Amedisys layoffs, on the record
Every job cut, severance charge and restructuring Amedisys reported in its annual reports, 2022 to 2024, quoted from the filings. Headcount went from approximately 20,000 to approximately 19,000.
Headcount, as reported
| Annual report | Employees | As of |
|---|---|---|
| 10-K for 2022 | approximately 20,000 | As of February 10, 2023 |
| 10-K for 2023 | approximately 19,000 | As of February 16, 2024 |
| 10-K for 2024 | approximately 19,000 | February 21, 2025 |
Job cuts, severance and restructuring
Our summaryThe company reported severance, lease termination and other costs tied to clinical optimization and reorganization initiatives as a driver of higher general and administrative expenses.
Word for word“Excluding our acquisitions, our general and administrative expenses increased $8 million (1%) due to the addition of resources to support growth, planned wage increases, higher travel and training spend, higher acquisition and integration costs, severance, lease termination and other costs related to clinical optimization and reorganization initiatives and increased information technology fees partially offset by higher gains on the sale of fleet vehicles, a favorable legal settlement and lower incentive compensation costs.” 10-K for 2022
Our summaryThe company said other general and administrative expenses rose partly due to severance and lease termination costs tied to clinical optimization and reorganization initiatives.
Word for word“Other General and Administrative Expenses Other general and administrative expenses increased $5 million, primarily due to planned wage increases, higher travel and training spend, higher information technology fees and severance and lease termination costs associated with clinical optimization and reorganization initiatives.” 10-K for 2022
Our summaryThe company said cost of service per day was partly offset by reductions in staffing levels and savings from clinical optimization and reorganization initiatives.
Word for word“The increase in our cost of service per day is due to planned wage increases, wage inflation, increased costs to hire and retain employees and higher fuel prices and mileage reimbursements partially offset by lower COVID-19 costs, reductions in staffing levels and savings associated with clinical optimization and reorganization initiatives.” 10-K for 2022
Our summaryThe company disclosed severance plans covering senior executives and senior management that commit it to pay severance benefits in certain circumstances.
Word for word“We have commitments related to our severance plans applicable to a number of our senior executives and senior management, which generally commit us to pay severance benefits under certain circumstances.” 10-K for 2022
Our summaryThe filing says lower staffing levels and reorganization initiatives helped reduce general and administrative expenses, and that severance costs were incurred in the prior year.
Word for word“These items were partially offset by lower acquisition and integration costs, lower staffing levels, savings associated with clinical optimization and reorganization initiatives, lower travel spend and severance costs incurred in the prior year.” 10-K for 2023
Amedisys has filed no restructuring notice (Form 8-K, Item 2.05) since 2016. Companies file one only for a cut they judge material, so many announced layoffs never appear as one. This page shows what the company reported to the SEC, not news reports or state layoff notices.
Read from Amedisys’s annual reports (10-K for 2024, 10-K for 2023, 10-K for 2022) and the financial data it files with the SEC, as of 2025-02-27. Every quotation is word for word from the filing linked beside it; how these pages are built and checked. The full record is in its company data sheet.