Josh Proffitt LHC Group CEO Rating

LHC Group's CEO, Josh Proffitt, has 1129 employee ratings and a score of 86/100, placing them in the Top 5% of similar size companies on Comparably with 10,000+ Employees. When breaking the CEO score down by factors such as department, gender, and ethnicity, we see that females at LHC Group rate Josh Proffitt higher than non-binary employees, giving the CEO a score of 86/100.

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Where This Score Ranks LHC Group's CEO Rating

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LHC Group CEO Josh Proffitt Bio

Josh Proffitt serves as LHC Group’s president and chief executive officer. In this role, he is responsible for the development and oversight of the company’s strategic priorities and organizational growth and performance, while advancing the company’s mission and strengthening its culture enterprise-wide. He leads a strong and growing bench of seasoned executives and teams that are focused on high performance across all six of LHC Group’s pillars of excellence.

Mr. Proffitt joined LHC Group in 2008 and during his tenure at the company has served in numerous roles, including: vice president, assistant general counsel and director of mergers and acquisitions; senior vice president and chief compliance officer; executive vice president, corporate development and general counsel; executive vice president and chief financial officer; and, most recently, president and chief operating officer.

Before coming to LHC Group, he was a member of the corporate healthcare practice group with the law firm of Alston & Bird LLP, in Atlanta. Mr. Proffitt is admitted to practice law in the State of Georgia. He received a bachelor’s degree in accounting, summa cum laude, from the University of Kentucky, and graduated as a member of the Order of the Coif (top 10 in the class) from the University of Kentucky College of Law.

Mr. Proffitt currently serves as a community advisory member of the University of Kentucky Board of Trustees Healthcare Committee. He also serves as a Board of Trustees member for the University of Louisiana at Lafayette Foundation and a Board of Trustees member for the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary.

Who Ranks LHC Group's CEO Rating the Highest?

Department - Product 93/100

Department - Business Development 93/100

Department - HR 93/100

Who Ranks LHC Group's CEO Rating the Lowest?

Gender - Non-Binary 47/100

Ethnicity - Other 71/100

Department - Customer Support 79/100

LHC Group CEO Josh Proffitt At a Glance

The CEO score provides an understanding of how employees feel about the CEO’s leadership style and effectiveness at LHC Group.

Based on 1129 ratings, Josh Proffitt ranks right above Encompass Health's CEO, Mark Tarr.

LHC Group's CEO is highly regarded by the Product department, the Business Development department, and the HR department. However, Non-Binary employees and the Customer Support department have a less favorable view of the CEO and believe there is room for improvement. Overall, the CEO score has remained stable over the last 90 days.