Paul Kusserow

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ABOUT PAUL KUSSEROW

Paul Kusserow is Chairman and former CEO of Amedisys, a publicly traded company and leading provider of home health, hospice, palliative care, personal care, and high-acuity care services, with over employees in 39 states and the District of Columbia, making over 12.3 million patient visits per year.A healthcare veteran with 25 years of experience driving growth strategies, Kusserow served as Chairman of the Board of Amedisys prior to his return as CEO. From 2014 to early 2022, he was President and CEO of the company, which grew tenfold under his leadership. His hands-on involvement helped raise Amedisys in the ranks of home healthcare, moving from 3.2 stars to 4.6-star reviews. He is widely recognized as a thought leader and industry innovator.Prior to joining Amedisys, Kusserow served in successive roles as President and Vice Chairman of Alignment Healthcare, Inc, an integrated clinical care company focused on providing care to the Medicare population; SVP and Chief Strategy, Innovations, and Corporate Development Officer of Humana, Inc, a Fortune 75 healthcare services and benefits company; and SVP of Strategy and Ventures at Tenet Healthcare, a Fortune 500 hospital and ambulatory surgery company.He is on the boards of PurFoods, a medical and nutritional food company; Matrix Medical Network, a Medicare risk-assessed company; Chairman of HealthPilot, a digitized Medicare enrollment company; and Scion, a hospital and LTACH company. He previously served on the boards of Oak Street Health (NYSE: OSH); Connecture (Nasdaq: CNRX), New Century Health, Picwell, and Availity where he served as board chair. Kusserow started his career as a management consultant at McKinsey and Company.He received his bachelor of arts from Wesleyan University, where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa, an Olin Fellow, a Brown Scholar, and a Student Fellow at the Center for the Humanities. He received his master of arts from Oxford University, where he was a Rhodes Scholar.