10-Q

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

(Mark One)

ý QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2019

or

¨ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from to

Commission File Number: 0-24260

AMEDISYS, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Delaware	11-3131700
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

3854 American Way, Suite A, Baton Rouge, LA 70816

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

(225) 292-2031 or (800) 467-2662

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    Yes  ý   No ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).    Yes  ý   No  ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

Large accelerated filer	ý	Accelerated filer	¨
Non-accelerated filer	¨	Smaller reporting company	¨
Emerging growth company	¨

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).    Yes  ¨  No  ý

The number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date, is as follows: Common stock, $0.001 par value, 32,044,848 shares outstanding as of April 26, 2019.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

SPECIAL CAUTION CONCERNING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS		1
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PART I.	FINANCIAL INFORMATION
ITEM 1.	FINANCIAL STATEMENTS:
	CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS AS OF MARCH 31, 2019 (UNAUDITED) AND DECEMBER 31, 2018	2
	CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS FOR THE THREE-MONTH PERIODS ENDED MARCH 31, 2019 AND 2018 (UNAUDITED)	3
	CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY FOR THE THREE-MONTH PERIODS ENDED MARCH 31, 2019 AND MARCH 31, 2018 (UNAUDITED)	4
	CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS FOR THE THREE-MONTH PERIODS ENDED MARCH 31, 2019 AND 2018 (UNAUDITED)	5
ITEM 2.	MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS	23
ITEM 3	QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK	31
ITEM 4.	CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES	32
PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
ITEM 1.	LEGAL PROCEEDINGS	33
ITEM 1A.	RISK FACTORS	33
ITEM 2.	UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS	33
ITEM 3.	DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES	33
ITEM 4.	MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES	33
ITEM 5.	OTHER INFORMATION	33
ITEM 6.	EXHIBITS	34
SIGNATURES		35

SPECIAL CAUTION CONCERNING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

When included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, or in other documents that we file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) or in statements made by or on behalf of the Company, words like “believes,” “belief,” “expects,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “projects,” “estimates,” “may,” “might,” “would,” “should” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements as defined by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements involve a variety of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described therein. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to the following: changes in or our failure to comply with existing federal and state laws or regulations or the inability to comply with new government regulations on a timely basis, changes in Medicare and other medical payment levels, our ability to open care centers, acquire additional care centers and integrate and operate these care centers effectively, competition in the healthcare industry, changes in the case mix of patients and payment methodologies, changes in estimates and judgments associated with critical accounting policies, our ability to maintain or establish new patient referral sources, our ability to consistently provide high-quality care, our ability to attract and retain qualified personnel, changes in payments and covered services by federal and state governments, future cost containment initiatives undertaken by third-party payors, our access to financing, our ability to meet debt service requirements and comply with covenants in debt agreements, business disruptions due to natural disasters or acts of terrorism, our ability to integrate, manage and keep our information systems secure, our ability to comply with requirements stipulated in our corporate integrity agreement, our ability to realize the anticipated benefits of the acquisition of Compassionate Care Hospice, and changes in law or developments with respect to any litigation relating to the Company, including various other matters, many of which are beyond our control.

Because forward-looking statements are inherently subject to risks and uncertainties, some of which cannot be predicted or quantified, you should not rely on any forward-looking statement as a prediction of future events. We expressly disclaim any obligation or undertaking and we do not intend to release publicly any updates or changes in our expectations concerning the forward-looking statements or any changes in events, conditions or circumstances upon which any forward-looking statement may be based, except as required by law. For a discussion of some of the factors discussed above as well as additional factors, see our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018, filed with the SEC on February 28, 2019, particularly, Part I, Item 1A - Risk Factors therein, which are incorporated herein by reference and Part II, Item 1A. Risk Factors of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Additional risk factors may also be described in reports that we file from time to time with the SEC.

Available Information

Our company website address is www.amedisys.com. We use our website as a channel of distribution for important company information. Important information, including press releases, analyst presentations and financial information regarding our company, is routinely posted on and accessible on the Investor Relations subpage of our website, which is accessible by clicking on the tab labeled “Investors” on our website home page. Visitors to our website can also register to receive automatic e-mail and other notifications alerting them when new information is made available on the Investor Relations subpage of our website. In addition, we make available on the Investor Relations subpage of our website (under the link “SEC filings”), free of charge, our annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K, ownership reports on Forms 3, 4 and 5 and any amendments to those reports as soon as reasonably practicable after we electronically file or furnish such reports with the SEC. Further, copies of our Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws, our Code of Ethical Business Conduct, our Corporate Governance Guidelines and the charters for the Audit, Compensation, Quality of Care, Compliance and Ethics and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committees of our Board are also available on the Investor Relations subpage of our website (under the link “Governance”). Reference to our website does not constitute incorporation by reference of the information contained on the website and should not be considered part of this document.

Additionally, the public may read and copy any of the materials we file with the SEC at the SEC’s Public Reference Room at 100 F Street, NE, Room 1580, Washington, D.C. 20549. Information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling the SEC at (800) SEC-0330. Our electronically filed reports can also be obtained on the SEC’s internet site at http://www.sec.gov.

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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

AMEDISYS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(Amounts in thousands, except share data)

	March 31, 2019 (unaudited)			December 31, 2018
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	10,554		$	20,229
Patient accounts receivable	236,437			188,972
Prepaid expenses	10,792			7,568
Other current assets	13,948			7,349
Total current assets	271,731			224,118
Property and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation of $96,892 and $95,472	29,716			29,449
Operating lease right of use assets	83,064			—
Goodwill	649,514			329,480
Intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization of $33,166 and $33,050	62,801			44,132
Deferred income taxes	32,525			35,794
Other assets	54,888			54,145
Total assets	$	1,184,239		$	717,118
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	$	32,797		$	28,531
Payroll and employee benefits	111,312			92,858
Accrued expenses	121,716			99,475
Current portion of long-term obligations	6,038			1,612
Current portion of operating lease liabilities	25,514			—
Total current liabilities	297,377			222,476
Long-term obligations, less current portion	303,733			5,775
Operating lease liabilities, less current portion	55,840			—
Other long-term obligations	6,089			6,234
Total liabilities	663,039			234,485
Commitments and Contingencies—Note 6
Equity:
Preferred stock, $0.001 par value, 5,000,000 shares authorized; none issued or outstanding	—			—
Common stock, $0.001 par value, 60,000,000 shares authorized; 36,337,743 and 36,252,280 shares issued; and 32,037,667 and 31,973,505 shares outstanding	36			36
Additional paid-in capital	613,714			603,666
Treasury stock, at cost 4,300,076 and 4,278,775 shares of common stock	(244,373		)	(241,685		)
Accumulated other comprehensive income	15			15
Retained earnings	150,854			119,550
Total Amedisys, Inc. stockholders’ equity	520,246			481,582
Noncontrolling interests	954			1,051
Total equity	521,200			482,633
Total liabilities and equity	$	1,184,239		$	717,118

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(Amounts in thousands, except per share data)

(Unaudited)

	For the Three-Month  Periods Ended March 31
	2019			2018
Net service revenue	$	467,340		$	399,262
Cost of service, excluding depreciation and amortization	275,274			238,309
General and administrative expenses:
Salaries and benefits	94,830			75,631
Non-cash compensation	6,615			4,044
Other	43,402			41,680
Depreciation and amortization	2,895			3,593
Operating expenses	423,016			363,257
Operating income	44,324			36,005
Other income (expense):
Interest income	24			120
Interest expense	(3,349		)	(1,703		)
Equity in earnings from equity method investments	1,216			1,860
Miscellaneous, net	236			601
Total other (expense) income, net	(1,873		)	878
Income before income taxes	42,451			36,883
Income tax expense	(10,878		)	(9,563		)
Net income	31,573			27,320
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests	(269		)	(161		)
Net income attributable to Amedisys, Inc.	$	31,304		$	27,159
Basic earnings per common share:
Net income attributable to Amedisys, Inc. common stockholders	$	0.98		$	0.80
Weighted average shares outstanding	32,001			33,971
Diluted earnings per common share:
Net income attributable to Amedisys, Inc. common stockholders	$	0.95		$	0.79
Weighted average shares outstanding	32,893			34,592

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

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AMEDISYS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

(Amounts in thousands, except common stock shares)

(Unaudited)

	Total			Common Stock			Additional Paid-in Capital		Treasury Stock			Accumulated Other ComprehensiveIncome		Retained Earnings		Noncontrolling Interests
				Shares	Amount
Balance, December 31, 2017	$	516,426		35,747,134	$	35	$	568,780	$	(53,713	)	$	15	$	204	$	1,105
Issuance of stock – employee stock purchase plan	597			13,323	—		597		—			—		—		—
Issuance of stock – 401(k) plan	2,379			45,149	—		2,379		—			—		—		—
Issuance/(cancellation) of non-vested stock	—			53,251	—		—		—			—		—		—
Exercise of stock options	125			2,612	—		125		—			—		—		—
Non-cash compensation	4,044			—	—		4,044		—			—		—		—
Surrendered shares	(1,305		)	—	—		—		(1,305		)	—		—		—
Noncontrolling interest distribution	(28		)	—	—		—		—			—		—		(28		)
Net income	27,320			—	—		—		—			—		27,159		161
Balance, March 31, 2018	$	549,558		35,861,469	$	35	$	575,925	$	(55,018	)	$	15	$	27,363	$	1,238
Balance, December 31, 2018	$	482,633		36,252,280	$	36	$	603,666	$	(241,685	)	$	15	$	119,550	$	1,051
Issuance of stock – employee stock purchase plan	782			7,856	—		782		—			—		—		—
Issuance of stock – 401(k) plan	2,295			19,591	—		2,295		—			—		—		—
Issuance/(cancellation) of non-vested stock	—			51,162	—		—		—			—		—		—
Exercise of stock options	356			6,854	—		356		—			—		—		—
Non-cash compensation	6,615			—	—		6,615		—			—		—		—
Surrendered shares	(2,688		)	—	—		—		(2,688		)	—		—		—
Noncontrolling interest distribution	(366		)	—	—		—		—			—		—		(366		)
Net income	31,573			—	—		—		—			—		31,304		269
Balance, March 31, 2019	$	521,200		36,337,743	$	36	$	613,714	$	(244,373	)	$	15	$	150,854	$	954

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(Amounts in thousands)

(Unaudited)

	For the Three-Month  Periods Ended March 31
	2019			2018
Cash Flows from Operating Activities:
Net income	$	31,573		$	27,320
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization	2,895			3,593
Non-cash compensation	6,615			4,044
401(k) employer match	2,379			2,567
Amortization and impairment of operating lease right of use assets	8,345			—
(Gain) loss on disposal of property and equipment	(4		)	563
Deferred income taxes	3,269			2,945
Equity in earnings from equity method investments	(1,216		)	(1,860		)
Amortization of deferred debt issuance costs/debt discount	213			178
Return on equity investment	725			625
Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of impact of acquisitions:
Patient accounts receivable	(22,333		)	8,260
Other current assets	(10,635		)	(6,982		)
Other assets	(338		)	46
Accounts payable	(11,140		)	(1,523		)
Accrued expenses	18,838			(1,807		)
Other long-term obligations	(144		)	2,348
Operating lease liabilities	(8,139		)	—
Operating lease right of use assets	(844		)	—
Net cash provided by operating activities	20,059			40,317
Cash Flows from Investing Activities:
Proceeds from sale of deferred compensation plan assets	208			462
Proceeds from the sale of property and equipment	65			5
Investments in equity method investees	(120		)	—
Purchases of property and equipment	(1,198		)	(1,462		)
Acquisitions of businesses, net of cash acquired	(327,867		)	(2,250		)
Net cash used in investing activities	(328,912		)	(3,245		)
Cash Flows from Financing Activities:
Proceeds from issuance of stock upon exercise of stock options	356			125
Proceeds from issuance of stock to employee stock purchase plan	782			597
Shares withheld upon stock vesting	(2,688		)	(1,305		)
Noncontrolling interest distribution	(366		)	(28		)
Proceeds from borrowings under term loan	175,000			—
Proceeds from borrowings under revolving line of credit	161,500			—
Repayments of borrowings under revolving line of credit	(34,000		)	—
Principal payments of long-term obligations	(559		)	(2,819		)
Debt issuance costs	(847		)	—
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities	299,178			(3,430		)
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents	(9,675		)	33,642
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period	20,229			86,363
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	$	10,554		$	120,005
Supplemental Disclosures of Cash Flow Information:
Cash paid for interest	$	725		$	1,065
Cash paid for income taxes, net of refunds received	$	404		$	2,813

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

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NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

1. NATURE OF OPERATIONS, CONSOLIDATION AND PRESENTATION OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Amedisys, Inc., a Delaware corporation, (together with its consolidated subsidiaries, referred to herein as “Amedisys,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) is a multi-state provider of home health, hospice and personal care services with approximately 74% of our revenue derived from Medicare for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2019 and 2018. As of March 31, 2019, we owned and operated 321 Medicare-certified home health care centers, 138 Medicare-certified hospice care centers and 12 personal-care care centers in 38 states within the United States and the District of Columbia.

Basis of Presentation

In our opinion, the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements contain all adjustments (consisting solely of normal recurring adjustments) necessary to present fairly our financial position, our results of operations, and our cash flows in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”) for interim financial reporting. Our results of operations for the interim periods presented are not necessarily indicative of results of our operations for the entire year and have not been audited by our independent auditors.

This report should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and related notes included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on February 28, 2019 (the “Form 10-K”), which includes information and disclosures not included herein. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in annual financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP have been condensed or omitted from the interim financial information presented, as allowed by such SEC rules and regulations.

Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements

On January 1, 2019, the Company adopted Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842); ASU 2018-01, Land Easement Practical Expedient for Transition to Topic 842; ASU 2018-10, Codification Improvements to Topic 842, Leases; and ASU 2018-11, Targeted Improvements (collectively, "Topic 842") using a modified retrospective transition approach, which requires the new standards to be applied to all leases existing at the date of initial application. Under Topic 842, lessees are required to recognize a lease liability and right-of-use asset ("ROU asset") for all leases with a term greater than twelve months and to disclose key information about leasing arrangements. Additionally, leases will be classified as either financing or operating; the classification will determine the pattern of expense recognition and classification within the statement of operations.

We are using the standards' effective date as our date of initial application. Consequently, our financial information was not updated and the disclosures required under the new standard are not provided for dates and periods prior to January 1, 2019.

The new standard provides several optional practical expedients that can be adopted at transition. We have elected the "package of practical expedients," which allows us to not reassess our prior conclusions regarding lease identification, lease classification and initial direct costs. We did not elect the use-of-hindsight or the practical expedient pertaining to land easements; the latter not being applicable to us.

The most significant effects related to this adoption relate to (1) the recognition of new ROU assets and lease liabilities on our balance sheet for our real estate and fleet operating leases; and (2) significant new disclosures about our leasing activities. Upon adoption, we recognized approximately $80 million in additional operating liabilities with corresponding ROU assets of approximately the same amount.

The new standard also provides practical expedients for an entity's ongoing accounting. We have elected the practical expedient that allows us to not separate lease and non-lease components for all of our leases. We are applying the short-term lease recognition exemption to certain information technology leases; therefore, we did not recognize ROU assets and lease liabilities for these leases.

Use of Estimates

Our accounting and reporting policies conform with U.S. GAAP. In preparing the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements, we are required to make estimates and assumptions that impact the amounts reported in the condensed consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

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NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

Principles of Consolidation

These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Amedisys, Inc., and our wholly owned subsidiaries. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in our accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements, and business combinations accounted for as purchases have been included in our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements from their respective dates of acquisition. In addition to our wholly owned subsidiaries, we also have certain equity investments that are accounted for as set forth below.

Investments

We consolidate investments when the entity is a variable interest entity and we are the primary beneficiary or if we have controlling interests in the entity, which is generally ownership in excess of 50%. Third party equity interests in our consolidated joint ventures are reflected as noncontrolling interests in our condensed consolidated financial statements.

We account for investments in entities in which we have the ability to exercise significant influence under the equity method if we hold 50% or less of the voting stock and the entity is not a variable interest entity in which we are the primary beneficiary. The book value of investments that we account for under the equity method of accounting was $35.7 million and $35.1 million as of March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively and is reflected in other assets within our condensed consolidated balance sheets.

We account for investments in entities in which we have less than a 20% ownership interest under the cost method of accounting if we do not have the ability to exercise significant influence over the investee.

2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Revenue Recognition

We account for revenue from contracts with customers in accordance with ASU 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606) and ASU 2015-14, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606): Deferral of the Effective Date (collectively, "ASC 606"), and as such, we recognize revenue in the period in which we satisfy our performance obligations under our contracts by transferring our promised services to our customers in amounts that reflect the consideration to which we expect to be entitled in exchange for providing patient care, which are the transaction prices allocated to the distinct services. The Company's cost of obtaining contracts is not material.

Revenues are recognized as performance obligations are satisfied, which varies based on the nature of the services provided. Our performance obligation is the delivery of patient care services in accordance with the nature and frequency of services outlined in physicians' orders, which are determined by a physician based on a patient's specific goals.

The Company's performance obligations relate to contracts with a duration of less than one year; therefore, the Company has elected to apply the optional exemption provided by ASC 606 and is not required to disclose the aggregate amount of the transaction price allocated to performance obligations that are unsatisfied or partially unsatisfied as of the end of the reporting period. The unsatisfied or partially unsatisfied performance obligations are generally completed when the patients are discharged, which generally occurs within days or weeks of the end of the reporting period.

We determine the transaction price based on gross charges for services provided, reduced by estimates for explicit and implicit price concessions. Explicit price concessions include contractual adjustments provided to patients and third-party payors. Implicit price concessions include discounts provided to self-pay, uninsured patients or other payors, adjustments resulting from payment reviews and adjustments arising from our inability to obtain appropriate billing documentation, authorizations or face-to-face documentation. Subsequent changes to the estimate of the transaction price are recorded as adjustments to net service revenue in the period of change. Subsequent changes that are determined to be the result of an adverse change in the patient's ability to pay (i.e. change in credit risk) are recorded as a provision for doubtful accounts.

Explicit price concessions are recorded for the difference between our standard rates and the contractual rates to be realized from patients, third party payors and others for services provided.

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NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

Implicit price concessions are recorded for self-pay, uninsured patients and other payors by major payor class based on our historical collection experience, aged accounts receivable by payor and current economic conditions. The implicit price concession represents the difference between amounts billed and amounts we expect to collect based on our collection history with similar payors. The Company assesses its ability to collect for the healthcare services provided at the time of patient admission based on the Company's verification of the patient's insurance coverage under Medicare, Medicaid, and other commercial or managed care insurance programs. Medicare represents approximately 74% of the Company's consolidated net service revenue for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2019 and 2018.

Amounts due from third-party payors, primarily commercial health insurers and government programs (Medicare and Medicaid), include variable consideration for retroactive revenue adjustments due to settlements of audits and reviews. We determine our estimates for price concessions related to payment reviews based on our historical experience and success rates in the claim appeals and adjudication process. Revenue is recorded at amounts we estimate to be realizable for services provided.

We determine our estimates for price concessions related to our inability to obtain appropriate billing documentation, authorizations, or face-to-face documentation based on our historical experience, which primarily includes a historical collection rate of over 99% on Medicare claims.

Revenue by payor class as a percentage of total net service revenue is as follows:

	For the Three- Month Periods Ended March 31
	2019		2018
Home Health:
Medicare	46	%	51	%
Non-Medicare - Episodic-based	9	%	8	%
Non-Medicare - Non-episodic based	12	%	12	%
Hospice:
Medicare	28	%	23	%
Non-Medicare	1	%	1	%
Personal Care	4	%	5	%
	100	%	100	%

Home Health Revenue Recognition

Medicare Revenue

Net service revenue is recorded under the Medicare prospective payment system (“PPS”) based on an established Federal Medicare home health episode payment rate, that is subject to adjustment based on certain variables, including, but not limited to (a) an outlier payment if our patient’s care was unusually costly (capped at 10% of total reimbursement per provider number); (b) a low utilization payment adjustment (“LUPA”) if the number of visits was four or fewer; (c) a partial payment if a patient transferred to another provider or we admitted a patient transferring from another provider before completing the episode; (d) a payment adjustment based upon the level of therapy services required (with various incremental adjustments made for additional visits, with larger payment increases associated with the sixth, fourteenth and twentieth visit thresholds); (e) the number of episodes of care provided to a patient, regardless of whether the same home health provider provided care for the entire series of episodes; (f) changes in the base episode payments established by the Medicare Program; and (g) adjustments to the base episode payments for case mix and geographic wages. Medicare rates are based on the severity of the patient's condition, service needs and goals, and other factors relating to the cost of providing services and supplies, bundled into an episode of care, not to exceed 60 days. An episode starts the first day a billable visit is performed and ends 60 days later or upon discharge, if earlier, with multiple continuous episodes allowed.

The Medicare home health benefit requires that beneficiaries be homebound (meaning that the beneficiary is unable to leave their home without a considerable and taxing effort), require intermittent skilled nursing, physical therapy or speech therapy services, and receive treatment under a plan of care established and periodically reviewed by a physician. All Medicare contracts are required

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(Unaudited)

to have a signed plan of care which represents a single performance obligation, comprising of the delivery of a series of distinct services that are substantially similar and have a similar pattern of transfer to the customer. Accordingly, the Company accounts for the series of services ("episode") as a single performance obligation satisfied over time, as the customer simultaneously receives and consumes the benefits of the goods and services provided. Expected Medicare revenue per episode is recognized based on a pro-rated service output method, utilizing our historical average length of episode prior to discharge.

The base episode payment can be adjusted based on each patient's health including clinical condition, functional abilities, and service needs, as well as for the applicable geographic wage index, low utilization, patient transfers and other factors. The services covered by the episode payment include all disciplines of care in addition to medical supplies. Medicare can also make various adjustments to payments received if we are unable to produce appropriate billing documentation or acceptable authorizations. In addition, we make adjustments to Medicare revenue if we find we are unable to obtain appropriate billing documentation, authorizations or face-to-face documentation. We estimate the impact of such adjustments based on our historical experience, which primarily includes a historical collection rate of over 99% on Medicare claims, and record this estimate during the period in which services are rendered as an estimated price concession and a corresponding reduction to patient accounts receivable.

A portion of reimbursement from each Medicare episode is billed near the start of each episode, and cash is typically received before all services are rendered. The amount of revenue recognized for episodes of care which are incomplete at period end is based on the company's average percentage of days complete on episodes as of the end of the year. As of March 31, 2019 and 2018, the difference between the cash received from Medicare for a request for anticipated payment (“RAP”) on episodes in progress and the associated estimated revenue was immaterial and, therefore, the resulting credits were recorded as a reduction to our outstanding patient accounts receivable in our condensed consolidated balance sheets for such periods.

Non-Medicare Revenue

Episodic-based Revenue. We recognize revenue in a similar manner as we recognize Medicare revenue for episodic-based rates that are paid by other insurance carriers, including Medicare Advantage programs; however, these rates can vary based upon the negotiated terms which generally range from 90% to 100% of Medicare rates.

Non-episodic based Revenue. Gross revenue is recorded on an accrual basis based upon the date of service at amounts equal to our established or estimated per-visit rates. Explicit price concessions are recorded for the difference between our standard rates and the contracted rates to be realized from patients, third parties and others for services provided and are deducted from gross revenue to determine net service revenue. We also make adjustments to non-episodic revenue for any implicit price concessions, based on historical experience, to reflect the estimated transaction price. We receive a minimal amount of our net service revenue from patients who are either self-insured or are obligated for an insurance co-payment.

