EHC

Encompass Health Corporation

A network of inpatient rehabilitation hospitals helping people recover from strokes, brain injuries, and spinal cord injuries, Encompass Health is one of the nation's largest operators in the field, with hospitals in dozens of states. It began in Birmingham, Alabama in 1984 as Amcare, a small physical-therapy outfit started by Richard Scrushy and four co-founders, later renamed HealthSouth and then Encompass Health. Fun quirk: the founders first delivered therapy outside hospital walls, and its first center opened in Little Rock, Arkansas.