Ownership Submission
FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
North Michael Paul
   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
AMEDISYS INC [AMED] 		5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
Chief Information Officer
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
3854 AMERICAN WAY, SUITE A		 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
12/12/2018
(Street)

BATON ROUGE, LA 70816		 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3)		 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)		 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4)		 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)		 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common Stock 12/12/2018   M   3,750 A $ 32.56 25,253 (1) D  
Common Stock 12/12/2018   M   1,875 A $ 32.56 27,128 (1) D  
Common Stock 12/12/2018   M   1,895 A $ 46.35 29,023 (1) D  
Common Stock 12/12/2018   S   7,520 D $ 134.79 (2) 21,503 (1) D  
Common Stock               391 (3) I Through 401(k) Plan

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)		 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)		 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)		 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)		 7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)		 8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)		 9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)		 10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)		 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Stock Option (right to buy) $ 32.56 12/12/2018   M     3,750   (4) 06/02/2025 Common Stock 3,750 $ 0 1,875 (4) D  
Stock Option (right to buy) $ 32.56 12/12/2018   M     1,875   (5) 06/02/2025 Common Stock 1,875 $ 0 3,750 (5) D  
Stock Option (right to buy) $ 46.35 12/12/2018   M     1,895   (6) 01/20/2027 Common Stock 1,895 $ 0 5,682 (6) D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
North Michael Paul
3854 AMERICAN WAY, SUITE A
BATON ROUGE, LA 70816		       Chief Information Officer  

Signatures

 /s/ Jennifer R. Guckert, pursuant to a power of attorney   12/14/2018
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) The total amount of shares beneficially owned includes 761 shares held in an employee stock purchase plan account.
(2) The price reported in column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $134.75 to $135.11, inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide to Amedisys, Inc. (the "Issuer"), any security holder of the Issuer, or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the ranges set forth in footnote (2) to this Form 4.
(3) The information in this report is based on a plan statement dated as of September 30, 2018.
(4) On June 2, 2015, the reporting person was granted an option to purchase 22,500 shares of common stock. The option vests based on the Issuer's satisfaction of certain performance criteria for each of the fiscal years ending December 31, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018. The performance criteria for 2016 were met, resulting in vesting of the option as to 5,625 shares (the "2016 Tranche Options"), subject to additional time-based vesting as follows: one-third of the 2016 Tranche Options vested on June 2, 2017, one-third of the 2016 Tranche Options vested on June 2, 2018 and the remaining one-third of the 2016 Tranche Options will vest on June 2, 2019, assuming the reporting person remains continuously employed by the Issuer on such date, subject to certain pro-rated vesting provisions as provided in the award agreement for the options.
(5) On June 2, 2015, the reporting person was granted an option to purchase 22,500 shares of common stock. The option vests based on the Issuer's satisfaction of certain performance criteria for each of the fiscal years ending December 31, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018. The performance criteria for 2017 were met, resulting in vesting of the option as to 5,625 shares (the "2017 Tranche Options"), subject to additional time-based vesting as follows: one-third of the 2017 Tranche Options vested on June 2, 2018, one-third of the 2017 Tranche Options will vest on June 2, 2019 and the remaining one-third of the 2017 Tranche Options will vest on June 2, 2020, assuming the reporting person remains continuously employed by the Issuer on each such date, subject to certain pro-rated vesting provisions as provided in the award agreement for the options.
(6) On January 20, 2017, the reporting person was granted an option to purchase 7,577 shares of common stock. The options are subject to time-based vesting conditions. 1,895 of the options vested on January 20, 2018, and the remaining 5,682 options vest ratably on each of January 20, 2019, January 20, 2020 and January 20, 2021, provided that the reporting person remains continuously employed by the Issuer on each such date, subject to pro-rated vesting provisions as provided in the award agreement for the stock option.

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