Hospice Revenue Recognition

Hospice Medicare Revenue

Gross revenue is recorded on an accrual basis based upon the date of service at amounts equal to the estimated payment rates. The estimated payment rates are predetermined daily or hourly rates for each of the four levels of care we deliver. The four levels of care are routine care, general inpatient care, continuous home care and respite care. Routine care accounted for 98% and 97% of our total net Medicare hospice service revenue for each of the three-month periods ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively. There are two separate payment rates for routine care: payments for the first 60 days of care and care beyond 60 days. In addition to the two routine rates, we may also receive a service intensity add-on (“SIA”). The SIA is based on visits made in the last seven days of life by a registered nurse (“RN”) or medical social worker (“MSW”) for patients in a routine level of care.

The performance obligation is the delivery of hospice services to the patient, as determined by a physician, each day the patient is on hospice care.

We make adjustments to Medicare revenue for implicit price concessions, which include our inability to obtain appropriate billing documentation or acceptable authorizations and other reasons unrelated to credit risk. We estimate the impact of these adjustments based on our historical experience, which primarily includes a historical collection rate of over 99% on Medicare claims, and record it during the period services are rendered.

Additionally, our hospice service revenue is subject to certain limitations on payments from Medicare which are considered variable consideration. We are subject to an inpatient cap limit and an overall Medicare payment cap for each provider number. We monitor these caps on a provider-by-provider basis and estimate amounts due back to Medicare if we estimate a cap has been exceeded. We

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record these adjustments as a reduction to revenue and an increase in accrued expenses within our condensed consolidated balance sheet. Beginning for the cap year ending October 31, 2017, providers are required to self-report and pay their estimated cap liability by February 28th of the following year. As of March 31, 2019, we have settled our Medicare hospice reimbursements for all fiscal years through October 31, 2012. As of March 31, 2019, we have recorded $3.6 million in accrued expenses for estimated amounts due back to Medicare for the Federal cap years ended October 31, 2013 through September 30, 2019; approximately $1.8 million of this amount is related to the cap liability acquired as part of the Compassionate Care Hospice ("CCH") acquisition. As of December 31, 2018, we had recorded $1.7 million for estimated amounts due back to Medicare in accrued expenses for the Federal cap years ended October 31, 2013 through September 30, 2019.

Hospice Non-Medicare Revenue

Gross revenue is recorded on an accrual basis based upon the date of service at amounts equal to our established rates or estimated per day rates, as applicable. Explicit price concessions are recorded for the difference between our established rates and the amounts estimated to be realizable from patients, third parties and others for services provided and are deducted from gross revenue to determine our net service revenue. We also make adjustments to non-Medicare revenue for any implicit price concessions, based on historical experience, to reflect the estimated transaction price.

Personal Care Revenue Recognition

Personal Care Revenue

We generate net service revenues by providing our services directly to patients based on authorized hours, visits or units determined by the relevant agency, at a rate that is either contractual or fixed by legislation. Net service revenue is recognized at the time services are rendered based on gross charges for the services provided, reduced by estimates for price concessions. We receive payment for providing such services from payors, including state and local governmental agencies, managed care organizations, commercial insurers and private consumers. Payors include the following elder service agencies: Aging Services Access Points (ASAPs), Senior Care Options (SCOs), Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) and the Veterans Administration (VA).

Patient Accounts Receivable

We report accounts receivable from services rendered at their estimated transaction price, which includes price concessions based on the amounts expected to be due from payors. Our patient accounts receivable are uncollateralized and consist of amounts due from Medicare, Medicaid, other third-party payors and patients. As of March 31, 2019, there is no single payor, other than Medicare, that accounts for more than 10% of our total outstanding patient receivables. Thus, we believe there are no other significant concentrations of receivables that would subject us to any significant credit risk in the collection of our patient accounts receivable. We write off accounts on a monthly basis once we have exhausted our collection efforts and deem an account to be uncollectible. We believe the collectibility risk associated with our Medicare accounts, which represent 57% and 56% of our patient accounts receivable at March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively, is limited due to our historical collection rate of over 99% from Medicare and the fact that Medicare is a U.S. government payor.

We do not believe there are any significant concentrations of revenues from any payor that would subject us to any significant credit risk in the collection of our accounts receivable.

Medicare Home Health

For our home health patients, our pre-billing process includes verifying that we are eligible for payment from Medicare for the services that we provide to our patients. Our Medicare billing begins with a process to ensure that our billings are accurate through the utilization of an electronic Medicare claim review. We submit a RAP for 60% of our estimated payment for the initial episode at the start of care or 50% of the estimated payment for any subsequent episodes of care contiguous with the first episode for a particular patient. The full amount of the episode is billed after the episode has been completed (“final billed”). The RAP received for that particular episode is then deducted from our final payment. If a final bill is not submitted within the greater of 120 days from the start of the episode, or 60 days from the date the RAP was paid, any RAPs received for that episode will be recouped by Medicare from any other claims in process for that particular provider number. The RAP and final claim must then be resubmitted.

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Medicare Hospice

For our hospice patients, our pre-billing process includes verifying that we are eligible for payment from Medicare for the services that we provide to our patients. Our Medicare billing begins with a process to ensure that our billings are accurate through the utilization of an electronic Medicare claim review. We bill Medicare on a monthly basis for the services provided to the patient.

Non-Medicare Home Health, Hospice and Personal Care

For our non-Medicare patients, our pre-billing process primarily begins with verifying a patient’s eligibility for services with the applicable payor. Once the patient has been confirmed for eligibility, we will provide services to the patient and bill the applicable payor. Our review and evaluation of non-Medicare accounts receivable includes a detailed review of outstanding balances and special consideration to concentrations of receivables from particular payors or groups of payors with similar characteristics that would subject us to any significant credit risk.

Debt Issuance Costs

During the three-months ended March 31, 2019, we recorded an additional $0.8 million in deferred debt issuance costs as a reduction to long-term obligations, less current portion in our condensed consolidated balance sheet in connection with our entry into the Amended Credit Agreement (See Note 5 - Long-Term Obligations). As of March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, we had unamortized debt issuance costs of $4.2 million and $3.5 million, respectively, recorded as long-term obligations, less current portion in our condensed consolidated balance sheet. We amortize deferred debt issuance costs related to our long-term obligations over the term of the obligation through interest expense, unless the debt is extinguished, in which case unamortized balances are immediately expensed. We amortized $0.2 million in deferred debt issuance during the three-month period ended March 31, 2019. The unamortized debt issuance costs of $4.2 million will be amortized over a weighted-average amortization period of 4.8 years.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

The following details our financial instruments where the carrying value and the fair value differ (amounts in millions):

	Fair Value at Reporting Date Using
Financial Instrument	Carrying Value as of March 31, 2019		Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Items (Level 1)		Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)		Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
Long-term obligations	$	311.2	$	—	$	310.0	$	—

The fair value hierarchy is based on three levels of inputs, of which the first two are considered observable and the last unobservable, that may be used to measure fair value. The three levels of inputs are as follows:

• Level 1 – Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities.

• Level 2 – Inputs other than Level 1 that are observable, either directly or indirectly, such as quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities; quoted prices in markets that are not active; or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data for substantially the full term of the assets or liabilities.

• Level 3 – Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity and are significant to the fair value of the assets or liabilities.

Our deferred compensation plan assets are recorded at fair value and are considered a level 2 measurement. For our other financial instruments, including our cash and cash equivalents, patient accounts receivable, accounts payable, payroll and employee benefits and accrued expenses, we estimate the carrying amounts approximate fair value.

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Weighted-Average Shares Outstanding

Net income per share attributable to Amedisys, Inc. common stockholders, calculated on the treasury stock method, is based on the weighted average number of shares outstanding during the period. The following table sets forth, for the periods indicated, shares used in our computation of the weighted-average shares outstanding, which are used to calculate our basic and diluted net income attributable to Amedisys, Inc. common stockholders (amounts in thousands):

	For the Three- Month Periods Ended March 31,
	2019	2018
Weighted average number of shares outstanding - basic	32,001	33,971
Effect of dilutive securities:
Stock options	559	334
Non-vested stock and stock units	333	287
Weighted average number of shares outstanding - diluted	32,893	34,592
Anti-dilutive securities	148	182

3. ACQUISITIONS

We complete acquisitions from time to time in order to pursue our strategy of increasing our market presence by expanding our service base and enhancing our position in certain geographic areas as a leading provider of home health, hospice and personal care services. The purchase price paid for acquisitions is negotiated through arm’s length transactions, with consideration based on our analysis of, among other things, comparable acquisitions and expected cash flows. Acquisitions are accounted for as purchases and are included in our consolidated financial statements from their respective acquisition dates. Goodwill generated from acquisitions is recognized for the excess of the purchase price over tangible and identifiable intangible assets because of the expected contributions of the acquisitions to our overall corporate strategy. We typically engage outside appraisal firms to assist in the fair value determination of identifiable intangible assets for significant acquisitions. The preliminary purchase price allocation is adjusted, as necessary, up to one year after the acquisition closing date if management obtains more information regarding asset valuations and liabilities assumed.

On February 1, 2019, we acquired Compassionate Care Hospice ("CCH"), a national hospice care provider headquartered in New Jersey, for a purchase price of $327.9 million, net of cash acquired of $6.7 million, which is inclusive of approximately $50 million in payments related to a tax asset and working capital.

The Company is in the process of finalizing its valuation of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed. Based on the Company's preliminary valuation, the total estimated consideration of $327.9 million has been allocated to assets acquired and liabilities assumed as of the acquisition date as follows (amounts in millions):

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	Amount
Patient accounts receivable	$	25.1
Prepaid expenses	1.2
Other current assets	0.2
Property and equipment	0.2
Intangible assets	18.8
Total assets acquired	45.5
Accounts payable	(15.0		)
Payroll and employee benefits	(12.2		)
Accrued expenses	(10.1		)
Current portion of long-term obligations	(0.3		)
Total liabilities acquired	(37.6		)
Net identifiable assets acquired	7.9
Goodwill	320.0
Total estimated consideration	$	327.9

Intangible assets acquired include Medicare licenses, certificates of need, trade names and non-compete agreements. The trade names and non-compete agreements will be amortized over a weighted-average period of 2.0 and 2.3 years, respectively.

CCH contributed approximately $32.0 million in net service revenue and $3.8 million in operating income (excluding acquisition and integration costs) during the three-month period ended March 31, 2019. The following table contains unaudited proforma condensed consolidated statement of operations information for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2019 and 2018 assuming that the CCH acquisition closed on January 1, 2018 (amounts in millions, except per share data):

	For the Three- Month Periods Ended March 31,
	2019		2018
Net service revenue	$	483.4	$	446.7
Operating income (loss)	50.6		41.8
Net income	35.4		29.1
Basic earnings (loss) per share	1.10		0.85
Diluted earnings (loss) per share	$	1.07	$	0.84

The pro forma information presented above includes adjustments for (i) amortization of identifiable intangible assets, (ii) interest on additional debt required to fund the acquisition, (iii) non-recurring transaction costs and (iv) income taxes based on the Company’s statutory tax rate. This pro forma information is presented for illustrative purposes only and may not be indicative of the results of operations that would have actually occurred. In addition, future results may vary significantly from the results reflected in the pro forma information.

4. LEASES

We determine whether an arrangement is a lease at inception. We have operating leases, primarily for offices and fleet, that expire at various dates over the next ten years. We also have finance leases covering certain office equipment that expire at various dates over the next three years. Our leases do not contain any restrictive covenants.

Our office leases generally contain renewal options for periods ranging from one to five years. Because we are not reasonably certain to exercise these renewal options, the options are not considered in determining the lease term, and payments associated with the option years are excluded from lease payments. Our office leases also generally include termination options, which allow for early termination of the lease after the first one to three years. Because we are not reasonably certain to exercise these termination options, the options are not considered in determining the lease term; payments for the full lease term are included in lease payments. Our office leases do not contain any material residual value guarantees.

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Our fleet leases include a term of 367 days with monthly renewal options thereafter. Our fleet leases also include terminal rental adjustment clauses (“TRAC”), which provide for a final rental payment adjustment at the end of the lease, typically based on the amount realized from the sale of the vehicle. The TRAC is structured such that it will almost always result in a significant payment by us to the lessor if the renewal option is not exercised. Based on the significance of the TRAC adjustment at the initial lease expiration and our historical practice, we believe that it is reasonably certain that we will exercise the monthly renewal options; therefore, the renewal options are considered in determining the lease term, and payments associated with the renewal options are included in lease payments.

For our fleet and office equipment leases, we use the implicit rate in the lease as the discount rate. For our office leases, the implicit rate is typically not available, so we use our incremental borrowing rate at the commencement date as the discount rate. Our lease agreements include both lease and non-lease components. We have elected the practical expedient that allows us to not separate lease and non-lease components for all of our leases.

Payments due under our operating and finance leases include fixed payments as well as variable payments. For our office leases, variable payments include amounts for the Company’s proportionate share of operating expenses, utilities, property taxes, insurance, common area maintenance and other facility-related expenses. For our vehicle and equipment leases, variable payments consist of sales tax.

The components of lease cost for the three-month period ended March 31, 2019 are as follows (amounts in millions):

	Three-Month Period Ended March 31, 2019
Operating lease cost	$	8.2
Impairment of operating lease ROU assets	0.1
Finance lease cost
Amortization of ROU assets	0.4
Interest on lease liabilities	0.1
Total finance lease cost	0.5
Variable lease cost	0.5
Short-term lease cost	0.1
Total lease cost	$	9.4

Amounts reported in the condensed consolidated balance sheet as of March 31, 2019 for our operating leases are as follows (amounts in millions):

	March 31, 2019
Operating lease ROU assets	$	83.1
Current portion of operating lease liabilities	25.5
Operating lease liabilities, less current portion	55.8
Total operating lease liabilities	$	81.3

Amounts reported in the condensed consolidated balance sheet as of March 31, 2019 for finance leases are included in the table below. The finance lease ROU assets are recorded within property and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation within our condensed consolidated balance sheet. The finance lease liabilities are recorded within current portion of long-term obligations and long-term obligations, less current portion within our condensed consolidated balance sheet.

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	March 31, 2019
Finance lease ROU assets	$	3.7
Accumulated amortization	(0.9		)
Finance lease ROU assets, net	2.8
Current installments of obligations under finance leases	1.2
Long-term portion of obligations under finance leases	1.5
Total finance lease liabilities	$	2.7

Supplemental cash flow information and non-cash activity related to our leases are as follows (amounts in millions):

	Three-Month Period Ended March 31, 2019
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities and ROU assets:
Operating cash flow from operating leases	$	(9.0	)
Financing cash flow from finance leases	(0.4		)
ROU assets obtained in exchange for lease obligations:
Operating leases	91.7
Finance leases	0.8
Reductions to ROU assets resulting from reductions to lease obligations:
Operating leases	(0.6		)
Finance leases	—

Amounts disclosed for ROU assets obtained in exchange for lease obligations include amounts added to the carrying amount of ROU assets resulting from lease modifications and reassessments.

Weighted average remaining lease terms and discount rates for our leases as of March 31, 2019 are as follows:

	Years
Weighted average remaining lease term:
Operating leases	4.2
Finance leases	2.3
	Rate
Weighted average discount rate:
Operating leases	4.1	%
Finance leases	5.3	%

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Maturities of lease liabilities as of March 31, 2019 are as follows (amounts in millions):

	Operating Leases			Finance Leases
2019 (a)	$	21.2		$	1.0
2020	24.9			1.2
2021	17.4			0.7
2022	9.5			—
2023	5.9			—
Thereafter	9.9			—
Total undiscounted lease payments	88.8			2.9
Less: Imputed interest	(7.5		)	(0.2		)
Total lease liabilities	$	81.3		$	2.7

(a) Excludes the three-month period ended March 31, 2019.

5. LONG-TERM OBLIGATIONS

Long-term debt consisted of the following for the periods indicated (amounts in millions):

	March 31, 2019			December 31, 2018
$175.0 million Term Loan; interest rate at Base Rate plus Applicable Rate or Eurodollar Rate plus Applicable Rate (4.0% at March 31, 2019); due February 4, 2024	$	175.0		$	—
$550.0 million Revolving Credit Facility; interest only payments; interest rate at Base Rate plus Applicable Rate or Eurodollar Rate plus Applicable Rate (4.0% at March 31, 2019); due February 4, 2024	135.0			7.5
Promissory notes	1.2			1.1
Finance leases	2.7			2.3
Principal amount of long-term obligations	313.9			10.9
Deferred debt issuance costs	(4.2		)	(3.5		)
	309.7			7.4
Current portion of long-term obligations	(6.0		)	(1.6		)
Total	$	303.7		$	5.8

First Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement

On February 4, 2019, we entered into the First Amendment to the Credit Agreement (as amended by the First Amendment, the "Amended Credit Agreement"). The Amended Credit Agreement provides for a senior secured credit facility in an initial aggregate principal amount of up to $725.0 million, which includes the $550.0 million Revolving Credit Facility under the Credit Agreement, and a term loan facility with a principal amount of up to $175.0 million (the "Term Loan Facility" and collectively with the Revolving Credit Facility, the "Credit Facility"), which was added by the First Amendment.

We borrowed the entire principal amount of the Term Loan Facility on February 4, 2019 in order to fund a portion of the purchase price of the CCH acquisition, with the remainder of the purchase price and associated transactional fees and expenses funded by proceeds from the Revolving Credit Facility.

The loans issued under the Credit Facility bear interest on a per annum basis, at our election, at either: (i) the Base Rate plus the Applicable Rate or (ii) the Eurodollar Rate plus the Applicable Rate. The “Base Rate” means a fluctuating rate per annum equal to the highest of (a) the federal funds rate plus 0.50% per annum, (b) the prime rate of interest established by the Administrative Agent, and (c) the Eurodollar Rate plus 1% per annum. The “Eurodollar Rate” means the quoted rate per annum equal to the

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London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) or a comparable successor rate approved by the Administrative Agent for an interest period of one, two, three or six months (as selected by us). The “Applicable Rate” is based on the consolidated leverage ratio and is presented in the table below. As of March 31, 2019, the Applicable Rate is 0.50% per annum for Base Rate loans and 1.50% per annum for Eurodollar Rate loans. We are also subject to a commitment fee and letter of credit fee under the terms of the Credit Agreement, as presented in the table below.

Pricing Tier	Consolidated Leverage Ratio	Commitment Fee	Letter of Credit Fee	Eurodollar Rate Loans	Base Rate Loans
I	≥ 3.00 to 1.0	0.35%	1.75%	2.00%	1.00%
II	< 3.00 to 1.0 but ≥ 2.00 to 1.0	0.30%	1.50%	1.75%	0.75%
III	< 2.00 to 1.0 but ≥ 0.75 to 1.0	0.25%	1.25%	1.50%	0.50%
IV	< 0.75 to 1.0	0.20%	1.00%	1.25%	0.25%

The final maturity date of the Credit Facility is February 4, 2024. The Revolving Credit Facility will terminate and be due and payable as of the final maturity date. The Term Loan Facility, however, is subject to quarterly amortization of principal in the amount of (i) 0.625% for the period commencing on February 4, 2019 and ending on March 31, 2020, (ii) 1.250% for the period commencing on April 1, 2020 and ending on March 31, 2023, and (iii) 1.875% for the period commencing on April 1, 2023 and ending on February 4, 2024. The remaining balance of the Term Loan Facility must be paid upon the final maturity date. In addition to the scheduled amortization of the Term Loan Facility, and subject to customary exceptions and reinvestment rights, we are required to prepay the Term Loan Facility, first, and the Revolving Credit Facility, second, with 100% of all net cash proceeds received by any loan party or any subsidiary thereof in connection with (a) any asset sale or disposition where such loan party receives net cash proceeds in excess of $5 million or (b) any debt issuance that is not permitted under the Amended Credit Agreement.

The Amended Credit Agreement requires maintenance of two financial covenants: (i) a consolidated leverage ratio of funded indebtedness to EBITDA, as defined in the Credit Agreement, and (ii) a consolidated interest coverage ratio of EBITDA to cash interest charges, as defined in the Credit Agreement. Each of these covenants is calculated over rolling four-quarter periods and also is subject to certain exceptions and baskets. The Amended Credit Agreement also contains customary covenants, including, but not limited to, restrictions on: incurrence of liens, incurrence of additional debt, sales of assets and other fundamental corporate changes, investments, and declarations of dividends. These covenants contain customary exclusions and baskets as detailed in the Amended Credit Agreement. In connection with our entry into the Amended Credit Agreement, we recorded $0.8 million in deferred debt issuance costs as long-term obligations, less current portion within our condensed consolidated balance sheet during the three-month period ended March 31, 2019.

The Revolving Credit Facility is guaranteed by substantially all of our wholly-owned direct and indirect subsidiaries. The Amended Credit Agreement requires at all times that we (i) provide guarantees from wholly-owned subsidiaries that in the aggregate represent not less than 95% of our consolidated net revenues and adjusted EBITDA from all wholly-owned subsidiaries and (ii) provide guarantees from subsidiaries that in the aggregate represent not less than 70% of consolidated adjusted EBITDA, subject to certain exceptions.

Our weighted average interest rate for borrowings under our $550.0 million Revolving Credit Facility was 4.1% for the three-month period ended March 31, 2019. Our weighted average interest rate for our borrowings under our $175.0 million Term Loan Facility was 4.1% for the period February 4, 2019 to March 31, 2019.

As of March 31, 2019, our consolidated leverage ratio was 1.4, our consolidated interest coverage ratio was 16.6 and we are in compliance with our covenants under the Amended Credit Agreement. In the event we are not in compliance with our debt covenants in the future, we would pursue various alternatives in an attempt to successfully resolve the non-compliance, which might include, among other things, seeking debt covenant waivers or amendments.

As of March 31, 2019, our availability under our $550.0 million Revolving Credit Facility was $380.9 million as we have $135.0 million outstanding in borrowings and $34.1 million outstanding in letters of credit.

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Joinder Agreement

In connection with the CCH acquisition, we entered into a Joinder Agreement, dated as of February 4, 2019, pursuant to which CCH and its subsidiaries were made parties to, and became subject to the terms and conditions of, the Amended Credit Agreement, the Amended and Restated Security Agreement, dated as of June 29, 2018, and the Amended and Restated Pledge Agreement, dated as of June 29, 2018. Pursuant to the Joinder, the Amended and Restated Security Agreement, and the Amended and Restated Pledge Agreement, CCH and its subsidiaries granted in favor of the Administrative Agent a first lien security interest in substantially all of their personal property assets and pledged to the Administrative Agent each of their respective subsidiaries' issued and outstanding equity interests. CCH and its subsidiaries also guaranteed our obligations, whether now existing or arising after the effective date of the Joinder, under the Amended Credit Agreement pursuant to the terms of the Joinder and the Amended Credit Agreement.

6. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Legal Proceedings - Ongoing

We are involved in the following legal actions:

Subpoena Duces Tecum and Civil Investigative Demands Issued by the U.S. Department of Justice

On May 21, 2015, we received a Subpoena Duces Tecum (“Subpoena”) issued by the U.S. Department of Justice. The Subpoena requests the delivery of information regarding 53 identified hospice patients to the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts. It also requests the delivery of documents relating to our hospice clinical and business operations and related compliance activities. The Subpoena generally covers the period from January 1, 2011 through May 21, 2015. We are fully cooperating with the U.S. Department of Justice with respect to this investigation.

On November 3, 2015, we received a civil investigative demand (“CID”) issued by the U.S. Department of Justice pursuant to the federal False Claims Act relating to claims submitted to Medicare and/or Medicaid for hospice services provided through designated facilities in the Morgantown, West Virginia area. The CID requests the delivery of information to the United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of West Virginia regarding 66 identified hospice patients, as well as documents relating to our hospice clinical and business operations in the Morgantown area. The CID generally covers the period from January 1, 2009 through August 31, 2015. We are fully cooperating with the U.S. Department of Justice with respect to this investigation.

