Amedisys Wins Five National Marketing Awards
June 21 2017 - 7:00AM
Amedisys, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMED), one of the nation’s leading home
healthcare, hospice and personal care companies, was recently
awarded five Aster Awards for its hospice marketing.
The Aster Awards is a national program recognizing excellence in
healthcare marketing. Amedisys was the second most decorated
healthcare organization in the home health and hospice
category.
The awards included three Gold awards in Special Video
Production, Physical Referral Series and Direct Mail, one Silver
award in Patient Education Series and one Bronze award in the
general Home Health and Hospice category.
“No one should die without the gift of hospice, and we evaluate
the success of our marketing efforts by the conversations we start,
the education we provide and the lives we’re able to touch,” said
Mike Fleming, Senior Vice President, Marketing and Development,
Amedisys Hospice. “To have our marketing initiatives receive such
high praise from our peers is a nice bonus as we work to achieve
our hospice mission.”
The 2017 Aster Awards received nearly 3,000 entries from across
the United States as well as several foreign countries. All entries
are reviewed by a panel of industry experts and are scored on
multiple criteria with a possibility of 100 total points.
Participants’ entries competed against similar-sized organizations
in their specific groups and categories.
Awards were issued for entries that received top marks from
judges placing them in the top 16 percent of the nation for
advertising excellence. Judging criteria included creativity,
layout and design, functionality, message effectiveness, production
quality and overall appeal.
“It’s exciting to see how the quality and creativity of the work
submitted increases each year. The 2017 Aster Awards program
brought together some of the best and most creative advertising in
the world,” said Melinda Lucas, Aster Awards Program
Coordinator.
The Aster Awards program is hosted by Marketing Healthcare Today
magazine and Creative Images, Inc. To view the full list of
winners, visit www.asterawards.com.
For more information on how Amedisys Hospice can help you or
your loved one, click here.
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 approximately 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 385,000
patients in need every year. For more information about the
Company, please visit: www.amedisys.com.
Contact:
Kendra Kimmons
Vice President of Marketing and Communications
225-299-3708
kendra.kimmons@amedisys.com
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