Gentiva, Amedisys Among Top Home Health Providers in 2012

The 2012 HomeCare Elite list was announced last week, ranking the top 100 and top 500 home health agencies in the nation. Gentiva Health Services, Amedisys Home Health, and Maxim Healthcare Services topped the list this year.  Using publicly available data from Home Health Compare and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), OCS […]

Medicare Cuts Drive Amedisys Q2 Profits Down

Amedisys, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMED), provider of home health and hospice care, suffered a 65.8% decline in earnings per share (EPS), during the second quarter of 2012 due to large cuts in Medicare reimbursements and the implementation of Medicare’s face-to-face law, according the company’s second quarter financial report. Despite decline to an EPS of 27 cents, the company […]