Bangor, Maine – October 06, 2026 -- Encompass Health, the largest owner and operator of inpatient rehabilitation hospitals in the United States, has opened a 50-bed rehabilitation hospital in Bangor, Maine, and begun accepting patients.
Encompass Health enters Maine with first wholly owned facility in the state
The more than 54,000-square-foot Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Bangor marks the company's first wholly owned hospital in Maine. The company already operates New England Rehabilitation Hospital of Portland as a long-standing joint venture with MaineHealth.
Hospital targets stroke, spinal cord and complex orthopedic patients
The facility treats patients recovering from strokes, brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, amputations and complex orthopedic conditions. Patients receive a minimum of three hours of intensive therapy five days a week across physical, occupational and speech therapy, alongside frequent physician visits and 24-hour nursing care.
New hospital aims to ease capacity pressure on regional acute care system
Mat Gooch, president of Encompass Health's Northeast region, said the Bangor hospital addresses a significant need for specialized rehabilitative care in the area while helping relieve inpatient capacity pressures on the region's acute care hospitals.
Facility includes dialysis suite, pharmacy and advanced therapy gym
Amenities include private patient rooms, a therapy gym with advanced rehabilitation technologies, an activities of daily living suite simulating real-world environments, an in-house dialysis suite, an outdoor therapy courtyard, a dining room, an in-house pharmacy and dayroom areas. An interdisciplinary team of nurses, therapists and physicians builds customized treatment plans for each patient.
Opening expands Encompass Health's national footprint of 178 hospitals
Encompass Health operates across 39 states and Puerto Rico. The Bangor hospital extends that network into a new market within the Northeast region.