LHC Group Promotes Two Key Executives

LHC Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: LHCG), is a national provider of in-home healthcare services and innovations, announced the promotion of two key executives.

Joshua Proffitt, the company’s chief financial officer, has been named its new President.  Robert Williams has been named the new chief financial officer. Proffitt joined LHC Group in September 2008 as vice president, assistant general counsel and director of mergers and acquisitions.

He was promoted into subsequent leadership roles with expanded responsibilities including senior vice president and chief compliance officer, then executive vice president of corporate development and general counsel, and his most recent position as CFO and treasurer, where in addition to providing executive and financial leadership, he oversaw the company’s corporate development growth efforts through acquisitions and new strategic partnership initiatives with hospitals and health systems.

Williams was most recently with ChenMed – a full-risk, physician-led market leader that provides primary care to seniors with complex chronic diseases – where he served as vice president of strategic financial operations since 2017.

LHC Group’s services cover a wide range of healthcare needs for patients and families dealing with illness, injury, or chronic conditions. The company’s 32,000 employees deliver home health, hospice, home and community-based services, and facility-based care in 35 states and the District of Columbia – reaching 60 percent of the U.S. population aged 65 and older.