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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.11

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                                 LHC GROUP, INC.
       AMENDED AND RESTATED 2005 NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS COMPENSATION PLAN

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                                 LHC GROUP, INC.
       AMENDED AND RESTATED 2005 NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS COMPENSATION PLAN

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<S>                                                                <C>
ARTICLE 1 PURPOSE..................................................1
   1.1   Purpose...................................................1
   1.2   Eligibility...............................................1
ARTICLE 2 DEFINITIONS..............................................1
   2.1   Definitions...............................................1
ARTICLE 3 ADMINISTRATION...........................................3
   3.1   Administration............................................3
   3.2   Reliance..................................................3
   3.3   Indemnification...........................................3
ARTICLE 4 SHARES...................................................3
   4.1   Source of Shares for the Plan.............................3
ARTICLE 5 CASH COMPENSATION........................................4
   5.1   Base Annual Retainer......................................4
   5.2   Supplemental Annual Retainer..............................4
   5.3   Meeting Fees..............................................5
   5.4   Travel Expense Reimbursement..............................5
ARTICLE 6 EQUITY COMPENSATION......................................5
   6.1   Restricted Stock..........................................5
   6.2   Stock Options.............................................6
ARTICLE 7 AMENDMENT, MODIFICATION AND TERMINATION..................6
   7.1   Amendment, Modification and Termination...................6
ARTICLE 8 GENERAL PROVISIONS.......................................6
   8.1   Adjustments...............................................6
   8.2   Duration of the Plan......................................6
   8.3   Expenses of the Plan......................................6
   8.4   Effective Date............................................7
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                                 LHC GROUP, INC.
       AMENDED AND RESTATED 2005 NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS COMPENSATION PLAN

                                    ARTICLE 1
                                     PURPOSE

         1.1.     PURPOSE. The purpose of the LHC Group, Inc. Amended and
Restated 2005 Non-Employee Directors Compensation Plan is to attract, retain and
compensate highly-qualified individuals who are not employees of LHC Group, Inc.
or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates for service as members of the Board by
providing them with competitive compensation and an ownership interest in the
Common Stock of the Company. The Company intends that the Plan will benefit the
Company and its stockholders by allowing Non-Employee Directors to have a
personal financial stake in the Company through an ownership interest in the
Common Stock and will closely associate the interests of Non-Employee Directors
with that of the Company's stockholders.

         1.2.     ELIGIBILITY.  Non-Employee  Directors  of the Company who are
Eligible Participants, as defined below, shall automatically be participants in
the Plan.

                                    ARTICLE 2
                                   DEFINITIONS

         2.1.     DEFINITIONS. Unless the context clearly indicates otherwise,
the following terms shall have the following meanings:

         "Annual Retainer" means the Base Annual Retainer and the Supplemental
Annual Retainers.

         "Base Annual Retainer" means the annual retainer (excluding meeting
fees and expenses) payable by the Company to a Non-Employee Director pursuant to
Section 5.1 hereof for service as a director of the Company (i.e., excluding any
Supplemental Annual Retainer), as such amount may be changed from time to time.

         "Board" means the Board of Directors of the Company.

         "Common Stock" means the common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of
the Company.

         "Company" means LHC Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation.

         "Disability" means any illness or other physical or mental condition of
a Non-Employee Director that renders him or her incapable of performing as a
director of the Company, or any medically determinable illness or other physical
or mental condition resulting from a bodily injury, disease or mental disorder
which, in the judgment of the Board, is permanent and continuous in nature. The
Board may require such medical or

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other evidence as it deems necessary to judge the nature and permanency of a
Non-Employee Director's condition.

         "Effective Date" has the meaning set forth in Section 9.4 of the Plan.

         "Eligible Participant" means any person who is a Non-Employee Director
on the Effective Date or becomes a Non-Employee Director while this Plan is in
effect; except that during any period a director is prohibited from
participating in the Plan by his or her employer or otherwise waives
participation in the Plan, such director shall not be an Eligible Participant.

         "Fair Market Value", on any date, has the meaning given such term in
the Incentive Plan.

         "Incentive Plan" means the LHC Group, Inc. 2005 Incentive Plan, or any
subsequent equity compensation plan approved by the Company's stockholders Board
and designated as the Incentive Plan for purposes of this Plan.

         "Lead Director" means the Non-Employee Director who has been designated
by the Board as the Lead Director for the Plan Year in question. The Board may
change the designation of Lead Director from time to time.

