POWER OF ATTORNEY

       Know all men by these presents that the undersigned hereby constitutes
and appoints Patrick Darby and Stephen Leasure, and each of them individually,
the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

       (I) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the capacity as an
 officer and/or director of Encompass Health 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 each 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 each 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 fonn 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 each foregoing attorney-in fact.

       I WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney
to be executed effectively as of this 1st day of September 2021

Christopher R. Reidy