Share: BIRMINGHAM, Ala. and GRAND FORKS, N.D., June 29, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Encompass Health Corp. (NYSE:EHC) and Altru Health System today announced the finalization of their joint venture agreement to own and operate Altru's existing inpatient rehabilitation unit. Altru's 23-bed inpatient rehabilitation unit is located on Altru's South Washington Medical Park campus in Grand Forks, North Dakota. Altru's inpatient rehabilitation unit, which will be Encompass Health's first location in North Dakota, will undergo a name change to Altru Rehabilitation Hospital. Encompass Health and Altru will renovate the current space to increase the private patient room count from 23 to 40, create an activities of daily living suite, expand the therapy gym and start providing in–house dialysis services for rehabilitation patients that require them during their stay. The joint venture will begin operating the rehabilitation hospital once the renovation is complete, which is projected for summer 2022.