On June 27, 2016, we received a CID issued by the U.S. Department of Justice pursuant to the federal False Claims Act relating to claims submitted to Medicare and/or Medicaid for hospice services provided through designated facilities in the Parkersburg, West Virginia area. The CID requests the delivery of information to the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of West Virginia regarding 68 identified hospice patients, as well as documents relating to our hospice clinical and business operations in the Parkersburg area. The CID generally covers the period from January 1, 2011 through June 20, 2016. We are fully cooperating with the U.S. Department of Justice with respect to this investigation.

Based on our analysis of sample claims data in connection with preliminary settlement discussions, we have recorded $1.0 million to accrued expenses in our condensed consolidated balance sheet as March 31, 2019.  However, due to the ongoing nature of the investigations and preliminary stage of the settlement discussions, we are unable to estimate a range of potential loss at this time, and we cannot predict the timing or outcome of these investigations.

In addition to the matters referenced in this note, we are involved in legal actions in the normal course of business, some of which seek monetary damages, including claims for punitive damages. We do not believe that these normal course actions, when finally concluded and determined, will have a material impact on our consolidated financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

Legal fees related to all legal matters are expensed as incurred.

Other Investigative Matters - Ongoing

Corporate Integrity Agreement

On April 23, 2014, with no admissions of liability on our part, we entered into a settlement agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice relating to certain of our clinical and business operations. Concurrently with our entry into this agreement, we entered into a corporate integrity agreement (“CIA”) with the Office of Inspector General-HHS (“OIG”). The CIA formalizes various aspects of our already existing ethics and compliance programs and contains other requirements designed to help ensure our ongoing compliance with federal health care program requirements. Among other things, the CIA requires us to maintain our

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NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

existing compliance program, executive compliance committee and compliance committee of the Board of Directors; provide certain compliance training; continue screening new and current employees to ensure they are eligible to participate in federal health care programs; engage an independent review organization to perform certain auditing and reviews and prepare certain reports regarding our compliance with federal health care programs, our billing submissions to federal health care programs and our compliance and risk mitigation programs; and provide certain reports and management certifications to the OIG. Additionally, the CIA specifically requires that we report substantial overpayments that we discover we have received from federal health care programs, as well as probable violations of federal health care laws. Upon breach of the CIA, we could become liable for payment of certain stipulated penalties, or could be excluded from participation in federal health care programs. The corporate integrity agreement has a term of five years.

Idaho and Wyoming Self-Report

During 2016, the Company engaged an independent auditing firm to perform a clinical audit of the hospice care centers acquired by Frontier Home Health and Hospice in April 2014. As of December 31, 2018, we recorded $1.3 million to accrued expenses in our consolidated balance sheet related to this matter; this amount was paid during the three-month period ended March 31, 2019.

Third Party Audits - Ongoing

From time to time, in the ordinary course of business, we are subject to audits under various governmental programs in which third party firms engaged by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) conduct extensive review of claims data to identify potential improper payments.

In July 2010, our subsidiary that provides hospice services in Florence, South Carolina received from a Zone Program Integrity Contractor (“ZPIC”) a request for records regarding a sample of 30 beneficiaries who received services from the subsidiary during the period of January 1, 2008 through March 31, 2010 (the “Review Period”) to determine whether the underlying services met pertinent Medicare payment requirements. We acquired the hospice operations subject to this review on August 1, 2009; the Review Period covers time periods both before and after our ownership of these hospice operations. Based on the ZPIC’s findings for 16 beneficiaries, which were extrapolated to all claims for hospice services provided by the Florence subsidiary billed during the Review Period, on June 6, 2011, the Medicare Administrative Contractor (“MAC”) for the subsidiary issued a notice of overpayment seeking recovery from our subsidiary of an alleged overpayment. We dispute these findings, and our Florence subsidiary has filed appeals through the Original Medicare Standard Appeals Process, in which we are seeking to have those findings overturned. An administrative law judge ("ALJ") hearing was held in early January 2015. On January 18, 2016, we received a letter dated January 6, 2016 referencing the ALJ hearing decision for the overpayment issued on June 6, 2011. The decision was partially favorable with a new overpayment amount of $3.7 million with a balance owed of $5.6 million, including interest, based on 9 disputed claims (originally 16). We filed an appeal to the Medicare Appeals Council on the remaining 9 disputed claims and also argued that the statistical method used to select the sample was not valid. No assurances can be given as to the timing or outcome of the Medicare Appeals Council decision. As of March 31, 2019, Medicare has withheld payments of $5.7 million (including additional interest) as part of their standard procedures once this level of the appeal process has been reached. In the event we are not able to recoup this alleged overpayment, we are entitled to be indemnified by the prior owners of the hospice operations for amounts relating to the period prior to August 1, 2009. On January 10, 2019, an arbitration panel from the American Health Lawyers Association determined that the prior owners' liability for their indemnification obligation was $2.8 million. Accordingly, the Company reduced its indemnity receivable from $4.9 million to $2.8 million. The $2.1 million impact was recorded to general and administrative expenses, other within our consolidated statements of operations during the three-month period ended December 31, 2018. As of March 31, 2019, we have an indemnity receivable of approximately $2.8 million for the amount withheld related to the period prior to August 1, 2009.

In July 2016, the Company received a request for medical records from SafeGuard Services, L.L.C (“SafeGuard”), a ZPIC, related to services provided by some of the care centers that the Company acquired from Infinity Home Care, L.L.C. The review period covers time periods both before and after our ownership of the care centers, which were acquired on December 31, 2015. In August 2017, the Company received Requests for Repayment from Palmetto GBA, LLC ("Palmetto") regarding Infinity Home Care of Lakeland, LLC ("Lakeland Care Centers") and Infinity Home Care of Pinellas, LLC ("Clearwater Care Center"). The Palmetto letters are based on statistical extrapolation performed by SafeGuard which alleged an overpayment of $34.0 million for the Lakeland Care Centers on a universe of 72 Medicare claims totaling $0.2 million in actual claims payments using a 100% error rate and an overpayment of $4.8 million for the Clearwater Care Center on a universe of 70 Medicare claims totaling $0.2 million in actual claims payments using a 100% error rate.

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NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

The Lakeland Request for Repayment covers claims between January 2, 2014 and September 13, 2016. The Clearwater Request for Repayment covers claims between January 2, 2015 and December 9, 2016. As a result of partially successful Level I and Level II Administrative Appeals, the alleged overpayment for the Lakeland Care Centers has been reduced to $26.0 million and the alleged overpayment for the Clearwater Care Center has been reduced to $3.3 million. The Company has now filed Level III Administrative Appeals, and will continue to vigorously pursue its appeal rights, which include contesting the methodology used by the ZPIC contractor to perform statistical extrapolation. The Company is contractually entitled to indemnification by the prior owners for all claims prior to December 31, 2015, for up to $12.6 million.

At this stage of the review, based on the information currently available to the Company, the Company cannot predict the timing or outcome of this review. The Company estimates a low-end potential range of loss related to this review of $6.5 million (assuming the Company is successful in seeking indemnity from the prior owners and unsuccessful in demonstrating that the extrapolation method used by SafeGuard was erroneous). The Company has reduced its high-end potential range of loss from $38.8 million (the maximum amount Palmetto claims has been overpaid for both the Lakeland Care Centers and the Clearwater Care Center, of which amount $12.6 million is subject to indemnification by the prior owners) to $29.3 million based on the partial success achieved by the Company in prosecuting its Level I and II Administrative Appeals.

As of March 31, 2019, we have an accrued liability of approximately $17.4 million related to this matter. We expect to be indemnified by the prior owners for approximately $10.9 million of the total $12.6 million available indemnification related to this matter and have recorded this amount within other assets in our condensed consolidated balance sheet as of March 31, 2019. The net of these two amounts, $6.5 million, was recorded as a reduction in revenue in our condensed consolidated statements of operations during the three-month period ended September 30, 2017. As of March 31, 2019, $1.5 million of receivables have been impacted by this payment suspension.

Compliance

From time to time, the Company performs internal reviews of claims data to identify potential improper payments under the Medicare program. Any overpayments are recorded as a reduction in revenue in our condensed consolidated statements of operations. As of March 31, 2019, we have recorded $7.1 million to accrued expenses in our condensed consolidated balance sheet as a result of these reviews.

Insurance

We are obligated for certain costs associated with our insurance programs, including employee health, workers’ compensation and professional liability. While we maintain various insurance programs to cover these risks, we are self-insured for a substantial portion of our potential claims. We recognize our obligations associated with these costs, up to specified deductible limits in the period in which a claim is incurred, including with respect to both reported claims and claims incurred but not reported. These costs have generally been estimated based on historical data of our claims experience. Such estimates, and the resulting reserves, are reviewed and updated by us on a quarterly basis.

Our health insurance has an exposure limit of $1.3 million for any individual covered life. Our workers’ compensation insurance has a retention limit of $1.0 million per incident and our professional liability insurance has a retention limit of $0.3 million per incident.

7. SEGMENT INFORMATION

Our operations involve servicing patients through our three reportable business segments: home health, hospice and personal care. Our home health segment delivers a wide range of services in the homes of individuals who may be recovering from surgery, have a chronic disability or terminal illness or need assistance with completing important personal tasks. Our hospice segment provides palliative care and comfort to terminally ill patients and their families. Our personal care segment provides patients with assistance with the essential activities of daily living. The “other” column in the following tables consists of costs relating to executive management and administrative support functions, primarily information services, accounting, finance, billing and collections, legal, compliance, risk management, procurement, marketing, clinical administration, training, human resources and administration.

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NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

Management evaluates performance and allocates resources based on the operating income of the reportable segments, which includes an allocation of corporate expenses directly attributable to the specific segment and includes revenues and all other costs directly attributable to the specific segment. Segment assets are not reviewed by the company’s chief operating decision maker and therefore are not disclosed below (amounts in millions).

	For the Three-Month Period Ended March 31, 2019
	Home Health		Hospice		Personal Care		Other			Total
Net service revenue	$	310.1	$	137.0	$	20.2	$	—		$	467.3
Cost of service, excluding depreciation and amortization	185.7		74.1		15.5		—			275.3
General and administrative expenses	71.4		29.0		3.1		41.3			144.8
Depreciation and amortization	1.0		0.4		0.1		1.4			2.9
Operating expenses	258.1		103.5		18.7		42.7			423.0
Operating income (loss)	$	52.0	$	33.5	$	1.5	$	(42.7	)	$	44.3
	For the Three-Month Period Ended March 31, 2018
	Home Health		Hospice		Personal Care		Other			Total
Net service revenue	$	284.1	$	97.3	$	17.9	$	—		$	399.3
Cost of service, excluding depreciation and amortization	174.4		50.1		13.8		—			238.3
General and administrative expenses	68.0		20.0		3.2		30.2			121.4
Depreciation and amortization	0.8		0.2		0.1		2.5			3.6
Operating expenses	243.2		70.3		17.1		32.7			363.3
Operating income (loss)	$	40.9	$	27.0	$	0.8	$	(32.7	)	$	36.0

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NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

8. SHARE REPURCHASE

2019 Stock Repurchase Program

On February 25, 2019, we announced that our Board of Directors authorized a stock repurchase program, under which we may repurchase up to $100 million of our outstanding common stock through March 1, 2020.

Under the terms of the program, we are allowed to repurchase shares from time to time in open market transactions, block purchases or in private transactions in accordance with applicable federal securities laws and other legal requirements. We are allowed to enter into Rule 10b5-1 plans to effect some or all of the repurchases. The timing and the amount of the repurchases will be determined by management based on a number of factors, including but not limited to share price, trading volume and general market conditions, as well as on working capital requirements, general business conditions and other factors.

We did not repurchase any shares pursuant to this stock repurchase program during the three-month period ended March 31, 2019.

9. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

On April 1, 2019, we acquired RoseRock Healthcare, an Oklahoma based hospice provider, for a purchase price of $17.5 million.

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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

The following discussion and analysis provides information we believe is relevant to an assessment and understanding of our results of operations and financial condition for the three-month period ended March 31, 2019. This discussion should be read in conjunction with the condensed consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included herein, and the consolidated financial statements and notes and the related Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on February 28, 2019 (the “Form 10-K”), which are incorporated herein by this reference. Historical results that appear in the condensed consolidated financial statements should not be interpreted as being indicative of future operations.

Unless otherwise provided, “Amedisys,” “we,” “our,” and the “Company” refer to Amedisys, Inc. and our consolidated subsidiaries.

Overview

We are a provider of high-quality in-home healthcare and related services to the chronic, co-morbid, aging American population, with approximately 74% of our revenue derived from Medicare for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2019 and 2018.

Our operations involve servicing patients through our three reportable business segments: home health, hospice and personal care. Our home health segment delivers a wide range of services in the homes of individuals who may be recovering from an illness, injury or surgery. Our hospice segment provides care that is designed to provide comfort and support for those who are facing a terminal illness. Our personal care segment provides patients with assistance with the essential activities of daily living. As of March 31, 2019, we owned and operated 321 Medicare-certified home health care centers, 138 Medicare-certified hospice care centers and 12 personal-care care centers in 38 states within the United States and the District of Columbia.

Care Centers Summary (Includes Unconsolidated Joint Ventures)

	Home Health		Hospice	Personal Care
As of December 31, 2018	323		84	12
Acquisitions/Startups	—		54	—
Closed/Consolidated	(2	)	—	—
As of March 31, 2019	321		138	12

Recent Developments

Governmental Inquiries and Investigations and Other Litigation

See Note 6 – Commitments and Contingencies to our condensed consolidated financial statements for additional information regarding our corporate integrity agreement and for a discussion of and updates regarding other legal proceedings and investigations we are involved in. No assurances can be given as to the timing or outcome of these items.

Payment

In April 2019, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ("CMS") issued a proposed rule to update hospice payment rates and the wage index for fiscal year 2020. The proposed rule includes a rebasing of continuous home care, inpatient respite care and general inpatient care to better reflect the costs of care. This rebasing would be offset by a reduction in routine home care payments of 2.7% to achieve budget neutrality.  In addition, CMS is proposing to eliminate the one-year “lag” in use of the hospital wage index in an effort to align with the Inpatient Prospective Payment System ("IPPS") and other payment systems. CMS estimates hospices serving Medicare beneficiaries would see an estimated 2.7% increase in payments. This increase is the result of a 3.2% market basket adjustment less a 0.5% productivity adjustment. We are still evaluating our impact of the 2020 proposed rule.

The CMS Calendar Year 2019 Home Health Final Rule, released in November 2018, provided for the first payment rate increase for home health providers since 2010. CMS estimated that the net impact of the payment provisions of the final rule will result in an increase of 2.2% in reimbursement to home health providers. The increase is the result of a 3.0% market basket increase less a 0.8% productivity adjustment. We expect the impact of the final rule on us to be an increase of 1.2%. Additionally, CMS proposed changes to the Home Health Prospective Payment System ("HHPPS") case-mix adjustment methodology through the use of a new Patient-Driven Groupings Model ("PDGM") for home health payments. This change is proposed to be implemented January 1, 2020 and also includes a change in the unit of payment from a 60-day payment period to a 30-day payment period and eliminates the use of therapy visits in the determination of payments. While the proposed changes are to be implemented in a budget neutral

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manner to the industry, the ultimate impact will vary by provider based on factors including patient mix and admission source. Additionally, in arriving at the calculation of a rate that is budget neutral, CMS has made assumptions about behavioral changes which have not been finalized.

Acquisitions

On February 1, 2019, we acquired Compassionate Care Hospice ("CCH"), a national hospice care provider headquartered in New Jersey, for a purchase price of $327.9 million, net of cash acquired, which is inclusive of approximately $50 million in payments related to a tax asset and working capital.

On April 1, 2019, we acquired the assets of RoseRock Healthcare, an Oklahoma based hospice provider for a purchase price of $17.5 million.

As we continue to focus on inorganic expansion in all three segments, we anticipate incurring acquisition and integration costs throughout 2019. During the three-month period ended March 31, 2019, we incurred approximately $6 million in costs related to various acquisitions and the integration of CCH. Our total costs for 2019 are expected to be approximately $16 million to $18 million.

Results of Operations

Three-Month Period Ended March 31, 2019 Compared to the Three-Month Period Ended March 31, 2018

Consolidated

The following table summarizes our consolidated results of operations (amounts in millions):

	For the Three- Month Periods Ended March 31,
	2019			2018
Net service revenue	$	467.3		$	399.3
Gross margin, excluding depreciation and amortization	192.0			161.0
% of revenue	41.1		%	40.3		%
Other operating expenses	147.7			125.0
% of revenue	31.6		%	31.3		%
Operating income	44.3			36.0
Total other (expense) income, net	(1.8		)	0.9
Income tax expense	(10.9		)	(9.6		)
Effective income tax rate	25.6		%	25.9		%
Net income	31.6			27.3
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests	(0.3		)	(0.2		)
Net income attributable to Amedisys, Inc.	$	31.3		$	27.2

Overall, our operating income increased $8 million on a revenue increase of $68 million driven by growth within all three of our segments and the acquisition of CCH on February 1, 2019. Our 2019 operating results were positively impacted $5 million due to the impact of the 2019 changes in reimbursement. In addition, our home health segment continues to see improvement in clinician productivity and increases in the acuity level of our patients which positively impacted our gross margin. We also continue to remain focused on costs as our other operating expenses as a percentage of revenue increased only slightly compared to prior year despite incurring approximately $6 million in acquisition costs and integration costs primarily related to the CCH acquisition as well as planned wage increases that became effective during the three-month period ended September 30, 2018. CCH contributed approximately $32 million in revenue and $4 million in operating income to our results for the three-month period ended March 31, 2019. The CCH acquisition impacted our hospice segment as well as our corporate expenses.

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Home Health Segment

The following table summarizes our home health segment results of operations:

	For the Three- Month Periods Ended March 31,
	2019			2018
Financial Information(in millions):
Medicare	$	213.4		$	205.0
Non-Medicare	96.7			79.1
Net service revenue	310.1			284.1
Cost of service	185.7			174.4
Gross margin	124.4			109.7
Other operating expenses	72.4			68.8
Operating income	$	52.0		$	40.9
Same Store Growth (1):
Medicare revenue	4		%	5		%
Non-Medicare revenue	22		%	14		%
Total admissions	6		%	4		%
Total volume (2)	6		%	7		%
Total Episodic admissions (3)	4		%	3		%
Total Episodic volume (4)	3		%	6		%
Key Statistical Data - Total (5):
Medicare:
Admissions	50,320			49,455
Recertifications	27,112			27,236
Total volume	77,432			76,691
Completed episodes	73,978			72,836
Visits	1,331,409			1,314,126
Average revenue per completed episode (6)	$	2,902		$	2,792
Visits per completed episode (7)	17.4			17.2
Non-Medicare:
Admissions	33,649			29,889
Recertifications	14,683			12,432
Total volume	48,332			42,321
Visits	753,679			660,933
Total (5):
Visiting Clinician Cost per Visit	$	81.05		$	80.34
Clinical Manager Cost per Visit	8.01			7.99
Total Cost per Visit	$	89.06		$	88.33
Visits	2,085,088			1,975,059

(1) Same store information represents the percent change in our Medicare, Non-Medicare, Total and Episodic revenue, admissions or volume for the period as a percent of the Medicare, Non-Medicare, Total and Episodic revenue, admissions or volume of the prior period.

(2) Total volume includes all admissions and recertifications.

(3) Total Episodic admissions includes admissions for Medicare and Non-Medicare payors that bill on a 60-day episode of care basis.

(4) Total Episodic volume includes admissions and recertifications for Medicare and Non-Medicare payors that bill on a 60-day episode of care basis.

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(5) Total includes acquisitions and denovos.

(6) Average Medicare revenue per completed episode is the average Medicare revenue earned for each Medicare completed episode of care.

(7) Medicare visits per completed episode are the home health Medicare visits on completed episodes divided by the home health Medicare episodes completed during the period.

Operating Results

Overall, our operating income increased $11 million on a $26 million increase in net service revenue. Our growth in volumes and increases in clinician productivity and the acuity level of our patients positively impacted our gross margin as a percentage of revenue. The impact of the 2019 change in reimbursement was an increase in net service revenue and gross margin of approximately $3 million.

Net Service Revenue

Our revenue increased $26 million on a 6% increase in total volume and a $110 increase in Medicare revenue per episode. The volume growth was driven by a 6% increase in admissions. The increase in Medicare revenue per episode is the result of a 1.2% increase in reimbursement with the remainder due to an increase in the acuity level of our patients. Additionally, our non-Medicare (per visit and episodic) rates increased approximately 3% which is a combination of rate increases and increases in the acuity level of our patients. The increase in revenue for the three-month period ended March 31, 2019 was also positively impacted by a $2 million reduction in our revenue price concessions.

Cost of Service, Excluding Depreciation and Amortization

Our cost per visit consists of costs associated with direct clinician care in the homes of our patients as well as the cost of clinical managers who monitor the overall delivery of care. Our cost of service increased 6% on a 6% increase in total visits. Our increase in total visits was driven by growth in volumes as well as an increase in visits per completed episode which is the result of an increase in the acuity level of our patients. Our total cost per visit increased less than 1% as an increase in clinician productivity offset planned wage increases.

Other Operating Expenses

Other operating expenses increased approximately $4 million primarily due to an increase in salaries and benefits expense as a result of the addition of resources to support volume growth and planned wage increases that became effective during the three-month period ended September 30, 2018.

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Hospice Segment

The following table summarizes our hospice segment results of operations:

	For the Three- Month Periods Ended March 31,
	2019			2018
Financial Information(in millions):
Medicare	$	130.7		$	91.8
Non-Medicare	6.3			5.5
Net service revenue	137.0			97.3
Cost of service	74.1			50.1
Gross margin	62.9			47.2
Other operating expenses	29.4			20.2
Operating income	$	33.5		$	27.0
Same Store Growth (1):
Medicare revenue	9		%	12		%
Hospice admissions	5		%	5		%
Average daily census	8		%	12		%
Key Statistical Data - Total (2):
Hospice admissions	9,711			6,933
Average daily census	9,982			7,214
Revenue per day, net	$	152.56		$	149.80
Cost of service per day	$	82.43		$	77.17
Average discharge length of stay	98			97

(1) Same store information represents the percent change in our Medicare revenue, Hospice admissions or average daily census for the period as a percent of the Medicare revenue, Hospice admissions or average daily census of the prior period.

(2) Total includes acquisitions and denovos.

Operating Results

On February 1, 2019, we acquired CCH, which owned and operated 53 hospice care centers. Acquisitions are included in our consolidated financial statements from their respective acquisition dates. As a result, our hospice segment operating results for 2019 and 2018 are not fully comparable.

Overall, our operating income increased $7 million on a $40 million increase in net service revenue. CCH contributed approximately $32 million in revenue and $5 million in operating income to our hospice segment's results for the three-month period ended March 31, 2019. The impact of the 2019 change in reimbursement was an increase in net service revenue and gross margin of approximately $2 million. We experienced a decrease in gross margin as a percentage of revenue primarily due to planned wage increases that became effective during the three-month period ended September 30, 2018 and an increase in our estimated price concessions. Our operating results were negatively impacted by less than $1 million related to CCH's in-patient units; we are currently in the process of winding down these operations.

Net Service Revenue

Our hospice revenue increased $40 million, approximately $32 million of which is attributable to CCH. The remaining $8 million increase is the result of an 8% increase in our average daily census and a 1.6% increase in reimbursement effective for services provided from October 1, 2018. We experienced a $2 million increase in our revenue price concessions which negatively impacted our revenue for the three-month period ended March 31, 2019.

