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0001181431-12-013850.txt : 20120302 0001181431-12-013850.hdr.sgml : 20120302 20120302162116 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001181431-12-013850 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 3 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20120223 FILED AS OF DATE: 20120302 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20120302 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Ginn Scott G CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001543701 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 3 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-24260 FILM NUMBER: 12663193 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 5959 S. SHERWOOD FOREST BLVD. CITY: BATON ROUGE STATE: LA ZIP: 70816 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 3 1 rrd336984.xml X0204 3 2012-02-23 0 0000896262 AMEDISYS INC AMED 0001543701 Ginn Scott G 5959 S. SHERWOOD FOREST BLVD. BATON ROUGE LA 70816 0 1 0 1 Principal Accounting Officer SVP - Accounting & Controller Common Stock 14722 D Common Stock 1109 I Through 401(k) Plan Includes shares of nonvested common stock granted to the Reporting Person on the following dates: 2,720 shares granted on 4/2/07, 973 shares granted on 6/5/08, 730 shares granted on 4/1/09, 702 shares granted on 4/1/10 and 3,147 shares granted on 4/1/11. The nonvested shares are subject to time-based vesting conditions, as follows: 5,329 of the nonvested shares will vest on 4/1/12, 1,894 of the shares will vest on 4/1/13 and 1,049 of the shares will vest on 4/1/14, assuming the Reporting Person remains employed by the Issuer through each such vesting date. /s/ Celeste R. Peiffer o/b/o Scott G. Ginn pursuant to a Power of Attorney 2012-03-02 EX-24.1 2 rrd302078_340746.htm SCOTT G. GINN - SECTION 16 POWER OF ATTORNEY rrd302078_340746.html

SECTION 16 POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Celeste R. Peiffer, with full power of substitution, the undersigned's
true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1)        prepare, execute in the undersigned's name and on the undersigned's behalf, and submit to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC")
        a Form ID, including amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary or appropriate to obtain codes and passwords enabling the undersigned
        to make electronic filings with the SEC of reports required by Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or any rule or regulation of the SEC;

(2) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director Amedisys, Inc. (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5
in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

(3) 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 such Forms 3, 4, or 5,
complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such form with the SEC and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

(4)        take any other action 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 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 attorney-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, is not assuming, nor is the Company
assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

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 the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing
attorney-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of the 28th day of February, 2012.

/s/ Scott G. Ginn