0000899243-16-019014.txt : 20160502 0000899243-16-019014.hdr.sgml : 20160502 20160502205543 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000899243-16-019014 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 3 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20160420 FILED AS OF DATE: 20160502 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20160502 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: AMEDISYS INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000896262 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-HOME HEALTH CARE SERVICES [8082] IRS NUMBER: 113131700 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 5959 S SHERWOOD FOREST BLVD CITY: BATON ROUGE STATE: LA ZIP: 70816 BUSINESS PHONE: 2252922031 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 5959 S SHERWOOD FOREST BLVD CITY: BATON ROUGE STATE: LA ZIP: 70816 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: ANALYTICAL NURSING MANAGEMENT CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19940819 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: M&N CAPITAL CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19930125 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Klapstein Julie D CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001518668 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 3 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-24260 FILM NUMBER: 161613360 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1239 FRUIT COVE ROAD NORTH CITY: JACKSONVILLE STATE: FL ZIP: 32259 3 1 doc3.xml FORM 3 SUBMISSION X0206 3 2016-04-20 1 0000896262 AMEDISYS INC AMED 0001518668 Klapstein Julie D 5959 S. SHERWOOD FOREST BLVD. BATON ROUGE LA 70816 1 0 0 0 /s/ Jennifer R. Guckert, pursuant to a Power of Attorney 2016-05-02 EX-24 2 attachment1.htm EX-24 DOCUMENT

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

     Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints each of Jennifer R. Guckert and David L. Kemmerly, signing singly, the
undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

1.   execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's
     individual capacity, Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of
     the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and
     regulations promulgated thereunder (the "Exchange Act");

2.   do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned
     which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any Forms 3, 4
     or 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely
     file such form with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and any
     stock exchange or similar authority; and

3.   take any and all other actions of any type whatsoever in connection
     with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be
     of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the
     undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such
     attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of
     Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions
     as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

     The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers
herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such
attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein
granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in
serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming any
of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Exchange
Act.

     This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by Amedisys,
Inc., unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to
the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed on April 20, 2016.

/s/ Julie Klapstein
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Julie Klapstein