         "Non-Employee Director" means a director of the Company who is not an
employee of the Company or of any of its subsidiaries or affiliates.

         "Option" means a right granted to an Eligible Participant under Article
6 of the Plan to purchase Stock at a specified price during specified time
periods. Options granted under the Plan are nonstatutory stock options.

         "Plan" means this LHC Group, Inc. Amended and Restated 2005
Non-Employee Directors Compensation Plan, as amended from time to time.

         "Plan Year" means the approximate twelve-month period between annual
meetings of the stock holders of the Company, which, for purposes of the Plan,
is the period for which Annual Retainers are earned.

         "Retirement" means retirement of the director in accordance with the
provisions of the Company's bylaws as in effect from time to time, or the
failure to be re-elected or re-nominated as a director.

         "Restricted Stock" means shares of Common Stock that are subject to
certain restrictions and to risk of forfeiture.

         "Supplemental Annual Retainer" means the annual retainer (excluding
meeting fees and expenses) payable by the Company to a Non-Employee Director
pursuant to Section 5.2 hereof for service as Lead Director or as a chair or
member of a committee of

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the Board, as such amount may be changed from time to time.

                                    ARTICLE 3
                                 ADMINISTRATION

         3.1.     ADMINISTRATION. The Plan shall be administered by the Board.
Subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Board shall be authorized to
interpret the Plan, to establish, amend and rescind any rules and regulations
relating to the Plan, and to make all other determinations necessary or
advisable for the administration of the Plan. The Board's interpretation of the
Plan, and all actions taken and determinations made by the Board pursuant to the
powers vested in it hereunder, shall be conclusive and binding upon all parties
concerned including the Company, its stockholders and persons granted awards
under the Plan. The Board may appoint a plan administrator to carry out the
ministerial functions of the Plan, but the administrator shall have no other
authority or powers of the Board.

         3.2.     RELIANCE. In administering the Plan, the Board may rely upon
any information furnished by the Company, its public accountants and other
experts. No individual will have personal liability by reason of anything done
or omitted to be done by the Company or the Board in connection with the Plan.
This limitation of liability shall not be exclusive of any other limitation of
liability to which any such person may be entitled under the Company's
certificate of incorporation or otherwise.

         3.3.     INDEMNIFICATION. Each person who is or has been a member of
the Board or who otherwise participates in the administration or operation of
this Plan shall be indemnified by the Company against, and held harmless from,
any loss, cost, liability or expense that may be imposed upon or incurred by him
or her in connection with or resulting from any claim, action, suit or
proceeding in which such person may be involved by reason of any action taken or
failure to act under the Plan and shall be fully reimbursed by the Company for
any and all amounts paid by such person in satisfaction of judgment against him
or her in any such action, suit or proceeding, provided he or she will give the
Company an opportunity, by written notice to the Board, to defend the same at
the Company's own expense before he or she undertakes to defend it on his or her
own behalf. This right of indemnification shall not be exclusive of any other
rights of indemnification to which any such person may be entitled under the
Company's certificate of incorporation, bylaws, contract or Delaware law.

                                    ARTICLE 4
                                     SHARES

         4.1.     SOURCE OF SHARES FOR THE PLAN. The shares of Common Stock that
may be issued pursuant to the Plan shall be issued under the Incentive Plan,
subject to all of the terms and conditions of the Incentive Plan. The terms
contained in the Incentive Plan are incorporated into and made a part of this
Plan with respect to Restricted Stock and Options granted pursuant hereto and
any such awards shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the
Incentive Plan. In the event of any

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actual or alleged conflict between the provisions of the Incentive Plan and the
provisions of this Plan, the provisions of the Incentive Plan shall be
controlling and determinative. This Plan does not constitute a separate source
of shares for the grant of the equity awards described herein.

                                    ARTICLE 5
                                CASH COMPENSATION

         5.1.     BASE ANNUAL RETAINER. Each Eligible Participant shall be paid
a Base Annual Retainer for service as a director during each Plan Year. The
amount of the Base Annual Retainer shall be established from time to time by the
Board. Until changed by the Board, the Base Annual Retainer shall be $24,000 for
each Non-Employee Director. A pro-rata Base Annual Retainer will be paid to any
Eligible Participant who joins the Board on a date other than the beginning of a
Plan Year, based on the number of full months between the date such Non-Employee
Director joined the Board and the following June 1. Payment of such prorated
Base Annual Retainer shall begin on the later of (i) the Effective Date, or (ii)
the date that the person first becomes an Eligible Participant.

