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                                                                    EXHIBIT 99.1

For Immediate Release



                        AMEDISYS TO HOST CONFERENCE CALL
                            TO DISCUSS FIRST QUARTER
                   FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE AND OPERATING RESULTS

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana (April 25, 2001) - Amedisys, Inc. (OTC BB: "AMED"), one
of America's leading home health nursing companies, today announced that it
plans to release its operating results for the quarter ended March 31, 2001 on
May 1, 2001. The Company will also host a conference call with the investment
community at 4:15 p.m. EDT the same day.

TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CONFERENCE CALL, PLEASE DIAL (800) 388-8975 A FEW MINUTES
BEFORE 4:15 P.M. EDT ON MAY 1, 2001. A REPLAY OF THE CONFERENCE CALL WILL BE
AVAILABLE UNTIL MAY 8, 2001, BY DIALING (800) 428-6051. THE ACCESS CODE IS
#183994 FOR THE REPLAY.

Amedisys, Inc. is a leading multi-regional provider of home health nursing
services and is headquartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Its common stock trades
on the OTC Bulletin Board under the symbol "AMED".

This press release includes statements that may constitute "forward-looking"
statements, usually containing the words "believe", "estimate", "project",
"expect" or similar expressions. Forward-looking statements inherently involve
risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially
from the forward-looking statements. Factors that would cause or contribute to
such differences include, but are not limited to, continued acceptance of the
Company's products and services in the marketplace, competitive factors, changes
in government reimbursement procedures, dependence upon third-party vendors, and
other risks discussed in the Company's periodic filings with the Securities and
Exchange Commission. By making these forward-looking statements, the Company
undertakes no obligation to update these statements for revisions or changes
after the date of this release.

    Additional information on this Company can be found on the World Wide Web

                             http://www.amedisys.com

                    For further information, please contact:

             John Joffrion, Senior Vice President at (225) 292-2031
                                       or
    RJ Falkner & Company, Inc., Investor Relations Counsel at (800) 377-9893
                      or via e-mail at info@rjfalkner.com