The nation’s largest owner and operator of inpatient rehabilitation hospitals is expanding its Mississippi footprint.
Encompass Health on Friday announced plans to build a freestanding, 50-bed inpatient rehabilitation hospital in Flowood. The medical facility will serve patients recovering from debilitating illnesses and injuries, including strokes and other neurological disorders, brain and spinal cord injuries, amputations, and complex orthopedic conditions.
In addition to 24-hour nursing care, the hospital will offer physical, occupational, and speech therapies designed to help patients restore function and improve their quality of life. Care will be provided by specialized nurses, therapists, and physicians. The hospital will feature private patient rooms, a therapy gym with advanced rehabilitation technologies, an activities of daily living suite, an in-house dialysis suite, along with a dining room, pharmacy, and therapy courtyard, per a release.
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“We are proud to expand Encompass Health’s presence in Mississippi,” Encompass Health President Brad Kennedy said. “This new hospital will bring high-quality, specialized rehabilitation services closer to home for residents in the Jackson area and across central Mississippi. We look forward to breaking ground and beginning the work that will ultimately help patients regain independence and return to the lives they love.”
The hospital, expected to open in 2027, will be part of Encompass Health’s national network of rehabilitation hospitals and its second outlet in Mississippi. The state’s other Encompass facility is in Gulfport.