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Cost of Service, Excluding Depreciation and Amortization

Our hospice cost of service increased $24 million, approximately $20 million of which is attributable to CCH. The remaining $4 million increase is primarily due to an 8% increase in average daily census and an increase in our cost of service per day as a result of planned wage increases that became effective during the three-month period ended September 30, 2018.

Other Operating Expenses

Other operating expenses increased $9 million; approximately $7 million of the increase is related to CCH. The remaining $2 million increase is due to increases in other care center related expenses, primarily salaries and benefits due to the addition of resources to support census growth and planned wage increases that became effective during the three-month period ended September 30, 2018.

Personal Care Segment

The following table summarizes our personal care segment results of operations:

	For the Three- Month Periods Ended March 31,
	2019		2018
Financial Information(in millions):
Medicare	$	—	$	—
Non-Medicare	20.2		17.9
Net service revenue	20.2		17.9
Cost of service	15.5		13.8
Gross margin	4.7		4.1
Other operating expenses	3.2		3.3
Operating income	$	1.5	$	0.8
Key Statistical Data (1):
Billable hours	833,617		749,953
Clients served	12,801		12,536
Shifts	376,182		348,166
Revenue per hour	$	24.19	$	23.85
Revenue per shift	$	53.60	$	51.36
Hours per shift	2.2		2.2

(1) Total includes acquisitions

Operating Results

On May 1, 2018, we acquired the assets of East Tennessee Personal Care Services, which owned and operated one personal-care care center. On October 1, 2018, we acquired the assets of Bring Care Home which serviced the state of Massachusetts. Acquisitions are included in our consolidated financial statements from their respective acquisition dates. As a result, our personal care operating results for 2019 and 2018 are not fully comparable.

Operating income related to our personal care segment increased less than $1 million on a $2 million increase in net service revenue. Other operating expenses remained flat.

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Corporate

The following table summarizes our corporate results of operations:

	For the Three- Month Periods Ended March 31,
	2019		2018
Financial Information(in millions):
Other operating expenses	$	41.3	$	30.2
Depreciation and amortization	1.4		2.5
Total operating expenses	$	42.7	$	32.7

Corporate expenses consist of costs relating to our executive management and corporate and administrative support functions, primarily information services, accounting, finance, billing and collections, legal, compliance, risk management, procurement, marketing, clinical administration, training, human resources and administration.

During the three-month period ended March 31, 2019, corporate operating expenses increased $10 million. Approximately $7 million of the increase is the result of the CCH acquisition of which approximately $1 million relates to corporate and administrative support functions and approximately $6 million relates to acquisition and integration costs. Excluding the impact of the acquisition and integration costs, other operating expenses increased $5 million which represents 8% of our $68 million increase in revenue. The remaining increase is due to increases in salaries and benefits expense, information technology expense and travel and training expense which were offset by a decrease in depreciation and amortization and a gain on the sale of fleet vehicles.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Cash Flows

The following table summarizes our cash flows for the periods indicated (amounts in millions):

	For the Three- Month Periods Ended March 31,
	2019			2018
Cash provided by operating activities	$	20.1		$	40.3
Cash used in investing activities	(328.9		)	(3.3		)
Cash provided by (used in) financing activities	299.2			(3.4		)
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents	(9.6		)	33.6
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period	20.2			86.4
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	$	10.6		$	120.0

Cash provided by operating activities decreased $20.2 million during the three-month period ended March 31, 2019 compared to the three-month period ended March 31, 2018 primarily due to a decrease in our cash collections as compared to 2018.

Cash used in investing activities increased $325.6 million during the three-month period ended March 31, 2019 compared to the three-month period ended March 31, 2018 related to our acquisition of CCH.

Cash provided by financing activities increased $302.6 million during the three-month period ended March 31, 2019 compared to the three-month period ended March 31, 2018 primarily due to our borrowings under our Amended Credit Agreement to fund the CCH acquisition.

Liquidity

Typically, our principal source of liquidity is the collection of our patient accounts receivable, primarily through the Medicare program. In addition to our collection of patient accounts receivable, from time to time, we can and do obtain additional sources of liquidity by the incurrence of additional indebtedness.

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During the three-month period ended March 31, 2019, we spent $1.2 million in capital expenditures as compared to $1.5 million during the three-month period ended March 31, 2018. Our capital expenditures for 2019 are expected to be approximately $8.0 million to $10.0 million, excluding the impact of any future acquisitions.

As of March 31, 2019, we had $10.6 million in cash and cash equivalents and $380.9 million in availability under our $550.0 million Revolving Credit Facility.

Based on our operating forecasts and our debt service requirements, we believe we will have sufficient liquidity to fund our operations, capital requirements and debt service requirements.

Outstanding Patient Accounts Receivable

Our patient accounts receivable increased $47.4 million from December 31, 2018 to March 31, 2019; $31.2 million of the increase is related to CCH. Our cash collection as a percentage of revenue was 101% and 104% for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively. Our days revenue outstanding at March 31, 2019 was 41.2 days which is an increase of 3.2 days from December 31, 2018 and a decrease of 0.2 days from March 31, 2018.

Our patient accounts receivable includes unbilled receivables and are aged based upon our initial service date. We monitor unbilled receivables on a care center by care center basis to ensure that all efforts are made to bill claims within timely filing deadlines. Our unbilled patient accounts receivable can be impacted by acquisition activity, probe edits or regulatory changes which result in additional information or procedures needed prior to billing. The timely filing deadline for Medicare is one year from the date the episode was completed and varies by state for Medicaid-reimbursable services and among insurance companies and other private payors.

The following schedules detail our patient accounts receivable, by payor class, aged based upon initial date of service (amounts in millions, except days revenue outstanding,net):

	0-90		91-180		181-365		Over 365		Total
At March 31, 2019:
Medicare patient accounts receivable	$	122.8	$	8.6	$	1.2	$	1.0	$	133.6
Other patient accounts receivable:
Medicaid	20.3		3.8		2.6		1.5		28.2
Private	63.6		6.7		3.4		0.9		74.6
Total	$	83.9	$	10.5	$	6.0	$	2.4	$	102.8
Total patient accounts receivable									$	236.4
Days revenue outstanding (1)									41.2
	0-90		91-180		181-365		Over 365		Total
At December 31, 2018:
Medicare patient accounts receivable	$	95.5	$	8.1	$	1.0	$	1.8	$	106.4
Other patient accounts receivable:
Medicaid	13.1		2.7		1.1		—		16.9
Private	51.3		6.7		4.4		3.3		65.7
Total	$	64.4	$	9.4	$	5.5	$	3.3	$	82.6
Total patient accounts receivable									$	189.0
Days revenue outstanding (1)									38.0

(1) Our calculation of days revenue outstanding is derived by dividing our ending patient accounts receivable at March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018 by our average daily patient revenue for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively.

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Indebtedness

First Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement

On February 4, 2019, we entered into the First Amendment to the Credit Agreement (as amended by the First Amendment, the "Amended Credit Agreement"). The Amended Credit Agreement provides for a senior secured credit facility in an initial aggregate principal amount of up to $725.0 million, which includes the $550.0 million Revolving Credit Facility under the Credit Agreement, and a term loan facility with a principal amount of up to $175.0 million (the "Term Loan Facility" and collectively with the Revolving Credit Facility, the "Credit Facility"), which was added by the First Amendment.

We borrowed the entire principal amount of the Term Loan Facility on February 4, 2019 in order to fund a portion of the purchase price of the CCH acquisition, with the remainder of the purchase price and associated transactional fees and expenses funded by proceeds from the Revolving Credit Facility.

Our weighted average interest rate for borrowings under our $550.0 million Revolving Credit Facility was 4.1% for the three-month period ended March 31, 2019. Our weighted average interest rate for our borrowings under our $175.0 million Term Loan Facility was 4.1% for the period February 4, 2019 to March 31, 2019.

As of March 31, 2019, our consolidated leverage ratio was 1.4, our consolidated interest coverage ratio was 16.6 and we are in compliance with our covenants under the Credit Agreement.

As of March 31, 2019, our availability under our $550.0 million Revolving Credit Facility was $380.9 million as we have $135.0 million outstanding in borrowings and $34.1 million outstanding in letters of credit.

See Note 5 - Long Term Obligations to our condensed consolidated financial statements for additional details on our outstanding long-term obligations.

Share Repurchase

2019 Stock Repurchase Program

On February 25, 2019, we announced that our Board of Directors authorized a stock repurchase program, under which we may repurchase up to $100 million of our outstanding common stock through March 1, 2020.

Under the terms of the program, we are allowed to repurchase shares from time to time in open market transactions, block purchases or in private transactions in accordance with applicable federal securities laws and other legal requirements. We are allowed to enter into Rule 10b5-1 plans to effect some or all of the repurchases. The timing and the amount of the repurchases will be determined by management based on a number of factors, including but not limited to share price, trading volume and general market conditions, as well as on working capital requirements, general business conditions and other factors.

We did not repurchase any shares pursuant to this stock repurchase program during the three-month period ended March 31, 2019.

Inflation

We do not believe inflation has significantly impacted our results of operations.

Critical Accounting Estimates

See Part II, Item 7 – Critical Accounting Estimates and our consolidated financial statements and related notes in Part II, Item 8 of our 2018 Annual Report on Form 10-K, for accounting policies and related estimates we believe are the most critical to understanding our condensed consolidated financial statements, financial condition and results of operations and which require complex management judgment and assumptions, or involve uncertainties. These critical accounting estimates include revenue recognition and goodwill and other intangible assets. There have not been any changes to our significant accounting policies or their application since we filed our 2018 Annual Report on Form 10-K except for the changes related to the adoption of Accounting Standards Updates 2016-02, 2018-01, 2018-10 and 2018-11 as disclosed in Note 1 to our condensed consolidated financial statements.

ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

We are exposed to market risk from fluctuations in interest rates. Our Revolving Credit Facility carries a floating interest rate which is tied to the Eurodollar rate (i.e. LIBOR) and the Prime Rate and therefore, our condensed consolidated statements of

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operations and our condensed consolidated statements of cash flows are exposed to changes in interest rates. As of March 31, 2019, the total amount of outstanding debt subject to interest rate fluctuations was $310.0 million. A 1.0% interest rate change would cause interest expense to change by approximately $3.1 million annually, assuming the Company makes no principal repayments.

ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

We have established disclosure controls and procedures which are designed to provide reasonable assurance of achieving their objectives and to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as amended (the “Exchange Act”) is recorded, processed, summarized, disclosed and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. This information is also accumulated and communicated to our management and Board of Directors to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

In connection with the preparation of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, as of March 31, 2019, under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, we conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures, as such term is defined under Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) promulgated under the Exchange Act.

Based on this evaluation, our principal executive officer and principal financial officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective at a reasonable assurance level as of March 31, 2019, the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report.

Changes in Internal Controls

There have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(f)) that have occurred during the quarter ended March 31, 2019, that have materially impacted, or are reasonably likely to materially impact, our internal control over financial reporting.

Inherent Limitations on Effectiveness of Controls

Our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, does not expect that our disclosure controls or our internal controls over financial reporting will prevent or detect all errors and all fraud. A control system, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the control system’s objectives will be met. The design of a control system must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints, and the benefits of controls must be considered relative to their costs. Further, because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that misstatements due to error or fraud will not occur or that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, have been detected. These inherent limitations include the realities that judgments in decision-making can be faulty and that breakdowns can occur because of simple error or mistake. Controls can also be circumvented by the individual acts of some persons, by collusion of two or more people, or by management override of the controls. The design of any system of controls is based in part on certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions. Projections of any evaluation of controls’ effectiveness to future periods are subject to risks. Over time, controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions or deterioration in the degree of compliance with policies and procedures. Our disclosure controls and procedures are designed to provide reasonable assurance of achieving their objectives and, based on an evaluation of our controls and procedures, our principal executive officer and our principal financial officer concluded our disclosure controls and procedures were effective at a reasonable assurance level as of March 31, 2019, the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report.

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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

See Note 6 - Commitments and Contingencies to the condensed consolidated financial statements for information concerning our legal proceedings.

ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS

In addition to other information set forth in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, you should carefully consider the risk factors included in Part I, Item 1A. – Risk Factors of our Annual Report on Form 10-K. These risk factors could materially impact our business, financial condition and/or operating results. Additional risks and uncertainties not currently known to us or that we currently deem to be immaterial also may materially adversely impact our business, financial condition and/or operating results.

ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS

The following table provides the information with respect to purchases made by us of shares of our common stock during each of the months during the three-month period ended March 31, 2019:

Period	(a) Total Number of Shares (or Units) Purchased		(b) Average Price Paid per Share (or Unit)		(c) Total Number of Shares (or Units) Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs	(d) Maximum Number (or Approximate Dollar Value) of Shares (or Units) That May Yet Be Purchased Under the Plans or Programs
January 1, 2019 to January 31, 2019	4,638		$	127.12	—	$	—
February 1, 2019 to February 28, 2019	11,610		127.35		—	—
March 1, 2019 to March 31, 2019	5,053		122.60		—	—
	21,301	(1)	$	126.17	—	$	—

(1) Includes shares of common stock surrendered to us by certain employees to satisfy tax withholding obligations in connection with the vesting of non-vested stock previously awarded to such employees under our 2008 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan.

ITEM 3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES

None.

ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES

Not applicable.

ITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION

None.

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ITEM 6. EXHIBITS

The exhibits marked with the cross symbol (†) are filed and the exhibits marked with a double cross (††) are furnished with this Form 10-Q. Any exhibits marked with the asterisk symbol (*) are management contracts or compensatory plans or arrangements filed pursuant to Item 601(b)(10)(iii) of Regulation S-K.

Exhibit Number	Document Description	Report or Registration Statement	SEC File or Registration Number	Exhibit or Other Reference
3.1	Composite of Certificate of Incorporation of the Company inclusive of all amendments through June 14, 2007	The Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2007	0-24260	3.1
3.2	Composite of By-Laws of the Company inclusive of all amendments through April 20, 2016	The Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2016	0-24260	3.2
10.1	First Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of February 4, 2019, by and among the Amedisys, Inc. and Amedisys Holding, L.L.C., as the borrowers, certain subsidiaries of the Company party thereto as guarantors, Bank of America, N.A., as the administrative agent, swingline lender and letter of credit issuer, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as syndication agent, Capital One Bank, National Association, Citizens Bank, N.A., Compass Bank, Fifth Third Bank, Hancock Whitney Bank, Regions Bank, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as co-documentation agents, the lenders party thereto, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Citizens Bank, N.A., Fifth Third Bank and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as joint lead arrangers, and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as joint bookrunners (The schedules to the First Amendment have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(b)(2) of Regulation S-K. The Company will furnish copies of the omitted schedules to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon request.)	The Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February 4, 2019	0-24260	10.1
10.2	Joinder Agreement, dated as of February 4, 2019, by and among Amedisys, Inc. and Amedisys Holding, L.L.C., as the borrowers, each of the new subsidiary guarantors party thereto, and Bank of America, N.A., as the administrative agent (The schedules to the Joinder have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(b)(2) of Regulation S-K. The Company will furnish copies of the omitted schedules to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon request.)	The Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February 4, 2019	0-24260	10.2
*10.3	Retirement and Consulting Agreement, dated as of February 13, 2019, by and between Amedisys, Inc. and Linda J. Hall	The Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February 19, 2019	0-24260	10.1
†31.1	Certification of Paul B. Kusserow, President and Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer), pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
†31.2	Certification of Scott G. Ginn, Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer), pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
††32.1	Certification of Paul B. Kusserow, President and Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer), pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
††32.2	Certification of Scott G. Ginn, Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer), pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
†101.INS	XBRL Instance
†101.SCH	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
†101.CAL	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
†101.DEF	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase
†101.LAB	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase Document
†101.PRE	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

AMEDISYS, INC. (Registrant)
By:	/s/ SCOTT G. GINN
	Scott G. Ginn,
	Principal Financial Officer and
	Duly Authorized Officer

Date: May 1, 2019

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EX-31.1

Exhibit 31.1

CERTIFICATION

I, Paul B. Kusserow, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2019, of Amedisys, Inc.;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

a. Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b. Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c. Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

d. Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a. All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

b. Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: May 1, 2019

/S/ Paul B. Kusserow

Paul B. Kusserow

President and Chief Executive Officer

(Principal Executive Officer)

EX-31.2

Exhibit 31.2

CERTIFICATION

I, Scott G. Ginn, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2019, of Amedisys, Inc.;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

a. Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b. Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c. Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

d. Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a. All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

b. Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: May 1, 2019

/S/ Scott G. Ginn

Scott G. Ginn

Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial Officer)

EX-32.1

Exhibit 32.1

CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of Amedisys, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2019 (the “Report”), I, Paul B. Kusserow, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, hereby certify to my knowledge, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Date: May 1, 2019

/S/ Paul B. Kusserow

Paul B. Kusserow

President and Chief Executive Officer

(Principal Executive Officer)

EX-32.2

Exhibit 32.2

CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of Amedisys, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2019 (the “Report”), I, Scott G. Ginn, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, hereby certify to my knowledge, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Date: May 1, 2019

/S/ Scott G. Ginn

Scott G. Ginn

Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial Officer)

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CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 10,554	$ 20,229
Patient accounts receivable	236,437	188,972
Prepaid expenses	10,792	7,568
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Accounts payable	32,797	28,531
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Current portion of operating lease liabilities	25,514	0
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Operating lease liabilities, less current portion	55,840	0
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Noncontrolling interests	954	1,051
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Balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2017		35,747,134
Issuance of stock - employee stock purchase plan	597		597
Issuance of stock - employee stock purchase plan (shares)		13,323
Issuance of stock - 401(k) plan	2,379		2,379
Issuance of stock - 401(k) plan (shares)		45,149
Issuance/(cancellation) of non-vested stock	0		0
Issuance/(cancellation) of non-vested stock (shares)		53,251
Exercise of stock options	125		125
Exercise of stock options (in shares)		2,612
Non-cash compensation	4,044		4,044
Surrendered Shares	(1,305)			(1,305)
Noncontrolling interest distribution	(28)						(28)
Net income	27,320					27,159	161
Balance, Stockholders Equity at Mar. 31, 2018	549,558	$ 35	575,925	(55,018)	15	27,363	1,238
Balance (in shares) at Mar. 31, 2018		35,861,469
Balance, Stockholders Equity at Dec. 31, 2018	482,633	$ 36	603,666	(241,685)	15	119,550	1,051
Balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2018		36,252,280
Issuance of stock - employee stock purchase plan	782		782
Issuance of stock - employee stock purchase plan (shares)		7,856
Issuance of stock - 401(k) plan	2,295		2,295
Issuance of stock - 401(k) plan (shares)		19,591
Issuance/(cancellation) of non-vested stock	0		0
Issuance/(cancellation) of non-vested stock (shares)		51,162
Exercise of stock options	356		356
Exercise of stock options (in shares)		6,854
Non-cash compensation	6,615		6,615
Surrendered Shares	(2,688)			(2,688)
Noncontrolling interest distribution	(366)						(366)
Net income	31,573					31,304	269
Balance, Stockholders Equity at Mar. 31, 2019	$ 521,200	$ 36	$ 613,714	$ (244,373)	$ 15	$ 150,854	$ 954
Balance (in shares) at Mar. 31, 2019		36,337,743

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2019	Mar. 31, 2018
Cash Flows from Operating Activities:
Net income	$ 31,573	$ 27,320
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization	2,895	3,593
Non-cash compensation	6,615	4,044
401(k) employer match	2,379	2,567
Amortization and impairment of operating lease right of use assets	8,345	0
(Gain) loss on disposal of property and equipment	(4)	563
Deferred income taxes	3,269	2,945
Equity in earnings from equity method investments	(1,216)	(1,860)
Amortization of deferred debt issuance costs/debt discount	213	178
Return on equity investment	725	625
Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of impact of acquisitions:
Patient accounts receivable	(22,333)	8,260
Other current assets	(10,635)	(6,982)
Other assets	(338)	46
Accounts payable	(11,140)	(1,523)
Accrued expenses	18,838	(1,807)
Other long-term obligations	(144)	2,348
Operating lease liabilities	(8,139)	0
Operating lease right of use assets	(844)	0
Net cash provided by operating activities	20,059	40,317
Cash Flows from Investing Activities:
Proceeds from sale of deferred compensation plan assets	208	462
Proceeds from the sale of property and equipment	65	5
Investments in equity method investees	(120)	0
Purchases of property and equipment	(1,198)	(1,462)
Acquisitions of businesses, net of cash acquired	(327,867)	(2,250)
Net cash used in investing activities	(328,912)	(3,245)
Cash Flows from Financing Activities:
Proceeds from issuance of stock upon exercise of stock options	356	125
Proceeds from issuance of stock to employee stock purchase plan	782	597
Shares withheld upon stock vesting	(2,688)	(1,305)
Noncontrolling interest distribution	(366)	(28)
Proceeds from borrowings under term loan	175,000	0
Proceeds from borrowings under revolving line of credit	161,500	0
Repayments of borrowings under revolving line of credit	(34,000)	0
Principal payments of long-term obligations	(559)	(2,819)
Debt issuance costs	(847)	0
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities	299,178	(3,430)
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents	(9,675)	33,642
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period	20,229	86,363
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	10,554	120,005
Supplemental Disclosures of Cash Flow Information:
Cash paid for interest	725	1,065
Cash paid for income taxes, net of refunds received	$ 404	$ 2,813

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NATURE OF OPERATIONS, CONSOLIDATION AND PRESENTATION OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2019

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

NATURE OF OPERATIONS, CONSOLIDATION AND PRESENTATION OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

NATURE OF OPERATIONS, CONSOLIDATION AND PRESENTATION OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Amedisys, Inc., a Delaware corporation, (together with its consolidated subsidiaries, referred to herein as “Amedisys,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) is a multi-state provider of home health, hospice and personal care services with approximately 74% of our revenue derived from Medicare for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2019 and 2018. As of March 31, 2019, we owned and operated 321 Medicare-certified home health care centers, 138 Medicare-certified hospice care centers and 12 personal-care care centers in 38 states within the United States and the District of Columbia.

Basis of Presentation

In our opinion, the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements contain all adjustments (consisting solely of normal recurring adjustments) necessary to present fairly our financial position, our results of operations, and our cash flows in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”) for interim financial reporting. Our results of operations for the interim periods presented are not necessarily indicative of results of our operations for the entire year and have not been audited by our independent auditors.

This report should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and related notes included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on February 28, 2019 (the “Form 10-K”), which includes information and disclosures not included herein. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in annual financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP have been condensed or omitted from the interim financial information presented, as allowed by such SEC rules and regulations.

Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements

On January 1, 2019, the Company adopted Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842); ASU 2018-01, Land Easement Practical Expedient for Transition to Topic 842; ASU 2018-10, Codification Improvements to Topic 842, Leases; and ASU 2018-11, Targeted Improvements (collectively, "Topic 842") using a modified retrospective transition approach, which requires the new standards to be applied to all leases existing at the date of initial application. Under Topic 842, lessees are required to recognize a lease liability and right-of-use asset ("ROU asset") for all leases with a term greater than twelve months and to disclose key information about leasing arrangements. Additionally, leases will be classified as either financing or operating; the classification will determine the pattern of expense recognition and classification within the statement of operations.

We are using the standards' effective date as our date of initial application. Consequently, our financial information was not updated and the disclosures required under the new standard are not provided for dates and periods prior to January 1, 2019.

The new standard provides several optional practical expedients that can be adopted at transition. We have elected the "package of practical expedients," which allows us to not reassess our prior conclusions regarding lease identification, lease classification and initial direct costs. We did not elect the use-of-hindsight or the practical expedient pertaining to land easements; the latter not being applicable to us.

The most significant effects related to this adoption relate to (1) the recognition of new ROU assets and lease liabilities on our balance sheet for our real estate and fleet operating leases; and (2) significant new disclosures about our leasing activities. Upon adoption, we recognized approximately $80 million in additional operating liabilities with corresponding ROU assets of approximately the same amount.

