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

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FORM 8-K
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CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): March 22, 2007

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)

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Item 8.01 Other Events

On March 21, 2007, LHC Group, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that it has signed a definitive agreement with Roane General Hospital to acquire a 100% interest in the assets of Roane General Home Health located in Spencer, West Virginia. Also, in separate transactions, LHC Group signed two license lease agreements. One of these agreements was signed with Fulton County Hospital in Salem, Arkansas. The other agreement converts a management agreement to a license lease agreement.


 
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
 
 
(c)
Exhibits
 
EXHIBIT NO.
  
DESCRIPTION
     
99.1
  
Press Release dated March 21, 2007

 

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/ Barry E. Stewart
 
Barry E. Stewart
  Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Dated:March 22, 2007
 
 

INDEX TO EXHIBITS
 
 
EXHIBIT NO.
  
DESCRIPTION
99.1
  
Press Release announcing the Transaction, dated March 21, 2007.