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Encompass Health announces plans to build a 50-bed inpatient rehabilitation hospital in Flowood, Mississippi
Encompass Health Corp. (NYSE: EHC) today announced plans to build a freestanding, 50-bed inpatient rehabilitation hospital in Flowood, Mississippi.
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