<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001127602-19-030667.txt : 20191017
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001127602-19-030667
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20191016
FILED AS OF DATE:		20191017
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20191017

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			CHIDSEY JOHN
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001128484

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-10315
		FILM NUMBER:		191154410

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O CENDANT
		STREET 2:		9 WEST 57TH ST
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10019

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Encompass Health Corp
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000785161
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SERVICES-HOSPITALS [8060]
		IRS NUMBER:				630860407
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		9001 LIBERTY PARKWAY
		CITY:			BIRMINGHAM
		STATE:			AL
		ZIP:			35242
		BUSINESS PHONE:		205-967-7116

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		9001 LIBERTY PARKWAY
		CITY:			BIRMINGHAM
		STATE:			AL
		ZIP:			35242

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	HEALTHSOUTH CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19950113

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	HEALTHSOUTH REHABILITATION CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703
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        <issuerName>Encompass Health Corp</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>EHC</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerName>CHIDSEY JOHN</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>6915 GRANADA BOULEVARD</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>CORAL GABLES</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>FL</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>33146</rptOwnerZipCode>
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        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
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                <value>Encompass Health Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
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                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
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            <transactionTimeliness></transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>285</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0</value>
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        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Encompass Health Common Stock</value>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Pursuant to outstanding restricted stock unit award agreements, additional restricted stock units (&quot;RSUs&quot;) are credited to each non-employee director's account in connection with common stock dividend payments. The number of RSUs credited is equal to (a) the product of (i) the number of the RSUs in each director's account on the associated dividend record date and (ii) the per share dividend, divided by (b) the closing price on the dividend payment date. On October 15, 2019, Encompass Health paid a dividend on its common stock of $0.28 per share and the closing price was $64.71. The transaction reported on this Form 4 is an award of RSUs associated with that dividend payment.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Pursuant to Encompass Health Corporation's Directors Deferred Stock Investment Plan (the &quot;Plan&quot;), cash dividends on shares of Encompass Health common stock held under the Plan are reinvested by the Plan administrator. The Plan is a nonqualified deferral plan adopted and approved by the Board of Directors, effective November 1, 2007, allowing non-employee directors to make elections to defer fixed percentages of their directors fees for the following year. The deferred fees fund the purchase of Encompass Health common stock by the Plan administrator in the market for the account of each participating director and such stock is entitled to cash dividends under the Plan. On October 15, 2019, the Company paid a dividend on common stock of $0.28 per share. The transaction reported on this Form 4 is a purchase of shares of common stock of Encompass Health in the market with that dividend payment.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

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        <signatureName>/s/ Patrick Darby, attorney-in-fact for John W. Chidsey</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2019-10-17</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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