         5.2.     SUPPLEMENTAL ANNUAL RETAINER.

         (a)      Supplemental Annual Retainer for Service as Lead Director. In
addition to the Base Annual Retainer, the Lead Director shall be paid an
additional Supplemental Annual Retainer for service as Lead Director during each
Plan Year, payable at the same time as the Base Annual Retainer is paid. The
amount of such Supplemental Annual Retainer shall be established from time to
time by the Board. Until changed by the Board, the special additional
Supplemental Annual Retainer for the Lead Director for a full Plan Year shall be
$26,000. A prorata payment will be paid to any Non-Employee Director who becomes
the Lead Director on a date other than the beginning of a Plan Year, based on
the number of full calendar months served in such position during the Plan Year.

         (b)      Supplemental Annual Retainer for Committee Service. Any
Non-Employee Director [(other than the Lead Director)] who serves as the chair
or member of a committee of the Board shall be paid a Supplemental Annual
Retainer, payable at the same time as the Base Annual Retainer is paid. The
amount of the Supplemental Annual Retainer shall be established from time to
time by the Board. Until changed by the Board, the Supplemental Annual Retainer
for a full Plan Year shall be as follows:

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                  COMMITTEE                                          CHAIR       NON-CHAIR MEMBER
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                  Audit Committee                                   $12,000           $6,000
                  Compensation Committee                            $12,000           $6,000
                  Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee     $12,000           $6,000
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A prorata Supplemental Annual Retainer will be paid to any Non-Employee Director
who

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becomes the chair or member of a committee of the Board on a date other than the
beginning of a Plan Year, based on the number of full calendar months served in
such position during the Plan Year.

         5.3.     MEETING FEES. Each Non-Employee Director shall be paid a $300
meeting fee for each non-regularly scheduled, specially-called meeting of the
Board or committee thereof he or she attends.

         5.4.     TRAVEL EXPENSE REIMBURSEMENT. All Non-Employee Directors shall
be reimbursed for reasonable travel expenses (including spouse's expenses to
attend events to which spouses are invited) in connection with attendance at
meetings of the Board and its committees, or other Company functions at which
the Chief Executive Officer requests the Non-Employee Director to participate.
If the travel expense is related to the reimbursement of commercial airfare,
such reimbursement will not exceed full-coach rates. If the travel expense is
related to reimbursement of non-commercial air travel, such reimbursement shall
not exceed the rate for comparable travel by means of commercial airlines.

                                    ARTICLE 6
                               EQUITY COMPENSATION

         6.1.     RESTRICTED STOCK.

         (a)      Initial Grant of Restricted Stock. Following the initial
public offering of the Company's Common Stock, and effective as of a date
specified by the Board, each Eligible Participant in service on that date will
receive an award of Restricted Stock. The number of shares so awarded shall be
3,500 to each Eligible Participant other than the Lead Director, and shall be
7,000 to the Lead Director. Such shares of Restricted Stock shall be evidenced
by a written Award Certificate, and shall be subject to such restrictions and
risk of forfeiture as determined by the Board, and shall be granted under and
pursuant to the terms of the Incentive Plan, subject to share availability under
the Incentive Plan.

         (b)      Vesting of Restricted Stock. The shares of Restricted Stock
Units shall vest shall vest and become non-forfeitable as to one-third of the
shares on the date of the grant and on each of the first two anniversaries of
the grant date or, if earlier, upon the termination of the grantee's service as
a director of the Company due to his or her death, Disability or Retirement. If
the grantee's service as a director of the Company (whether or not in a
Non-Employee Director capacity) terminates prior to the second anniversary of
the date of grant other than by reason of his or her death, Disability or
Retirement, then the grantee shall forfeit all of his or her right, title and
interest in and to any unvested shares of Restricted Stock as of the date of
such termination from the Board and such shares Restricted Stock shall be
reconveyed to the Company without further consideration or any act or action by
the grantee.

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6.2      STOCK OPTIONS.

         (a)      Initial Grant of Stock Options. On the date on which the
final (pricing) prospectus relating to the initial public offering of the
Company's Common stock is filed with the Securities Exchange Commission, each
Eligible Participant (other than the Lead Director) in service on that date
will receive a fully-vested Option grant to purchase 2,000 shares of the
Company's Stock, and the Lead Director will receive a fully-vested Option grant
to purchase 3,500 shares of the Company's Stock. Such Options shall be
evidenced by a written Award Certificate, and shall be subject to the terms and
conditions described below in this Section 6.2, and shall be granted under and
pursuant to the terms of the Incentive Plan, subject to share availability
under the Incentive Plan.

