LHC Group, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides post-acute continuum of care primarily for Medicare beneficiaries in the United States. The company operates through two segments, Home-Based Services and Facility-Based Services. The Home-Based Services segment provides home nursing services, including wound care and dressing changes, cardiac rehabilitation, infusion therapy, pain management, pharmaceutical administration, skilled observation and assessment, patient education, skilled nursing, and medically-oriented social services, as well as physical, occupational, and speech therapy. This segment also offers hospice services, including pain and symptom management accompanied by palliative medication, emotional and spiritual support, inpatient and respite care, homemaker services, dietary counseling, family bereavement counseling, and social worker visits. It offers home-based services through home nursing agencies and hospices. The Facility-Based Services segment operates long-term acute care hospitals that provide treatment for patients with severe medical conditions who require a high-level of care and frequent monitoring by physicians and other clinical personnel, and to be treated in a non-acute setting. As of December 31, 2012, it owned and operated 274 home-based service locations with 232 home nursing agency locations, 32 hospices, 3 specialty agencies, and 4 private duty agencies, as well as managed 3 home nursing agencies; and facility-based service locations, including 6 long-term acute care hospitals, 1 pharmacy, and 1 family health center. The company has operations in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, and Washington. LHC Group, Inc. was founded in 1994 and is based in Lafayette, Louisiana.

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