Amedisys to Host Conference Call to Discuss Fourth Quarter and Year-End 2004 Financial Performance and Operating Results

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Amedisys to Host Conference Call to Discuss Fourth Quarter and Year-End 2004 Financial Performance and Operating Results

            - Company Also Announces Presentation at Raymond James
                    26th Annual Institutional Conference -

    BATON ROUGE, La., March 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Amedisys, Inc.
(Nasdaq: "AMED" or the "Company"), one of America's leading home health
nursing companies, today announced that it intends to release its financial
results for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2004 pre-market on
Thursday, March 10, 2005.  The Company will also host a conference call with
the investment community the same day at 10:00 a.m. ET.
    To participate in the conference call, please dial 800.231.5571 (Domestic)
or 973.582.2703 (International) a few minutes before 10:00 a.m. ET on
Thursday, March 10, 2005.  A replay of the conference call will be available
from 12:00 p.m. ET on March 10, 2005 until 12:00 p.m. ET on March 17, 2005.
The replay dial in number is 877.519.4471 (Domestic) or 973.341.3080
(International).  The replay pin number is5685697.
    The call will also be available on the Internet live and for seven days
thereafter at the following:

    http://phx.corporate-ir.net/playerlink.zhtml?c=64257&s=wm&e=1012902

    In addition, the Company announced that Larry R. Graham, President and
Chief Operating Officer, and Gregory H. Browne, Chief Financial Officer, will
present at the Raymond James 26th Annual Institutional Conference on March 7
at 2:15 p.m. ET.

    A webcast of this presentation is available live and for 90 days
thereafter at the following URL: http://www.wsw.com/webcast/rjii05/amed

    Amedisys, Inc., one of the nation's largest providers of home health
nursing services, is headquartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.  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.

    Additional information on this Company can be found on the World Wide Web
http://www.amedisys.com .

     Contact:  Amedisys, Inc.             Noonan/Russo
               Chief Financial Officer    Investors/Media
               Gregory Browne             Brian Ritchie
               225.292.2031               212.845.4269
               gbrowne@amedisys.com       brian.ritchie@eurorscg.com

SOURCE Amedisys, Inc.

http://www.amedisys.com

http://www.wsw.com/webcast/rjii05/amed
CONTACT:
Gregory Browne, Chief Financial Officer of
Amedisys, Inc., +1-225-292-2031, or gbrowne@amedisys.com; or
Brian Ritchie of Noonan/Russo, +1-212-845-4269, or
brian.ritchie@eurorscg.com