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 Annual Report of LHC Group, Inc. (the "Company") on
Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 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: March 31, 2006
                             /s/ R. Barr Brown
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                             R. Barr Brown
                             Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer