Rusk Rehabilitation Ctr: Financial Assistance & Charity Care
Can't afford a bill from Rusk Rehabilitation Ctr? You may not have to pay all of it. Nonprofit hospitals must offer financial assistance — here are this hospital's actual income limits and how to apply, taken from its own published policy.
Quick facts
Free care: Free care for emergency and other medically necessary care if your family income is at or below 200% of the federal poverty guidelines.
Discounted care: A sliding-scale discount of 50% to 75% if your family income is between 200% and 400% of the federal poverty guidelines.
How to apply: Rusk Rehabilitation Hospital: hospital page (financial assistance documents available)
Phone: 573-817-2703 — Rusk Rehabilitation Hospital (ask for financial assistance; free copies of the policy can be mailed to you).
How to apply
- Check the income limits above — free care is at or below 200% of the federal poverty guidelines, with discounts up to 400%.
- Ask the hospital for a financial assistance application (copies are free; Spanish versions are available on request).
- Fill out the application and attach proof of family income and assets.
- Submit the completed application to the hospital; assistance covers emergency and medically necessary care billed by the hospital.
Good to know
- You can apply up to 240 days after your first bill — even if the bill already went to collections.
- A new bill means a new application — you can apply more than once. More in our guide You Might Not Have to Pay That Hospital Bill.
- Whatever remains after assistance can still be negotiated: How to Negotiate a Hospital Bill.
- Free help applying: Dollar For walks you through it at no cost.
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Sources
- Policy details above come from the hospital's own published materials, linked below. Policies change — if a link breaks or a number looks off, call the hospital and please tell us.
- Encompass Health financial assistance policy — plain language summary (system-wide)
- Encompass Health: Rusk Rehabilitation Hospital location page