1. Encompass Health opens its 25th hospital in Florida, in St. Petersburg. 2. New facility focuses on rehab services for stroke and injury recovery. 3. Hospital enhances local access to rehabilitation with specialized treatments. 4. This is Encompass Health's fourth Florida location to launch in 2025. 5. Future expansions include another hospital planned in Lake Worth, Florida.
The opening of a new facility is likely to increase revenue for EHC. Expansion in high-demand markets can boost stock performance, similar to previous successful openings.
The article highlights significant expansion and direct service delivery benefits, relevant to EHC's growth strategy.
The new hospital will enhance service capacity, positively affecting EHC's market position over time, similar to previous expansions that boosted earnings.
The Company's 25th location in the state is now accepting patients.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. and ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., Oct. 21, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Encompass Health, the nation's largest owner and operator of inpatient rehabilitation hospitals, announced the opening of its 25th location in the state of Florida: Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of St. Petersburg.
The 57,000-square-foot freestanding hospital provides essential rehabilitation services that help patients recovering from strokes, brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, amputations and complex orthopedic conditions regain functional ability, independence and quality of life. Patients receive a minimum of three hours of intensive physical, occupational and/or speech therapy five days each week, as well as frequent physician visits and 24-hour nursing care. An interdisciplinary team of highly specialized nurses, therapists and physicians create customized treatment plans to meet each patient's unique recovery goals.
"We're excited to further expand our footprint in Florida to meet the growing need for inpatient rehabilitation care," said Lori Bedard, president of Encompass Health's Southeast region. "This hospital will allow patients in the St. Petersburg community to recover from serious illnesses and injuries closer to home."
Designed with patients' needs in mind, the hospital will offer amenities such as 50 private patient rooms; a spacious, light-filled therapy gym featuring advanced rehabilitation technologies for every mobility level; an activities of daily living suite with real-world simulated spaces; an in-house dialysis suite; a landscaped therapy courtyard with recreational areas; a dining room; an in-house pharmacy and dayroom areas.
Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of St. Petersburg is Encompass Health's 25th location in the state of Florida (inclusive of a satellite location in The Villages) and its fourth location to open in the state this year. The Company plans to open an additional hospital in Lake Worth, Florida, by year's end.
To learn more, visit encompasshealth.com/locations/st-petersburg-rehab.
About Encompass Health
Encompass Health (NYSE:EHC) is the largest owner and operator of inpatient rehabilitation hospitals in the United States. With a national footprint that includes 171 hospitals in 39 states and Puerto Rico, the Company provides high-quality, compassionate rehabilitative care for patients recovering from a major injury or illness, using advanced technology and innovative treatments to maximize recovery. Encompass Health is named America's Most Awarded Leader in Inpatient Rehabilitation by Newsweek and Statista and is ranked among Fortune's World's Most Admired Companies™ and Forbes' Most Trusted Companies in America. For more information, visit encompasshealth.com, or follow us on our newsroom, X, Instagram and Facebook.
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