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Goodwill and Other Intangibles, Net - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]    
Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Goodwill $ 200,000us-gaap_DisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationGoodwill  
Impairment of intangible assets 2,000,000us-gaap_ImpairmentOfIntangibleAssetsExcludingGoodwill 500,000us-gaap_ImpairmentOfIntangibleAssetsExcludingGoodwill
Intangible Assets, Net (Excluding Goodwill) 79,685,000us-gaap_IntangibleAssetsNetExcludingGoodwill 62,184,000us-gaap_IntangibleAssetsNetExcludingGoodwill
Gain (Loss) on Disposition of Intangible Assets 1,400,000us-gaap_GainLossOnDispositionOfIntangibleAssets  
Home-based services [Member]    
Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]    
Intangible Assets, Net (Excluding Goodwill) 73,400,000us-gaap_IntangibleAssetsNetExcludingGoodwill
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= lhcg_HomeBasedServicesMember
 
Hospice Entity [Member]    
Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]    
Intangible Assets, Net (Excluding Goodwill) 5,300,000us-gaap_IntangibleAssetsNetExcludingGoodwill
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= lhcg_HospiceEntityMember
 
Facility-based services [Member]    
Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]    
Intangible Assets, Net (Excluding Goodwill) $ 1,000,000us-gaap_IntangibleAssetsNetExcludingGoodwill
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= lhcg_FacilityBasedServicesMember