Amedisys Reaffirms 2008 Guidance, Strong Cash Collections and Reduced Day's Sales Outstanding.

BATON ROUGE, La. -- Amedisys, Inc. (Nasdaq: AMED) ("we", "our"), one of America's leading home health nursing companies, today announced that we have reaffirmed our previously stated 2008 guidance that net service revenue is anticipated to be in the range of $1.150 billion to $1.175 billion, excluding the effects of future acquisitions, if they are made. 2008 diluted earnings per share is expected to be in the range of $3.20-$3.25 based on an estimated 26.9 million shares outstanding, after adding back TLC integration costs and also excluding the effects of future acquisitions, if they are made.

Day's sales outstanding (DSO) has been reduced by three and one-half days at the end of October due to strong cash collections during the month. As we have stated previously, we expect further improvements in DSO.

Amedisys, Inc. is headquartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Its common stock trades on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol "AMED".

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