Organization

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [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 community-based service agencies, hospice services, and facility-based services, primarily through long-term acute care hospitals. As of December 31, 2014, the Company, through its wholly and majority-owned subsidiaries, equity joint ventures and controlled affiliates, operated 340 service providers in 30 states within the domestic United States.