Elderly Healthcare Industry Home Health Care Hospice Personal Care

1. Del Altman, Nysia Fulmore, Madison Gore & Geena Toscano
AmedisysMission Statement: We honor those we serve with compassionate
home health, hospice and personal care services that apply the most
advanced clinical practices toward allowing our patients to maintain a
sense of independence, quality of life and dignity.

2. About Amedisys
Overview of Company:
● Home Health Care service, Hospice
Services & Personal Care services
● 420 care centers in 34 states
● 16,000 employees
● Approx. 385,000 patients annually
● Over 2,200 hospitals & 61,900 physicians
partnered nationwide
Home Health Care Segment of Company:
● 327 care centers in 32 states
● 10,800 employees

3. Market Share for Amedisys

4. $Million
78.5%
21.5%
75.8%
24.2%
75.8%
24.2%
+4.8%
+7.4%

5. Swot Analysis for Amedisys
Strengths
● Expertise in providing care to higher
acuity patients driving revenue growth
● Expansion through strategic
acquisitions
Weaknesses
● Overdependence on Medicare
reimbursement exposing business to
cost containment risks
Opportunities
● Investment in IT infrastructure
● Favorable trend towards managed
chronic care model could drive the
company’s growth
● Aging population likely to drive
demand for home health services
Threats
● Reduction in payment rates could
affect profitability
● Cost containment pressure from third
party payors
● Shortage of healthcare workers may
increase operating costs
● ACA VS HCA

6. Competitive
Rivalry
Porter’s Five Forces Analysis for Amedisys
Supplier
Power
Threat of New
Entrants
Threat of
Substitutes
Buyer
Power

7. Strategic Dilemmas for Amedisys
Paul Kusserow (new president)
sparking questions from investors
Federal regulations cause issues
w/ acquisitions or opening new
care centers
Government cutting (over 70% of their
business relies on Medicare)
Need for skilled employees
(shortage of qualified RNs, therapists, nurse
practitioners, etc.)

8. Results from Questionnaire
Average daily cost in a facility?
● 5 Unsure
● Range- $100 to $20,000
● Mode- $200
● Actual- $3,250
Average daily cost for home health care?
● 6 Unsure
● Range- $10 to $3,500
● Mode- $100
● Actual- $50
Average home health care cost per hour?
● 6 Unsure
● Range- $9 to $100
● Mode- $25
● Actual- $17 based on 20 hrs per week
Age Range= 25 to 65 yrs
Genders= 10 males; 10 females

11. Questions

12. Works Cited
● https://www.agingcare.com/articles/interview-questions-to-ask-a-home-care-company-245749.htm
● https://www.homecare.com/home-care-resources/9-questions-for-home-care-providers
● https://teamselecthh.com/hire-a-home-healthcare-agency/
● https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK217723/
● http://covenantplacestl.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Elderly-care-chart-explanation.pdf
● https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK315921/figure/fig_4-1/?report=objectonly
● https://healthinsight.org/rankings/home-health/home-health-rankings?s=SC
● https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/series/sr_03/sr03_038.pdf lot of graphs
● https://www.amnhealthcare.com/home-health-industry-growth/
● https://stoneridgepartners.com/2015/11/05/home-health-index-2015-november-1-update/
● https://stoneridgepartners.com/2015/11/05/home-health-index-2015-november-1-update/