The new standard also provides practical expedients for an entity's ongoing accounting. We have elected the practical expedient that allows us to not separate lease and non-lease components for all of our leases. We are applying the short-term lease recognition exemption to certain information technology leases; therefore, we did not recognize ROU assets and lease liabilities for these leases.

Use of Estimates

Our accounting and reporting policies conform with U.S. GAAP. In preparing the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements, we are required to make estimates and assumptions that impact the amounts reported in the condensed consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Principles of Consolidation

These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Amedisys, Inc., and our wholly owned subsidiaries. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in our accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements, and business combinations accounted for as purchases have been included in our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements from their respective dates of acquisition. In addition to our wholly owned subsidiaries, we also have certain equity investments that are accounted for as set forth below.

Investments

We consolidate investments when the entity is a variable interest entity and we are the primary beneficiary or if we have controlling interests in the entity, which is generally ownership in excess of 50%. Third party equity interests in our consolidated joint ventures are reflected as noncontrolling interests in our condensed consolidated financial statements.

We account for investments in entities in which we have the ability to exercise significant influence under the equity method if we hold 50% or less of the voting stock and the entity is not a variable interest entity in which we are the primary beneficiary. The book value of investments that we account for under the equity method of accounting was $35.7 million and $35.1 million as of March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively and is reflected in other assets within our condensed consolidated balance sheets.

We account for investments in entities in which we have less than a 20% ownership interest under the cost method of accounting if we do not have the ability to exercise significant influence over the investee.

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SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2019

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Revenue Recognition

We account for revenue from contracts with customers in accordance with ASU 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606) and ASU 2015-14, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606): Deferral of the Effective Date (collectively, "ASC 606"), and as such, we recognize revenue in the period in which we satisfy our performance obligations under our contracts by transferring our promised services to our customers in amounts that reflect the consideration to which we expect to be entitled in exchange for providing patient care, which are the transaction prices allocated to the distinct services. The Company's cost of obtaining contracts is not material.

Revenues are recognized as performance obligations are satisfied, which varies based on the nature of the services provided. Our performance obligation is the delivery of patient care services in accordance with the nature and frequency of services outlined in physicians' orders, which are determined by a physician based on a patient's specific goals.

The Company's performance obligations relate to contracts with a duration of less than one year; therefore, the Company has elected to apply the optional exemption provided by ASC 606 and is not required to disclose the aggregate amount of the transaction price allocated to performance obligations that are unsatisfied or partially unsatisfied as of the end of the reporting period. The unsatisfied or partially unsatisfied performance obligations are generally completed when the patients are discharged, which generally occurs within days or weeks of the end of the reporting period.

We determine the transaction price based on gross charges for services provided, reduced by estimates for explicit and implicit price concessions. Explicit price concessions include contractual adjustments provided to patients and third-party payors. Implicit price concessions include discounts provided to self-pay, uninsured patients or other payors, adjustments resulting from payment reviews and adjustments arising from our inability to obtain appropriate billing documentation, authorizations or face-to-face documentation. Subsequent changes to the estimate of the transaction price are recorded as adjustments to net service revenue in the period of change. Subsequent changes that are determined to be the result of an adverse change in the patient's ability to pay (i.e. change in credit risk) are recorded as a provision for doubtful accounts.

Explicit price concessions are recorded for the difference between our standard rates and the contractual rates to be realized from patients, third party payors and others for services provided.

Implicit price concessions are recorded for self-pay, uninsured patients and other payors by major payor class based on our historical collection experience, aged accounts receivable by payor and current economic conditions. The implicit price concession represents the difference between amounts billed and amounts we expect to collect based on our collection history with similar payors. The Company assesses its ability to collect for the healthcare services provided at the time of patient admission based on the Company's verification of the patient's insurance coverage under Medicare, Medicaid, and other commercial or managed care insurance programs. Medicare represents approximately 74% of the Company's consolidated net service revenue for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2019 and 2018.

Amounts due from third-party payors, primarily commercial health insurers and government programs (Medicare and Medicaid), include variable consideration for retroactive revenue adjustments due to settlements of audits and reviews. We determine our estimates for price concessions related to payment reviews based on our historical experience and success rates in the claim appeals and adjudication process. Revenue is recorded at amounts we estimate to be realizable for services provided.

We determine our estimates for price concessions related to our inability to obtain appropriate billing documentation, authorizations, or face-to-face documentation based on our historical experience, which primarily includes a historical collection rate of over 99% on Medicare claims.

Revenue by payor class as a percentage of total net service revenue is as follows:

	For the Three- Month Periods Ended March 31
	2019		2018
Home Health:
Medicare	46	%	51	%
Non-Medicare - Episodic-based	9	%	8	%
Non-Medicare - Non-episodic based	12	%	12	%
Hospice:
Medicare	28	%	23	%
Non-Medicare	1	%	1	%
Personal Care	4	%	5	%
	100	%	100	%

Home Health Revenue Recognition

Medicare Revenue

Net service revenue is recorded under the Medicare prospective payment system (“PPS”) based on an established Federal Medicare home health episode payment rate, that is subject to adjustment based on certain variables, including, but not limited to (a) an outlier payment if our patient’s care was unusually costly (capped at 10% of total reimbursement per provider number); (b) a low utilization payment adjustment (“LUPA”) if the number of visits was four or fewer; (c) a partial payment if a patient transferred to another provider or we admitted a patient transferring from another provider before completing the episode; (d) a payment adjustment based upon the level of therapy services required (with various incremental adjustments made for additional visits, with larger payment increases associated with the sixth, fourteenth and twentieth visit thresholds); (e) the number of episodes of care provided to a patient, regardless of whether the same home health provider provided care for the entire series of episodes; (f) changes in the base episode payments established by the Medicare Program; and (g) adjustments to the base episode payments for case mix and geographic wages. Medicare rates are based on the severity of the patient's condition, service needs and goals, and other factors relating to the cost of providing services and supplies, bundled into an episode of care, not to exceed 60 days. An episode starts the first day a billable visit is performed and ends 60 days later or upon discharge, if earlier, with multiple continuous episodes allowed.

The Medicare home health benefit requires that beneficiaries be homebound (meaning that the beneficiary is unable to leave their home without a considerable and taxing effort), require intermittent skilled nursing, physical therapy or speech therapy services, and receive treatment under a plan of care established and periodically reviewed by a physician. All Medicare contracts are required to have a signed plan of care which represents a single performance obligation, comprising of the delivery of a series of distinct services that are substantially similar and have a similar pattern of transfer to the customer. Accordingly, the Company accounts for the series of services ("episode") as a single performance obligation satisfied over time, as the customer simultaneously receives and consumes the benefits of the goods and services provided. Expected Medicare revenue per episode is recognized based on a pro-rated service output method, utilizing our historical average length of episode prior to discharge.

The base episode payment can be adjusted based on each patient's health including clinical condition, functional abilities, and service needs, as well as for the applicable geographic wage index, low utilization, patient transfers and other factors. The services covered by the episode payment include all disciplines of care in addition to medical supplies. Medicare can also make various adjustments to payments received if we are unable to produce appropriate billing documentation or acceptable authorizations. In addition, we make adjustments to Medicare revenue if we find we are unable to obtain appropriate billing documentation, authorizations or face-to-face documentation. We estimate the impact of such adjustments based on our historical experience, which primarily includes a historical collection rate of over 99% on Medicare claims, and record this estimate during the period in which services are rendered as an estimated price concession and a corresponding reduction to patient accounts receivable.

A portion of reimbursement from each Medicare episode is billed near the start of each episode, and cash is typically received before all services are rendered. The amount of revenue recognized for episodes of care which are incomplete at period end is based on the company's average percentage of days complete on episodes as of the end of the year. As of March 31, 2019 and 2018, the difference between the cash received from Medicare for a request for anticipated payment (“RAP”) on episodes in progress and the associated estimated revenue was immaterial and, therefore, the resulting credits were recorded as a reduction to our outstanding patient accounts receivable in our condensed consolidated balance sheets for such periods.

Non-Medicare Revenue

Episodic-based Revenue. We recognize revenue in a similar manner as we recognize Medicare revenue for episodic-based rates that are paid by other insurance carriers, including Medicare Advantage programs; however, these rates can vary based upon the negotiated terms which generally range from 90% to 100% of Medicare rates.

Non-episodic based Revenue. Gross revenue is recorded on an accrual basis based upon the date of service at amounts equal to our established or estimated per-visit rates. Explicit price concessions are recorded for the difference between our standard rates and the contracted rates to be realized from patients, third parties and others for services provided and are deducted from gross revenue to determine net service revenue. We also make adjustments to non-episodic revenue for any implicit price concessions, based on historical experience, to reflect the estimated transaction price. We receive a minimal amount of our net service revenue from patients who are either self-insured or are obligated for an insurance co-payment.

Hospice Revenue Recognition

Hospice Medicare Revenue

Gross revenue is recorded on an accrual basis based upon the date of service at amounts equal to the estimated payment rates. The estimated payment rates are predetermined daily or hourly rates for each of the four levels of care we deliver. The four levels of care are routine care, general inpatient care, continuous home care and respite care. Routine care accounted for 98% and 97% of our total net Medicare hospice service revenue for each of the three-month periods ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively. There are two separate payment rates for routine care: payments for the first 60 days of care and care beyond 60 days. In addition to the two routine rates, we may also receive a service intensity add-on (“SIA”). The SIA is based on visits made in the last seven days of life by a registered nurse (“RN”) or medical social worker (“MSW”) for patients in a routine level of care.

The performance obligation is the delivery of hospice services to the patient, as determined by a physician, each day the patient is on hospice care.

We make adjustments to Medicare revenue for implicit price concessions, which include our inability to obtain appropriate billing documentation or acceptable authorizations and other reasons unrelated to credit risk. We estimate the impact of these adjustments based on our historical experience, which primarily includes a historical collection rate of over 99% on Medicare claims, and record it during the period services are rendered.

Additionally, our hospice service revenue is subject to certain limitations on payments from Medicare which are considered variable consideration. We are subject to an inpatient cap limit and an overall Medicare payment cap for each provider number. We monitor these caps on a provider-by-provider basis and estimate amounts due back to Medicare if we estimate a cap has been exceeded. We record these adjustments as a reduction to revenue and an increase in accrued expenses within our condensed consolidated balance sheet. Beginning for the cap year ending October 31, 2017, providers are required to self-report and pay their estimated cap liability by February 28th of the following year. As of March 31, 2019, we have settled our Medicare hospice reimbursements for all fiscal years through October 31, 2012. As of March 31, 2019, we have recorded $3.6 million in accrued expenses for estimated amounts due back to Medicare for the Federal cap years ended October 31, 2013 through September 30, 2019; approximately $1.8 million of this amount is related to the cap liability acquired as part of the Compassionate Care Hospice ("CCH") acquisition. As of December 31, 2018, we had recorded $1.7 million for estimated amounts due back to Medicare in accrued expenses for the Federal cap years ended October 31, 2013 through September 30, 2019.

Hospice Non-Medicare Revenue

Gross revenue is recorded on an accrual basis based upon the date of service at amounts equal to our established rates or estimated per day rates, as applicable. Explicit price concessions are recorded for the difference between our established rates and the amounts estimated to be realizable from patients, third parties and others for services provided and are deducted from gross revenue to determine our net service revenue. We also make adjustments to non-Medicare revenue for any implicit price concessions, based on historical experience, to reflect the estimated transaction price.

Personal Care Revenue Recognition

Personal Care Revenue

We generate net service revenues by providing our services directly to patients based on authorized hours, visits or units determined by the relevant agency, at a rate that is either contractual or fixed by legislation. Net service revenue is recognized at the time services are rendered based on gross charges for the services provided, reduced by estimates for price concessions. We receive payment for providing such services from payors, including state and local governmental agencies, managed care organizations, commercial insurers and private consumers. Payors include the following elder service agencies: Aging Services Access Points (ASAPs), Senior Care Options (SCOs), Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) and the Veterans Administration (VA).

Patient Accounts Receivable

We report accounts receivable from services rendered at their estimated transaction price, which includes price concessions based on the amounts expected to be due from payors. Our patient accounts receivable are uncollateralized and consist of amounts due from Medicare, Medicaid, other third-party payors and patients. As of March 31, 2019, there is no single payor, other than Medicare, that accounts for more than 10% of our total outstanding patient receivables. Thus, we believe there are no other significant concentrations of receivables that would subject us to any significant credit risk in the collection of our patient accounts receivable. We write off accounts on a monthly basis once we have exhausted our collection efforts and deem an account to be uncollectible. We believe the collectibility risk associated with our Medicare accounts, which represent 57% and 56% of our patient accounts receivable at March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively, is limited due to our historical collection rate of over 99% from Medicare and the fact that Medicare is a U.S. government payor.

We do not believe there are any significant concentrations of revenues from any payor that would subject us to any significant credit risk in the collection of our accounts receivable.

Medicare Home Health

For our home health patients, our pre-billing process includes verifying that we are eligible for payment from Medicare for the services that we provide to our patients. Our Medicare billing begins with a process to ensure that our billings are accurate through the utilization of an electronic Medicare claim review. We submit a RAP for 60% of our estimated payment for the initial episode at the start of care or 50% of the estimated payment for any subsequent episodes of care contiguous with the first episode for a particular patient. The full amount of the episode is billed after the episode has been completed (“final billed”). The RAP received for that particular episode is then deducted from our final payment. If a final bill is not submitted within the greater of 120 days from the start of the episode, or 60 days from the date the RAP was paid, any RAPs received for that episode will be recouped by Medicare from any other claims in process for that particular provider number. The RAP and final claim must then be resubmitted.

Medicare Hospice

For our hospice patients, our pre-billing process includes verifying that we are eligible for payment from Medicare for the services that we provide to our patients. Our Medicare billing begins with a process to ensure that our billings are accurate through the utilization of an electronic Medicare claim review. We bill Medicare on a monthly basis for the services provided to the patient.

Non-Medicare Home Health, Hospice and Personal Care

For our non-Medicare patients, our pre-billing process primarily begins with verifying a patient’s eligibility for services with the applicable payor. Once the patient has been confirmed for eligibility, we will provide services to the patient and bill the applicable payor. Our review and evaluation of non-Medicare accounts receivable includes a detailed review of outstanding balances and special consideration to concentrations of receivables from particular payors or groups of payors with similar characteristics that would subject us to any significant credit risk.

Debt Issuance Costs

During the three-months ended March 31, 2019, we recorded an additional $0.8 million in deferred debt issuance costs as a reduction to long-term obligations, less current portion in our condensed consolidated balance sheet in connection with our entry into the Amended Credit Agreement (See Note 5 - Long-Term Obligations). As of March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, we had unamortized debt issuance costs of $4.2 million and $3.5 million, respectively, recorded as long-term obligations, less current portion in our condensed consolidated balance sheet. We amortize deferred debt issuance costs related to our long-term obligations over the term of the obligation through interest expense, unless the debt is extinguished, in which case unamortized balances are immediately expensed. We amortized $0.2 million in deferred debt issuance during the three-month period ended March 31, 2019. The unamortized debt issuance costs of $4.2 million will be amortized over a weighted-average amortization period of 4.8 years.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

The following details our financial instruments where the carrying value and the fair value differ (amounts in millions):

	Fair Value at Reporting Date Using
Financial Instrument	Carrying Value as of March 31, 2019		Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Items (Level 1)		Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)		Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
Long-term obligations	$	311.2	$	—	$	310.0	$	—

The fair value hierarchy is based on three levels of inputs, of which the first two are considered observable and the last unobservable, that may be used to measure fair value. The three levels of inputs are as follows:

• Level 1 – Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities.

• Level 2 – Inputs other than Level 1 that are observable, either directly or indirectly, such as quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities; quoted prices in markets that are not active; or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data for substantially the full term of the assets or liabilities.

• Level 3 – Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity and are significant to the fair value of the assets or liabilities.

Our deferred compensation plan assets are recorded at fair value and are considered a level 2 measurement. For our other financial instruments, including our cash and cash equivalents, patient accounts receivable, accounts payable, payroll and employee benefits and accrued expenses, we estimate the carrying amounts approximate fair value.

Weighted-Average Shares Outstanding

Net income per share attributable to Amedisys, Inc. common stockholders, calculated on the treasury stock method, is based on the weighted average number of shares outstanding during the period. The following table sets forth, for the periods indicated, shares used in our computation of the weighted-average shares outstanding, which are used to calculate our basic and diluted net income attributable to Amedisys, Inc. common stockholders (amounts in thousands):

	For the Three- Month Periods Ended March 31,
	2019	2018
Weighted average number of shares outstanding - basic	32,001	33,971
Effect of dilutive securities:
Stock options	559	334
Non-vested stock and stock units	333	287
Weighted average number of shares outstanding - diluted	32,893	34,592
Anti-dilutive securities	148	182

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ACQUISITIONS

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2019

Business Combinations [Abstract]

ACQUISITIONS

ACQUISITIONS

We complete acquisitions from time to time in order to pursue our strategy of increasing our market presence by expanding our service base and enhancing our position in certain geographic areas as a leading provider of home health, hospice and personal care services. The purchase price paid for acquisitions is negotiated through arm’s length transactions, with consideration based on our analysis of, among other things, comparable acquisitions and expected cash flows. Acquisitions are accounted for as purchases and are included in our consolidated financial statements from their respective acquisition dates. Goodwill generated from acquisitions is recognized for the excess of the purchase price over tangible and identifiable intangible assets because of the expected contributions of the acquisitions to our overall corporate strategy. We typically engage outside appraisal firms to assist in the fair value determination of identifiable intangible assets for significant acquisitions. The preliminary purchase price allocation is adjusted, as necessary, up to one year after the acquisition closing date if management obtains more information regarding asset valuations and liabilities assumed.

On February 1, 2019, we acquired Compassionate Care Hospice ("CCH"), a national hospice care provider headquartered in New Jersey, for a purchase price of $327.9 million, net of cash acquired of $6.7 million, which is inclusive of approximately $50 million in payments related to a tax asset and working capital.

The Company is in the process of finalizing its valuation of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed. Based on the Company's preliminary valuation, the total estimated consideration of $327.9 million has been allocated to assets acquired and liabilities assumed as of the acquisition date as follows (amounts in millions):

	Amount
Patient accounts receivable	$	25.1
Prepaid expenses	1.2
Other current assets	0.2
Property and equipment	0.2
Intangible assets	18.8
Total assets acquired	45.5
Accounts payable	(15.0		)
Payroll and employee benefits	(12.2		)
Accrued expenses	(10.1		)
Current portion of long-term obligations	(0.3		)
Total liabilities acquired	(37.6		)
Net identifiable assets acquired	7.9
Goodwill	320.0
Total estimated consideration	$	327.9

Intangible assets acquired include Medicare licenses, certificates of need, trade names and non-compete agreements. The trade names and non-compete agreements will be amortized over a weighted-average period of 2.0 and 2.3 years, respectively.

CCH contributed approximately $32.0 million in net service revenue and $3.8 million in operating income (excluding acquisition and integration costs) during the three-month period ended March 31, 2019. The following table contains unaudited proforma condensed consolidated statement of operations information for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2019 and 2018 assuming that the CCH acquisition closed on January 1, 2018 (amounts in millions, except per share data):

	For the Three- Month Periods Ended March 31,
	2019		2018
Net service revenue	$	483.4	$	446.7
Operating income (loss)	50.6		41.8
Net income	35.4		29.1
Basic earnings (loss) per share	1.10		0.85
Diluted earnings (loss) per share	$	1.07	$	0.84

The pro forma information presented above includes adjustments for (i) amortization of identifiable intangible assets, (ii) interest on additional debt required to fund the acquisition, (iii) non-recurring transaction costs and (iv) income taxes based on the Company’s statutory tax rate. This pro forma information is presented for illustrative purposes only and may not be indicative of the results of operations that would have actually occurred. In addition, future results may vary significantly from the results reflected in the pro forma information.

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LEASES LEASES

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2019

Leases [Abstract]

LEASES

LEASES

We determine whether an arrangement is a lease at inception. We have operating leases, primarily for offices and fleet, that expire at various dates over the next ten years. We also have finance leases covering certain office equipment that expire at various dates over the next three years. Our leases do not contain any restrictive covenants.

Our office leases generally contain renewal options for periods ranging from one to five years. Because we are not reasonably certain to exercise these renewal options, the options are not considered in determining the lease term, and payments associated with the option years are excluded from lease payments. Our office leases also generally include termination options, which allow for early termination of the lease after the first one to three years. Because we are not reasonably certain to exercise these termination options, the options are not considered in determining the lease term; payments for the full lease term are included in lease payments. Our office leases do not contain any material residual value guarantees.

Our fleet leases include a term of 367 days with monthly renewal options thereafter. Our fleet leases also include terminal rental adjustment clauses (“TRAC”), which provide for a final rental payment adjustment at the end of the lease, typically based on the amount realized from the sale of the vehicle. The TRAC is structured such that it will almost always result in a significant payment by us to the lessor if the renewal option is not exercised. Based on the significance of the TRAC adjustment at the initial lease expiration and our historical practice, we believe that it is reasonably certain that we will exercise the monthly renewal options; therefore, the renewal options are considered in determining the lease term, and payments associated with the renewal options are included in lease payments.

For our fleet and office equipment leases, we use the implicit rate in the lease as the discount rate. For our office leases, the implicit rate is typically not available, so we use our incremental borrowing rate at the commencement date as the discount rate. Our lease agreements include both lease and non-lease components. We have elected the practical expedient that allows us to not separate lease and non-lease components for all of our leases.

Payments due under our operating and finance leases include fixed payments as well as variable payments. For our office leases, variable payments include amounts for the Company’s proportionate share of operating expenses, utilities, property taxes, insurance, common area maintenance and other facility-related expenses. For our vehicle and equipment leases, variable payments consist of sales tax.

The components of lease cost for the three-month period ended March 31, 2019 are as follows (amounts in millions):

	Three-Month Period Ended March 31, 2019
Operating lease cost	$	8.2
Impairment of operating lease ROU assets	0.1
Finance lease cost
Amortization of ROU assets	0.4
Interest on lease liabilities	0.1
Total finance lease cost	0.5
Variable lease cost	0.5
Short-term lease cost	0.1
Total lease cost	$	9.4

Amounts reported in the condensed consolidated balance sheet as of March 31, 2019 for our operating leases are as follows (amounts in millions):

	March 31, 2019
Operating lease ROU assets	$	83.1
Current portion of operating lease liabilities	25.5
Operating lease liabilities, less current portion	55.8
Total operating lease liabilities	$	81.3

Amounts reported in the condensed consolidated balance sheet as of March 31, 2019 for finance leases are included in the table below. The finance lease ROU assets are recorded within property and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation within our condensed consolidated balance sheet. The finance lease liabilities are recorded within current portion of long-term obligations and long-term obligations, less current portion within our condensed consolidated balance sheet.

	March 31, 2019
Finance lease ROU assets	$	3.7
Accumulated amortization	(0.9		)
Finance lease ROU assets, net	2.8
Current installments of obligations under finance leases	1.2
Long-term portion of obligations under finance leases	1.5
Total finance lease liabilities	$	2.7

Supplemental cash flow information and non-cash activity related to our leases are as follows (amounts in millions):

	Three-Month Period Ended March 31, 2019
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities and ROU assets:
Operating cash flow from operating leases	$	(9.0	)
Financing cash flow from finance leases	(0.4		)
ROU assets obtained in exchange for lease obligations:
Operating leases	91.7
Finance leases	0.8
Reductions to ROU assets resulting from reductions to lease obligations:
Operating leases	(0.6		)
Finance leases	—

Amounts disclosed for ROU assets obtained in exchange for lease obligations include amounts added to the carrying amount of ROU assets resulting from lease modifications and reassessments.

