<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001127602-20-024412.txt : 20200831
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001127602-20-024412
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20200306
FILED AS OF DATE:		20200831
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20200831

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Anthony April Kaye Bullock
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001629441

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-10315
		FILM NUMBER:		201149946

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		3606 PRINCETON AVENUE
		CITY:			DALLAS
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			75205

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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    <periodOfReport>2020-03-06</periodOfReport>

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        <issuerName>Encompass Health Corp</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>EHC</issuerTradingSymbol>
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        <reportingOwnerId>
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            <rptOwnerName>Anthony April Kaye Bullock</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>3606 PRINCETON AVENUE</rptOwnerStreet1>
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            <rptOwnerCity>DALLAS</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>TX</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>75205</rptOwnerZipCode>
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        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <officerTitle>CEO &amp; President, Home Health</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

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        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Encompass Health Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2020-03-06</value>
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                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
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            <transactionTimeliness></transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>548842</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>82.56</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
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                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>548842</value>
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                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>By HCHB Consulting, Inc.</value>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Encompass Health Common Stock</value>
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                    <value>191740</value>
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        <footnote id="F1">This transaction, described further below, was previously disclosed by Encompass Health Corporation (&quot;EHC&quot;) on its Form 8-K, Item 8.01, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (&quot;SEC&quot;)  on February 21, 2020; its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, Part II, Item 2, for the quarter ended March 31, 2020; and its Definitive Proxy Statement filed with the SEC on March 27, 2020. On February 20, 2020, EHC entered into an exchange agreement with Ms. Anthony, pursuant to which she had the right to exchange all of her remaining shares of the common stock of Encompass Health Home Health Holdings, Inc. (&quot;Home Health Holdings&quot;), a subsidiary of EHC, valued at approximately $45 million, for shares of common stock of EHC by delivering an exchange notice. Her exchange agreement provided that the number of EHC shares to be delivered equaled the fair value of the shares of Home Health Holdings stock on the date of the exchange agreement, divided by the last reported sales price of EHC common stock on the date of delivery of an exchange notice. On February 20, 2020, EHC also received the exchange notice from Ms. Anthony, on which date the closing price of EHC's common stock was $82.56 per share. Pursuant to the terms of the exchange agreement, on March 6, 2020, EHC delivered 548,842 shares of EHC common stock to Ms. Anthony in exchange for all of her Home Health Holdings stock.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Patick Darby, attorney-in-fact for April Anthony</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2020-08-28</signatureDate>
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