Exhibit 32.2

                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

     In connection with the Quarterly Report of LHC Group, Inc. (the "Company")
on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2005 as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, R. Barr
Brown, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C.
Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002, that, to my knowledge:

     3.   The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or
          15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

     4.   The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
          material respects, the financial condition and results of operations
          of the Company.

Date: November 14, 2005
                                         /s/ R. Barr Brown
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                                         R. Barr Brown
                                         Senior Vice President and
                                         Chief Financial Officer