The Ensign Group Declares Quarterly Dividend of $0.04 Per Share

MISSION VIEJO, Calif., Sept. 20, 2016 -- The Ensign Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:ENSG), the parent company of the Ensign™ group of skilled nursing, rehabilitative care services, home health care, hospice care, assisted living and urgent care companies, today announced that it has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.04 per share of Ensign common stock, payable on or before October 31, 2016, to shareholders of record as of September 30, 2016. Ensign has been a dividend-paying company since 2002.

About Ensign ^™

The Ensign Group, Inc.'s independent operating subsidiaries provide a broad spectrum of skilled nursing and assisted living services, physical, occupational and speech therapies, home health and hospice services, urgent care services and other rehabilitative and healthcare services at 208 healthcare facilities, seventeen hospice agencies, seventeen home health agencies, three home care businesses and fourteen urgent care clinics in California, Arizona, Texas, Washington, Utah, Idaho, Colorado, Nevada, Iowa, Nebraska, Oregon, Wisconsin, Kansas and South Carolina. More information about Ensign is available at http://www.ensigngroup.net.

The Ensign Group, Inc., (949) 487-9500, [email protected]