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Find phone numbers at VA Columbia Missouri Healthcare System for frequently requested services like patient advocates, medical records, billing and insurance, and more.
Patient help and resources
Need help? Contact a patient advocate
If you need help getting care or resolving an issue with VA, get help from one of our trained patient advocates.
Medical records office
Access your medical records online or request a copy of your records from our Release of Information office.
Billing and insurance
Pay your VA Columbia Missouri health care bill online, by phone, mail, or in person. You can also raise issues or address billing disputes.
Pharmacy
Find out how to refill your prescriptions, where to pick up new prescription orders, and how to safely dispose of your medicines.
Phone directory and mailing address
Find phone numbers for many of the administrative and program offices at VA Columbia Missouri health care.
Mailing address
Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans' Hospital
800 Hospital Drive
Columbia, MO 65201
Main phone numbers
Local: 573-814-6000
Toll-free: Coming soon!
To use TeleType for the Deaf (TTY) services: 711
A – F
Anesthesia 573-814-6562
Audiology/Speech Pathology 573-814-6350
Billing Office 573-814-6445
COVID-19 Vaccines 573-814-6000 (extension 54300)
Cardiac Surgery 573-814-6000
Cardiology Clinic 573-814-6569
Cardiology Nursing (573) 814- 6576
Caregiver Support Program 573-814-6204
Chaplain Service 573-814-6000 (extension 52200 or 52202)
Community Living Center 573-814-6000
Dental 573-814-6355
Eligibility 573-814-6000 (extension 53071)
Emergency Care 573-814-6000 (extension 52301)
Ethics 573-814-6000
G – M
Gastroenterology/GI Service 573-814-6469
General Surgery 573-814-6562
Healthy Teaching Kitchen 573-814-6000
Home Based Primary Care 573-814-6385
Human Resources 573-814-6400
Imaging: Radiology 573-814-6000 (extension) 56414
Imaging: Nuclear Medicine Services 573-814-6000 (extension 56420)
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender (LGBT) Veterans 573-814-6000 (extension 53493)
Medical Subspecialties 573-814-6000
Mental Health 573-814-6000 (extension 56486)
Minor Surgery 573-814-6562
N – Z
Occupational Therapy 573-814-6540
Ophthalmology 573-814-6000 (extension 53120)
Orthopedic Surgery 573-814-6000 (extension 54120)
Otolaryngology (Ear, Nose and Throat or ENT) 573-814-6670
Palliative Care 573-814-6000 (extension 52504)
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine 573-814-6453
Patient Advocate 573-814-6594
Pharmacy 573-814-6000
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (PM&R) 573-814-6540
Physical Therapy 573-814-6540
Plastic Surgery 573-814-6562
Podiatry 573-814-6562
Police 573-814-6320 or 573-814-6000 (extension 53333)
Primary Care 573-814-6000
Prosthetics and Sensory Aids Service 573-814-6000 (extension 53634)
Public Affairs 573-814-6308
Release of Information 573-814-6440
Research and Development 573-814-6550
Respiratory Care 573-814-6330
Sleep Lab 573-814-6470
Social Work Service 573-814-6638
Surgical Endoscopy 573-814-6562
Surgical Services 573-814-6562
Thoracic Surgery 573-814-6562
Transition Care Management Program 573-814-6639
Travel 573-814-6000 (extension) 56437
Vascular Surgery 573-814-6562
Voluntary Services 573-814-6000 (extension 52538)
Whole Health 573-814-6273
Women Veterans 573-814-6457
Media and press
The Office of Public Affairs can assist local media with queries, interview requests, and expert information about the VA Columbia Missouri Health System.
Phone: 573-814-6308.
Email: jeffrey.hoelscher@va.gov
After hours or on weekends, call the operator at 573-814-6000, ask for the administrator on duty.
Submit a FOIA request
Under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), you have a right to federal agency records unless those records are protected from disclosure by specific exemptions or exclusions laid out in law.
Requesting records maintained by VA Columbia Missouri
Email: Coming soon!
Fax: Coming soon!
Mail:
Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans' Hospital
Release of Information
Room E145-E146
800 Hospital Drive
Columbia, MO 65201
For questions about your request to VA Columbia Missouri
Phone: 573-814-6440
Additional FOIA request information
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Review VA’s requirements for a FOIA request, including sample requests.
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See the VA FOIA Library, which publishes commonly requested records.
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If you don’t know where the records you are requesting are maintained, submit your request to vacofoiaservice@va.gov instead of VA Columbia Missouri.
Report an issue
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Report suspected fraud or mismanagement
Contact the VA Office of the Inspector General (VAOIG) to report suspected criminal activity, fraud, inadequate patient care, or mismanagement of VA programs or government resources.
Phone: 800-488-8244
Mail:
VA Inspector General Hotline (53e)
810 Vermont Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20420
Learn more about the VA OIG hotline.
Report patient care or safety issues
If you have any concerns about the care and safety of patients or residents, the first step is to contact hospital management. If management did not address or resolve your concerns, contact the Joint Commission.
Submit a complaint online: https://www.jointcommission.org/resources/patient-safety-topics/report-a-patient-safety-concern-or-complaint/
Phone: 800-994-6610
Fax: 630-792-5636
Email: complaint@jointcommission.org
Mail:
Office of Quality Monitoring
The Joint Commission
One Renaissance Boulevard
Oakbrook Terrace, IL 6018