Exhibit 23.3

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

The Board of Directors
Amedisys, Inc.:

     We consent to the use of our report dated August 4, 2003, with respect to the combined balance sheets of Standard Home Health Care, Inc. and Cypress Health Services, LLC, collectively, Metro Preferred Home Care, as of December 31, 2002 and 2001 and the related combined statements of operations, shareholders’ and members’ equity and cash flows for the years then ended, incorporated herein by reference and to the reference to our firm under the heading “Experts” in the registration statement.

\s\ KPMG LLP
 
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
November 9, 2004