Paul B. K. Kusserow Form 4 AMEDISYS / Paul B. K. Kusserow ownership change

SEC Form 4

FORM 4

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Kusserow Paul B. K.

(Last) (First) (Middle)

3854 AMERICAN WAY, SUITE A

(Street)

BATON ROUGE LA 70816

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
AMEDISYS INC [ AMED ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

X	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
CEO and President

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
02/22/2017

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	02/22/2017		M		18,750	A	$0.00	94,376	D
Common Stock	02/22/2017		F		7,859	D	$48.47	86,517	D
Common Stock								128	I	Through 401(k) Plan

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Performance-Based Restricted Shares	(1)	02/22/2017		M			18,750	(1)	(1)	Common Stock	18,750	$0.00	37,500	D
Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$26.78	02/22/2017		A		62,500		02/22/2017	03/31/2025	Common Stock	62,500	$0.00	62,500(2)	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Each performance-based restricted share represents a contingent right to receive one share of of unrestricted common stock. The performance-based restricted shares shall vest, if at all, based on the certification by the Comensation Committee of the Issuer's Board of Directors of the achievement of identified performance goals for fiscal years 2015 through 2018, respectively (subject to certain pro-rated vesting provisions as provided in the award agreement for the performance-based restricted shares). The performance criteria for fiscal year 2016 were met. The number of performance-based restricted shares listed in Table II, Column 9 represents the maximum number of shares of unrestricted common stock the Reporting Person would receive based on the satisfaction of all of the remaining pre-determined performance goals.

2. On March 31, 2015, the reporting person was granted an option to purchase 250,000 shares of common stock. The option vests based on the issuer's satisfaction of certain performance criteria for each of the fiscal years ending December 31, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018. The performance of criteria for 2016 were met, resulting in vesting of the option as to 62,500 shares.

Remarks:

	/s/ Jennifer R. Guckert, pursuant to a power of attorney	02/24/2017
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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