UNAUDITED SUMMARIZED QUARTERLY FINANCIAL INFORMATION (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

Quarterly Financial Information [Abstract]

Unaudited Summarized Quarterly Financial Information

16. UNAUDITED SUMMARIZED QUARTERLY FINANCIAL INFORMATION
						Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Amedisys, Inc. Common Stockholders (1)
		Revenue		Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Amedisys, Inc.		Basic		Diluted
	2016:
	1st Quarter (2) (3) (4)	$	348.8	$	6.2	$	0.19	$	0.19
	2nd Quarter (2) (3) (4)		360.7		10.7		0.32		0.32
	3rd Quarter (2) (3) (4)		361.6		11.4		0.34		0.34
	4th Quarter (2) (3) (4) (5)		366.3		8.9		0.27		0.26
		$	1,437.4	$	37.3	$	1.12	$	1.10
	2015:
	1st Quarter (6) (7)	$	301.6	$	(35.0)	$	(1.07)	$	(1.07)
	2nd Quarter (7)		314.1		10.6		0.32		0.32
	3rd Quarter (6) (7) (9)		326.4		8.4		0.25		0.25
	4th Quarter (7) (8) (9)		338.4		12.9		0.39		0.38
		$	1,280.5	$	3.0	$	(0.09)	$	(0.09)