MELVILLE, N.Y., March 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Gentiva Health Services, Inc. , the nation's largest provider of comprehensive home health services, announced today that it is scheduled to present at two upcoming investor conferences in Florida: on Tuesday, March 7, 2006, at the Raymond James 27th Annual Institutional Investors Conference and on Thursday, March 9, 2006, at the Lehman Brothers Ninth Annual Global Healthcare Conference.
The Gentiva presentations will give attendees an overview of Gentiva's operations and strategic priorities, and review opportunities for growth as the U.S. home healthcare industry provides more services to an aging population. The presenters will be Ron Malone, Gentiva Chairman and CEO, and John Potapchuk, Chief Financial Officer. Following are Gentiva's conference details:
Raymond James - Gentiva will present to registered conference participants beginning at 8:00 a.m., Tuesday, March 7, at the Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress Hotel in Orlando. Raymond James will provide a live audio web cast of the presentation. Listeners may register by visiting http://www.wsw.com/webcast/rj19/gtiv/. While pre-registration is now available, listeners must go to this site at least 15 minutes prior to the Gentiva presentation to register, and download and install any necessary media software. A replay of the presentation should be available within two hours of the live event and continue for 30 days afterward at the address above. A direct link to the Gentiva archived presentation will also be available on the Gentiva web site at http://www.gentiva.com/investors/FinancialEvents.asp.
Lehman Brothers - Gentiva will present to registered conference participants beginning at 8:00 a.m., Thursday, March 9, at the Loew's Miami Beach Hotel in South Beach. Lehman Brothers will provide a live audio web cast of the presentation, and listeners may access the registration page through the Gentiva web site at http://www.gentiva.com/investors/FinancialEvents.asp beginning Thursday, March 2. A replay of the presentation should be available within 48 hours of the live event and continue for 30 days afterward through the address above. A direct link to the Gentiva archived presentation will be available on the Gentiva web site at http://www.gentiva.com/investors/FinancialEvents.asp .
About Gentiva Health Services, Inc.
Gentiva Health Services, Inc. is the nation's largest provider of comprehensive home health services. Gentiva serves patients through more than 500 direct service delivery units within over 400 locations in 36 states, and through CareCentrix(R), which manages home healthcare services for many major managed care organizations throughout the United States and delivers them in all 50 states through a network of more than 2,500 third-party provider locations, as well as Gentiva locations. The Company is a single source for skilled nursing; physical, occupational, speech and neurorehabilitation services; hospice services, social work; nutrition; disease management education; help with daily living activities; durable medical and respiratory equipment; infusion therapy services; and other therapies and services. Gentiva's revenues are generated from commercial insurance, federal and state government programs and individual consumers. For more information, visit Gentiva's web site, http://www.gentiva.com/, and its investor relations section at http://www.gentiva.com/investors.
Forward-Looking Statement
Certain statements contained in this news release, including, without limitation, statements containing the words "believes," "anticipates," "intends," "expects," "assumes," "trends" and similar expressions, constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements are based upon the Company's current plans, expectations and projections about future events. However, such statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such factors include, among others: the Company's ability to successfully integrate the operations of The Healthfield Group, Inc., and to achieve expected synergies and operating efficiencies within expected time frames or at all; the possibility that revenues may be lower than expected following the transaction; the possibility that difficulties in maintaining relationships with employees, customers, or suppliers may be greater than expected following the transaction; the ability to service debt incurred as a result of the transaction; general economic and business conditions; demographic changes; changes in, or failure to comply with, existing governmental regulations; legislative proposals for healthcare reform; changes in Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement levels; effects of competition in the markets the Company operates in; liability and other claims asserted against the Company; ability to attract and retain qualified personnel; availability and terms of capital; loss of significant contracts or reduction in revenues associated with major payer sources; ability of customers to pay for services; business disruption due to natural disasters or terrorist acts; a material shift in utilization within capitated agreements; and changes in estimates and judgments associated with critical accounting policies. For a detailed discussion of certain of these and other factors that could cause actual results to differ from those contained in this news release, please refer to the Company's various filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including the "risk factors" section contained in the Company's annual report on Form 10-K, as amended, for the year ended January 2, 2005.
Financial and Investor Contact: John R. Potapchuk
631-501-7035
