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Stockholders' Equity- Shares of Common Stock Issued During 2014 under Employee Stock Purchase Plan (Details) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]      
Shares Available, Beginning Balance     111,432lhcg_SharesAvailableUnderEmployeeStockPurchasePlan
Shares Authorized for Issuance 250,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardNumberOfAdditionalSharesAuthorized   250,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardNumberOfAdditionalSharesAuthorized
Shares Issued during Period (Shares) 36,305.0us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesEmployeeStockPurchasePlans 38,459.0us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesEmployeeStockPurchasePlans 50,185us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesEmployeeStockPurchasePlans
Shares Available, Ending Balance 236,483lhcg_SharesAvailableUnderEmployeeStockPurchasePlan    
Shares Issued during Period (per Share Price) $ 21.49lhcg_PriceOfShareIssuedUnderEmployeeStockPurchasePlan $ 20.39lhcg_PriceOfShareIssuedUnderEmployeeStockPurchasePlan $ 15.58lhcg_PriceOfShareIssuedUnderEmployeeStockPurchasePlan