BATON ROUGE, LA (Home Care Wire) National home care chain Amedisys Inc. announced more increased earnings for the latest quarter.

The Baton Rouge, LA-based company reported net income of $16.5 million on revenues of $213.1 million for the quarter ended March 31. That’s a 22 percent increase over net income of $13.3 million and a 39 percent increase over revenues of $153.6 million for the same period in 2007.

Amedisys has established a clinical division dedicated to reducing falls and injuries in the chronic population, the company adds in a release. Amedisys piloted the falls reduction program in 33 sites across the country in 2007, it says.