BIRMINGHAM, Ala. and DALLAS, July 27, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Great Place to Work and PEOPLE recognize Encompass Health Home Health & Hospice as one of the PEOPLE's "50 Companies That Care." The second annual list will be featured in the Aug. 6, 2018 issue of PEOPLE, which hits newsstands nationwide today, Friday, July 27. Encompass Health Home Health & Hospice ranked No. 38 on the list.

Rankings reflect feedback from more than 4.5 million employees of U.S.-based companies. PEOPLE partnered with Great Place to Work, a global people analytics and consulting firm, to analyze employees' survey feedback on how their workplaces make a difference in their lives and communities, and to consider the generosity of each organization's benefits, philanthropic and community support. 

"At Encompass Health, we believe our value of being stronger together not only applies to how we work together to the benefit of our patients, but also how we work together to benefit the communities we serve and the world we live in," said April Anthony, CEO of Encompass Health Home Health & Hospice. "'A better way to care' is not just a motto in our workplace; it is the principle that guides us in all we do."

Encompass Health Home Health & Hospice employees give back to their communities through Encompass Cares, a non-profit organization. Funds from Encompass Cares support employee emergencies, community activities and international medical mission efforts.

The Dallas-based home health and hospice business segment of Encompass Health Corp. is comprised of approximately 10,100 employees who provide high-quality care in 30 states.

About Encompass Health
As a national leader in post-acute care, Encompass Health (NYSE: EHC) offers both facility-based and home-based patient care through its network of inpatient rehabilitation hospitals, home health agencies and hospice agencies. With a national footprint that spans 128 hospitals and 272 home health & hospice locations in 36 states and Puerto Rico, the Company is committed to delivering high-quality, cost-effective care across the post-acute continuum. Driven by a set of shared values, Encompass Health is the result of the union between HealthSouth Corporation and Encompass Home Health & Hospice, and is ranked as one of Fortune's 100 Best Companies to Work For, as well as Modern Healthcare's Best Places to Work. For more information, visit encompasshealth.com, or follow us on Twitter and Facebook.

About Great Place to Work
Great Place to Work^® is a global people analytics and consulting firm that helps companies produce better business results by focusing on workplace culture. Powered by more than 30 years of research, Emprising^®, its SaaS-enabled survey and analytics platform, gives companies access to the assessments, data, and reporting needed to build a high-trust, high-performance culture. 

Read our new book: "A Great Place to Work for All: Better for Business, Better for People, Better for the World." Learn more on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.

About PEOPLE
Meredith Corporation's PEOPLE revolutionized personality journalism when it launched as a weekly in 1974 with a mission to celebrate extraordinary people doing ordinary things and ordinary people doing extraordinary things.  Ubiquitous and still at the center of pop culture more than 40 years later, the PEOPLE brand is accessible across all media and platforms (print, digital, video, OTT, mobile, social) bringing more than 100 million consumers a unique mix of breaking entertainment news, exclusive photos, video, unparalleled access to the red carpet, celebrities, and in-depth reporting on the most compelling newsmakers of our time. An essential component of PEOPLE's editorial vision remains human interest stories, which touch and often mirror the lives of our passionate audience. ComScore ranks the PEOPLE/Entertainment Weekly Digital Network No. 1 in the entertainment news category.  And now, the PeopleTV app offers a free, advertiser-supported OTT streaming video service.  PEOPLE is an award-winning 24/7 news organization headquartered in NYC with reporters worldwide.

For more information visit PEOPLE.com and follow @people on Twitter and Instagram, @peoplemag on Facebook, and the PEOPLE channel on YouTube and on Snapchat's Discover.

Media Contact:
Casey Lassiter | 205 447-6410
casey.lassiter@encompasshealth.com

SOURCE Encompass Health Corporation