UNAUDITED SUMMARIZED QUARTERLY FINANCIAL INFORMATION (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2020

Quarterly Financial Information Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Unaudited Summarized Quarterly Financial Information

					Net Income Attributable to Amedisys, Inc. Common Stockholders (1)
	Net Service Revenue		Net Income Attributable to Amedisys, Inc.		Basic		Diluted
2020
1st Quarter	$	491.7	$	31.8	$	0.98	$	0.96
2nd Quarter	485.0		34.7		1.07		1.04
3rd Quarter	544.1		72.0		2.20		2.16
4th Quarter	550.7		45.1		1.38		1.36
	$	2,071.5	$	183.6	$	5.64	$	5.52
2019
1st Quarter	$	467.3	$	31.3	$	0.98	$	0.95
2nd Quarter	493.0		33.7		1.05		1.02
3rd Quarter	494.6		34.1		1.06		1.03
4th Quarter	500.7		27.7		0.86		0.83
	$	1,955.6	$	126.8	$	3.95	$	3.84

(1)Because of the method used in calculating per share data, the quarterly per share data may not necessarily total to the per share data as computed for the entire year.