Amedisys Reports Fourth Quarter and Year End Financial Results

BATON ROUGE, La., March 08, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Amedisys, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMED), a leading home health and hospice company, today reported its financial results for the three-month period and year ended December 31, 2015.

Three-Month Periods Ended December 31, 2015 and 2014

• After adjusting for the 2015 period, $0.1 million ($0.5 million, net of income tax ) or $0.02 per diluted share and for the 2014 period $0.2 million ($0.1 million, net of income tax) or $0.01 per diluted share for certain items*, our adjusted results from continuing operations were as follows:
  
  
  • Net service revenue of $337.3 million compared to $300.5 million in 2014.
    
    
  • Net income from continuing operations attributable to Amedisys, Inc. of $13.4 million compared to net income from continuing operations of $9.0 million in 2014. (Net income from continuing operations attributable to Amedisys, Inc. of $12.9 million compared to net income from continuing operations attributable to Amedisys, Inc. of $9.1 million in 2014 on a GAAP basis.)
    
    
  • Net income from continuing operations attributable to Amedisys, Inc. per diluted share of $0.40 compared to net income from continuing operations attributable to Amedisys, Inc. of $0.27 per diluted share in 2014. (Net income from continuing operations attributable to Amedisys, Inc. per diluted share $0.38 compared to net income from continuing operations attributable to Amedisys Inc. per diluted share of $0.28 per diluted share in 2014 on a GAAP basis.)
    
    
  • Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization attributable to continuing operations (“EBITDA”) of $27.6 million compared to $22.9 million in 2014.

Years Ended December 31, 2015 and 2014

• After adjusting for the 2015 period, $85.4 million ($51.9 million, net of income tax ) or $1.57 per diluted share and for the 2014 period $17.7 million ($10.9 million, net of income tax) or $0.33 per diluted share for certain items*, our adjusted results from continuing operations were as follows:
  
  
  • Net service revenue of $1,279.5 million compared to $1,204.5 million in 2014.
    
    
  • Net income from continuing operations attributable to Amedisys, Inc. of $48.9 million compared to net income from continuing operations of $23.9 million in 2014. (Net loss from continuing operations attributable to Amedisys, Inc. of $3.0 million compared to net income from continuing operations attributable to Amedisys, Inc. of $13.0 million in 2014 on a GAAP basis.)
    
    
  • Net income from continuing operations attributable to Amedisys, Inc. per diluted share of $1.48 compared to net income from continuing operations attributable to Amedisys, Inc. of $0.73 per diluted share in 2014. (Net loss from continuing operations attributable to Amedisys, Inc. per diluted share $0.09 compared to net income from continuing operations attributable to Amedisys Inc. per diluted share of $0.40 per diluted share in 2014 on a GAAP basis.)
    
    
  • EBITDA of $112.0 million compared to $74.3 million in 2014.

Paul B. Kusserow, President and Chief Executive Officer stated, “We are extremely pleased with our results in the fourth quarter and 2016 overall, as we continued to demonstrate strong organic revenue and earnings growth. In 2015, we generated $112 million in EBITDA, $108 million in cash flow from operations, strengthened our balance sheet and closed the acquisition of Infinity HomeCare in Florida. Since the end of the year, we also announced our acquisition of Associated Home Care, our first acquisition in the personal care space.”

“In 2016, we will continue to invest in quality and complete our transition to HomeCare HomeBase. We believe both will be key differentiators for Amedisys as our industry continues to evolve toward outcomes-based reimbursement and away from a fee-for-service model. Finally, we will continue with a disciplined capital allocation strategy, pursuing accretive acquisitions, such as our recently announced Associated Home Care deal, and executing under our share repurchase program where appropriate. Congratulations to our employees for delivering these outstanding results and welcome to our new team members from Infinity and Associated.”

We urge caution in considering the current trends disclosed in this press release. The home health and hospice industry is highly competitive and subject to intensive regulations, and trends are subject to numerous factors, risks, and uncertainties, some of which are referenced in the cautionary language below and others that are described more fully in our reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) including our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015, and subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, and current reports on Form 8-K which can be found on the SEC’s internet website, http://www.sec.gov, and our internet website, http://www.amedisys.com. We disclaim any obligations to update disclosed information on trends.

*   See table Reconciliation Of Non-GAAP Financial Measures To GAAP Financial Statements for explanation of these certain items and the reconciliations of non-GAAP financial measures.

Earnings Call and Webcast Information

To participate on the conference call, please call a few minutes before 11:00 a.m. ET, Wednesday, March 9, 2016 to either (877) 524-8416 (Toll free) or (412) 902-1028 (Toll). A replay of the conference call will be available through April 5, 2016 by dialing (877) 660-6853 (Toll free) or (201) 612-7415 (Toll) and entering conference ID #13629864.

A live webcast of the call will be accessible through our website on our Investor Relations section at the following web address: http://investors.amedisys.com.

Amedisys, Inc. (the “Company”) is headquartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and our common stock trades on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol “AMED”.

Additional information

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Forward-Looking Statements

When included in this press release, words like “believes,” “belief,” “expects,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “projects,” “estimates,” “may,” “might,” “would,” “should” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements as defined by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements involve a variety of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described therein. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to the following: changes in Medicare and other medical payment levels, our ability to open care centers, acquire additional care centers and integrate and operate these care centers effectively, changes in or our failure to comply with existing Federal and State laws or regulations or the inability to comply with new government regulations on a timely basis, competition in the home health industry, changes in the case mix of patients and payment methodologies, changes in estimates and judgments associated with critical accounting policies, our ability to maintain or establish new patient referral sources, our ability to attract and retain qualified personnel, changes in payments and covered services due to the economic downturn and deficit spending by Federal and State governments, future cost containment initiatives undertaken by third-party payors, our access to financing due to the volatility and disruption of the capital and credit markets, our ability to meet debt service requirements and comply with covenants in debt agreements, business disruptions due to natural disasters or acts of terrorism, our ability to integrate and manage our information systems, our ability to comply with requirements stipulated in our corporate integrity agreement and changes in law or developments with respect to any litigation relating to the Company, including various other matters, many of which are beyond our control.

