Edgar Filing: LHC Group, Inc

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 2, 2008

LHC GROUP, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Delaware

8082

71-0918189

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

420 West Pinhook Rd., Suite A
Lafayette, LA 70503
(Address of Principal Executive Offices, including Zip Code)

(337) 233-1307
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

N/A

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Item 8.01 Other Events

On June 2, 2008, LHC Group, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that it has entered into two separate joint ventures effective June 1, 2008. The Company entered into a joint venture relationship with Jefferson Regional Medical Center, a 471-bed hospital located in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, to provide home health services. The Company also entered into a joint venture relationship with Community Medical Center of Izard County, a 25-bed critical access hospital located in Calico Rock, Arkansas, to provide home health and hospice services.

Additionally, the Company announced that it has closed its previously announced acquisition of Home Care Solutions effective June 1, 2008.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

EXHIBIT NO.		DESCRIPTION

99.1		Press Release dated June 2, 2008

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

		LHC GROUP, INC.


		By:	/s/ Peter J. Roman
			Peter J. Roman
			Senior Vice President and Chief
			Financial Officer


Dated:	June 2, 2008

INDEX TO EXHIBITS

EXHIBIT NO.		DESCRIPTION
99.1		Press Release announcing the Transactions, dated June 2, 2008.