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Stockholder's Equity - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]  
Document Fiscal Year Focus 2015
Stockholders' Equity Note [Abstract]  
Common stock reserved and available for issuance 1,500,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardNumberOfSharesAuthorized
Common stock shares available for grant 499,037us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardNumberOfSharesAvailableForGrant
Percentage of directors' stock grant vested on one year anniversary date 100.00%lhcg_PercentageOfDirectorsStockGrantVestedOnOneYearAnniversaryDate
Period of Vested Shares 5 years
Granted, Weighted average grant date fair value $ 33.80us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriodWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
Share based award, settled in cash 1,800lhcg_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriodSharesAvailableForGrant
Total unrecognized compensation cost related to nonvested shares of common stock granted $ 12,400,000us-gaap_EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationNonvestedAwardsTotalCompensationCostNotYetRecognized
Weighted average period of cost recognized 3 years 6 months 13 days
Total fair value of shares of common stock vested 3,300,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsVestedInPeriodTotalFairValue
Compensation expense related to nonvested stock grants 1,000,000us-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
Additional shares authorized for issuance 250,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardNumberOfAdditionalSharesAuthorized
Stock options issued and exercisable 15,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsExercisableNumber
Options exercised 0us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesStockOptionsExercised
Options granted 0us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsGrantsInPeriod
Shares redeemed to satisfy personal tax obligations 33,207us-gaap_SharesPaidForTaxWithholdingForShareBasedCompensation
Treasury shares redeemed to pay income tax $ 1,122,000us-gaap_AdjustmentsRelatedToTaxWithholdingForShareBasedCompensation
Options forfeited 0us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsForfeituresInPeriod
Director  
Stockholders' Equity Note [Abstract]  
Non vested stock grants to Independent director 16,200lhcg_NonvestedStockGrantsToIndependentDirectors
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Director Period of Vested Shares 1 year
Employee  
Stockholders' Equity Note [Abstract]  
Nonvested stock grants to employees 174,865lhcg_NonvestedStockGrantsToEmployees
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