EXHIBIT 99.1

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                   AMEDISYS ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENT OF AUDITORS


BATON ROUGE, Louisiana (May 28, 2002) - Amedisys, Inc. (NasdaqSC: "AMED"), one
of America's leading home health nursing companies, today announced that it has
appointed its successor independent auditors for fiscal year 2002.

The Board of Directors of Amedisys, Inc., upon the recommendation of the Audit
Committee, has appointed KPMG LLP as the Company's independent auditors for the
2002 fiscal year.

Amedisys, Inc., a leading multi-regional provider of home health nursing
services, is headquartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Its common stock trades on
The Nasdaq SmallCap Market under the symbol "AMED".

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

                             http://www.amedisys.com

                    For further information, please contact:

             Larry Graham, Chief Operating Officer at (225) 292-2031
                                       or
    RJ Falkner & Company, Inc., Investor Relations Counsel at (800) 377-9893
                                 or via e-mail
                              at info@rjfalkner.com