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): March 6, 2008

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

      Delaware                        8082                       71-0918189
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  (State or Other           (Commission File Number)          (I.R.S. Employer
   Jurisdiction                                              Identification No.)
 of Incorporation)

                          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
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          (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
     The  information  contained  in the  discussion  under  Item 2.03  below is
incorporated by reference herein.

Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct  Financial  Obligation or an Obligation  under an
          Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.
     On March 6, 2008, LHC Group,  Inc. (the  "Company")  entered into the First
Amendment to Credit Agreement (the "First  Amendment") by and among the Company,
Capital One, National Association, as administrative agent (the "Agent") and the
lenders party thereto (the  "Lenders").  The First  Amendment  amends the Credit
Agreement  (the  "Credit  Agreement")  dated as of  February  20, 2008 among the
Company, the Agent and Capital One Corporation, as sole bookrunner and sole lead
arranger,  and adds First Tennessee  Bank,  N.A. as an additional  lender to the
Credit Agreement.  Pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement,  as amended by
the First  Amendment,  the  maximum  aggregate  principal  amount of the line of
credit  increased from $25.0 million to $37.5 million.  The increase of the line
of credit constitutes partial fulfillment of Company's option,  contained in the
Credit Agreement, as amended, to increase the line of credit to $50.0 million.

     The interest rate for borrowings  under the Credit  Agreement is a function
of the prime rate or the eurodollar rate ("Eurodollar  Rate Loans"),  as elected
by the Company,  plus the applicable margin. The First Amendment also amends the
applicable  margin for Eurodollar  Rate Loans under the Credit  Agreement as set
forth below:

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            LEVERAGE RATIO                       EURODOLLAR MARGIN
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             < 1.00:1.00                               1.75%
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       = 1.00:1.00 < 1.50:1.00                         2.00%
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       = 1.50:1.00 < 2.00:1.00                         2.25%
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             = 2.00:1.00                               2.50%
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     The summary  above is  qualified  in its  entirety  by the First  Amendment
attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

     A copy of the First  Amendment  is attached as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current
Report on Form 8-K.




                                    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/ Peter J. Roman
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                                                 Peter J. Roman
                                                 Senior Vice President and Chief
                                                 Financial Officer



Dated:   March 10, 2008




                                INDEX TO EXHIBITS



          EXHIBIT NO.       DESCRIPTION
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             10.1           First Amendment Credit Agreement by and among LHC
                            Group, Inc., Capital One, National Association, as
                            administrative agent for the lenders, and the
                            lenders party thereto, dated as of March 6, 2008.