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Stockholders' Equity - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]      
Par value of common stock repurchased $ 0.01us-gaap_CommonStockParOrStatedValuePerShare $ 0.01us-gaap_CommonStockParOrStatedValuePerShare  
Total amount authorized for repurchase under company's stock repurchase program $ 50,000,000us-gaap_StockRepurchaseProgramAuthorizedAmount    
Number of shares of common stock repurchased during period 0us-gaap_TreasuryStockSharesAcquired   1,540,813us-gaap_TreasuryStockSharesAcquired
Aggregate cost     27,000,000us-gaap_StockRepurchasedDuringPeriodValue
Average cost per share of common stock repurchased during period     $ 17.52us-gaap_TreasuryStockAcquiredAverageCostPerShare
Remaining amount authorized for repurchase under company's stock repurchase program 22,500,000us-gaap_StockRepurchaseProgramRemainingAuthorizedRepurchaseAmount    
Common stock reserved and available for issuance 1,500,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardNumberOfSharesAuthorized    
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Grants in Period, Net of Forfeitures 0us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsGrantsInPeriod    
Compensation expense related to stock options 0us-gaap_AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpense    
Vesting period of non-vested shares 5 years    
Total unrecognized compensation cost related to nonvested shares of common stock granted 7,800,000us-gaap_EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationNonvestedAwardsTotalCompensationCostNotYetRecognized    
Weighted average period of cost recognized 3 years 1 month 10 days    
Total fair value of shares of common stock vested   3,900,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsVestedInPeriodTotalFairValue 3,700,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsVestedInPeriodTotalFairValue
Compensation expense related to nonvested stock grants $ 4,100,000us-gaap_EmployeeBenefitsAndShareBasedCompensation $ 3,900,000us-gaap_EmployeeBenefitsAndShareBasedCompensation $ 4,400,000us-gaap_EmployeeBenefitsAndShareBasedCompensation
Price of shares issued under Employee Stock Purchase Plan as a percentage of FMV 95.00%us-gaap_SharebasedCompensationArrangementBySharebasedPaymentAwardPurchasePriceOfCommonStockPercent    
Number of shares reserved for the Employee Stock Purchase Plan 250,000lhcg_NumberOfSharesReservedForEmployeeStockPurchasePlan    
Shares redeemed to satisfy personal tax obligations 40,716us-gaap_SharesPaidForTaxWithholdingForShareBasedCompensation 40,608us-gaap_SharesPaidForTaxWithholdingForShareBasedCompensation 36,621us-gaap_SharesPaidForTaxWithholdingForShareBasedCompensation
Employee [Member]      
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]      
Nonvested stock grants to employees 172,545lhcg_NonvestedStockGrantsToEmployees
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198,243lhcg_NonvestedStockGrantsToEmployees
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187,140lhcg_NonvestedStockGrantsToEmployees
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Director [Member]      
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]      
Non vested stock grants to Independent director 26,900lhcg_NonvestedStockGrantsToIndependentDirectors
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24,300lhcg_NonvestedStockGrantsToIndependentDirectors
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26,100lhcg_NonvestedStockGrantsToIndependentDirectors
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