Organization

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Organization

1. Organization

LHC Group, Inc. (the “Company”) is a health care provider specializing in the post-acute continuum of care primarily for Medicare beneficiaries. The Company provides home-based services, primarily through home nursing agencies and hospices, and facility-based services, primarily through long-term acute care hospitals. As of December 31, 2013, the Company, through its wholly and majority-owned subsidiaries, equity joint ventures and controlled affiliates, operated 311 service providers in 26 states within the domestic United States.