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Gentiva Health Services, Inc.

Gentiva® Health Services, Inc. provides comprehensive home health services throughout most of the United States. The Company conducts its operations through (i) its Home Health business segment, (ii) various smaller operating segments, including hospice, respiratory and home medical equipment (“HME”), infusion therapy services and consulting, which are classified in the aggregate as “All Other” for segment reporting purposes and (iii) prior to September 25, 2008, its CareCentrix business segment. See Note 16 to the Company’s consolidated financial statements included in this report for a description of the Company’s operating segments and financial information about its reportable business segments.

Gentiva was incorporated in the state of Delaware on August 6, 1999 and became a publicly owned company on March 15, 2000 as a result of the issuance of the common stock of the Company to the stockholders of Olsten Corporation (“Olsten”), the former parent corporation of the Company (the “Split-Off”). Prior to the Split-Off, all of the assets and liabilities of Olsten’s health services business, formerly known as Olsten Health Services, were transferred to the Company pursuant to a separation agreement and other agreements among Gentiva, Olsten and Adecco SA.

On February 28, 2006, the Company completed the acquisition of The Healthfield Group, Inc. (“Healthfield”), a regional provider of home healthcare, hospice and related services with approximately 130 locations primarily in eight southeastern states. Besides strengthening and expanding the Company’s presence in the southeast United States, the acquisition of Healthfield significantly helped diversify the Company’s business mix, provide a meaningful platform for the Company to enter the hospice business and expand its specialty programs.

On September 25, 2008, the Company completed the disposition of 69 percent of its equity interest in the Company’s CareCentrix ancillary care benefit management business for total consideration of approximately $135 million.

Business Segments

The Company has identified two business segments for reporting purposes: Home Health and, prior to September 25, 2008, CareCentrix. The Company’s smaller operating segments, including hospice, respiratory and HME, infusion therapy services and consulting are classified in the aggregate as “All Other” for segment reporting purposes. On September 25, 2008, the Company completed the sale of a majority interest in its CareCentrix ancillary care benefit management business. The All Other segment encompasses the Company’s hospice, respiratory therapy and HME, infusion therapy and consulting services businesses. This presentation aligns financial reporting with the manner in which the Company manages its business operations with a focus on the strategic allocation of resources and separate branding strategies among the business segments.

Financial information with respect to the business segments, including their contributions to net revenues and operating income for each of the three years in the period ended December 28, 2008, is contained under “Results of Operations” in Item 7 “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and in Note 16 “Business Segment Information” to our consolidated financial statements in Item 8 “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.”

Home Health

The Home Health segment is comprised of direct home nursing and therapy services operations, including the specialty programs described below. As of December 28, 2008, our Home Health segment conducted its business through more than 300 locations. The Company’s direct home nursing and therapy services operations are conducted through licensed and Medicare-certified agencies located in 39 states, from which the Company provides various combinations of skilled nursing and therapy services, paraprofessional nursing services and homemaker services generally to adult and elderly patients. Reimbursement sources include government programs, such as Medicare and Medicaid, and private sources, such as health insurance plans, managed care organizations, long term care insurance plans and personal funds. Gentiva’s direct home nursing and therapy services operations are organized in two divisions, each staffed with clinical, operational and sales teams. Each division is separated into four regions, which are further separated into operating areas. Each operating area includes branch locations through which home healthcare agencies operate. Each agency is led by a director and is staffed with clinical and administrative support staff as well as clinical associates who deliver direct patient care. The clinical associates are employed on either a full-time basis or are paid on a per visit, per shift, per diem or per hour basis.

The Company’s direct home nursing and therapy services operations also deliver services to its customers through focused specialty programs that include: Gentiva Orthopedics, which provides individualized home orthopedic rehabilitation services to patients recovering from joint replacement or other major orthopedic surgery; Gentiva Safe Strides®, which provides therapies for patients with balance issues who are prone to injury or immobility as a result of falling; Gentiva Cardiopulmonary, which helps patients and their physicians manage heart and lung health in a home-based environment; Gentiva Neurorehabilitation, which helps patients who have experienced a neurological injury or condition by removing the obstacles to healing in the patient’s home; and Gentiva Senior Health, which addresses the needs of patients with age-related diseases and issues to effectively and safely stay in their homes.

Through its Rehab Without Walls® unit, the Company also provides home and community-based neurorehabilitation therapies for patients with traumatic brain injury, cerebrovascular accident injury and acquired brain injury, as well as a number of other complex rehabilitation cases.

