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 undersigned 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/ Charles M. Elson

Charles M. Elson







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