Weighted average remaining lease terms and discount rates for our leases as of March 31, 2019 are as follows:

	Years
Weighted average remaining lease term:
Operating leases	4.2
Finance leases	2.3
	Rate
Weighted average discount rate:
Operating leases	4.1	%
Finance leases	5.3	%

Maturities of lease liabilities as of March 31, 2019 are as follows (amounts in millions):

	Operating Leases			Finance Leases
2019 (a)	$	21.2		$	1.0
2020	24.9			1.2
2021	17.4			0.7
2022	9.5			—
2023	5.9			—
Thereafter	9.9			—
Total undiscounted lease payments	88.8			2.9
Less: Imputed interest	(7.5		)	(0.2		)
Total lease liabilities	$	81.3		$	2.7

(a) Excludes the three-month period ended March 31, 2019.

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LONG-TERM OBLIGATIONS

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2019

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

LONG-TERM OBLIGATIONS

LONG-TERM OBLIGATIONS

Long-term debt consisted of the following for the periods indicated (amounts in millions):

	March 31, 2019			December 31, 2018
$175.0 million Term Loan; interest rate at Base Rate plus Applicable Rate or Eurodollar Rate plus Applicable Rate (4.0% at March 31, 2019); due February 4, 2024	$	175.0		$	—
$550.0 million Revolving Credit Facility; interest only payments; interest rate at Base Rate plus Applicable Rate or Eurodollar Rate plus Applicable Rate (4.0% at March 31, 2019); due February 4, 2024	135.0			7.5
Promissory notes	1.2			1.1
Finance leases	2.7			2.3
Principal amount of long-term obligations	313.9			10.9
Deferred debt issuance costs	(4.2		)	(3.5		)
	309.7			7.4
Current portion of long-term obligations	(6.0		)	(1.6		)
Total	$	303.7		$	5.8

First Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement

On February 4, 2019, we entered into the First Amendment to the Credit Agreement (as amended by the First Amendment, the "Amended Credit Agreement"). The Amended Credit Agreement provides for a senior secured credit facility in an initial aggregate principal amount of up to $725.0 million, which includes the $550.0 million Revolving Credit Facility under the Credit Agreement, and a term loan facility with a principal amount of up to $175.0 million (the "Term Loan Facility" and collectively with the Revolving Credit Facility, the "Credit Facility"), which was added by the First Amendment.

We borrowed the entire principal amount of the Term Loan Facility on February 4, 2019 in order to fund a portion of the purchase price of the CCH acquisition, with the remainder of the purchase price and associated transactional fees and expenses funded by proceeds from the Revolving Credit Facility.

The loans issued under the Credit Facility bear interest on a per annum basis, at our election, at either: (i) the Base Rate plus the Applicable Rate or (ii) the Eurodollar Rate plus the Applicable Rate. The “Base Rate” means a fluctuating rate per annum equal to the highest of (a) the federal funds rate plus 0.50% per annum, (b) the prime rate of interest established by the Administrative Agent, and (c) the Eurodollar Rate plus 1% per annum. The “Eurodollar Rate” means the quoted rate per annum equal to the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) or a comparable successor rate approved by the Administrative Agent for an interest period of one, two, three or six months (as selected by us). The “Applicable Rate” is based on the consolidated leverage ratio and is presented in the table below. As of March 31, 2019, the Applicable Rate is 0.50% per annum for Base Rate loans and 1.50% per annum for Eurodollar Rate loans. We are also subject to a commitment fee and letter of credit fee under the terms of the Credit Agreement, as presented in the table below.

Pricing Tier	Consolidated Leverage Ratio	Commitment Fee	Letter of Credit Fee	Eurodollar Rate Loans	Base Rate Loans
I	≥ 3.00 to 1.0	0.35%	1.75%	2.00%	1.00%
II	< 3.00 to 1.0 but ≥ 2.00 to 1.0	0.30%	1.50%	1.75%	0.75%
III	< 2.00 to 1.0 but ≥ 0.75 to 1.0	0.25%	1.25%	1.50%	0.50%
IV	< 0.75 to 1.0	0.20%	1.00%	1.25%	0.25%

The final maturity date of the Credit Facility is February 4, 2024. The Revolving Credit Facility will terminate and be due and payable as of the final maturity date. The Term Loan Facility, however, is subject to quarterly amortization of principal in the amount of (i) 0.625% for the period commencing on February 4, 2019 and ending on March 31, 2020, (ii) 1.250% for the period commencing on April 1, 2020 and ending on March 31, 2023, and (iii) 1.875% for the period commencing on April 1, 2023 and ending on February 4, 2024. The remaining balance of the Term Loan Facility must be paid upon the final maturity date. In addition to the scheduled amortization of the Term Loan Facility, and subject to customary exceptions and reinvestment rights, we are required to prepay the Term Loan Facility, first, and the Revolving Credit Facility, second, with 100% of all net cash proceeds received by any loan party or any subsidiary thereof in connection with (a) any asset sale or disposition where such loan party receives net cash proceeds in excess of $5 million or (b) any debt issuance that is not permitted under the Amended Credit Agreement.

The Amended Credit Agreement requires maintenance of two financial covenants: (i) a consolidated leverage ratio of funded indebtedness to EBITDA, as defined in the Credit Agreement, and (ii) a consolidated interest coverage ratio of EBITDA to cash interest charges, as defined in the Credit Agreement. Each of these covenants is calculated over rolling four-quarter periods and also is subject to certain exceptions and baskets. The Amended Credit Agreement also contains customary covenants, including, but not limited to, restrictions on: incurrence of liens, incurrence of additional debt, sales of assets and other fundamental corporate changes, investments, and declarations of dividends. These covenants contain customary exclusions and baskets as detailed in the Amended Credit Agreement. In connection with our entry into the Amended Credit Agreement, we recorded $0.8 million in deferred debt issuance costs as long-term obligations, less current portion within our condensed consolidated balance sheet during the three-month period ended March 31, 2019.

The Revolving Credit Facility is guaranteed by substantially all of our wholly-owned direct and indirect subsidiaries. The Amended Credit Agreement requires at all times that we (i) provide guarantees from wholly-owned subsidiaries that in the aggregate represent not less than 95% of our consolidated net revenues and adjusted EBITDA from all wholly-owned subsidiaries and (ii) provide guarantees from subsidiaries that in the aggregate represent not less than 70% of consolidated adjusted EBITDA, subject to certain exceptions.

Our weighted average interest rate for borrowings under our $550.0 million Revolving Credit Facility was 4.1% for the three-month period ended March 31, 2019. Our weighted average interest rate for our borrowings under our $175.0 million Term Loan Facility was 4.1% for the period February 4, 2019 to March 31, 2019.

As of March 31, 2019, our consolidated leverage ratio was 1.4, our consolidated interest coverage ratio was 16.6 and we are in compliance with our covenants under the Amended Credit Agreement. In the event we are not in compliance with our debt covenants in the future, we would pursue various alternatives in an attempt to successfully resolve the non-compliance, which might include, among other things, seeking debt covenant waivers or amendments.

As of March 31, 2019, our availability under our $550.0 million Revolving Credit Facility was $380.9 million as we have $135.0 million outstanding in borrowings and $34.1 million outstanding in letters of credit.

Joinder Agreement

In connection with the CCH acquisition, we entered into a Joinder Agreement, dated as of February 4, 2019, pursuant to which CCH and its subsidiaries were made parties to, and became subject to the terms and conditions of, the Amended Credit Agreement, the Amended and Restated Security Agreement, dated as of June 29, 2018, and the Amended and Restated Pledge Agreement, dated as of June 29, 2018. Pursuant to the Joinder, the Amended and Restated Security Agreement, and the Amended and Restated Pledge Agreement, CCH and its subsidiaries granted in favor of the Administrative Agent a first lien security interest in substantially all of their personal property assets and pledged to the Administrative Agent each of their respective subsidiaries' issued and outstanding equity interests. CCH and its subsidiaries also guaranteed our obligations, whether now existing or arising after the effective date of the Joinder, under the Amended Credit Agreement pursuant to the terms of the Joinder and the Amended Credit Agreement.

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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2019

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Legal Proceedings - Ongoing

We are involved in the following legal actions:

Subpoena Duces Tecum and Civil Investigative Demands Issued by the U.S. Department of Justice

On May 21, 2015, we received a Subpoena Duces Tecum (“Subpoena”) issued by the U.S. Department of Justice. The Subpoena requests the delivery of information regarding 53 identified hospice patients to the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts. It also requests the delivery of documents relating to our hospice clinical and business operations and related compliance activities. The Subpoena generally covers the period from January 1, 2011 through May 21, 2015. We are fully cooperating with the U.S. Department of Justice with respect to this investigation.

On November 3, 2015, we received a civil investigative demand (“CID”) issued by the U.S. Department of Justice pursuant to the federal False Claims Act relating to claims submitted to Medicare and/or Medicaid for hospice services provided through designated facilities in the Morgantown, West Virginia area. The CID requests the delivery of information to the United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of West Virginia regarding 66 identified hospice patients, as well as documents relating to our hospice clinical and business operations in the Morgantown area. The CID generally covers the period from January 1, 2009 through August 31, 2015. We are fully cooperating with the U.S. Department of Justice with respect to this investigation.

On June 27, 2016, we received a CID issued by the U.S. Department of Justice pursuant to the federal False Claims Act relating to claims submitted to Medicare and/or Medicaid for hospice services provided through designated facilities in the Parkersburg, West Virginia area. The CID requests the delivery of information to the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of West Virginia regarding 68 identified hospice patients, as well as documents relating to our hospice clinical and business operations in the Parkersburg area. The CID generally covers the period from January 1, 2011 through June 20, 2016. We are fully cooperating with the U.S. Department of Justice with respect to this investigation.

Based on our analysis of sample claims data in connection with preliminary settlement discussions, we have recorded $1.0 million to accrued expenses in our condensed consolidated balance sheet as March 31, 2019.  However, due to the ongoing nature of the investigations and preliminary stage of the settlement discussions, we are unable to estimate a range of potential loss at this time, and we cannot predict the timing or outcome of these investigations.

In addition to the matters referenced in this note, we are involved in legal actions in the normal course of business, some of which seek monetary damages, including claims for punitive damages. We do not believe that these normal course actions, when finally concluded and determined, will have a material impact on our consolidated financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

Legal fees related to all legal matters are expensed as incurred.

Other Investigative Matters - Ongoing

Corporate Integrity Agreement

On April 23, 2014, with no admissions of liability on our part, we entered into a settlement agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice relating to certain of our clinical and business operations. Concurrently with our entry into this agreement, we entered into a corporate integrity agreement (“CIA”) with the Office of Inspector General-HHS (“OIG”). The CIA formalizes various aspects of our already existing ethics and compliance programs and contains other requirements designed to help ensure our ongoing compliance with federal health care program requirements. Among other things, the CIA requires us to maintain our existing compliance program, executive compliance committee and compliance committee of the Board of Directors; provide certain compliance training; continue screening new and current employees to ensure they are eligible to participate in federal health care programs; engage an independent review organization to perform certain auditing and reviews and prepare certain reports regarding our compliance with federal health care programs, our billing submissions to federal health care programs and our compliance and risk mitigation programs; and provide certain reports and management certifications to the OIG. Additionally, the CIA specifically requires that we report substantial overpayments that we discover we have received from federal health care programs, as well as probable violations of federal health care laws. Upon breach of the CIA, we could become liable for payment of certain stipulated penalties, or could be excluded from participation in federal health care programs. The corporate integrity agreement has a term of five years.

Idaho and Wyoming Self-Report

During 2016, the Company engaged an independent auditing firm to perform a clinical audit of the hospice care centers acquired by Frontier Home Health and Hospice in April 2014. As of December 31, 2018, we recorded $1.3 million to accrued expenses in our consolidated balance sheet related to this matter; this amount was paid during the three-month period ended March 31, 2019.

Third Party Audits - Ongoing

From time to time, in the ordinary course of business, we are subject to audits under various governmental programs in which third party firms engaged by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) conduct extensive review of claims data to identify potential improper payments.

In July 2010, our subsidiary that provides hospice services in Florence, South Carolina received from a Zone Program Integrity Contractor (“ZPIC”) a request for records regarding a sample of 30 beneficiaries who received services from the subsidiary during the period of January 1, 2008 through March 31, 2010 (the “Review Period”) to determine whether the underlying services met pertinent Medicare payment requirements. We acquired the hospice operations subject to this review on August 1, 2009; the Review Period covers time periods both before and after our ownership of these hospice operations. Based on the ZPIC’s findings for 16 beneficiaries, which were extrapolated to all claims for hospice services provided by the Florence subsidiary billed during the Review Period, on June 6, 2011, the Medicare Administrative Contractor (“MAC”) for the subsidiary issued a notice of overpayment seeking recovery from our subsidiary of an alleged overpayment. We dispute these findings, and our Florence subsidiary has filed appeals through the Original Medicare Standard Appeals Process, in which we are seeking to have those findings overturned. An administrative law judge ("ALJ") hearing was held in early January 2015. On January 18, 2016, we received a letter dated January 6, 2016 referencing the ALJ hearing decision for the overpayment issued on June 6, 2011. The decision was partially favorable with a new overpayment amount of $3.7 million with a balance owed of $5.6 million, including interest, based on 9 disputed claims (originally 16). We filed an appeal to the Medicare Appeals Council on the remaining 9 disputed claims and also argued that the statistical method used to select the sample was not valid. No assurances can be given as to the timing or outcome of the Medicare Appeals Council decision. As of March 31, 2019, Medicare has withheld payments of $5.7 million (including additional interest) as part of their standard procedures once this level of the appeal process has been reached. In the event we are not able to recoup this alleged overpayment, we are entitled to be indemnified by the prior owners of the hospice operations for amounts relating to the period prior to August 1, 2009. On January 10, 2019, an arbitration panel from the American Health Lawyers Association determined that the prior owners' liability for their indemnification obligation was $2.8 million. Accordingly, the Company reduced its indemnity receivable from $4.9 million to $2.8 million. The $2.1 million impact was recorded to general and administrative expenses, other within our consolidated statements of operations during the three-month period ended December 31, 2018. As of March 31, 2019, we have an indemnity receivable of approximately $2.8 million for the amount withheld related to the period prior to August 1, 2009.

In July 2016, the Company received a request for medical records from SafeGuard Services, L.L.C (“SafeGuard”), a ZPIC, related to services provided by some of the care centers that the Company acquired from Infinity Home Care, L.L.C. The review period covers time periods both before and after our ownership of the care centers, which were acquired on December 31, 2015. In August 2017, the Company received Requests for Repayment from Palmetto GBA, LLC ("Palmetto") regarding Infinity Home Care of Lakeland, LLC ("Lakeland Care Centers") and Infinity Home Care of Pinellas, LLC ("Clearwater Care Center"). The Palmetto letters are based on statistical extrapolation performed by SafeGuard which alleged an overpayment of $34.0 million for the Lakeland Care Centers on a universe of 72 Medicare claims totaling $0.2 million in actual claims payments using a 100% error rate and an overpayment of $4.8 million for the Clearwater Care Center on a universe of 70 Medicare claims totaling $0.2 million in actual claims payments using a 100% error rate.

The Lakeland Request for Repayment covers claims between January 2, 2014 and September 13, 2016. The Clearwater Request for Repayment covers claims between January 2, 2015 and December 9, 2016. As a result of partially successful Level I and Level II Administrative Appeals, the alleged overpayment for the Lakeland Care Centers has been reduced to $26.0 million and the alleged overpayment for the Clearwater Care Center has been reduced to $3.3 million. The Company has now filed Level III Administrative Appeals, and will continue to vigorously pursue its appeal rights, which include contesting the methodology used by the ZPIC contractor to perform statistical extrapolation. The Company is contractually entitled to indemnification by the prior owners for all claims prior to December 31, 2015, for up to $12.6 million.

At this stage of the review, based on the information currently available to the Company, the Company cannot predict the timing or outcome of this review. The Company estimates a low-end potential range of loss related to this review of $6.5 million (assuming the Company is successful in seeking indemnity from the prior owners and unsuccessful in demonstrating that the extrapolation method used by SafeGuard was erroneous). The Company has reduced its high-end potential range of loss from $38.8 million (the maximum amount Palmetto claims has been overpaid for both the Lakeland Care Centers and the Clearwater Care Center, of which amount $12.6 million is subject to indemnification by the prior owners) to $29.3 million based on the partial success achieved by the Company in prosecuting its Level I and II Administrative Appeals.

As of March 31, 2019, we have an accrued liability of approximately $17.4 million related to this matter. We expect to be indemnified by the prior owners for approximately $10.9 million of the total $12.6 million available indemnification related to this matter and have recorded this amount within other assets in our condensed consolidated balance sheet as of March 31, 2019. The net of these two amounts, $6.5 million, was recorded as a reduction in revenue in our condensed consolidated statements of operations during the three-month period ended September 30, 2017. As of March 31, 2019, $1.5 million of receivables have been impacted by this payment suspension.

Compliance

From time to time, the Company performs internal reviews of claims data to identify potential improper payments under the Medicare program. Any overpayments are recorded as a reduction in revenue in our condensed consolidated statements of operations. As of March 31, 2019, we have recorded $7.1 million to accrued expenses in our condensed consolidated balance sheet as a result of these reviews.

Insurance

We are obligated for certain costs associated with our insurance programs, including employee health, workers’ compensation and professional liability. While we maintain various insurance programs to cover these risks, we are self-insured for a substantial portion of our potential claims. We recognize our obligations associated with these costs, up to specified deductible limits in the period in which a claim is incurred, including with respect to both reported claims and claims incurred but not reported. These costs have generally been estimated based on historical data of our claims experience. Such estimates, and the resulting reserves, are reviewed and updated by us on a quarterly basis.

Our health insurance has an exposure limit of $1.3 million for any individual covered life. Our workers’ compensation insurance has a retention limit of $1.0 million per incident and our professional liability insurance has a retention limit of $0.3 million per incident.

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SEGMENT INFORMATION

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2019

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

SEGMENT INFORMATION

SEGMENT INFORMATION

Our operations involve servicing patients through our three reportable business segments: home health, hospice and personal care. Our home health segment delivers a wide range of services in the homes of individuals who may be recovering from surgery, have a chronic disability or terminal illness or need assistance with completing important personal tasks. Our hospice segment provides palliative care and comfort to terminally ill patients and their families. Our personal care segment provides patients with assistance with the essential activities of daily living. The “other” column in the following tables consists of costs relating to executive management and administrative support functions, primarily information services, accounting, finance, billing and collections, legal, compliance, risk management, procurement, marketing, clinical administration, training, human resources and administration.

Management evaluates performance and allocates resources based on the operating income of the reportable segments, which includes an allocation of corporate expenses directly attributable to the specific segment and includes revenues and all other costs directly attributable to the specific segment. Segment assets are not reviewed by the company’s chief operating decision maker and therefore are not disclosed below (amounts in millions).

	For the Three-Month Period Ended March 31, 2019
	Home Health		Hospice		Personal Care		Other			Total
Net service revenue	$	310.1	$	137.0	$	20.2	$	—		$	467.3
Cost of service, excluding depreciation and amortization	185.7		74.1		15.5		—			275.3
General and administrative expenses	71.4		29.0		3.1		41.3			144.8
Depreciation and amortization	1.0		0.4		0.1		1.4			2.9
Operating expenses	258.1		103.5		18.7		42.7			423.0
Operating income (loss)	$	52.0	$	33.5	$	1.5	$	(42.7	)	$	44.3
	For the Three-Month Period Ended March 31, 2018
	Home Health		Hospice		Personal Care		Other			Total
Net service revenue	$	284.1	$	97.3	$	17.9	$	—		$	399.3
Cost of service, excluding depreciation and amortization	174.4		50.1		13.8		—			238.3
General and administrative expenses	68.0		20.0		3.2		30.2			121.4
Depreciation and amortization	0.8		0.2		0.1		2.5			3.6
Operating expenses	243.2		70.3		17.1		32.7			363.3
Operating income (loss)	$	40.9	$	27.0	$	0.8	$	(32.7	)	$	36.0

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SHARE REPURCHASE SHARE REPURCHASE

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2019

Equity [Abstract]

SHARE REPURCHASE

SHARE REPURCHASE

2019 Stock Repurchase Program

On February 25, 2019, we announced that our Board of Directors authorized a stock repurchase program, under which we may repurchase up to $100 million of our outstanding common stock through March 1, 2020.

Under the terms of the program, we are allowed to repurchase shares from time to time in open market transactions, block purchases or in private transactions in accordance with applicable federal securities laws and other legal requirements. We are allowed to enter into Rule 10b5-1 plans to effect some or all of the repurchases. The timing and the amount of the repurchases will be determined by management based on a number of factors, including but not limited to share price, trading volume and general market conditions, as well as on working capital requirements, general business conditions and other factors.

We did not repurchase any shares pursuant to this stock repurchase program during the three-month period ended March 31, 2019.

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SUBSEQUENT EVENT

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2019

Subsequent Events [Abstract]

SUBSEQUENT EVENT

SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

On April 1, 2019, we acquired RoseRock Healthcare, an Oklahoma based hospice provider, for a purchase price of $17.5 million.

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SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Policies)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2019

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Basis of Presentation

Basis of Presentation

In our opinion, the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements contain all adjustments (consisting solely of normal recurring adjustments) necessary to present fairly our financial position, our results of operations, and our cash flows in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”) for interim financial reporting. Our results of operations for the interim periods presented are not necessarily indicative of results of our operations for the entire year and have not been audited by our independent auditors.

This report should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and related notes included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on February 28, 2019 (the “Form 10-K”), which includes information and disclosures not included herein.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements

On January 1, 2019, the Company adopted Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842); ASU 2018-01, Land Easement Practical Expedient for Transition to Topic 842; ASU 2018-10, Codification Improvements to Topic 842, Leases; and ASU 2018-11, Targeted Improvements (collectively, "Topic 842") using a modified retrospective transition approach, which requires the new standards to be applied to all leases existing at the date of initial application. Under Topic 842, lessees are required to recognize a lease liability and right-of-use asset ("ROU asset") for all leases with a term greater than twelve months and to disclose key information about leasing arrangements. Additionally, leases will be classified as either financing or operating; the classification will determine the pattern of expense recognition and classification within the statement of operations.

We are using the standards' effective date as our date of initial application. Consequently, our financial information was not updated and the disclosures required under the new standard are not provided for dates and periods prior to January 1, 2019.

The new standard provides several optional practical expedients that can be adopted at transition. We have elected the "package of practical expedients," which allows us to not reassess our prior conclusions regarding lease identification, lease classification and initial direct costs. We did not elect the use-of-hindsight or the practical expedient pertaining to land easements; the latter not being applicable to us.

The most significant effects related to this adoption relate to (1) the recognition of new ROU assets and lease liabilities on our balance sheet for our real estate and fleet operating leases; and (2) significant new disclosures about our leasing activities. Upon adoption, we recognized approximately $80 million in additional operating liabilities with corresponding ROU assets of approximately the same amount.

The new standard also provides practical expedients for an entity's ongoing accounting. We have elected the practical expedient that allows us to not separate lease and non-lease components for all of our leases. We are applying the short-term lease recognition exemption to certain information technology leases; therefore, we did not recognize ROU assets and lease liabilities for these leases.

Use of Estimates

Use of Estimates

Our accounting and reporting policies conform with U.S. GAAP. In preparing the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements, we are required to make estimates and assumptions that impact the amounts reported in the condensed consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Principles of Consolidation

Principles of Consolidation

These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Amedisys, Inc., and our wholly owned subsidiaries. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in our accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements, and business combinations accounted for as purchases have been included in our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements from their respective dates of acquisition. In addition to our wholly owned subsidiaries, we also have certain equity investments that are accounted for as set forth below.

