Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Franklin POSASR Automatic shelf registration (post-effective amendment)

Exhibit 23.1

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-3ASR of Encompass Health Corporation of our report dated February 27, 2019 relating to the financial statements and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, which appears in Encompass Health Corporation’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018. We also consent to the reference to us under the heading “Experts” in such Registration Statement.

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Birmingham, Alabama

September 9, 2019