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HealthSouth Hospital In Braintree Renamed

The name change is a re-branding the company made after a 2017 merger​ between HealthSouth and Encompass Home Health and Hospice.

BRAINTREE, MA — A local rehabilitation hospital specializing in strokes and brain trauma was renamed.

The old HealthSouth facility is now officially Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Braintree. The name change is a re-branding the company made after a 2017 merger between HealthSouth and Encompass Home Health and Hospice, the Patriot Ledger reported.

The hospital is one of 127 the company runs between 36 states and Puerto Rico. The 250 Pond Street location has been in town since 1975. At the time, it was simply called Braintree Hospital.

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