LHC Group Reaches Deal With Christus Health

LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) — Home health provider LHC Group Incorporated says it has started a joint venture with Christus Health to provide home services in the Texarkana, Texas, area.

Terms of the agreement were not revealed Tuesday by Lafayette-based LHC Group.

The primary service area includes nine Texas counties with a population of about 300,000.

Christus is a Catholic, faith-based, not-for-profit health system with 50 hospitals and 175 clinics and outpatient centers.