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		<title><![CDATA[Cautious on Two Hospice Providers]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Zacks.com submits:   On April 21, 2009, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule to update the Medicare Hospice Wage Index for FY10. Payments to Medicare participating hospices are estimated to decrease by approximately 1.1% in FY10.The decrease in the hospice payments reflects a...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Odyssey HealthCare, Inc., Q4 2008 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions.  Your first question comes from the line of Albert Rice - Soleil - Pomeroy Research. Albert Rice - Soleil - Pomeroy Research A couple quick questions if I could ask; first of all, you mentioned the $2 million worker&#8217;s comp adjustment in the...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Odyssey Healthcare to Present at Oppenheimer & Co. 19th Annual Healthcare Conference]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[DALLAS -- Odyssey HealthCare, Inc. (NASDAQ: ODSY) today announced that it will deliver a presentation at the Oppenheimer & Co. 19th Annual Healthcare Conference on Tuesday, November 4, 2008, at 11:20 a.m. Eastern Time at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York.  To access a live broadcast of Odyssey's presentation, listeners...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Odyssey HealthCare, Q3 2008 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Earnings Call ExcerptStart Time: 09:00 End Time: 10:02 Odyssey HealthCare ODSY Q3 2008 Earnings Call October 29, 2008 9:00 am  Executives Dirk Allison - Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Bob Lefton - Chief Executive Officer and President  Analysts Darren Lehrich - Deutsche Bank Kemp Dolliver...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 11:13:12 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Odyssey HealthCare, Inc. Q2 2008 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer Session Operator  Operator Instructions  Your first question comes from Darren Lehrich from Deutsche Bank. Darren Lehrich &#8211; Deutsche Bank  Regarding the $1.6 million in ramp-up that you&#8217;ve outlined here.  How much of the annualized ramp-up expense does that represent, and maybe you can just...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 10:29:14 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Odyssey Healthcare Inc. Q1 2008 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions And our first question comes from the line of Darren Lehrich from Deutsche Bank. You may proceed. Darren Lehrich - Deutsche Bank Thanks. Good morning everyone. A few things here. I guess wanted to start out with just the discussion around the 2006 Medicare cap....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 15:38:14 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[GE Healthcare Financial Services Closes $160 Million Deal with Odyssey HealthCare, Inc]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[CHICAGO -- GE Healthcare Financial Services has provided a $160 million senior secured credit facility to Odyssey HealthCare, Inc., for its recent acquisition of VistaCare Inc., one of the largest providers of hospice care.  "GE listened to our needs and delivered a financing solution that gives us additional financial...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Odyssey HealthCare Announces Completion of Tender Offer for VistaCare, Inc]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[DALLAS -- Odyssey HealthCare, Inc. (NASDAQ: ODSY) today announced the expiration of the subsequent offering period of the tender offer by its indirect wholly owned subsidiary, OHC Investment, Inc., for all outstanding shares of class A common stock including the associated preferred stock purchase rights of VistaCare, Inc. (NASDAQ: VSTA)....]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Odyssey HealthCare Affirms Purchase Price for VistaCare at $8.60 Per Share]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[DALLAS -- Odyssey HealthCare, Inc. (NASDAQ: ODSY) confirmed today that it will not change its cash tender offer price for VistaCare, Inc. (NASDAQ: VSTA) of $8.60 per share. Mr. Lefton, President and Chief Executive Officer of Odyssey, stated "$8.60 per share is our best and final offer. Based on our...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Odyssey Healthcare Inc. Q4 2007 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer Session Operator  Operator Instructions Our first question will come from the line of Darren Lehrich with Deutsche Bank, please proceed. Darren Lehrich - Deutsche Bank Securities I have a couple of questions here.  I just wanted to key into the write-off of the CO1 cost, which...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 10:53:07 -0800</pubDate>
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