Birmingham, Ala.-based Encompass Health purchased a plot of land in St. Augustine, Fla., to build a new hospital, the company announced July 10.
Encompass said it will use the land to develop a 40-bed inpatient rehabilitation hospital.
"This new, state-of-the-art hospital will help meet a growing need for intensive physical rehabilitative services in the St. Augustine area," said Linda Wilder, president of Encompass Health's southeast region.
Encompass operates 136 hospitals, 245 home health locations, and 83 hospices in the U.S. and Puerto Rico.