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HEALTHSOUTH to Present at US Bancorp Piper Jaffray Health Care Conference
PRNewswire-FirstCall
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.

HEALTHSOUTH Corporation announced today that it will present at the upcoming US Bancorp Piper Jaffray Health Care Conference on Tuesday January 28, 2003 at 1:00 pm EST. The Conference will be at The Pierre Hotel in New York. US Bancorp Piper Jaffray has advised HEALTHSOUTH that it will make a live Webcast of the presentation available for interested parties at:

http://webcast.ibeam.com/starthere.asp?pres=21225&template=pjchc&exit=http:// www.healthsouth.com

This Webcast link is provided by US Bancorp Piper Jaffray, and HEALTHSOUTH is not responsible for its availability. HEALTHSOUTH will have a copy of the presentation on its web site at www.healthsouth.com under the "Investor Relations" Section on the day of the presentation.

HEALTHSOUTH is the nation's largest provider of outpatient surgery, diagnostic imaging and rehabilitative healthcare services, with approximately 1,800 locations in all 50 states, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada and Puerto Rico. HEALTHSOUTH can be found on the Web at www.healthsouth.com .

Statements contained in this press release which are not historical facts are forward-looking statements. Without limiting the generality of the preceding statement, all statements in this press release concerning or relating to estimated and projected earnings, margins, costs, expenditures, cash flows, growth rates and financial results are forward-looking statements. In addition, HEALTHSOUTH, through its senior management, may from time to time make forward-looking public statements concerning the matters described herein. Such forward-looking statements are necessarily estimates reflecting the best judgment of HEALTHSOUTH's senior management based upon current information, involve a number of risks and uncertainties and are made pursuant to the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. HEALTHSOUTH's actual results may differ materially from the results anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of a variety of factors, including those identified in this press release and in the public filings made by HEALTHSOUTH with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including HEALTHSOUTH's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001 and its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, and forward- looking statements contained in this press release or in other public statements of HEALTHSOUTH or its senior management should be considered in light of those factors. There can be no assurance that such factors or other factors will not affect the accuracy of such forward-looking statements.

  For more information, contact:
  Investor Relations:  Jason Brown, (205) 967-7116
  Media:  HEALTHSOUTH Public Relations, (205) 969-7584

SOURCE: HEALTHSOUTH Corporation

CONTACT: Investor Relations, Jason Brown, +1-205-967-7116, or Media,
HEALTHSOUTH Public Relations, +1-205-969-7584