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 a
ny 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 s
igned 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/ EDMUND M. FAY
Edmund M. Fay