Basis of Presentation and Significant Events

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2021

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Basis of Presentation and Significant Events

Basis of Presentation and Significant Events

Organization

LHC Group, Inc. (the “Company”) is a health care provider specializing in the post-acute continuum of care. The Company provides services through five segments: home health, hospice, home and community-based services, facility-based services, the latter primarily through long-term acute care hospitals (“LTACHs”), and healthcare innovations services ("HCI").

As of March 31, 2021, the Company, through its wholly- and majority-owned subsidiaries, equity joint ventures, controlled affiliates, and management agreements operated 829 service locations in 35 states within the continental United States and the District of Columbia.

COVID-19 Update

SARS-CoV-2 ("COVID-19") continues to spread and various responses related to stay-at-home restrictions, travel restrictions, and other public health and safety measures continue to evolve. We communicate with our clinicians and other employees all updated policies and procedures as we monitor changes related to the pandemic. Policies and procedures related to social distancing and cleaning procedures remain in place as the safety of our patients and employees are vital. The effects of COVID-19 continue to materially impact our business.  As a result, operating results for the three months ended March 31, 2021 may not be indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2021, and operating results for the three months ended March 31, 2021 may not be directly comparable to operating results for the three months ended March 31, 2020.

CARES Act

In response to COVID-19, the U.S. Government enacted the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act ("CARES Act") on March 27, 2020. The CARES Act was passed to provide $100 billion of Provider Relief Funds for distribution to eligible providers who provided diagnoses, testing, or care for individuals with a possible or actual case of COVID-19, specifically to reimburse providers for health care related expenses related to the prevention of the spread of COVID-19, preparations for treating cases of COVID-19 positive patients, and for lost revenues attributable to COVID-19. The CARES Act also provided financial hardship relief to Medicare providers impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic in order to provide necessary funds when there is a disruption in Medicare claims submission and/or Medicare claims processing by distributing funds through the Accelerated and Advanced Payments Program ("AAPP").

In addition, the CARES Act suspended the 2% sequestration payment adjustments on Medicare patient claims with dates of service from May 1 through December 31, 2020, suspended the application of site-neutral payment for LTACH admissions that were admitted during the Public Health Emergency ("PHE"), and delayed payment of the employer portion of social security tax. On April 14, 2021, Congress passed legislation to continue the suspension of sequestration payment adjustments of Medicare patient claims through December 31, 2021.

Provider Relief Fund

As of March 31, 2021, the Company had $93.3 million in payments from the Provider Relief Fund. The Company intends to return these funds to the government and has recorded a short-term liability of $93.3 million in government stimulus advance in our condensed consolidated balance sheets.

AAPP

As of March 31, 2021, the Company had $318.0 million of accelerated payments under the AAPP, which was recorded in contract liabilities - deferred revenue in our condensed consolidated balance sheets in accordance with Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers ("Topic 606"). On October 1, 2020, the repayment and recoupment terms for AAPP funds were amended by the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021 and Other Extensions Act, which provides that recoupment will begin one year from the date the AAPP funds were received. Under these revised terms, recoupment of AAPP will occur under a tiered approach. Beginning in the second quarter of 2021 and continuing for 11 months, CMS will recoup 25% of Medicare payments otherwise owed to the Company. If any amount of AAPP funds that we received from CMS remain unpaid after the initial 11 month period, CMS will recoup 50% of Medicare payments otherwise

owed to the Company during the following six months. Interest will begin accruing on any amount of the AAPP funds that we received from CMS that remain unpaid following those recoupment periods. CMS will issue a repayment letter to the Company for any such outstanding amounts, which must be paid in full within 30 days from the date of the letter. The Company intends to repay the full amount before any interest accrues.

Other

During the three months ended March 31, 2021, the Company recognized $6.4 million of net service revenue due to the suspension of the 2% sequestration payment adjustment. During the three months ended March 31, 2021, the Company recognized $8.9 million of net service revenue due to the suspension of LTACH site-neutral payments. As of March 31, 2021, the Company deferred $51.8 million of employer social security taxes, $25.9 million of which was recorded in current liabilities - deferred employer payroll tax and $25.9 million of which was recorded in other long term liabilities on our condensed consolidated balance sheets.

Unaudited Interim Financial Information

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets as of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the related unaudited condensed consolidated statements of income for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of changes in equity for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of cash flows for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, and related notes (collectively, these financial statements are referred to as the "interim financial statements" and together with the related notes are referred to herein as the “interim financial information”) have been prepared by the Company. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring accruals) considered necessary for a fair presentation in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”) have been included. Operating results for the three months ended March 31, 2021 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2021.

Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP have been condensed or omitted from the interim financial information presented. This report should be read in conjunction with the Company’s consolidated financial statements and related notes included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020 (the "2020 Form 10-K"). The 2020 Form 10-K was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on February 26, 2021, and includes information and disclosures not included herein.