Welcome to our hospital

At RUSK Rehabilitation Hospital, an affiliation of Encompass Health and MU Health Care, we are committed to helping you regain independence after a life-changing illness or injury. Located in Columbia and serving rural and urban communities across Missouri, we are a leading provider of inpatient rehabilitation for stroke, brain injury, hip fracture and other complex neurological and orthopedic conditions.

Using clinical collaboration and advanced technologies, we provide a personalized care plan designed to meet your unique needs and help you achieve your goals.

Our inpatient rehabilitation hospital uses an interdisciplinary team approach that includes physical, speech and occupational therapists, rehabilitation physicians, rehabilitation nurses, case managers, dietitians and more, combined with our advanced technology and expertise, to help you achieve your goals. You will receive at least three hours of therapy five days per week while under the constant care of registered nurses, many of whom specialize in rehabilitation, and frequent independent private practice physician* visits.

Rehabilitation is covered in full or part by most health insurance plans, including Medicare and Medicaid. Our hospital has contracts with most major insurance companies and is willing to negotiate with other companies, as needed.

*The hospital provides access to independent physicians.

See our hospital

Take a virtual tour

The following region contains a Google 3D virtual tour feature that allows a user to view the Encompass Health facility. To assist screen reader users in understanding what is presented in the 3D virtual tour, each image view is independently described within lists that can be found under each linked heading.

Please click on the arrows to navigate through the hallways on each floor. Use the "L" options on the right-hand side of the tour window below to navigate through different areas/floors of the hospital for a full virtual tour. See a key to "L" areas below.

• Hospital sign in parking lot.
• Driveway patient accessible entrance leading to sliding front doors.
• Sliding doors leading to reception desk and seating area.
• Patient seating available on both sides of entrance doors.

• Driveway patient accessible entrance leading to sliding front doors.
• Sliding doors leading to reception desk and seating area.
• Patient seating available on both sides of entrance doors.

• Courtyard surrounded by outside of hospital and trees.
• Multiple raised flower beds.
• Benches for seating and dining.
• Staircase with railing.

• Large tables and chairs for dining.
• Small round tables and chairs for dining.
• Television and artwork on walls.
• Vending machines for drinks and snacks.
• Hot and cold buffet style food bars.
• Fountain drink and hot drink machines available in cafeteria.
• Station with plasticware, straws and napkins.

• Door leading to REAL Therapy gym.
• REAL Therapy gym which includes ATM, grocery shopping set up with shelves, reach ins, and shopping carts.
• Area set up to simulate yard and household repairs.
• REAL Therapy gym patio dining space, countertop dining space, driving simulation and laundry mat area.

• Therapy room with various equipment and technology such as parallel bars.
• Therapy beds line walls for individual therapy sessions.
• Room divided in to two therapy spaces.
• Windows lining wall.

• Therapy pool with two separate lanes and stair and railings to enter pool.
• Curtained changing area with chair.
• Various pool equipment lining walls.
• Doors leading to other areas of the hospital.

• Single patient bed with nightstand and large window.
• Desks with chairs and cork board.
• Sink opposite of desk workspace.
• Bathroom with toilet, shower and accessibility seats and door for privacy.
• Doorway leading to hall.

• Room with two patient beds and nightstands with curtain divider and chair.
• Wall lined with two dressers, two desktops for personal items.
• Large windows on one wall.
• Sink opposite of beds.
• Bathroom with toilet, shower and accessibility seats and door for privacy.
• Doorway leading to hall.