LHC Group Board of Director Dan Wilford Inducted into Modern Healthcare’s Hall of Fame

LHC Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: LHCG), one of the largest providers of home nursing services in the United States, announced today that one of its Board members, Dan S. Wilford, has been inducted into Modern Healthcare’s Hall of Fame (see Modern Healthcare’s March 23, 2009, article entitled "From the gridiron to the C-suite”). Mr. Wilford has served as a director of LHC Group since November 2005.

In 1958, Mr. Wilford attended the University of Mississippi where he played football. His love for football continued as he would later serve as an official in college football and eventually in the NFL. In 1962, Mr. Wilford finished college as a distinguished military graduate in the Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps. He chose the medical service corps, where he was introduced to hospital management. Mr. Wilford spent two years at the U.S. Army Hospital in Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, before he left for Washington University in St. Louis, where he earned a master’s degree in hospital administration. After finishing graduate school in 1966, Mr. Wilford moved to Tulsa, Oklahoma, and served until 1974 as Hillcrest Medical Center’s Chief Operating Officer. From Tulsa, Mr. Wilford went to North Mississippi Medical Center, a 600-bed hospital in Tupelo, Mississippi, where he served until 1984 as the facility’s president. In 1984, Mr. Wilford became President and Chief Executive Officer of Houston, Texas-based Memorial Hermann Healthcare System, where he served until his retirement in 2002. Mr. Wilford was also a co-founder of Volunteer Hospitals of America.

In 1996, Mr. Wilford was honored by The American College of Healthcare Executives as the nation’s outstanding healthcare executive. Mr. Wilford serves on numerous Boards of Directors and not-for-profit organizations, most of which are related to the healthcare industry. Mr. Wilford also has co-authored two books, Trust Matters: New Directions in Health Care Leadership (1998) and You Threw the Flag...Now...You Make the Call: A Primer on Leadership Accountabilities (2002).

Keith G. Myers, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of LHC Group, added, "Dan has served on our Board of Directors since 2005, and it has been an honor and a privilege to serve with him. Throughout his career, Dan has helped to shape the entire healthcare industry, and since 2005, he has been instrumental in guiding LHC Group. Dan’s dedication to quality patient care, his intensity and focus on leadership, and his Christian values are intertwined with the mission and vision of LHC Group. Through his experience as a hospital CEO and his many connections within the hospital industry, especially not-for-profit community-based hospitals, Dan has been instrumental in developing and growing our hospital joint venture relationships. Dan is also one of our most active Board members as he serves on our Compensation Committee, Corporate Governance Committee and Quality Committee. Dan also serves on our Acquisitions Committee, which provides him the opportunity to review and approve each of our hospital joint venture transactions. We are truly blessed to have Dan Wilford serving on our Board.”

About LHC Group, Inc.

LHC Group, Inc. is one of the largest providers of home nursing services in the United States providing quality cost effective healthcare services to patients within the comfort and privacy of their home or place of residence.

Certain matters discussed in this press release constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements may be identified by words such as "believe,” "expect,” "anticipate,” "intend,” "estimate” or similar expressions. Forward-looking statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties and there can be no assurance that any forward-looking statements will prove to be accurate. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated in the forward-looking statements include: changes in reimbursement, changes in government regulations, changes in our relationships with referral sources, increased competition for our services, increased competition for joint venture and acquisition candidates and changes in the interpretation of government regulations. LHC Group undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements. Further information regarding risks, uncertainties and other factors that could adversely affect LHC Group or cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated in forward-looking statements are included in LHC Group’s Form 10K for the year ended December 31, 2008, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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