         (b)      Annual Grant of Stock Options. On the day following the 2006
annual meeting of the Company's stockholders, and on the day following each
subsequent annual meeting of the Company's stockholders, each Eligible
Participant (other than the Lead Director) in service on that date will receive
a fully-vested Option grant to purchase 2,000 shares of the Company's Stock, and
the Lead Director will receive a fully-vested Option grant to purchase 3,500
shares of the Company's Stock. Such Options shall be evidenced by a written
Award Certificate, and shall be subject to the terms and conditions described
below in this Section 6.2, and shall be granted under and pursuant to the terms
of the Incentive Plan, subject to share availability under the Incentive Plan.

         (c)      Exercise Price. The exercise price for each Option granted
under the Plan shall be the Fair Market Value of the shares of Stock subject to
the Option on the date of grant of the Option.

         (d)      Term. Each Option granted under the Plan shall, to the extent
not previously exercised, terminate and expire on the date ten (10) years after
the date of grant of the Option.

                                    ARTICLE 7
                     AMENDMENT, MODIFICATION AND TERMINATION

         7.1.     AMENDMENT, MODIFICATION AND TERMINATION. The Board may
terminate or suspend the Plan at any time, without stockholder approval. The
Board may amend the Plan at any time and for any reason without stockholder
approval; provided, however, that the Board may condition any amendment on the
approval of stockholders of the Company if such approval is necessary or deemed
advisable with respect to tax, securities or other applicable laws, policies or
regulations. Except as provided in Section 7.1, no termination, modification or
amendment of the Plan may, without the consent of a Non-Employee Director,
adversely affect a Non-Employee Director's rights under an award granted prior
thereto.

                                    ARTICLE 8
                               GENERAL PROVISIONS

         8.1.     ADJUSTMENTS. The adjustment provisions of the Incentive Plan
shall apply with respect to awards of Restricted Stock and Options outstanding
or to be granted pursuant to this Plan.

         8.2.     DURATION OF THE PLAN. The Plan shall remain in effect until
January 20, 2015, unless terminated earlier by the Board.

         8.3.     EXPENSES OF THE PLAN. The expenses of administering the Plan
shall be borne by the Company.

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         8.4.     EFFECTIVE DATE. The Plan was originally adopted by the Board
on January 20, 2005, and became effective on that date (the "Effective Date").

                                                 LHC GROUP, INC.

                                                 By:     /s/ R. Barr Brown
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                                                                     EXHIBIT 4.1

                             ARTICLES OF RESTATEMENT
                                       OF
                            ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
                                       OF
                               CRAWFORD & COMPANY

                                       1.

      The name of the Corporation is CRAWFORD & COMPANY, charter number 8419292,
incorporated on May 21, 1943 (the "Corporation").

                                       2.

      The Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation are amended and restated
in their entirety to state as follows:

                                    ARTICLE I

      The name of the Corporation is: CRAWFORD & COMPANY

                                   ARTICLE II

      The principal office of the Corporation shall be in Fulton County,
Georgia, but it shall have the privilege of establishing branch offices and
places of business elsewhere either within or without the State.

                                   ARTICLE III

(a)   (i) Authorized Capital. The total number of shares of all classes of stock
which the Corporation shall have the authority to issue is Fifty Million
(50,000,000) shares of Class A Common Stock, par value $1.00 per shares (the
"Class A Common Stock"), and Fifty Million (50,000,000) shares of Class B Common
Stock, par value $1.00 per share (the "Class B Common Stock"). (The Class A
Common Stock and the Class B Common Stock are sometimes referred to together as
the "Common Stock".)

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      (ii) Terms of Common Stock. The Class A Common Stock and the Class B
Common Stock shall be identical in all respects and shall have equal rights and
privileges except as set forth in this Section 3(a)(ii). The relative rights,
preferences, privileges and restrictions on each class of Common Stock are as
follows:

      (A)   Voting. Except as otherwise required by Georgia Law or these
            Restated Articles of Incorporation, as amended from time to time,
            the voting power attributable to holder of Class A Common Stock and
            Class B Common Stock shall be as follows:

            (1)   No holder of Class A Common Stock shall have the right to vote
                  any share of Class A Common Stock.

