Baton Rouge-based home health and hospice company Amedisys announced this morning that it has named Paul Kusserow president and CEO, effective today. Amedisys describes Kusserow as a “highly respected healthcare industry veteran with deep expertise in driving growth and innovation.”
He comes to Baton Rouge from California-based Alignment Healthcare Inc., where he was vice chairman. Kusserow previously held executive positions with companies including Humana, Ziegler HealthVest Fund and Tenet Healthcare Corporation.
“Paul is an exceptional and proven leader with a broad and deep understanding of the business of healthcare, a track record of delivering on long-term growth strategies, and fiscal competency that will surely help guide our company to be a national leader,” Don Washburn, Amedisys board chairman and director, says in a news release. “His relationships and deep knowledge of integrated health services, IT, payers, hospitals, and post-acute providers will be instrumental as he guides our management team in offering solutions that drive value across the entire healthcare continuum.”
Kusserow also will sit on Amedisys’ board of directors. Amedisys partners with more than 2,200 hospitals and hospice care facilities nationwide to deliver home health services to more than 360,000 patients annually.
