Amedisys Brings In Christopher Gerard As New Chief Operating Officer
November 04 2016 - 6:30AM
Amedisys, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMED), a leading home health, hospice and
personal care company, announced today that industry leader
Christopher Gerard will join the Company as Chief Operating Officer
(COO) on January 3, 2017. Daniel McCoy will remain in this role
until January 3, 2017.
Gerard brings more than 20 years of home health and hospice
experience to the Company. In his new role, Gerard will be
responsible for the Amedisys’ home health, hospice and personal
care operations.
“Chris has built an impressive track record of strategic,
operational and financial accomplishments over the past two
decades,” said Amedisys President and Chief Executive Officer Paul
Kusserow. “He has proven to be a successful and trusted leader, and
his wealth of healthcare industry experience will be a valuable
asset as we continue to accelerate growth. I am very pleased to
have him join our executive team.”
Gerard was co-founder, President and Chief Executive Officer of
IntegraCare Home Health, where he took a single home health
start-up location and grew it into 54 branches, generating $71
million in annual revenues. He successfully sold the company to
Kindred Healthcare (KND) in 2012.
He served as Vice President of South Central Region for the
Kindred at Home division, currently a $2.5 billion home health,
hospice and community care services business with approximately 700
locations and 42,000 employees nationwide. In this role, he
facilitated the integration of IntegraCare; successfully
negotiated, closed and integrated four other acquisitions; and
oversaw 58 home health and hospice locations with annual revenues
of $80 million and a staff of 1,100, including Division Vice
President of Finance, Division Vice President of Operations, and
Division Vice President of Sales.
Gerard was then promoted to Chief Operating Officer at Kindred
at Home, where he was responsible for integrating a $140 million
home health company; standardizing processes across a division
involving 187 locations, staff of 3,300 and revenue of $360
million. In this role, he improved gross margin profit and EBITDA
year over year; reduced operating expenses; and boosted
productivity of sales team.
Most recently, Gerard served as President for the South Central
Region of Kindred at Home. In this role, Gerard was responsible for
the day-to-day operations, including the integration of the Gentiva
Home Health acquisition within his region, the oversight of
clinical excellence, financial performance and operational
efficiencies for 153 home health and hospice locations in six
states with annual revenue in excess of $400 million.
Gerard received his Bachelor degree in Finance from Texas Tech
University.
About Amedisys
Amedisys, Inc. is a leading healthcare at home Company
delivering personalized home health, hospice and personal care.
Amedisys is focused on delivering the care that is best for our
patients, whether that is home-based personal care; recovery and
rehabilitation after an operation or injury; care focused on
empowering them to manage a chronic disease; or hospice care at the
end of life. More than 2,200 hospitals and 61,900 physicians
nationwide have chosen Amedisys as a partner in post-acute care.
Founded in 1982, headquartered in Baton Rouge, LA with an executive
office in Nashville, TN, Amedisys is a publicly held company. With
more than 16,000 employees, in 421 care centers in 34 states,
Amedisys is dedicated to delivering the highest quality of care to
the doorsteps of more than 340,000 patients in need every year. For
more information about the Company, please visit:
www.amedisys.com.
Contact:
Kendra Kimmons
Managing Director of Communications
225-299-3708
kendra.kimmons@amedisys.com
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