            (2)   Each record holder of Class B Common Stock shall be entitled
                  to one vote for each share of Class B Common Stock registered
                  in his name on the books of the Corporation and otherwise
                  entitled to vote, and the exclusive voting power of the
                  shareholders of the Corporation shall be fixed in the holders
                  of the Class B Common Stock.

      (B)   Dividends. The record holders of the Common Stock shall be entitled
            to receive such dividends and other distributions in cash, stock or
            property of the Corporation as may be declared thereon by the Board
            of Directors out of funds legally available therefore. If a regular
            or special dividend is paid on either class of Common Stock, a
            dividend of like kind must de declared and paid contemporaneously
            with respect to the other class of Common Stock. With respect to
            payment of cash dividends, the dividend paid per share of Class A
            Common Stock must be equal or greater in amount than the dividend
            paid per share of Class B Common Stock. With respect to
            distributions other than cash, including stock dividends and stock
            splits, the payment per share of Class A Common Stock must be
            identical to the payment per share of Class B Common Stock, except
            that, if holders of Class B Common Stock receive shares of Class B
            Common Stock in connection with a stock split or stock dividend,
            holders of Class A Common Stock, will receive shares of Class A
            Common Stock in the same per share proportion as holder of Class B
            Common Stock receive shares of Class B Common Stock.

      (C)   Mergers, Etc. (1) Any plan of merger, share exchange,
            reclassification or recapitalization in which shares of the Common
            Stock of the Corporation, in whole or in part, are converted into or
            exchanged for shares, obligations or other securities of the
            Corporation or any other corporation, or into cash or other
            property, shall be approved by an affirmative vote of the record
            holders of seventy-five percent of the outstanding shares of Class A
            Common Stock, voting as a separate voting group, unless the
            consideration to be received in the transaction with respect to each
            share of Class A Common Stock is the same amount and type as the
            consideration to be received in the transaction by holders of Class
            B Common Stock. In the event that any corporate action is taken with
            respect to a merger, share exchange, reclassification or
            recapitalization required to be approved by a vote of the
            shareholders of the Corporation and with respect to which the
            holders of Class B Common Stock are entitled to dissent and obtain

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            payment for their shares pursuant to the provisions of the Georgia
            Business Corporation Code (the "Code"), then, subject to compliance
            with procedural requirements for exercise of dissenters' rights
            prescribed by the Code, the holders of Class A Common Stock shall be
            entitled to dissent and obtain payment for their shares to the same
            extent that the holders of Class B Common Stock are so entitled,
            whether or not the provisions of the Code would otherwise entitle
            the holders of Class A Common Stock to such dissenters' rights.

                  (2) This Section (C) may only be amended by the affirmative
            vote of the holders of seventy-five percent of the outstanding Class
            A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock, voting as separate voting
            groups.

(b) The authorized and unissued shares of any class of capital stock of the
Corporation may be issued at any time and from time to time for such
consideration, in money, property or services, as may be permitted by law and as
the Board of Directors in its discretion shall authorize.

(c) The Corporation may also create and issue, whether or not in connection with
the issue and sale of any shares of stock or other securities of the
Corporation, rights or options entitling the holders thereof to purchase or
acquire from the Corporation shares of its capital stock of any class or classes
or other securities then authorized upon such terms and at such time or times,
which may be limited or unlimited in duration, and at such price or prices as
shall be stated, as the Board of Directors in its discretion shall authorize;
provided, however, that the price or prices to be received by the Corporation
for such shares shall not be less than the par value thereof.

(d) No holder of any shares of any class of capital stock of the Corporation
shall have any preemptive right to subscribe for or purchase any shares of any
class of capital stock, rights, options, or securities of the Corporation issued
hereafter.

                                   ARTICLE IV

      No Director of the Corporation shall be personally liable to the
Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of the duty of
care or other duty as a Director, except for liability (i) for any
appropriation, in violation of his duties, of any business opportunity of the
Corporation, (ii) for acts or omissions that involve intentional misconduct or a
knowing violation of law, (iii) for the types of liability set forth in Section
14-2-832 of the Georgia Business Corporation Code, or (iv) for any transaction
from which the Director received an improper personal benefit.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused these Articles of Restatement to
be executed and attested by its authorized officers this 23rd day of April,
1991.

                                        CRAWFORD & COMPANY

                                    By: /s/  F. L. Minix
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                                        F. L. Minix, Chairman,
                                        Chief Executive Officer and President

(CORPORATE SEAL)

Attest:

By: /s/  James H. Graham
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    James H. Graham, Secretary

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