Investments

Investments

We consolidate investments when the entity is a variable interest entity and we are the primary beneficiary or if we have controlling interests in the entity, which is generally ownership in excess of 50%. Third party equity interests in our consolidated joint ventures are reflected as noncontrolling interests in our condensed consolidated financial statements.

We account for investments in entities in which we have the ability to exercise significant influence under the equity method if we hold 50% or less of the voting stock and the entity is not a variable interest entity in which we are the primary beneficiary. The book value of investments that we account for under the equity method of accounting was $35.7 million and $35.1 million as of March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively and is reflected in other assets within our condensed consolidated balance sheets.

We account for investments in entities in which we have less than a 20% ownership interest under the cost method of accounting if we do not have the ability to exercise significant influence over the investee.

Revenue Recognition

Revenue Recognition

We account for revenue from contracts with customers in accordance with ASU 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606) and ASU 2015-14, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606): Deferral of the Effective Date (collectively, "ASC 606"), and as such, we recognize revenue in the period in which we satisfy our performance obligations under our contracts by transferring our promised services to our customers in amounts that reflect the consideration to which we expect to be entitled in exchange for providing patient care, which are the transaction prices allocated to the distinct services. The Company's cost of obtaining contracts is not material.

Revenues are recognized as performance obligations are satisfied, which varies based on the nature of the services provided. Our performance obligation is the delivery of patient care services in accordance with the nature and frequency of services outlined in physicians' orders, which are determined by a physician based on a patient's specific goals.

The Company's performance obligations relate to contracts with a duration of less than one year; therefore, the Company has elected to apply the optional exemption provided by ASC 606 and is not required to disclose the aggregate amount of the transaction price allocated to performance obligations that are unsatisfied or partially unsatisfied as of the end of the reporting period. The unsatisfied or partially unsatisfied performance obligations are generally completed when the patients are discharged, which generally occurs within days or weeks of the end of the reporting period.

We determine the transaction price based on gross charges for services provided, reduced by estimates for explicit and implicit price concessions. Explicit price concessions include contractual adjustments provided to patients and third-party payors. Implicit price concessions include discounts provided to self-pay, uninsured patients or other payors, adjustments resulting from payment reviews and adjustments arising from our inability to obtain appropriate billing documentation, authorizations or face-to-face documentation. Subsequent changes to the estimate of the transaction price are recorded as adjustments to net service revenue in the period of change. Subsequent changes that are determined to be the result of an adverse change in the patient's ability to pay (i.e. change in credit risk) are recorded as a provision for doubtful accounts.

Explicit price concessions are recorded for the difference between our standard rates and the contractual rates to be realized from patients, third party payors and others for services provided.

Implicit price concessions are recorded for self-pay, uninsured patients and other payors by major payor class based on our historical collection experience, aged accounts receivable by payor and current economic conditions. The implicit price concession represents the difference between amounts billed and amounts we expect to collect based on our collection history with similar payors. The Company assesses its ability to collect for the healthcare services provided at the time of patient admission based on the Company's verification of the patient's insurance coverage under Medicare, Medicaid, and other commercial or managed care insurance programs. Medicare represents approximately 74% of the Company's consolidated net service revenue for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2019 and 2018.

Amounts due from third-party payors, primarily commercial health insurers and government programs (Medicare and Medicaid), include variable consideration for retroactive revenue adjustments due to settlements of audits and reviews. We determine our estimates for price concessions related to payment reviews based on our historical experience and success rates in the claim appeals and adjudication process. Revenue is recorded at amounts we estimate to be realizable for services provided.

We determine our estimates for price concessions related to our inability to obtain appropriate billing documentation, authorizations, or face-to-face documentation based on our historical experience, which primarily includes a historical collection rate of over 99% on Medicare claims.

Revenue by payor class as a percentage of total net service revenue is as follows:

	For the Three- Month Periods Ended March 31
	2019		2018
Home Health:
Medicare	46	%	51	%
Non-Medicare - Episodic-based	9	%	8	%
Non-Medicare - Non-episodic based	12	%	12	%
Hospice:
Medicare	28	%	23	%
Non-Medicare	1	%	1	%
Personal Care	4	%	5	%
	100	%	100	%

Home Health Revenue Recognition

Medicare Revenue

Net service revenue is recorded under the Medicare prospective payment system (“PPS”) based on an established Federal Medicare home health episode payment rate, that is subject to adjustment based on certain variables, including, but not limited to (a) an outlier payment if our patient’s care was unusually costly (capped at 10% of total reimbursement per provider number); (b) a low utilization payment adjustment (“LUPA”) if the number of visits was four or fewer; (c) a partial payment if a patient transferred to another provider or we admitted a patient transferring from another provider before completing the episode; (d) a payment adjustment based upon the level of therapy services required (with various incremental adjustments made for additional visits, with larger payment increases associated with the sixth, fourteenth and twentieth visit thresholds); (e) the number of episodes of care provided to a patient, regardless of whether the same home health provider provided care for the entire series of episodes; (f) changes in the base episode payments established by the Medicare Program; and (g) adjustments to the base episode payments for case mix and geographic wages. Medicare rates are based on the severity of the patient's condition, service needs and goals, and other factors relating to the cost of providing services and supplies, bundled into an episode of care, not to exceed 60 days. An episode starts the first day a billable visit is performed and ends 60 days later or upon discharge, if earlier, with multiple continuous episodes allowed.

The Medicare home health benefit requires that beneficiaries be homebound (meaning that the beneficiary is unable to leave their home without a considerable and taxing effort), require intermittent skilled nursing, physical therapy or speech therapy services, and receive treatment under a plan of care established and periodically reviewed by a physician. All Medicare contracts are required to have a signed plan of care which represents a single performance obligation, comprising of the delivery of a series of distinct services that are substantially similar and have a similar pattern of transfer to the customer. Accordingly, the Company accounts for the series of services ("episode") as a single performance obligation satisfied over time, as the customer simultaneously receives and consumes the benefits of the goods and services provided. Expected Medicare revenue per episode is recognized based on a pro-rated service output method, utilizing our historical average length of episode prior to discharge.

The base episode payment can be adjusted based on each patient's health including clinical condition, functional abilities, and service needs, as well as for the applicable geographic wage index, low utilization, patient transfers and other factors. The services covered by the episode payment include all disciplines of care in addition to medical supplies. Medicare can also make various adjustments to payments received if we are unable to produce appropriate billing documentation or acceptable authorizations. In addition, we make adjustments to Medicare revenue if we find we are unable to obtain appropriate billing documentation, authorizations or face-to-face documentation. We estimate the impact of such adjustments based on our historical experience, which primarily includes a historical collection rate of over 99% on Medicare claims, and record this estimate during the period in which services are rendered as an estimated price concession and a corresponding reduction to patient accounts receivable.

A portion of reimbursement from each Medicare episode is billed near the start of each episode, and cash is typically received before all services are rendered. The amount of revenue recognized for episodes of care which are incomplete at period end is based on the company's average percentage of days complete on episodes as of the end of the year. As of March 31, 2019 and 2018, the difference between the cash received from Medicare for a request for anticipated payment (“RAP”) on episodes in progress and the associated estimated revenue was immaterial and, therefore, the resulting credits were recorded as a reduction to our outstanding patient accounts receivable in our condensed consolidated balance sheets for such periods.

Non-Medicare Revenue

Episodic-based Revenue. We recognize revenue in a similar manner as we recognize Medicare revenue for episodic-based rates that are paid by other insurance carriers, including Medicare Advantage programs; however, these rates can vary based upon the negotiated terms which generally range from 90% to 100% of Medicare rates.

Non-episodic based Revenue. Gross revenue is recorded on an accrual basis based upon the date of service at amounts equal to our established or estimated per-visit rates. Explicit price concessions are recorded for the difference between our standard rates and the contracted rates to be realized from patients, third parties and others for services provided and are deducted from gross revenue to determine net service revenue. We also make adjustments to non-episodic revenue for any implicit price concessions, based on historical experience, to reflect the estimated transaction price. We receive a minimal amount of our net service revenue from patients who are either self-insured or are obligated for an insurance co-payment.

Hospice Revenue Recognition

Hospice Medicare Revenue

Gross revenue is recorded on an accrual basis based upon the date of service at amounts equal to the estimated payment rates. The estimated payment rates are predetermined daily or hourly rates for each of the four levels of care we deliver. The four levels of care are routine care, general inpatient care, continuous home care and respite care. Routine care accounted for 98% and 97% of our total net Medicare hospice service revenue for each of the three-month periods ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively. There are two separate payment rates for routine care: payments for the first 60 days of care and care beyond 60 days. In addition to the two routine rates, we may also receive a service intensity add-on (“SIA”). The SIA is based on visits made in the last seven days of life by a registered nurse (“RN”) or medical social worker (“MSW”) for patients in a routine level of care.

The performance obligation is the delivery of hospice services to the patient, as determined by a physician, each day the patient is on hospice care.

We make adjustments to Medicare revenue for implicit price concessions, which include our inability to obtain appropriate billing documentation or acceptable authorizations and other reasons unrelated to credit risk. We estimate the impact of these adjustments based on our historical experience, which primarily includes a historical collection rate of over 99% on Medicare claims, and record it during the period services are rendered.

Additionally, our hospice service revenue is subject to certain limitations on payments from Medicare which are considered variable consideration. We are subject to an inpatient cap limit and an overall Medicare payment cap for each provider number. We monitor these caps on a provider-by-provider basis and estimate amounts due back to Medicare if we estimate a cap has been exceeded. We record these adjustments as a reduction to revenue and an increase in accrued expenses within our condensed consolidated balance sheet. Beginning for the cap year ending October 31, 2017, providers are required to self-report and pay their estimated cap liability by February 28th of the following year. As of March 31, 2019, we have settled our Medicare hospice reimbursements for all fiscal years through October 31, 2012. As of March 31, 2019, we have recorded $3.6 million in accrued expenses for estimated amounts due back to Medicare for the Federal cap years ended October 31, 2013 through September 30, 2019; approximately $1.8 million of this amount is related to the cap liability acquired as part of the Compassionate Care Hospice ("CCH") acquisition. As of December 31, 2018, we had recorded $1.7 million for estimated amounts due back to Medicare in accrued expenses for the Federal cap years ended October 31, 2013 through September 30, 2019.

Hospice Non-Medicare Revenue

Gross revenue is recorded on an accrual basis based upon the date of service at amounts equal to our established rates or estimated per day rates, as applicable. Explicit price concessions are recorded for the difference between our established rates and the amounts estimated to be realizable from patients, third parties and others for services provided and are deducted from gross revenue to determine our net service revenue. We also make adjustments to non-Medicare revenue for any implicit price concessions, based on historical experience, to reflect the estimated transaction price.

Personal Care Revenue Recognition

Personal Care Revenue

We generate net service revenues by providing our services directly to patients based on authorized hours, visits or units determined by the relevant agency, at a rate that is either contractual or fixed by legislation. Net service revenue is recognized at the time services are rendered based on gross charges for the services provided, reduced by estimates for price concessions. We receive payment for providing such services from payors, including state and local governmental agencies, managed care organizations, commercial insurers and private consumers. Payors include the following elder service agencies: Aging Services Access Points (ASAPs), Senior Care Options (SCOs), Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) and the Veterans Administration (VA).

Patient Accounts Receivable

Patient Accounts Receivable

We report accounts receivable from services rendered at their estimated transaction price, which includes price concessions based on the amounts expected to be due from payors. Our patient accounts receivable are uncollateralized and consist of amounts due from Medicare, Medicaid, other third-party payors and patients. As of March 31, 2019, there is no single payor, other than Medicare, that accounts for more than 10% of our total outstanding patient receivables. Thus, we believe there are no other significant concentrations of receivables that would subject us to any significant credit risk in the collection of our patient accounts receivable. We write off accounts on a monthly basis once we have exhausted our collection efforts and deem an account to be uncollectible. We believe the collectibility risk associated with our Medicare accounts, which represent 57% and 56% of our patient accounts receivable at March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively, is limited due to our historical collection rate of over 99% from Medicare and the fact that Medicare is a U.S. government payor.

We do not believe there are any significant concentrations of revenues from any payor that would subject us to any significant credit risk in the collection of our accounts receivable.

Medicare Home Health

For our home health patients, our pre-billing process includes verifying that we are eligible for payment from Medicare for the services that we provide to our patients. Our Medicare billing begins with a process to ensure that our billings are accurate through the utilization of an electronic Medicare claim review. We submit a RAP for 60% of our estimated payment for the initial episode at the start of care or 50% of the estimated payment for any subsequent episodes of care contiguous with the first episode for a particular patient. The full amount of the episode is billed after the episode has been completed (“final billed”). The RAP received for that particular episode is then deducted from our final payment. If a final bill is not submitted within the greater of 120 days from the start of the episode, or 60 days from the date the RAP was paid, any RAPs received for that episode will be recouped by Medicare from any other claims in process for that particular provider number. The RAP and final claim must then be resubmitted.

Medicare Hospice

For our hospice patients, our pre-billing process includes verifying that we are eligible for payment from Medicare for the services that we provide to our patients. Our Medicare billing begins with a process to ensure that our billings are accurate through the utilization of an electronic Medicare claim review. We bill Medicare on a monthly basis for the services provided to the patient.

Non-Medicare Home Health, Hospice and Personal Care

For our non-Medicare patients, our pre-billing process primarily begins with verifying a patient’s eligibility for services with the applicable payor. Once the patient has been confirmed for eligibility, we will provide services to the patient and bill the applicable payor. Our review and evaluation of non-Medicare accounts receivable includes a detailed review of outstanding balances and special consideration to concentrations of receivables from particular payors or groups of payors with similar characteristics that would subject us to any significant credit risk.

Debt Issuance Costs

Debt Issuance Costs

During the three-months ended March 31, 2019, we recorded an additional $0.8 million in deferred debt issuance costs as a reduction to long-term obligations, less current portion in our condensed consolidated balance sheet in connection with our entry into the Amended Credit Agreement (See Note 5 - Long-Term Obligations). As of March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, we had unamortized debt issuance costs of $4.2 million and $3.5 million, respectively, recorded as long-term obligations, less current portion in our condensed consolidated balance sheet. We amortize deferred debt issuance costs related to our long-term obligations over the term of the obligation through interest expense, unless the debt is extinguished, in which case unamortized balances are immediately expensed. We amortized $0.2 million in deferred debt issuance during the three-month period ended March 31, 2019. The unamortized debt issuance costs of $4.2 million will be amortized over a weighted-average amortization period of 4.8 years.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

The following details our financial instruments where the carrying value and the fair value differ (amounts in millions):

	Fair Value at Reporting Date Using
Financial Instrument	Carrying Value as of March 31, 2019		Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Items (Level 1)		Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)		Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
Long-term obligations	$	311.2	$	—	$	310.0	$	—

The fair value hierarchy is based on three levels of inputs, of which the first two are considered observable and the last unobservable, that may be used to measure fair value. The three levels of inputs are as follows:

• Level 1 – Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities.

• Level 2 – Inputs other than Level 1 that are observable, either directly or indirectly, such as quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities; quoted prices in markets that are not active; or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data for substantially the full term of the assets or liabilities.

• Level 3 – Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity and are significant to the fair value of the assets or liabilities.

Our deferred compensation plan assets are recorded at fair value and are considered a level 2 measurement. For our other financial instruments, including our cash and cash equivalents, patient accounts receivable, accounts payable, payroll and employee benefits and accrued expenses, we estimate the carrying amounts approximate fair value.

Weighted-Average Shares Outstanding

Weighted-Average Shares Outstanding

Net income per share attributable to Amedisys, Inc. common stockholders, calculated on the treasury stock method, is based on the weighted average number of shares outstanding during the period.

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SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2019

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Schedule of Revenue by Payor Class

Revenue by payor class as a percentage of total net service revenue is as follows:

	For the Three- Month Periods Ended March 31
	2019		2018
Home Health:
Medicare	46	%	51	%
Non-Medicare - Episodic-based	9	%	8	%
Non-Medicare - Non-episodic based	12	%	12	%
Hospice:
Medicare	28	%	23	%
Non-Medicare	1	%	1	%
Personal Care	4	%	5	%
	100	%	100	%

Schedule of Fair Value of Financial Instruments

The following details our financial instruments where the carrying value and the fair value differ (amounts in millions):

	Fair Value at Reporting Date Using
Financial Instrument	Carrying Value as of March 31, 2019		Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Items (Level 1)		Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)		Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
Long-term obligations	$	311.2	$	—	$	310.0	$	—

Schedule of Weighted-Average Shares Outstanding

The following table sets forth, for the periods indicated, shares used in our computation of the weighted-average shares outstanding, which are used to calculate our basic and diluted net income attributable to Amedisys, Inc. common stockholders (amounts in thousands):

	For the Three- Month Periods Ended March 31,
	2019	2018
Weighted average number of shares outstanding - basic	32,001	33,971
Effect of dilutive securities:
Stock options	559	334
Non-vested stock and stock units	333	287
Weighted average number of shares outstanding - diluted	32,893	34,592
Anti-dilutive securities	148	182

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ACQUISITIONS (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2019

Business Combinations [Abstract]

Schedule of Business Acquisitions

The Company is in the process of finalizing its valuation of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed. Based on the Company's preliminary valuation, the total estimated consideration of $327.9 million has been allocated to assets acquired and liabilities assumed as of the acquisition date as follows (amounts in millions):

	Amount
Patient accounts receivable	$	25.1
Prepaid expenses	1.2
Other current assets	0.2
Property and equipment	0.2
Intangible assets	18.8
Total assets acquired	45.5
Accounts payable	(15.0		)
Payroll and employee benefits	(12.2		)
Accrued expenses	(10.1		)
Current portion of long-term obligations	(0.3		)
Total liabilities acquired	(37.6		)
Net identifiable assets acquired	7.9
Goodwill	320.0
Total estimated consideration	$	327.9

Business Acquisition, Pro Forma Information

CCH contributed approximately $32.0 million in net service revenue and $3.8 million in operating income (excluding acquisition and integration costs) during the three-month period ended March 31, 2019. The following table contains unaudited proforma condensed consolidated statement of operations information for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2019 and 2018 assuming that the CCH acquisition closed on January 1, 2018 (amounts in millions, except per share data):

	For the Three- Month Periods Ended March 31,
	2019		2018
Net service revenue	$	483.4	$	446.7
Operating income (loss)	50.6		41.8
Net income	35.4		29.1
Basic earnings (loss) per share	1.10		0.85
Diluted earnings (loss) per share	$	1.07	$	0.84

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LEASES (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2019

Leases [Abstract]

Lease cost

The components of lease cost for the three-month period ended March 31, 2019 are as follows (amounts in millions):

	Three-Month Period Ended March 31, 2019
Operating lease cost	$	8.2
Impairment of operating lease ROU assets	0.1
Finance lease cost
Amortization of ROU assets	0.4
Interest on lease liabilities	0.1
Total finance lease cost	0.5
Variable lease cost	0.5
Short-term lease cost	0.1
Total lease cost	$	9.4

Operating leases

Amounts reported in the condensed consolidated balance sheet as of March 31, 2019 for our operating leases are as follows (amounts in millions):

	March 31, 2019
Operating lease ROU assets	$	83.1
Current portion of operating lease liabilities	25.5
Operating lease liabilities, less current portion	55.8
Total operating lease liabilities	$	81.3

Finance leases

Amounts reported in the condensed consolidated balance sheet as of March 31, 2019 for finance leases are included in the table below. The finance lease ROU assets are recorded within property and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation within our condensed consolidated balance sheet. The finance lease liabilities are recorded within current portion of long-term obligations and long-term obligations, less current portion within our condensed consolidated balance sheet.

	March 31, 2019
Finance lease ROU assets	$	3.7
Accumulated amortization	(0.9		)
Finance lease ROU assets, net	2.8
Current installments of obligations under finance leases	1.2
Long-term portion of obligations under finance leases	1.5
Total finance lease liabilities	$	2.7

Supplemental Cash Flow Information and Non-Cash Activity for Leases

	Three-Month Period Ended March 31, 2019
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities and ROU assets:
Operating cash flow from operating leases	$	(9.0	)
Financing cash flow from finance leases	(0.4		)
ROU assets obtained in exchange for lease obligations:
Operating leases	91.7
Finance leases	0.8
Reductions to ROU assets resulting from reductions to lease obligations:
Operating leases	(0.6		)
Finance leases	—

Weighted average remaining lease term and discount rate

Weighted average remaining lease terms and discount rates for our leases as of March 31, 2019 are as follows:

	Years
Weighted average remaining lease term:
Operating leases	4.2
Finance leases	2.3
	Rate
Weighted average discount rate:
Operating leases	4.1	%
Finance leases	5.3	%

Lease Liability Maturity

Maturities of lease liabilities as of March 31, 2019 are as follows (amounts in millions):

	Operating Leases			Finance Leases
2019 (a)	$	21.2		$	1.0
2020	24.9			1.2
2021	17.4			0.7
2022	9.5			—
2023	5.9			—
Thereafter	9.9			—
Total undiscounted lease payments	88.8			2.9
Less: Imputed interest	(7.5		)	(0.2		)
Total lease liabilities	$	81.3		$	2.7

(a) Excludes the three-month period ended March 31, 2019.

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LONG-TERM OBLIGATIONS LONG-TERM OBLIGATIONS (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2019

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Long-Term Debt

Long-term debt consisted of the following for the periods indicated (amounts in millions):

	March 31, 2019			December 31, 2018
$175.0 million Term Loan; interest rate at Base Rate plus Applicable Rate or Eurodollar Rate plus Applicable Rate (4.0% at March 31, 2019); due February 4, 2024	$	175.0		$	—
$550.0 million Revolving Credit Facility; interest only payments; interest rate at Base Rate plus Applicable Rate or Eurodollar Rate plus Applicable Rate (4.0% at March 31, 2019); due February 4, 2024	135.0			7.5
Promissory notes	1.2			1.1
Finance leases	2.7			2.3
Principal amount of long-term obligations	313.9			10.9
Deferred debt issuance costs	(4.2		)	(3.5		)
	309.7			7.4
Current portion of long-term obligations	(6.0		)	(1.6		)
Total	$	303.7		$	5.8

Schedule of Commitment Fee Under Credit Facilities

We are also subject to a commitment fee and letter of credit fee under the terms of the Credit Agreement, as presented in the table below.

