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): July 31, 2006
LHC GROUP, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
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8082
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(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
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(Commission File Number)
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(I.R.S. Employer
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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 2.01 Completion of Acquisiton or Disposition of Assets.
On July 31, 2006, LHC Group, Inc. issued a press release announcing the completion
of its acquisition of the Kentucky-based assets of Lifeline Home Health Care, a privately-held
company based in Somerset, Kentucky. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to
this Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 8.01 Other Events.
Effective August 1, 2006, the Board of Directors of LHC Group, Inc. (the “Company”)
appointed Donald D. Stelly, age 37, as Senior Vice President of Operations. Mr. Stelly will
continue to report to John L. Indest, the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Operating
Officer. Mr. Stelly joined the Company in April of 2005 and has most recently served as the
Company’s Vice President of Operations. From August of 1996 to April of 2005, Mr. Stelly worked
for Doctors’ Hospital, a subsidiary of Province Healthcare Company, a publicly traded hospital
company based in Brentwood, Tennessee, until its acquisition by LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. in April
2005. Mr. Stelly served as the Chief Executive Officer of Doctors’ Hospital from 2002 to 2005,
following his service as Chief Operating Officer from 2000 to 2002. From 1991 through 1996, Mr.
Stelly practiced as a Registered Nurse while serving as the Director of Surgical Services at Ville
Platte Medical Center, located in Ville Platte, Louisiana. Mr. Stelly earned a Bachelor’s Degree
in Nursing at the University of Southwestern Louisiana. There are no family relationships between
Mr. Stelly and any director or executive officer of the Company, and there are no arrangements or
understandings between Mr. Stelly and any other person pursuant to which Mr. Stelly was selected as
an executive officer of the Company.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
A copy of the Company’s press release announcing the closing of Lifeline Home Health Care
Acquisition is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.