POWER OF ATTORNEY

	Know all men by these presents that the undersigned hereby constitutes
 and appoints Patrick Darby and Sandra W. Murvin the undersigned?s true and
lawful attorney-in-fact to:

       (1) 	execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the
capacity as an officer and/or director of HealthSouth Corporation, a
Delaware corporation (the ?Company?), Forms 3, 4 and 5, Schedule 13D
and Schedule 13G and amendments thereto in accordance with Sections 13(d)
 and 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder,
 and any other forms or reports the undersigned may be required to file in
connection with the undersigned?s ownership, acquisition, or disposition of
 securities of the Company;

       (2)	do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the
 undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete the execution
of any such Form 3, 4 or 5, Schedule 13D, Schedule 13G, or other form or
 report,
 and timely file such form, schedule or report with the United States
 Securities
 and Exchange Commission and any other authority; and

	(3)	take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection
 with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of
 benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned,
 it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on
 behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such
 form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may
 approve in his or her discretion.

	The undersigned hereby grants to such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary and proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights
 and powers
 herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might
 or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or
 revocation,
 and hereby ratifies and confirms all that such attorney-in-fact, or his
 or her
 substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
 of this
 Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The unde
rsigned
acknowledges that the foregoing attorney-in-fact, in serving in such
capacity at
the request of the undersigned, is not assuming any of the undersigned's
 responsibilities to comply with Sections 13(d) and 16 of the Securities
 Exchange Act of 1934.

	This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until
 the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5, Schedule 13D,
 Schedule 13G, or other form or report with respect to the undersigned?s
 holdings
 of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless revoked by the
 undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorney-in fact.


	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney
 to be executed effectively as of this _18___ day of February, 2016.



/s/ Joan E. Herman

Joan E. Herman







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