UNITED STATES

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             Washington, D.C. 20549

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                                    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): September 1, 2005



                              REHABCARE GROUP, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


      Delaware                      0-19294                  51-0265872
  (State or other              (Commission File         (I.R.S. Employer
  jurisdiction of                   Number)               Identification
 incorporation)                                               Number)



           7733 Forsyth Boulevard
                23rd Floor
          St. Louis, Missouri                                 63105
(Address of principal executive offices)                   (Zip Code)



       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (314) 863-7422


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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors;
Appointment of Principal Officers.

     Effective  September 1, 2005,  Vincent L.  Germanese,  formally Senior Vice
President,  Chief Financial Officer and Secretary assumed the new role of Senior
Vice President,  Corporate Development. Mr. Germanese will continue to report to
John H. Short, Ph.D.,  President and Chief Executive Officer,  and will continue
to be a member of the company's Executive Management  Committee.  This change in
responsibility  was initiated by a request of Mr.  Germanese and will afford him
the desired flexibility of schedule to address a personal health matter.

     The  company has engaged a leading  executive  recruiting  firm to lead the
company's  search for a new Senior Vice President and Chief  Financial  Officer.
Until that search is  completed,  Mark A.  Bogovich,  Vice  President  and Chief
Accounting  Officer  will  assume the added  responsibilities  of Interim  Chief
Financial  Officer.  Mr.  Bogovich  is  currently  an  executive  officer of the
company.  Information  that  is  required  to be  disclosed  under  the  federal
securities  regulations due to Mr.  Bogovich's status as an executive officer of
the company is included in the company's  proxy materials for the annual meeting
of stockholders  held on May 3, 2005 and annual report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 2004.










                                 SIGNATURES

     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.

Dated: September 2, 2005

                                       REHABCARE GROUP, INC.



                            By:  /s/   Mark A. Bogovich
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                                Mark A. Bogovich
                                Vice President, Chief Accounting
                                Officer and Interim Chief
                                Financial Officer