Amedisys Welcomes Susan Sender as New Chief Clinical Officer
September 14 2016 - 9:00AM
Susan Sender, RN, BSN, CHCE, has joined Amedisys, Inc.
(NASDAQ:AMED), as Senior Vice President and Chief Clinical Officer.
In her new role, Sender will oversee clinical practice and
quality, set and maintain clinical operations standards and develop
and implement clinical programs and clinical education. She will
also be responsible for every aspect of patient care and quality
outcomes and support clinicians across the organization.
Sender brings more than 30 years of experience and expertise in
the provision of healthcare at home. Most recently, she served as
Senior Vice President and Chief Clinical Officer at Kindred at Home
for three years, overseeing more than 35,000 nurses, therapists,
social workers and aides across 40 states. She was responsible for
clinical program development, policy development, quality and
performance improvement, regulatory compliance, clinical analytics,
and clinical education.
For the five years prior to Kindred, Sender held Chief Clinical
Officer and Vice President of Pediatric Operations positions for
Loving Care Agency, a regional provider of home health services in
New Jersey. Her experience in clinical management also encompasses
23 years at Gentiva, the last seven as Vice President and Chief
Nursing Executive.
She specializes in improving quality, clinical practice,
developing policy, reducing unnecessary hospitalizations, and in
the clinical aspects of Mergers and Acquisitions. She has served on
national advisory boards and panels for the U.S. Centers for
Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and The National Quality
Forum. She holds a BSN from Adelphi University in Garden City, New
York.
“Susan is a proven leader in her field and an exceptional
individual with a powerful voice for inspiring her teams to perform
at ambitious new heights and an unparalleled drive for setting the
highest standards for evidence-based patient care,” said Paul
Kusserow, President and Chief Executive Officer of Amedisys. “I’m
confident that her efforts to build trust across disciplines and
distinguish our clinical efforts will establish programs that
translate into superior patient care.”
“I’m excited to join a company that’s committed to staying at
the forefront in the home health and hospice industries,” Sender
said. “We will continue to focus on clinical distinction in the
communities we serve and cultivate a culture of productive
collaboration to make sure our patients always remain the
number-one priority.”
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.
Media Contact:
Kendra Kimmons
Marketing & Communications
225-299-3720
kendra.kimmons@amedisys.com
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