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                                  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): October 31, 2007

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                                 LHC GROUP, INC.
             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

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             Delaware                 8082                  71-0918189
 (State or Other Jurisdiction of   (Commission           (I.R.S. Employer
          Incorporation)           File Number)         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 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

     On October 31, 2007, LHC Group, Inc. (the "Company") issued a press release
reporting on its financial results for the third quarter and nine months ended
September 30, 2007. A copy of that press release is furnished with this Current
Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

     The information included or incorporated in this report, including Exhibit
99.1, is being furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission and shall not
be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be expressly set
forth by specific reference in such filing.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

(c)      Exhibits

       EXHIBIT NO.         DESCRIPTION
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           99.1            Press Release, dated October 31, 2007, announcing the
                           Company's financial results for the third quarter and
                           nine months ended September 30, 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/ Keith G. Myers
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                                               Keith G. Myers
                                               Chief Executive Officer


Dated:   October 31, 2007





                                INDEX TO EXHIBITS



       EXHIBIT NO.         DESCRIPTION
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           99.1            Press Release, dated October 31, 2007, announcing the
                           Company's financial results for the third quarter and
                           nine months ended September 30, 2007.