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                                  June 6, 2005

VIA FAX AND EDGAR
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC  20549
Attention:  Jeffrey P. Riedler, Assistant Director
Fax Number: (202) 942-9533

         Re:      LHC Group, Inc.
                  Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-120732)
                  Acceleration Request

Ladies and Gentleman:

         LHC Group, Inc. (the "Company"), pursuant to Rule 461 under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, hereby requests the Commission to accelerate
the effective date of the above-referenced Registration Statement and declare
the Registration Statement, as then amended, effective as of 2:00 p.m., eastern
standard time, on Wednesday, June 8, 2005, or as soon thereafter as practicable.
The Company also requests the Commission to specifically confirm such effective
date and time to the Company in writing.

         The Company acknowledges that (i) should the Commission or the staff of
the Commission, acting pursuant to delegated authority, declare the filing
effective, such declaration does not foreclose the Commission from taking any
action with respect to the filing; (ii) the action of the Commission or the
staff of the Commission, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in declaring
the filing effective, does not relieve the Company from its full responsibility
for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing; and (iii) the
Company may not assert the declaration of effectiveness as a defense in any
proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal
securities laws of the United States.

         Please contact Peter C. November of Alston & Bird LLP with any
questions or comments at 404-881-7872. Thank you for your assistance with this
filing.

                                      Sincerely yours,

                                      LHC GROUP, INC.

                                      By:   /s/ Keith G. Myers
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                                          Keith G. Myers
                                          President and Chief Executive Officer

cc: Peter C. November, Alston & Bird LLP

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                                  June 6, 2005

Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F. Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Attn:    Jeffrey Riedler

         RE:      LHC GROUP, INC. (THE "COMPANY")
                  REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-3 (FILE NO. 333-120792)

Dear Mr. Riedler:

         As underwriters of the Company's proposed public offering of its Common
Stock pursuant to the above-referenced Registration Statement, we hereby join
the Company's request for acceleration of the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement to 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, June 8, 2005, or as soon thereafter as is
practicable.

         The following information with respect to the distribution of the
preliminary prospectus dated May 20, 2005 is furnished pursuant to Rule 460
under the Securities Act of 1933.

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         To Prospective Underwriters..........................        2,000
         To Securities Dealers................................        2,601
         To Institutional Investors...........................          707
         To Others............................................          150
         Total................................................        5,808
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         The undersigned advise that they have complied and will continue to
comply with Rule 15c2-8 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, including the
48-hour delivery requirement contained in such Rule.

                             Very truly yours,

                             JEFFERIES & COMPANY, INC.
                             LEGG MASON WOOD, INCORPORATED
                                  As Representatives of the several Underwriters

                             By: JEFFERIES & COMPANY, INC.

                             By: /s/ Catherine Gemmato-Smith
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                                 Name:  Catherine Gemmato-Smith
                                 Title: Managing Director
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