BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) _ Amedisys Inc. (AMED) on Tuesday reported fourth-quarter earnings of $27.7 million.

The Baton Rouge, Louisiana-based company said it had profit of 83 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, were 94 cents per share.

The results exceeded Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of eight analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 93 cents per share.

The home health care and hospice services provider posted revenue of $500.7 million in the period, falling short of Street forecasts. Seven analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $510.4 million.

For the year, the company reported profit of $126.8 million, or $3.84 per share. Revenue was reported as $1.96 billion.

Amedisys expects full-year earnings in the range of $4.90 to $5.13 per share, with revenue in the range of $2.12 billion to $2.16 billion.

Amedisys shares have risen 21% since the beginning of the year. In the final minutes of trading on Tuesday, shares hit $202.02, an increase of 48% in the last 12 months.

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