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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:4.5pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=5>UNITED STATES </font></B></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=5>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </font></B></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=2>WASHINGTON, DC 20549 </font></B></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:4.5pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=5>FORM 8-K</font></B></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:4.5pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=2>CURRENT REPORT</font></B></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>Pursuant To Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:4.5pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>Date of Report (date of earliest event reported): April 22, 2008</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:4.5pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=6>HealthSouth Corporation</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:1.5pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=1>(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter) </font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:4.5pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>Delaware</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=1>(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)</font></b></p>

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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font size=1>(Commission File Number)</font></b></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font size=1>(I.R.S. Employer</font></b><br> <b><font size=1>Identification No.)</font></b></p> </td> </tr></table>
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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:4.5pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>3660 Grandview Parkway, Suite 200, Birmingham, Alabama 35243</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=1>(Address of Principal Executive Officers, Including Zip Code) </font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:4.5pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>(205)</font></b><font size=2>&nbsp;</font><b><font size=2>967-7116</font></b></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:12pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:</font></p>


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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))</font></p> </td> </tr></table>
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<p style=' margin-bottom:10pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><b><font size=2>Item</font></b><font size=2>&nbsp;</font><b><font size=2>8.01. </font></b><i><b><font size=2>Other Events.</font></b></i></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:10pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:0.5in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>HealthSouth Corporation&#146;s Proxy Statement dated March 27, 2008 stated that an aggregate of 87,861,271 shares of HealthSouth common stock and 400,000 shares of 6.50% Series A Convertible Perpetual Preferred Stock issued and outstanding as of the record date and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting.  This total inadvertently included 8,536,603 shares of treasury stock.  Accordingly, the Proxy Statement should have indicated that as of the record date there were 79,324,668 shares of HealthSouth common stock and 400,000 shares of 6.50% Series A Convertible Perpetual Preferred Stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote at the meeting. </font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:0.5in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.</font></p>

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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font SIZE=2>HEALTHSOUTH CORPORATION</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:1.0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>By:</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>/</font><font SIZE=1>S</font><font size=2>/&nbsp;&nbsp; J</font><font SIZE=1>OHN</font><font size=2> P. W</font><font SIZE=1>HITTINGTON</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Name:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;John P. Whittington</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Title:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Executive Vice President, General Counsel</font></p>
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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Dated: April 22, 2008</font></p>

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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant To Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (date of earliest event reported): April 22, 2008
HealthSouth Corporation
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
001-10315
63-0860407
(Commission File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
3660 Grandview Parkway, Suite 200, Birmingham, Alabama 35243
(Address of Principal Executive Officers, Including Zip Code)
(205)
967-7116
(Registrant's telephone number)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
o
Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
o
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
o
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
o
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Item
8.01.
Other Events.
HealthSouth Corporation's Proxy Statement dated March 27, 2008 stated that an aggregate of 87,861,271 shares of HealthSouth common stock and 400,000 shares of 6.50% Series A Convertible Perpetual Preferred Stock issued and outstanding as of the record date and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting.  This total inadvertently included 8,536,603 shares of treasury stock.  Accordingly, the Proxy Statement should have indicated that as of the record date there were 79,324,668 shares of HealthSouth common stock and 400,000 shares of 6.50% Series A Convertible Perpetual Preferred Stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote at the meeting.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
HEALTHSOUTH CORPORATION
By:
/
S
/   J
OHN
P. W
HITTINGTON
Name:    John P. Whittington
Title:     Executive Vice President, General Counsel
and Corporate Secretary
Dated: April 22, 2008