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Paul Kusserow, CEO of publicly traded home health and hospice care provider Amedisys since late 2014, has promoted two of his top lieutenants, one of them to president.
Getting a bump from the directors of Amedisys, which is headquartered in Louisiana but has a sizable executive office in Cummins Station, are COO Chris Gerard, who is now also the company’s president a title that had been Kusserow’s and CFO Scott Ginn, who has been named an executive president.
Gerard, 54, has been the company’s operations chief since early 2017 and before that was president for the South Central Region of Kindred at Home. Ginn, 52, was promoted to CFO in October 2017 after working as Amedisys’ chief accounting officer and senior VP of finance and accounting, among other roles. He joined the company in 2007.
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The directors of home health and hospice giant Amedisys have added Meharry Medical College’s general counsel to their ranks.
Ivanetta Davis Samuels joined the board of Amedisys, which is headquartered in Baton Rouge and has a Nashville executive office, on Tuesday. She was also named to the board’s compliance/ethics, nominating/governance and quality of care committees.
“I am excited to welcome Ivanetta and her vast leadership experience to our Board of Directors,” Amedisys Chairman, President and CEO Paul Kusserow said in a statement. “Her unique legal and public policy experience will provide our leadership team with a new and broader perspective as we continue our journey to becoming the solution for those who want to age in place.”