X0306 4 2016-01-11 0000785161 HEALTHSOUTH CORP HLS 0001128484 CHIDSEY JOHN 6915 GRANADA BOULEVARD CORAL GABLES FL 33146 1 Healthsouth Common Stock 2016-01-11 4 P 0 788 35.782 A 88401 D Healthsouth Common Stock 2016-01-11 4 P 0 11 35.769 A 88412 D This transaction is a purchase of shares of common stock of HealthSouth Corporation (the "Company") pursuant to an election by the reporting person to participate in the Directors Deferred Stock Investment Plan of the Company (the "Plan"). The Plan is a non-qualified deferral plan adopted and approved by the Board of Directors, effective November 1, 2007, allowing non-employee directors to make elections during 2015 to defer fixed percentages of their directors fees for 2016. The amount each participant defers under the Plan is deducted, on a quarterly basis, from the directors fees the participant would otherwise have received in cash. The transaction reported on this Form 4 is the acquisition of common stock of the Company in the market for the account of the reporting person, for an aggregate purchase price equal to the amount of fees deferred by the reporting person for the current quarter of 2016 under the Plan. John P. Whittington, attorney-in-fact for John W. Chidsey 2016-01-11