Amedisys, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMED), one of America’s leading home health and
hospice care companies, today announced the appointment of Dale E.
Redman to the position of Interim Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Redman
served as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer from February 2007
through December 2011, and retired from the Company as its Executive
Vice President of Finance in February 2012.
“We are quite fortunate that Dale has come out of retirement to serve as
our Chief Financial Officer,” said Ronald A. LaBorde, the Company’s
President and Interim Chief Executive Officer. “Dale’s five years of
executive leadership experience at Amedisys and nearly 40-year career in
senior-level finance positions made him the ideal candidate for this
role. Dale knows our Company and our industry very well, and he is
respected by our Board, management team, employees, and financial
partners. We are all looking forward to working again with Dale.”
As previously reported, the Amedisys Board of Directors has named Mr.
LaBorde Interim CEO while a national search for a permanent CEO is
underway. The new appointments of both Interim CEO Mr. LaBorde and
Interim CFO Mr. Redman are part of a focused strategy to grow and
improve Amedisys as the leader in health care at home.
About Amedisys:
Amedisys, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMED) is a “health care at home” company
delivering personalized home health and hospice care to more than
360,000 patients each year. Amedisys is focused on delivering the care
that is best for our patients, whether that is home-based recovery and
rehabilitation after an operation or injury, care focused on empowering
them to manage a chronic disease, palliative care for those with a
terminal illness, or hospice care at the end of life. For more
information about Amedisys, please visit: http://www.amedisys.com.
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BIO ATTACHED
Dale E. Redman
Interim Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Redman served as Amedisys’ Chief Financial Officer from February
2007 through December 2011, retiring as the Company’s Executive Vice
President of Finance in February 2012. Following his retirement from the
Company until his appointment as Interim Chief Financial Officer, Mr.
Redman managed personal investments. Prior to February 2007, Mr. Redman
served as Managing Director at Windward Capital Consulting, LLC, where
he assisted businesses with capital structure issues and provided
management consulting services in support of such companies’ growth
strategies. Prior to April 1999, he was the Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer of United Companies Financial Corporation, which
was a publicly-traded home mortgage and home equity lender based in
Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He graduated from Louisiana State University
with a Masters Degree in Accounting.
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