Because forward-looking statements are inherently subject to risks and uncertainties, some of which cannot be predicted or quantified, you should not rely on any forward-looking statement as a prediction of future events. We expressly disclaim any obligation or undertaking and we do not intend to release publicly any updates or changes in our expectations concerning the forward-looking statements or any changes in events, conditions or circumstances upon which any forward-looking statement may be based, except as required by law.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

This press release includes the following non-GAAP financial measures as defined under SEC rules: EBITDA, defined as net income (loss) from continuing operations attributable to Amedisys, Inc. before provision for income taxes, net interest expense and depreciation and amortization, adjusted EBITDA, defined as EBITDA excluding certain other items, adjusted net income from continuing operations attributable to Amedisys, Inc., defined as net income (loss) from continuing operations attributable to Amedisys, Inc. excluding certain other items, and adjusted net income from continuing operations attributable to Amedisys, Inc. per diluted share, defined as net income (loss) from continuing operations attributable to Amedisys, Inc. common stockholders per diluted share excluding certain other items. In accordance with SEC rules, we have provided herein a reconciliation of these non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable measures under GAAP. Management believes that these are useful gauges of our performance and are common measures used in our industry to assess relative financial performance among companies.

(1)      Our calculation of days revenue outstanding, net at December 31, 2015 and 2014 is derived by dividing our ending patient accounts receivable (i.e., net of estimated revenue adjustments and allowance for doubtful accounts) by our average daily net patient revenue for the three-month period ended December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively. Days revenue outstanding, net at December 31, 2015 does not include Infinity HomeCare.

(1)      Same store Medicare and Non-Medicare revenue, admissions or recertifications volume is the percent increase (decrease) in our Medicare and Non-Medicare revenue,
admissions or recertifications for the period as a percent of the Medicare and Non-Medicare revenue, admissions or recertifications of the prior period.
(2)      Based on continuing operations for all periods presented.
(3)      Average Medicare revenue per completed episode is the average Medicare revenue earned for each Medicare completed episode of care which includes the impact of sequestration.
(4)      Medicare visits per completed episode are the home health Medicare visits on completed episodes divided by the home health Medicare episodes completed during the period.

(1)      Same store Medicare and Non-Medicare revenue, Hospice admits or average daily census volume is the percent increase (decrease) in our Medicare and Non-Medicare revenue, Hospice admits or average daily census for the period as a percent of the Medicare and Non-Medicare revenue, Hospice admits or average daily census of the prior period.
(2)      Based on continuing operations for all periods presented.

(1)      Total of $217.2 million on a GAAP basis for the year ended December 31, 2015 (including $77.3 million asset impairment charge).

(1)      EBITDA is defined as net income (loss) from continuing operations attributable to Amedisys, Inc. before provision for income taxes, net interest expense, and depreciation and amortization. EBITDA should not be considered as an alternative to, or more meaningful than, income before income taxes, cash flow from operating activities, or other traditional indicators of operating performance. This calculation of EBITDA may not be comparable to a similarly titled measure reported by other companies, since not all companies calculate this non-GAAP financial measure in the same manner.
(2)      The following details the certain other items for the three-month periods and years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014:

(3)      Adjusted EBITDA is defined as net income (loss) from continuing operations attributable to Amedisys, Inc. before provision for income taxes, net interest expense, depreciation and amortization excluding certain other items as described in footnote 2. Adjusted EBITDA should not be considered as an alternative to, or more meaningful than, income before income taxes, cash flow from operating activities, or other traditional indicators of operating performance. This calculation of adjusted EBITDA may not be comparable to a similarly titled measure reported by other companies, since not all companies calculate this non-GAAP financial measure in the same manner.
(4)      Adjusted net service revenue is defined as net service revenue plus certain items as described in footnote 2. Adjusted net service revenue should not be considered as an alternative to, or more meaningful than, income before income taxes, cash flow from operating activities, or other traditional indicators of operating performance. This calculation of adjusted net service revenue may not be comparable to a similarly titled measure reported by other companies, since not all companies calculate this non-GAAP measure in the same manner.
(5)      Adjusted net income from continuing operations attributable to Amedisys, Inc. is defined as net income (loss) from continuing operations attributable to Amedisys, Inc. excluding certain other items as described in footnote 2. Adjusted net income from continuing operations attributable to Amedisys, Inc. should not be considered as an alternative to, or more meaningful than, income before income taxes, cash flow from operating activities, or other traditional indicators of operating performance. This calculation of adjusted net income from continuing operations attributable to Amedisys, Inc. may not be comparable to a similarly titled measure reported by other companies, since not all companies calculate this non-GAAP measure in the same manner.
(6)      Adjusted net income from continuing operations attributable to Amedisys, Inc. common stockholders per diluted share is defined as diluted income (loss) from continuing operations per share excluding the earnings per share effect of certain other items as described in footnote 2. Adjusted net income from continuing operations attributable to Amedisys, Inc. common stockholders per diluted share should not be considered as an alternative to, or more meaningful than, income before income taxes, cash flow from operating activities, or other traditional indicators or operating performance. This calculation of adjusted net income from continuing operations attributable to Amedisys, Inc. common stockholders per diluted share may not be comparable to a similarly titled measure reported by other companies, since not all companies calculate this non-GAAP financial measure in the same manner.