Leadership

Bill Borne founded Amedisys in 1982 and serves as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board. Formally trained as a nurse, Bill is an advocate for the nation’s elderly population and is passionate about delivering health care to elderly patients at home. Under his leadership, Amedisys has grown to deliver personalized home health and hospice care to more than 35,000 patients in their homes each day.

His commitment to providing high-quality, innovative health care made the company one of the first in the industry to integrate innovative technology including point-of-care laptops and an internet portal for physicians, enabling real-time coordination of care. Under his leadership, Amedisys has also launched an advanced chronic care management program, designed to provide more intensive health care services for chronically ill, high-risk patients.

Amedisys has also led the development of the first nationally standardized Care Transitions program, designed to reduce unnecessary hospital readmissions through patient and caregiver health coaching and care coordination.

Bill serves on numerous boards and committees to promote wide-ranging improvements in health care. He has also campaigned for quality improvement processes to transform the way care is delivered to elderly patients. This commitment led him to become a founding member and Chairman of the Board for the Alliance for Home Health Quality and Innovation, a national consortium of home health care organizations and providers that raises awareness about home health care and its proven ability to deliver quality, cost-effective, patient-centered care for patients.

Bill is a leader and an expert in health care delivery for the elderly, serving on The Wall Street Journal CEO Panel on Health Care Transformation, the Marwood Group Advisory Panel and many others.

Bill has also led Amedisys to the top of many organizational honors and awards and has personally received the Baton Rouge Business Report’s 1990 Young Businessperson of the Year and 1990 Entrepreneur of the Year, Forbes 2004 Entrepreneur of the Year, and the 2004 Guardian Angel Award from the Caring Institute. In 2009, Mr. Borne was appointed to the E.J. Ourso College of Business Dean’s Advisory Council and inducted into the E.J. Ourso College of Business Hall of Distinction.

Ronald LaBorde is the President and Chief Financial Officer for Amedisys, and most recently served as President of HR Solutions, LLC, a private company that provides outsourced administration associated with human resources. Prior to that, he managed personal investments, which included non-public operating companies, and provided management consulting services to various privately-held companies, including HR Solutions, LLC. His experience includes eight years as President and Chief Executive Officer of Piccadilly Cafeterias, Inc., a publicly traded retail restaurant business. Mr. LaBorde has served on Amedisys’ Board of Directors for 14 years and as Lead Director from 2003-2011. Mr. LaBorde is a graduate of Louisiana State University, where he earned a master’s degree in finance. He has served on Advisory Boards for Louisiana State University College of Business and Hibernia National Bank.

Jeffrey Jeter started with Amedisys in 2001 and currently serves as Chief Compliance Officer/Corporate Counsel. Prior to joining Amedisys, Jeffrey served as an Assistant Attorney General for the Louisiana Department of Justice, where he prosecuted health care fraud and nursing home abuse. He received his Juris Doctor from Louisiana State University and also holds a master’s degree in public administration from Louisiana State University. Additionally, he is a graduate of the prosecutor training course at Northwest University of Chicago. He also has served as an instructor at both the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center and the Louisiana Law Enforcement Commission Officer Training Program.

Michael Fleming, M.D., joined Amedisys as Chief Medical Officer in 2009. Dr. Fleming brings more than 29 years of medical field experience to his new position. He is Past President of the American Academy of Family Physicians and the Louisiana Academy of Family Physicians, and was founding President of the Louisiana Health Care Quality Forum, a partnership with the State of Louisiana aiming to provide high-quality health care to the state. Dr. Fleming has served as Speaker of the Congress of Delegates of the AAFP and as Board Chair of the AAFP Board of Directors. As an active member of the medical quality field, he serves on various boards and panels for the health information technology industry. Additionally, he participates in international activities promoting medical education and primary care worldwide.

Dr. Fleming continues his role as founding Director, Chairman and Chief Medical Officer for Antidote Education Company, which provides continuing education for health care providers. He serves as an assistant clinical professor in the Department of Family Medicine at Louisiana State University Health Science Center and in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at Tulane University Medical School.

Dr. Fleming was honored as Louisiana Family Doctor of the Year in 1996. The LSU Health Science Center presented him with the Family Medicine Award upon graduation in 1975; in 2003 the award was renamed, and is now called the Michael O. Fleming Award in Family Medicine.

David Bucey is Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary. Mr. Bucey has more than 24 years of experience as a corporate attorney, and was named a “Georgia Superlawyer” by Law and Politics magazine in 2005. Prior to joining Amedisys, Mr. Bucey served as Senior Counsel of Mergers and Acquisitions with The Coca-Cola Company in Atlanta, Georgia, and as a partner in a major Atlanta law firm. Bucey received his Bachelor of Arts in English from Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio. He went on to receive his Juris Doctor degree from Washington and Lee University School of Law in Lexington, Virginia.

T.A. “Tim” Barfield, Jr. is the Chief Development Officer for Amedisys. Most recently, Mr. Barfield served as Executive Counsel to Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, providing legal representation to the Governor and his staff, as well as served as an advisor on key policy, strategic, operational and transactional matters. Prior to the appointment, Mr. Barfield served as the Executive Director of the Louisiana Workforce Commission (formerly the Louisiana Department of Labor) for the Jindal administration.

He previously served as President and Chief Operating Officer of The Shaw Group Inc. During his tenure with Shaw, Mr. Barfield also served as President of Shaw Environmental & Infrastructure, Inc., one of the country’s largest environmental and infrastructure engineering and construction companies; Senior Vice President of Special Projects overseeing mergers and acquisitions and other strategic transactions; and General Counsel. Mr. Barfield also practiced law with Vinson & Elkins LLP, concentrating in securities, financing, and mergers and acquisition matters, and served as law clerk for the Honorable Frank J. Polozola, U.S. District Judge for the Middle District of Louisiana.

