Segment Information

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2020

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Segment Information

Segment Information

The Company's reporting segments include (1) home health services, (2) hospice services, (3) home and community-based services, (4) facility-based services and (5) healthcare innovations (“HCI”).  The accounting policies of the segments are the same as those described in the summary of significant accounting policies, as described in Note 2 to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Reportable segments have been identified based upon how management has organized the business by services provided to customers and how the chief operating decision maker manages the business and allocates resources, consistent with the criteria in ASC 280, Segment Reporting.

The following tables summarize the Company’s segment information for the twelve months ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018 (amounts in thousands):

	Year Ended December 31, 2020
	Home Health		Hospice		Home and Community-Based		Facility-Based		HCI		Total
Net service revenue	$	1,463,779	$	243,806	$	194,584	$	128,578	$	32,457	$	2,063,204
Cost of service revenue (excluding depreciation and amortization)	848,663		150,675		150,378		85,827		14,860		1,250,403
General and administrative expenses	464,568		66,454		45,443		43,435		12,947		632,847
Impairment of intangibles and other	1,249		600		—		—		—		1,849
Operating income (loss)	149,299		26,077		(1,237)		(684)		4,650		178,105
Interest expense	(2,856)		(469)		(390)		(297)		(117)		(4,129)
Income (loss) before income taxes and noncontrolling interests	146,443		25,608		(1,627)		(981)		4,533		173,976
Income tax expense (benefit)	30,435		4,925		(357)		(185)		1,225		36,043
Net income (loss)	116,008		20,683		(1,270)		(796)		3,308		137,933
Less net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests	20,525		4,822		(171)		1,193		(32)		26,337
Net income (loss) attributable to LHC Group, Inc.’s common stockholders	$	95,483	$	15,861	$	(1,099)	$	(1,989)	$	3,340	$	111,596
Total assets	$	1,741,044	$	301,475	$	263,708	$	103,401	$	73,726	$	2,483,354

	Year Ended December 31, 2019
	Home Health		Hospice		Home and Community-Based		Facility-Based		HCI		Total
Net service revenue	$	1,503,393	$	226,922	$	208,455	$	111,809	$	29,662	$	2,080,241

Cost of service revenue (excluding depreciation and amortization)	939,035		140,177		157,817		73,274		14,584		1,324,887
General and administrative expenses	437,276		61,190		44,025		38,358		15,157		596,006
Impairment of intangibles and other	7,443		291		—		—		—		7,734
Operating income (loss)	119,639		25,264		6,613		177		(79)		151,614
Interest expense	(7,762)		(1,269)		(1,112)		(678)		(334)		(11,155)
Income (loss) before income taxes and noncontrolling interests	111,877		23,995		5,501		(501)		(413)		140,459
Income tax expense (benefit)	21,147		4,353		1,394		(204)		(83)		26,607
Net income (loss)	90,730		19,642		4,107		(297)		(330)		113,852
Less net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests	14,651		3,979		(906)		435		(33)		18,126
Net income (loss) attributable to LHC Group, Inc.’s common stockholders	$	76,079	$	15,663	$	5,013	$	(732)	$	(297)	$	95,726
Total assets	$	1,486,012	$	244,105	$	249,524	$	91,337	$	69,317	$	2,140,295

	Year Ended December 31, 2018
	Home Health		Hospice		Home and Community-Based		Facility-Based		HCI		Total
Net service revenue	$	1,291,457	$	199,118	$	172,501	$	113,784	$	33,103	$	1,809,963
Cost of service revenue (excluding depreciation and amortization)	802,006		130,991		130,660		76,899		15,801		1,156,357
General and administrative expenses	378,124		60,933		40,467		39,638		18,754		537,916
Impairment of intangibles and other	1,816		186		(6)		554		2,139		4,689
Operating income (loss)	109,511		7,008		1,380		(3,307)		(3,591)		111,001
Interest expense	(7,060)		(1,529)		(76)		(545)		(469)		(9,679)
Income (loss) before income taxes and noncontrolling interests	102,451		5,479		1,304		(3,852)		(4,060)		101,322
Income tax expense (benefit)	22,711		1,227		420		(1,136)		(823)		22,399
Net income (loss)	79,740		4,252		884		(2,716)		(3,237)		78,923
Less net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests	13,361		1,764		(275)		589		(90)		15,349
Net income (loss) attributable to LHC Group, Inc.’s common stockholders	$	66,379	$	2,488	$	1,159	$	(3,305)	$	(3,147)	$	63,574
Total assets	$	1,336,988	$	209,680	$	236,072	$	70,261	$	75,714	$	1,928,715