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): December 20, 2006
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 December 20, 2006, LHC Group, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that it has signed definitive agreements to acquire in separate transactions the assets of a 67% interest in the home health agency owned by the Camden-Clarke Memorial Hospital in Parkersburg, West Virginia and a 100% interest in the home health agency owned by Floyd Medical Center in Rome, Georgia.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
(c)   Exhibits
     
EXHIBIT NO.   DESCRIPTION
 
99.1
  Press Release dated December 20, 2006

 

 

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: December 20, 2006 

 

 

INDEX TO EXHIBITS
     
EXHIBIT NO.   DESCRIPTION
99.1
  Press Release announcing the Transaction, dated December 20, 2006.