Mr. Barfield holds a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration – finance from Louisiana State University and a Juris Doctor from the LSU Law Center.

Kevin Henning, M.D., is a nationally recognized leader in hospice and palliative medicine, and a decorated U.S. Army veteran. Prior to joining Amedisys, Dr. Henning served as national medical director of Gentiva Health Services’ Hospice Division. While at Gentiva, Dr. Henning provided medical oversight and mentoring for hospice teams and medical directors at 37 sites, serving an average of 2,400 patients a day. As a physician in the U.S. Army, Dr. Henning has served in various roles at military hospitals from California to Georgia and overseas in Somalia. He also has served as a private practice family physician.

Dr. Henning is board certified in hospice and palliative medicine as well as in family medicine. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Family Practice and of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of California, Davis, a medical degree from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Md., and he completed a residency in family practice at Martin Army Community Hospital in Fort Benning, Ga.

Kate Jones is the chief clinical officer for the home health care division at Amedisys. Kate works with CMO Dr. Fleming, CMD Dr. Henning and CCO Bridget Montana in designing chronic care programs for home health, palliative and hospice care patients, enhancing the standards of patient care, improving quality outcomes and the training and education of clinical staff across the country.

Kate’s experience with Amedisys includes serving as vice president of Talent Management, director of office operations, regional administrator and vice president of Training and Development. Kate has also served as the president and founder of Caring Strategies, a geriatric care management firm, overseeing care management, client services and business management. Kate earned a Bachelor’s degree in Nursing from Niagara University, and a Master’s degree in Nursing Administration from George Mason University.

Bridget Montana is the chief clinical officer for Amedisys’ hospice division. Prior to joining Amedisys, Montana served as chief operating officer at Hospice of the Western Reserve, a multi-site hospice care organization in Northeast Ohio. Over the course of her career, Montana has served in various clinical administrative roles, which included clinical oversight and program development. As a geriatric advanced practice nurse, Montana also has been involved with community organizations that provide meals as well as health and social services to the frail elderly.

Montana earned a Bachelor of Science degree in nursing from the University of Akron, a Master of Science degree in nursing from the University of Arizona, as well as a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Phoenix. She is a fellow of hospice and palliative care nursing, with the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association, and an adjunct faculty member at the Case Western Reserve University School of Nursing in Ohio.

James (Jim) T. Robinson currently serves as Executive Vice President of Home Care and Hospice for Amedisys. Mr. Robinson has more than 20 years of experience in health care innovation and leadership. Prior to joining Amedisys, he served as Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing for American CareSource Holdings, Inc., an ancillary healthcare management company offering care alternatives to physician-office and hospital-based services.

From 2006 to 2008, Mr. Robinson served as Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of VistaCare, Inc. Prior to joining VistaCare, Mr. Robinson was President and CEO of HealthBanks, Inc. Before HealthBanks, he was co-founder of Avicenna Systems Corporation, a venture capital backed e-health physician practice solutions company that was acquired by WebMD.

Mr. Robinson has also held a variety of management positions with St. Jude Medical, Inc., Hewlett Packard Medical Systems, and the Xerox Corporation. He earned a Bachelor of Arts from Connecticut College and holds an MBA from Harvard University.

G. Patrick Thompson, Jr. is the Executive Vice President of Administration and Chief Information Officer. He has more than 23 years of experience in streamlining business processes and improving operational efficiencies, most recently as the Executive Vice President and Chief Administration Officer of The Shaw Group, Inc., a Fortune 500 engineering, technology, construction, fabrication, nuclear, environmental and industrial services company. During his tenure with Shaw, Mr. Thompson held the positions of Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Senior Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer, and Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for Shaw Environmental & Infrastructure, Inc., a subsidiary of Shaw Group. Prior to his roles at Shaw, he served as Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer with Turner Industries.

Mr. Thompson was honored with the Top 100 CIO and Computerworld magazine awards. He also serves as the leader of Human Resources for Amedisys and is responsible for strategic initiatives to recruit, hire, develop, motivate, reward, and retain employees. Mr. Thompson earned his bachelor's degree in accounting from Louisiana State University.

Mr. Yungk joined Amedisys from Corporate Health Strategies, LLC, where he served as a principal and strategy consultant to early phase private equity. Prior to Corporate Health Strategies, Mr. Yungk was the president of Mercer Health and Benefits leading global operations. He held the position of national senior vice president of managed care for Tenet Healthcare, the nation's second largest hospital system. In addition to his managed care operational responsibilities, he led the strategy and development of managed care Centers of Excellence. In addition, Mr. Yungk was the chairman and CEO of Tenet Choices, one of the largest independent Medicare Advantage health plans in the country.

Prior to joining Tenet, Mr. Yungk served in senior leadership roles in the managed care industry. He was president of Cigna Healthcare of Georgia/Alabama, executive vice president of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Georgia, a Well Point subsidiary. Previously, he was with United Healthcare, serving as chief operations officer of United Healthcare South, a UHC subsidiary, and national corporate vice president of sales. In addition, he spent the first 11 years of his career with Lincoln National HealthPlans in general management and as Western division vice president of sales.

Mr. Yungk holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Florida Atlantic University and is currently pursuing graduate studies in finance from Harvard University.

He has also served on many health care boards. As a veteran of the armed forces, he served in the Strategic Air Command, U.S. Air Force.