Last month, Birmingham, Alabama based Encompass Health Corp. (NYSE:EHC) announced plans to build a freestanding, 50-bed inpatient rehabilitation hospital in Post Falls. The new hospital will be built on a parcel within the Jacklin Ranch development northeast of the intersection of Prairie Ave. & Hwy. 41 in Post Falls. Noteworthy is that Encompass Health development site is only a stone through north of the planned new Kootenai Health Prairie Medical Campus, which will one day be a sprawling medical center campus with specialties, full hospital services and more in a joint venture between Kootenai Health and Multicare.
The new Post Falls Encompass Health hospital will serve patients recovering from debilitating illness and injuries, including stroke and other neurological conditions, brain and spinal cord injuries, amputations and complex orthopedic issues. In addition to 24-hour nursing care, the hospital will provide physical, occupational and speech therapies to help patients restore function and improve their quality of life. Care will be delivered by specialized nurses, therapists and physicians. The new hospital will include private patient rooms, a large therapy gym equipped with advanced rehabilitation technology, an activity of daily living suite, and in-house dialysis suite, a dining room, a pharmacy and an outdoor therapy courtyard.
The Post Falls Encompass Health facility is currently planned to open sometime in 2028, joining Encompass' large nationwide network of other rehabilitation hospitals. This will be the company's second location in Idaho as they already operate the existing Saint Alphonsus Regional Rehabilitation Hospital in Boise.
For more information on Encompass Health, visit their website at https://www.encompasshealth.com/
