Wednesday, October 15, 2008

LHC Group enters venture for nursing, hospice services in North Carolina

Home nursing services company LHC Group Inc. said Thursday it entered a joint venture with Cape Fear Valley Health System to provide services.

Cape Fear Valley Health System, located in Fayetteville, N.C., is a 765-bed regional health system that includes five hospitals and serves a six-county region of Southeastern North Carolina. It has more than 935,000 patients annually. Revenue for the most recent 12-month period reached $5.3 million, LHC said.

The joint venture is effective Oct. 1. It is not expected to add materially to LHC's earnings in 2008, the company said.

Shares of LHC closed at $28.57 Wednesday.

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