CareCentrix

Prior to September 25, 2008, the CareCentrix segment encompassed Gentiva’s ancillary care benefit management and the coordination of integrated homecare services for managed care organizations and health benefit plans. CareCentrix operations provided an array of administrative services and coordinated the delivery of home nursing services, acute and chronic infusion therapies, HME, respiratory products, orthotics and prosthetics, and services for managed care organizations and health benefit plans. CareCentrix coordinated these administrative services within three regional care centers and delivered the services through an extensive nationwide network of credentialed provider locations in all 50 states.

CareCentrix accepted case referrals from a wide variety of sources, verified eligibility and benefits and transferred case requirements to the providers for services to the patient. CareCentrix provided services to its customers, including the fulfillment of case requirements, care management, provider credentialing, eligibility and benefits verification, data reporting and analysis, and coordinated centralized billing for all authorized services provided to the customer’s enrollees. Contracts within CareCentrix were structured as fee-for-service, whereby a payer was billed on a per usage basis according to a fee schedule for various services, or as at-risk capitation, whereby the payer remitted a monthly payment to CareCentrix based on the number of members enrolled in the health plans under the capitation agreement, subject to certain limitations and coverage guidelines.

All Other

Hospice

Hospice serves terminally ill patients in the southeast United States. Comprehensive management of the healthcare services and products needed by hospice patients and their families are provided through the use of an interdisciplinary team. Depending on a patient’s needs, each hospice patient is assigned an interdisciplinary team comprised of a physician, nurse(s), home health aide(s), medical social worker(s), chaplain, dietary counselor and bereavement coordinator, as well as other care professionals. Hospice services are provided primarily in the patient’s home or other residence, such as an assisted living residence or nursing home, or in a hospital. The Medicare hospice benefit is designed for patients expected to live six months or less. Hospice services for a patient can continue, however, for more than six months, so long as the patient remains eligible as reflected by a physician’s certification.

Respiratory Therapy and Home Medical Equipment

Respiratory therapy and HME services are provided to patients at home through branch locations primarily in the southeast United States. Patients are offered a broad portfolio of products and services that serve as an adjunct to traditional home health nursing and hospice care. Respiratory therapy services are provided to patients who suffer from a variety of conditions including asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases, cystic fibrosis and other respiratory conditions. HME includes hospital beds, wheelchairs, ambulatory aids, bathroom aids, patient lifts and rehabilitation equipment.

Infusion Therapy

Infusion therapy is provided to patients at home through pharmacy locations in the southeast United States. Infusion therapy serves as a complement to the Company’s traditional service offerings, providing clients with a comprehensive home health provider while diversifying the Company’s revenue base. Services provided include: (i) enteral nutrition, (ii) antibiotic therapy, (iii) total parenteral nutrition, (iv) pain management, (v) chemotherapy, (vi) patient education and training and (vii) nutrition management.

Consulting

The Company provides consulting services to home health agencies through its Gentiva Consulting unit. These services include billing and collection activities, on-site agency support and consulting, operational support and individualized strategies for reduction of days sales outstanding.

CareCentrix is a party to a contract with Cigna, pursuant to which CareCentrix provided or contracted with third-party providers to provide various homecare services including direct home nursing and related services, home infusion therapies and certain other specialty medical equipment to patients insured by Cigna. For fiscal years 2008, 2007, and 2006, Cigna accounted for approximately 81 percent, 82 percent and 81 percent, respectively, of CareCentrix total net revenues, which in turn represented approximately 15 percent, 19 percent and 20 percent, respectively, of the Company’s total net revenues. No other commercial payer accounts for 10 percent or more of the Company’s total net revenues. Net revenues from commercial payers are primarily generated under fee for service contracts, which are traditionally one year in term and renewable automatically on an annual basis, unless terminated by either party.

Trademarks

The Company has various trademarks registered with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, including CASEMATCH®, CROSS IN CIRCLE DESIGN®, GENTIVA®, GENTIVA AND BUTTERFLY DESIGN®, GENTIVA AND CROSS IN CIRCLE DESIGN®, GENTIVA UNIVERSITY®, GREAT HEALTHCARE HAS COME HOME® , HEALTHFIELD®, LIFESMART®, REHAB WITHOUT WALLS® and SAFE STRIDES®. Certain of the Company’s subsidiaries operate under trade names, including GILBERT’S(SM), MID-SOUTH(SM), PHYSICIANS HOME HEALTH CARE(SM), TAR HEEL(SM), TOTAL CARE(SM) and WIREGRASS(SM).

A federally registered trademark in the United States is effective for ten years subject only to a required filing and the continued use of the mark by the Company, with the right of perpetual renewal. A federally registered trademark provides a presumption of validity and ownership of the mark by the Company in connection with its goods or services and constitutes constructive notice throughout the United States of such ownership. A registration also provides nationwide trademark rights as of the filing date of the application. Management believes that the Company’s name and trademarks are important to its operations and intends to continue to renew its trademark registrations.