leading home
health nursing companies, today announced the promotion of Larry R.
Graham, to the position of President. Mr. Graham will remain in his
existing role as Chief Operating Officer ("COO") and will continue
to report directly to William F. Borne, Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer of Amedisys. Mr. Graham has served as COO since
being promoted from Vice President of Operations in 1999. He joined
Amedisys in 1996 as Vice President of Finance. Mr. Graham will
continue to perform his current duties, including clinical and
financial operations, contracting and sales and marketing. His new
responsibilities will include oversight of information systems and
human resources. "Larry's leadership over the past five years has
been a key driver behind the growth in both revenues and
profitability for Amedisys," said Mr. Borne. "During Larry's tenure
as COO, we have enhanced our home health operations, expanded the
number of our disease management programs, and integrated a
significant number of acquisitions. Further, he has materially
assisted in the development of Amedisys' strong corporate culture
that is the foundation to our current and future success."
Amedisys, Inc., a leading provider of home health nursing services,
is headquartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The Company had
approximately $142 million in revenue in 2003. Its common stock
trades on the Nasdaq Stock 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 products and 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.
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