For Immediate Release                                               EXHIBIT 99.1



                        AMEDISYS TO HOST CONFERENCE CALL
                            TO DISCUSS SECOND QUARTER
                   FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE AND OPERATING RESULTS

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana (July 18, 2002) - Amedisys, Inc. (NasdaqSC: "AMED"), one
of America's leading home health nursing companies, today announced that it
plans to release its operating results for the quarter ended June 30, 2002 at
the close of the market on August 7, 2002. The Company will host a conference
call with the investment community the following day on Thursday, August 8, 2002
at 11:00 a.m. EDT.

TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CONFERENCE CALL, PLEASE DIAL 800-915-4836 A FEW MINUTES
BEFORE 11:00 A.M. EDT ON AUGUST 8, 2002. A REPLAY OF THE CONFERENCE CALL WILL BE
AVAILABLE UNTIL AUGUST 15, 2002, BY DIALING 973-709-2089. THE ACCESS CODE IS
#252438 FOR THE REPLAY.

Amedisys, Inc., a leading provider of home health services, is headquartered in
Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The Company had approximately $110 million in revenue in
2001. Its common stock trades on The Nasdaq SmallCap Market under the symbol
"AMED".

This press release includes statements that may constitute "forward-looking"
statements, usually containing the words "believe", "estimate", "project",
"expect" or similar expressions. Forward-looking statements inherently involve
risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially
from the forward-looking statements. Factors that would cause or contribute to
such differences include, but are not limited to, continued acceptance of the
Company's products and services in the marketplace, competitive factors, changes
in government reimbursement procedures, dependence upon third-party vendors, and
other risks discussed in the Company's periodic filings with the Securities and
Exchange Commission. By making these forward-looking statements, the Company
undertakes no obligation to update these statements for revisions or changes
after the date of this release.

    Additional information on this Company can be found on the World Wide Web

                             http://www.amedisys.com

                    For further information, please contact:

             Greg Browne, Chief Financial Officer at (225) 292-2031
                                       or
             RJ Falkner & Company, Inc., Investor Relations Counsel
                         at (800) 377-9893 or via e-mail

                              at info@rjfalkner.com