HealthSouth Granted Certificate of Public Need to Build Rehabilitation Hospital in...

HealthSouth Granted Certificate of Public Need to Build Rehabilitation
Hospital in Loudoun County, Va.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Aug. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- HealthSouth Corporation
(NYSE: HLS) today announced it was granted a Certificate of Public Need by the
Virginia Department of Health to build a 40-bed freestanding inpatient
rehabilitation hospital in West Loudoun County.
"We are very pleased with the decision by the Virginia Department of
Health to grant us this certificate of public need," said Jay Grinney,
HealthSouth's president and chief executive officer. "As the nation's
preeminent provider of inpatient rehabilitative care, we are delighted to be
able to offer rehabilitative services to the citizens of Northern Virginia.
This state-of-the-art rehabilitation hospital will be an excellent addition to
our existing network of hospitals and clinics in the Fredericksburg,
Charlottesville, Richmond and Petersburg markets."
Groundbreaking for the new hospital is expected in November 2008. Once
fully operational, the hospital will employ approximately 200 people and offer
the latest rehabilitation technologies and equipment, as well as all private
rooms.
HealthSouth's inpatient rehabilitation hospitals provide a higher level of
rehabilitative care to patients who are recovering from stroke and other
neurological disorders, brain and spinal cord injury, amputations, orthopedic,
cardiac and pulmonary conditions.
HealthSouth currently operates four inpatient rehabilitation hospitals
throughout Virginia, including HealthSouth Fredericksburg, HealthSouth
Petersburg, HealthSouth Virginia in Richmond and UVA-HealthSouth
Rehabilitation Hospital, a joint venture hospital in Charlottesville.
About HealthSouth
HealthSouth is the nation's largest provider of inpatient rehabilitation
services. Operating in 26 states across the country and in Puerto Rico,
HealthSouth serves more than 250,000 patients annually through its network of
inpatient rehabilitation hospitals, long-term acute care hospitals, outpatient
rehabilitation satellites, and home health agencies. HealthSouth strives to be
the health care company of choice for its patients, employees, physicians and
shareholders and can be found on the Web at www.healthsouth.com .
Media Contact
Andy Brimmer, 205-410-2777
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