Pricing Tier	Consolidated Leverage Ratio	Commitment Fee	Letter of Credit Fee	Eurodollar Rate Loans	Base Rate Loans
I	≥ 3.00 to 1.0	0.35%	1.75%	2.00%	1.00%
II	< 3.00 to 1.0 but ≥ 2.00 to 1.0	0.30%	1.50%	1.75%	0.75%
III	< 2.00 to 1.0 but ≥ 0.75 to 1.0	0.25%	1.25%	1.50%	0.50%
IV	< 0.75 to 1.0	0.20%	1.00%	1.25%	0.25%

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SEGMENT INFORMATION (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2019

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Schedule of Operating Income of Reportable Segments

	For the Three-Month Period Ended March 31, 2019
	Home Health		Hospice		Personal Care		Other			Total
Net service revenue	$	310.1	$	137.0	$	20.2	$	—		$	467.3
Cost of service, excluding depreciation and amortization	185.7		74.1		15.5		—			275.3
General and administrative expenses	71.4		29.0		3.1		41.3			144.8
Depreciation and amortization	1.0		0.4		0.1		1.4			2.9
Operating expenses	258.1		103.5		18.7		42.7			423.0
Operating income (loss)	$	52.0	$	33.5	$	1.5	$	(42.7	)	$	44.3
	For the Three-Month Period Ended March 31, 2018
	Home Health		Hospice		Personal Care		Other			Total
Net service revenue	$	284.1	$	97.3	$	17.9	$	—		$	399.3
Cost of service, excluding depreciation and amortization	174.4		50.1		13.8		—			238.3
General and administrative expenses	68.0		20.0		3.2		30.2			121.4
Depreciation and amortization	0.8		0.2		0.1		2.5			3.6
Operating expenses	243.2		70.3		17.1		32.7			363.3
Operating income (loss)	$	40.9	$	27.0	$	0.8	$	(32.7	)	$	36.0

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NATURE OF OPERATIONS, CONSOLIDATION AND PRESENTATION OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - Narrative (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2019 USD ($) state care_center	Mar. 31, 2018	Jan. 01, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Number of states with facilities | state	38
Operating lease liability	$ 81,300
Operating lease right of use assets	$ 83,064			$ 0
Minimum ownership percentage for controlling interest (percent)	50.00%
Maximum ownership percentage for equity method investment (percent)	50.00%
Equity method investment, aggregate cost	$ 35,700			$ 35,100
Maximum ownership percentage for cost method investment (percent)	20.00%
Home Health
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Number of owned and operated care centers | care_center	321
Hospice
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Number of owned and operated care centers | care_center	138
Personal Care
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Number of owned and operated care centers | care_center	12
Revenue from Contract with Customer | Medicare Revenue
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Percent of net services revenue	74.00%	74.00%
Accounting Standards Update 2016-02 [Member]
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Operating lease liability			$ 80,000
Operating lease right of use assets			$ 80,000

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SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES - Revenue Recognition Narrative (Details) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2019 USD ($) visit	Mar. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)
Revenue Recognition, Multiple-deliverable Arrangements [Line Items]
Episode of care as episodic-based revenue (days)	60 days
Net service revenue episode payment rate (days)	60 days
Percentage of total reimbursement of outlier payment	10.00%
Low utilization payment adjustment, maximum number of visits	4
First threshold of therapy services required (visits)	6
Second threshold of therapy services required (visits)	14
Third threshold of therapy services required (visits)	20
Historical collection rate from Medicare	99.00%
Hospice Medicare revenue rate accounted for routine care	98.00%	97.00%
Minimum [Member]
Revenue Recognition, Multiple-deliverable Arrangements [Line Items]
Non-Medicare revenue term rates	90.00%
Maximum [Member]
Revenue Recognition, Multiple-deliverable Arrangements [Line Items]
Non-Medicare revenue term rates	100.00%
Home Health
Revenue Recognition, Multiple-deliverable Arrangements [Line Items]
Historical collection rate from Medicare	99.00%
Hospice
Revenue Recognition, Multiple-deliverable Arrangements [Line Items]
Historical collection rate from Medicare	99.00%
Cap Year 2013 Through 2018
Revenue Recognition, Multiple-deliverable Arrangements [Line Items]
Estimated amounts due back to Medicare | $	$ 3.6		$ 1.7
Medicare Revenue | Revenue from Contract with Customer
Revenue Recognition, Multiple-deliverable Arrangements [Line Items]
Percent of net services revenue	74.00%	74.00%
Compassionate Care Hospice [Member] | Cap Year 2013 Through 2018
Revenue Recognition, Multiple-deliverable Arrangements [Line Items]
Estimated amounts due back to Medicare | $	$ 1.8

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SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES - Revenue by Payor Class (Details)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2019	Mar. 31, 2018
Revenue Recognition, Multiple-deliverable Arrangements [Line Items]
Revenue by payor class as a percentage of total net service revenue	100.00%	100.00%
Home Health Medicare [Member]
Revenue Recognition, Multiple-deliverable Arrangements [Line Items]
Revenue by payor class as a percentage of total net service revenue	46.00%	51.00%
Home Health Non-Medicare - Episodic Based [Member]
Revenue Recognition, Multiple-deliverable Arrangements [Line Items]
Revenue by payor class as a percentage of total net service revenue	9.00%	8.00%
Home Health Non-Medicare - Non-Episodic Based [Member]
Revenue Recognition, Multiple-deliverable Arrangements [Line Items]
Revenue by payor class as a percentage of total net service revenue	12.00%	12.00%
Hospice Medicare [Member]
Revenue Recognition, Multiple-deliverable Arrangements [Line Items]
Revenue by payor class as a percentage of total net service revenue	28.00%	23.00%
Hospice Non-Medicare [Member]
Revenue Recognition, Multiple-deliverable Arrangements [Line Items]
Revenue by payor class as a percentage of total net service revenue	1.00%	1.00%
Personal Care
Revenue Recognition, Multiple-deliverable Arrangements [Line Items]
Revenue by payor class as a percentage of total net service revenue	4.00%	5.00%

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SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES - Patient Accounts Receivable Narrative (Details) - day	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Percentage of patient receivables outstanding	10.00%
Accounts receivable derived from Medicare	57.00%	56.00%
Historical collection rate from Medicare	99.00%
Rate of request for anticipated payment submitted for the initial episode of care	60.00%
Rate of request for anticipated payment submitted for subsequent episodes of care	50.00%
Maximum days to submit final bill from the start of episode	120
Maximum days to submit final bill from the date the request for anticipated payment was paid	60

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SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES - Debt Issuance Costs (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Accounting Policies [Abstract]
Deferred debt issuance cost	$ 0.8
Unamortized debt issuance expense	4.2	$ 3.5
Amortization of debt issuance costs	$ 0.2
Unamortized debt issuance cost amortization period	4 years 9 months 18 days

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SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES - Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Details)	Mar. 31, 2019 USD ($)
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Debt Instrument Carrying Amount Excluding Capital Leases	$ 311,200,000
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Long-term Debt, Fair Value	0.0
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Long-term Debt, Fair Value	310,000,000
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Long-term Debt, Fair Value	$ 0.0

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SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES - Weighted-Average Shares Outstanding (Details) - shares shares in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2019	Mar. 31, 2018
Accounting Policies [Abstract]
Weighted average number of shares outstanding - basic (shares)	32,001	33,971
Effect of dilutive securities:
Stock options (shares)	559	334
Non-vested stock and stock units (shares)	333	287
Weighted average number of shares outstanding - diluted (shares)	32,893	34,592
Anti-dilutive securities (shares)	148	182

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ACQUISITIONS - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		3 Months Ended
	Feb. 01, 2019	Mar. 31, 2019	Mar. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2018
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Principal amount		$ 313,900		$ 10,900
Net service revenue		467,340	$ 399,262
Operating income		44,324	36,005
Hospice
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Net service revenue		137,000	97,300
Operating income		33,500	$ 27,000
Hospice | Compassionate Care Hospice [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Payments to acquire business	$ 327,900
Cash Acquired from Acquisition	6,700
Payments related to tax asset and working capital	50,000
Net service revenue		32,000
Operating income		$ 3,800
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Current Assets, Receivables	25,100
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Current Assets, Prepaid Expense	1,200
Business Combination Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired And Liabilities Assumed Other Current Asset	200
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Property, Plant, and Equipment	200
Acquisition, other intangibles recorded	18,800
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Assets	45,500
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Current Liabilities, Accounts Payable	(15,000)
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Current Liabilities, Payroll and Employee Benefits	(12,200)
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Current Liabilities, Accrued Expenses	(10,100)
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Current Liabilities, Long-term Debt	(300)
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Liabilities	(37,600)
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Net	7,900
Goodwill recorded during period	$ 320,000
Trade Names [Member] | Hospice | Compassionate Care Hospice [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Weighted-average amortization period		2 years
Noncompete Agreements [Member] | Hospice | Compassionate Care Hospice [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Weighted-average amortization period		2 years 3 months 18 days

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ACQUISITIONS - Pro Forma (Details) - Hospice - Compassionate Care Hospice [Member] - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2019	Mar. 31, 2018
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Net service revenue	$ 483.4	$ 446.7
Operating income (loss)	50.6	41.8
Net income	$ 35.4	$ 29.1
Basic earnings (loss) per share	$ 1.10	$ 0.85
Diluted earnings (loss) per share	$ 1.07	$ 0.84

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LEASES (Details)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2019
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Lessee, Operating Lease, Term of Contract	10 years
Lessee, Finance Lease, Term of Contract	3 years
Minimum [Member]
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Lessee, Operating Lease, Renewal Term	1 year
Lessee, Operating Lease, Option to Terminate	Option for early termination of lease after one year
Maximum [Member]
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Lessee, Operating Lease, Renewal Term	5 years
Lessee, Operating Lease, Option to Terminate	Option for early termination of lease after three years

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LEASES Lease Cost (Details) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2019 USD ($)
Leases [Abstract]
Operating lease cost	$ 8.2
Impairment of operating lease ROU assets	0.1
Finance lease amortization of ROU assets	0.4
Finance lease interest expense	0.1
Total finance lease cost	0.5
Variable lease cost	0.5
Short-term lease cost	0.1
Total lease cost	$ 9.4

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LEASES Operating Lease (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Leases [Abstract]
Operating lease ROU assets	$ 83,064	$ 0
Current portion of operating lease liabilities	25,514	0
Operating lease liabilities, less current portion	55,840	$ 0
Total operating lease liabilities	$ 81,300

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LEASES Finance lease (Details) $ in Millions	Mar. 31, 2019 USD ($)
Leases [Abstract]
Finance lease ROU assets	$ 3.7
Finance leases accumulated amortization	(0.9)
Finance lease ROU assets, net	2.8
Current installments of obligations under finance leases	1.2
Long-term portion of obligations under finance leases	1.5
Total finance lease liabilities	$ 2.7

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LEASES Supplemental Cash Flow Information (Details) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2019 USD ($)
Leases [Abstract]
Operating cash flow from operating leases	$ (9.0)
Financing cash flow from finance leases	(0.4)
Right-of-Use Asset Obtained in Exchange for Operating Lease Liability	91.7
Right-of-Use Asset Obtained in Exchange for Finance Lease Liability	0.8
Lessee, Operating lease, Reductions to ROU assets resulting from reductions to lease obligations	(0.6)
Lessee, Finance lease, Reduction to ROU assets resulting from reductions to lease obligations	$ 0.0

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LEASES Weighted Average Remaining Term and Discount Rate (Details)	Mar. 31, 2019
Leases [Abstract]
Operating leases, Weighted average remaining term	4 years 2 months 12 days
Finance leases, Weighted average remaining term	2 years 3 months 18 days
Operating leases, Discount rate	4.10%
Finance leases, Discount rate	5.30%

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LEASES Maturities (Details) $ in Millions	Mar. 31, 2019 USD ($)
Leases [Abstract]
Operating Lease - 2019 (a)	$ 21.2
Operating Lease - 2020	24.9
Operating Lease - 2021	17.4
Operating Lease - 2022	9.5
Operating Lease - 2023	5.9
Operating Lease - Thereafter	9.9
Operating Lease - Total undiscounted lease payments	88.8
Operating Lease - Less: Imputed interest	(7.5)
Total operating lease liabilities	81.3
Finance Lease - 2019 (a)	1.0
Finance Lease - 2020	1.2
Finance Lease - 2021	0.7
Finance Lease - 2022	0.0
Finance Lease - 2023	0.0
Finance Lease - Thereafter	0.0
Finance Lease - Total undiscounted lease payments	2.9
Finance Lease - Less: Imputed interest	(0.2)
Total finance lease liabilities	$ 2.7

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LONG-TERM OBLIGATIONS - Schedule of Long-Term Debt (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Mar. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal amount	$ 313.9	$ 10.9
Deferred debt issuance costs	(4.2)	(3.5)
Long-term obligations, including current portion	309.7	7.4
Current portion of long-term obligations	(6.0)	(1.6)
Long-term obligations, less current portion	303.7	5.8
Term Loan [Member] | One Hundred Seventy Five Million Term Loan Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal amount	175.0	0.0
Revolving Credit Facility [Member] | 550 Million Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal amount	135.0	7.5
Promissory Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal amount	1.2	1.1
Finance leases [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal amount	$ 2.7	$ 2.3

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LONG-TERM OBLIGATIONS - Schedule of Long-Term Debt Additional Information (Details)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2019 USD ($)
Term Loan [Member] | One Hundred Seventy Five Million Term Loan Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, face amount	$ 175,000,000
Maturity Date	Feb. 04, 2024
Term Loan [Member] | One Hundred Seventy Five Million Term Loan Facility [Member] | Eurodollar [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument Interest Rate at Period End	4.00%
Revolving Credit Facility [Member] | 550 Million Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, face amount	$ 550,000,000
Maturity Date	Feb. 04, 2024
Revolving Credit Facility [Member] | 550 Million Revolving Credit Facility [Member] | Eurodollar [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument Interest Rate at Period End	4.00%

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LONG-TERM OBLIGATIONS - Fees and Rates Under Credit Facilities (Details)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2019
Consolidated Leverage Ratio: Greater Than Equal To 3.00 to 1.0
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Commitment fee percentage	0.35%
Letter Of Credit Fee	1.75%
Consolidated Leverage Ratio: Greater Than Equal To 3.00 to 1.0 | Eurodollar [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate	2.00%
Consolidated Leverage Ratio: Greater Than Equal To 3.00 to 1.0 | Base Rate [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate	1.00%
Consolidated Leverage Ratio: Less Than 3.00 to 1.0 but Greater Than Equal To 2.00 to 1.0
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Commitment fee percentage	0.30%
Letter Of Credit Fee	1.50%
Consolidated Leverage Ratio: Less Than 3.00 to 1.0 but Greater Than Equal To 2.00 to 1.0 | Eurodollar [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate	1.75%
Consolidated Leverage Ratio: Less Than 3.00 to 1.0 but Greater Than Equal To 2.00 to 1.0 | Base Rate [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate	0.75%
Consolidated Leverage Ratio: Less Than 2.00 to 1.0 but Greater Than Equal To 0.75 to 1.0
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Commitment fee percentage	0.25%
Letter Of Credit Fee	1.25%
Consolidated Leverage Ratio: Less Than 2.00 to 1.0 but Greater Than Equal To 0.75 to 1.0 | Eurodollar [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate	1.50%
Consolidated Leverage Ratio: Less Than 2.00 to 1.0 but Greater Than Equal To 0.75 to 1.0 | Base Rate [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate	0.50%
Consolidated Leverage Ratio: Less Than 0.75 to 1.0
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Commitment fee percentage	0.20%
Letter Of Credit Fee	1.00%
Consolidated Leverage Ratio: Less Than 0.75 to 1.0 | Eurodollar [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate	1.25%
Consolidated Leverage Ratio: Less Than 0.75 to 1.0 | Base Rate [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate	0.25%
Minimum [Member] | Consolidated Leverage Ratio: Greater Than Equal To 3.00 to 1.0
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Consolidated Leverage Ratio	3.00
Minimum [Member] | Consolidated Leverage Ratio: Less Than 3.00 to 1.0 but Greater Than Equal To 2.00 to 1.0
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Consolidated Leverage Ratio	2.00
Minimum [Member] | Consolidated Leverage Ratio: Less Than 2.00 to 1.0 but Greater Than Equal To 0.75 to 1.0
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Consolidated Leverage Ratio	0.75
Maximum [Member] | Consolidated Leverage Ratio: Less Than 3.00 to 1.0 but Greater Than Equal To 2.00 to 1.0
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Consolidated Leverage Ratio	3.00
Maximum [Member] | Consolidated Leverage Ratio: Less Than 2.00 to 1.0 but Greater Than Equal To 0.75 to 1.0
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Consolidated Leverage Ratio	2.00
Maximum [Member] | Consolidated Leverage Ratio: Less Than 0.75 to 1.0
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Consolidated Leverage Ratio	0.75

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LONG-TERM OBLIGATIONS - Narrative (Details)		2 Months Ended	3 Months Ended		10 Months Ended	14 Months Ended	36 Months Ended
	Feb. 04, 2019 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Feb. 04, 2024	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Consolidated leverage ratio		1.4	1.4
Consolidated interest coverage ratio		16.6	16.6
Credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity	$ 725,000,000
Principal payments of long-term obligations			$ 559,000	$ 2,819,000
Deferred debt issuance cost		$ 800,000	800,000
Principal amount		313,900,000	313,900,000					$ 10,900,000
Term Loan [Member] | One Hundred Seventy Five Million Term Loan Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, face amount		$ 175,000,000	$ 175,000,000
Weighted average interest rate (percent)		4.10%
Maturity Date			Feb. 04, 2024
Principal amount		$ 175,000,000	$ 175,000,000					0
Revolving Credit Facility [Member] | 550 Million Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, face amount		550,000,000	$ 550,000,000
Weighted average interest rate (percent)			4.10%
Maturity Date			Feb. 04, 2024
Remaining availability under revolving credit facility		380,900,000	$ 380,900,000
Principal amount		135,000,000	135,000,000					$ 7,500,000
Line of Credit [Member] | 550 Million Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Outstanding letters of credit		34,100,000	$ 34,100,000
Amended Credit Agreement [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maturity Date	Feb. 04, 2024
Additional interest rate above Federal Fund rate			0.50%
Additional interest rate above Eurodollar rate			1.00%
Percentage of consolidated revenue and adjusted EBITDA that guarantor wholly-owned subsidiaries represent			95.00%
Percentage of adjusted EBITDA that guarantor subsidiaries represent			70.00%
Deferred debt issuance cost		$ 800,000	$ 800,000
Amended Credit Agreement [Member] | 550 Million Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, face amount	$ 550,000,000
Amended Credit Agreement [Member] | One Hundred Seventy Five Million Term Loan Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, face amount	175,000,000
Base Rate [Member] | Amended Credit Agreement [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Description of variable rate basis			Fluctuating rate per annum equal to the highest of (a) the federal funds rate plus 0.50% per annum, (b) the prime rate of interest established by the Administrative Agent, and (c) the Eurodollar Rate for an interest period of one month plus 1% per annum.
Base Rate [Member] | Amended Credit Agreement [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate			0.50%
Eurodollar [Member] | Amended Credit Agreement [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Description of variable rate basis			Rate at which Eurodollar deposits in the London interbank market for an interest period of one, two, three or six months
Eurodollar [Member] | Term Loan [Member] | One Hundred Seventy Five Million Term Loan Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument Interest Rate at Period End		4.00%	4.00%
Eurodollar [Member] | Revolving Credit Facility [Member] | 550 Million Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument Interest Rate at Period End		4.00%	4.00%
Eurodollar [Member] | Amended Credit Agreement [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate			1.50%
Minimum [Member] | Amended Credit Agreement [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Proceeds Received From Loan Party Of Subsidiary	$ 5,000,000
Subsequent Event | Amended Credit Agreement [Member] | One Hundred Seventy Five Million Term Loan Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument Periodic Payment Percentage					1.875%	0.625%	1.25%

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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES - Narrative (Details) $ in Thousands								1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended			27 Months Ended
	Jan. 10, 2019 USD ($)	Jun. 27, 2016 patient	Jan. 18, 2016 USD ($) claim	Nov. 03, 2015 patient	May 21, 2015 patient	Apr. 23, 2014	Jun. 06, 2011 beneficiary	Aug. 31, 2017 USD ($) claim	Mar. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2010 beneficiary	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($)
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Corporate integrity agreement term (years)						5 years
Other General and Administrative Expense									$ 43,402	$ 41,680
Patient accounts receivable									236,437				$ 188,972
Health insurance retention limit									1,300
Workers compensation insurance retention limit									1,000
Professional liability insurance retention limit									300
South Carolina | Hospice
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of beneficiaries | beneficiary												30
Indemnity receivable related to amounts withheld prior to August 2009									2,800
Indemnity receivable	$ 2,800													$ 4,900
Other General and Administrative Expense	2,100
Indemnification amount	$ 2,800
South Carolina | Hospice | Extrapolated
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of beneficiaries | beneficiary							16
South Carolina | Hospice | Unfavorable
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Recovery amount of overpayment made to subsidiary			$ 3,700
Recovery amount of overpayment made to subsidiary including interest			$ 5,600
Number of claims submitted by subsidiary | claim			9
Recovery amount of over payment made to subsidiary including interest withheld									5,700
US Department of Justice | Massachusetts | Hospice
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of patients | patient					53
Loss contingency accrual									1,000
US Department of Justice | Morgantown, West Virginia | Hospice
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of patients | patient				66
US Department of Justice | Parkersburg, West Virginia | Hospice
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of patients | patient		68
Idaho and Wyoming Self Report [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Payments for legal settlements									1,300
Loss contingency accrual													$ 1,300
Safeguard Zone Program Integrity Contractor | Florida
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Loss contingency accrual									17,400
Indemnity receivable									10,900
Indemnification amount									12,600
Safeguard Zone Program Integrity Contractor | Florida | Infinity HomeCare
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Indemnification amount								$ 12,600
Safeguard Zone Program Integrity Contractor | Florida | Home Health
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Florida ZPIC revenue reduction											$ 6,500
Safeguard Zone Program Integrity Contractor | Florida | Home Health | Minimum [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Recovery amount of overpayment made to subsidiary								6,500
Safeguard Zone Program Integrity Contractor | Florida | Home Health | Maximum [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Recovery amount of overpayment made to subsidiary								38,800	29,300
Safeguard Zone Program Integrity Contractor | Florida | Home Health | Infinity HomeCare
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Patient accounts receivable									1,500
Safeguard Zone Program Integrity Contractor | Lakeland, Florida | Home Health
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Recovery amount of overpayment made to subsidiary								$ 34,000	26,000
Number of claims submitted by subsidiary | claim								72
Actual claims payment								$ 200
Error rate (percent)								100.00%
Safeguard Zone Program Integrity Contractor | Clearwater, Florida | Home Health
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Recovery amount of overpayment made to subsidiary								$ 4,800	3,300
Number of claims submitted by subsidiary | claim								70
Actual claims payment								$ 200
Error rate (percent)								100.00%
Internal Audit Compliance Review [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Loss contingency accrual									$ 7,100

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SEGMENT INFORMATION - Narrative (Details)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2019 Segments
Segment Reporting [Abstract]
Number of reportable business segments	3

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SEGMENT INFORMATION - Operating Income of Reportable Segments (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2019	Mar. 31, 2018
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net service revenue	$ 467,340	$ 399,262
Cost of service, excluding depreciation and amortization	275,274	238,309
General and administrative expenses	144,800	121,400
Depreciation and amortization	2,895	3,593
Operating expenses	423,016	363,257
Operating income	44,324	36,005
Home Health
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net service revenue	310,100	284,100
Cost of service, excluding depreciation and amortization	185,700	174,400
General and administrative expenses	71,400	68,000
Depreciation and amortization	1,000	800
Operating expenses	258,100	243,200
Operating income	52,000	40,900
Hospice
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net service revenue	137,000	97,300
Cost of service, excluding depreciation and amortization	74,100	50,100
General and administrative expenses	29,000	20,000
Depreciation and amortization	400	200
Operating expenses	103,500	70,300
Operating income	33,500	27,000
Personal Care
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net service revenue	20,200	17,900
Cost of service, excluding depreciation and amortization	15,500	13,800
General and administrative expenses	3,100	3,200
Depreciation and amortization	100	100
Operating expenses	18,700	17,100
Operating income	1,500	800
Other
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net service revenue	0	0
Cost of service, excluding depreciation and amortization	0	0
General and administrative expenses	41,300	30,200
Depreciation and amortization	1,400	2,500
Operating expenses	42,700	32,700
Operating income	$ (42,700)	$ (32,700)

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SHARE REPURCHASE Narrative (Details) $ in Millions	Feb. 25, 2019 USD ($)
Share Repurchase [Line Items]
Stock Repurchase Program, Authorized Amount	$ 100
Stock Repurchase Program Expiration Date	Mar. 01, 2020

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SUBSEQUENT EVENT - Narrative (Details) $ in Millions	Apr. 01, 2019 USD ($)
Hospice | Subsequent Event | RoseRock Healthcare [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Total purchase price for acquisition	$ 17.5