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Encompass Health and Cookeville Regional Medical Center announce plans to build a 40-bed inpatient rehabilitation hospital in Cookeville, Tennessee
Encompass Health Corp. (NYSE: EHC) and Cookeville Regional Medical Center today announced plans to build a freestanding, 40‑bed inpatient rehabilitation hospital on the Cookeville Regional Medical Center campus in Cookeville, Tennessee.
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