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:

       (1) 	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 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 each
foregoing attorney-in fact.

	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this
Power of Attorney to be executed effectively as of this
31st day of January 2023.




            /S/ DOUGLAS E. COLTHARP
Douglas E. Coltharp






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