BATON ROUGE, La.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Amedisys Inc., a leading home care and hospice company, announced today that Arnica, one of the nation’s leading travel therapy services companies, will now operate under the brand name “Travel Staffing at Amedisys.” This organization will provide short-term travel assignment opportunities for therapists of all disciplines who want to explore new and exciting career opportunities at the forefront of health care.
“Amedisys is proud to be one of the employers of choice for therapists of all disciplines,” said Patrick Thompson, executive vice president of administration for Amedisys. “We understand that many therapists want more flexibility and adventure in their career. Becoming a traveling therapist affords that opportunity,” he continued.
Benefits of a career in travel therapy include:
- Competitive compensation
- Housing/travel allowances
- Health, dental and life insurance
- Licensure reimbursement
- Holiday pay / paid personal time off
- The right therapy opportunities for your skill set, location preference and career aspirations
“It’s very exciting to become a part of Travel Staffing at Amedisys given the numerous opportunities therapists have in the Amedisys home health network,” said Kari Collier, vice president of operations for Travel Staffing at Amedisys (formerly vice president of operations for Arnica). “Amedisys’ innovative therapy programs such as Balanced for Life™ and speech programs for dysphasia and cognition lead the industry and provide wonderful career opportunities for our traveling therapists,” she continued.
The Travel Staffing at Amedisys team will be at the American Physical Therapy Association’s Combined Sections Meeting (APTA CSM) in New Orleans, February 9-12 to highlight the benefits of a travel therapy career. Interested parties can come meet the team and provide information to be included in our network by visiting booth #413 or explore travel therapy careers by contacting us via phone at 866-401-2907 or via email at travelstaffing@amedisys.com.
About Amedisys:
Amedisys, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMED) is the nation’s leading health care company focused on bringing home the continuum of care. Each day Amedisys delivers personalized health care services to more than 35,000 individual patients and their families, in the comfort of patients’ homes. Amedisys has two divisions, home health care and hospice. The Company’s state-of-the-art advanced chronic care management programs and leading-edge technology enables it to deliver quality care based upon the latest evidence-based best practices. Amedisys is a recognized innovator, being one of the first in the industry to equip its clinicians with point-of-care laptop technology and referring physicians with an internet portal that enables real-time coordination of patient care seamlessly. Amedisys also has the industry’s first-ever nationwide Care Transitions program. Amedisys Care Transitions is designed to reduce unnecessary hospital readmissions through patient and caregiver health coaching and care coordination, which starts in the hospital and continues throughout completion of the patient’s home health plan of care. For more information about the Company, please visit: www.amedisys.com.