SECTION 16 POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby
constitutes and appoints the Director of Accounting
and Reporting, the Senior Vice President of Finance,
and the Vice President of Legal Affairs,
or any of them, the undersigned's  true and lawful
attorney-in-fact to:

(l)     prepare, execute in the undersigned's name and on the
undersigned's behalf, and submit to the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "SEC") a Form ID, including amendments
thereto, and any other documents necessary or appropriate to
obtain codes and passwords enabling the undersigned to make
electronic filings with the SEC of reports required by
Section l6(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or any rule or regulation of the SEC;

(2)    execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the
undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of
LHC Group, Inc. (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5
in accordance with Section l6(a) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

(3)    do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the
undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete
and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5 and timely
file such form with the Securities and Exchange
Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

(4)    take any other action of any type whatsoever in
connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such
attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest
of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood
that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf
of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall
be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions
as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's
discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full
power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing
whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done
in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted,
as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might
or could do if personally present, with full power of
substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute
or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers
herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing
attomeys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the
undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of
the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect
until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms
3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of
and transactions in securities issued by the Company,
unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed
writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.
In affixing his or her signature to this
Power of Attorney, the undersigned hereby revokes any and
all previously executed Powers of Attorney
for the same or similar purposes.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney
to be executed as of this 10 day of July, 2019.

/s/ Collin McQuiddy
Collin McQuiddy