Encompass Health has won a certificate of need to develop an inpatient rehabilitation facility in Town and Country, MO, Zack’s reports. EHC won the deal to build a 40-bed hospital with BJC HealthCare, a non-profit health care organization.
The new facility will be marked as a satellite location of Encompass Health’s The Rehabilitation Institute of St. Louis. The hospital is expected to come online in 2024, following which, BJC HealthCare is expected to relocate its 20-bed rehabilitation facility from Missouri Baptist Medical Center to the new building. The move is likely to extend a joint venture partnership between EHC and BJC HealthCare.
Currently, the two companies have an existing partnership incorporating three rehabilitation facilities. Read more.
