Īmedisys announced March 28, 2014, it was closing 29 care centers (23 home health and six hospice) and consolidating another 25 (21 home health and four hospice). In March 2008, Amedisys closed the acquisition of TLC Health Care Services, a home health provider with more than 100 locations. In June 2011, Amedisys closed the acquisition of Beacon Hospice, a New England provider of hospice services with 24 locations in five states. LaBorde was named Interim CEO, having been Amedisys president and chief financial office for two years, and a member of the Board of Directors for 17 years. Borne resigned as CEO, chairman, and director of Amedisys on February 24, 2014, 33 years after founding the company, and was named Chairman Emeritus by the company's Board of Directors. Netterville, CPA David Pitts, and Peter Ricchiuti. Borne, chairman Don Washburn, lead director Ronald LaBorde Jake L. 6, 2011, the members of the board of directors of Amedisys are: William F. Additional public offerings of its common stock were completed in 20.Īs of Nov. In 1993, the company completed a reverse acquisition with M&N Capital Corp, and began trading on the NASDAQ Small Cap Market in 1994.
Borne has served as chief executive officer (CEO) and chairman of the board since that time. Borne, a registered nurse from Reserve, Louisiana and William Matt Hession (registered nurse). Greg Shulas is a freelancer writer for HomeCare magazine.Amedisys was founded in 1982 by William F. Brunecz was most recently chief human resources officer for US Acute Care Solutions, a physician-owned provider of integrated acute care services. That means being the place where people want to go.”Īnd bolstering the HR function remains a top goal for Amedisys, as seen through its hiring last April of Sharon Brunecz as chief human resources officer, replacing the retiring Larry Pernosky. “We’re fundamentally in the staffing business. “We’re in the human capital management business,” Kusserow said at the conference. Moreover, the cost of losing staff members amid a tougher recruitment environment can only add to the challenges that home health care providers face. While the national unemployment rate sat at 3.9 percent in December, it is only tighter in certain areas of health care. Such promotion of Amedisys’s clinical ethos will likely go far in a health care recruitment environment that will likely only get more competitive in 2019. “We will get out and say we will deliver distinctively homecare.We will think about how we can get our star scores better.”
“We don't get up in the morning without thinking first about clinical is not something we want to negotiate around,” Kusserow told attendees of the health care conference. This focus on investing in clinical-oriented technology complements Amedisys’s broader campaign to evangelize its consistent progress in improving patient outcomes. The smarter deployment of talent is generating stronger clinical results, as well as leading to more effective teamwork, which should support the continued improvements in retention rates, according to Kusserow.Īnother strategy is making sure clinicians-whether on staff or prospect-know Amedisys will work to get them access to the resources they need, including innovative technology applications, to do their job effectively. Additionally, the home health care system has fine-tuned how it deploys nurses, opting to selectively assign licensed practical nurses, or LPNs, for certain key tasks, and using registered nurses, or RNs, for other roles, he notes. To boost retention results further, Amedisys is re-examining its compensation practices to ensure pay is deemed fair to all professionals, Kusserow said. Kusserow was a presenter at the conference and was able to offer details on the provider’s work in achieving its strategic goals. “We are getting enough candidates, and also we are emphasizing skill mix” within the provider’s clinical care team. Morgan Healthcare Conference earlier this month in San Francisco. “We have revamped recruiting efforts” and have placed proven recruiters in key corporate positions,” said Paul Kusserow, president and CEO of Amedisys, during the 37 th Annual J.P.
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