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EXHIBIT
23.1
Consent
of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The Board
of Directors
RehabCare
Group, Inc.:
We
consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statement Nos.
333-160574, 333-162406, and 333-163074 on Form S-3 and Nos. 33-67944, 33-82106,
33-82048, 333-11311, 333-120005, and 333-138628 on Form S-8 of RehabCare Group,
Inc. (the Company) of our report dated March 8, 2010, with respect to the
consolidated balance sheets of the Company as of December 31, 2009 and
2008, and the related consolidated statements of earnings, comprehensive income,
changes in equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period
ended December 31, 2009, and the effectiveness of internal control over
financial reporting as of December 31, 2009, which report appears in the
December 31, 2009 annual report on Form 10-K of the Company.
The
Company acquired Triumph HealthCare Holdings, Inc. (Triumph) on November 24,
2009, and management excluded from its assessment of the effectiveness of the
Company's internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2009,
Triumph's internal control over financial reporting associated with total assets
of $648.8 million and total revenues of $39.7 million included in the
consolidated financial statements of the Company as of and for the year ended
December 31, 2009. Our audit of internal control over financial
reporting of the Company also excluded an evaluation of the internal control
over financial reporting of Triumph.
Our
report refers to the adoption of Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB)
Interpretation No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income
Taxes (included in FASB ASC Topic 740, Income Taxes), effective
January 1, 2007, the adoption of FASB Financial Accounting Standard No. 160,
Noncontrolling Interests in
Consolidated Financial Statements – an amendment of ARB No. 51 (included
in FASB ASC Topic 810-10-45, Noncontrolling Interests in a
Subsidiary), effective January 1, 2009, and the adoption of FASB
Financial Accounting Standard No. 141(R), Business Combinations
(included in FASB ASC Topic 805, Business Combinations),
effective January 1, 2009.
/s/ KPMG
LLP
St.
Louis, Missouri
March 8,
2010