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Advance Family Foot & Ankle Fax Number — Orthotics and Diabetic-Shoe Orders

Advance Family Foot & Ankle faxes orthotic and therapeutic-shoe orders to DME suppliers with the prescribing note and certifying documentation; here is how, securely. Advance Family Foot & Ankle is a family foot care practice in Canton, Michigan, providing family foot care — from children's foot problems through adult diabetic and geriatric podiatry in the Great Lakes region. Because a DME order carries protected health information, this guide covers both where to send it and how to keep the transmission compliant.

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Advance Family Foot & Ankle Fax Number

Ask Advance Family Foot & Ankle's front desk or records staff for the current fax number

Hours: A foot and ankle office is staffed through the clinic day, so the machine receives faxes across business hours; the records and DME staff who answer authorizations still keep standard weekday hours.

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What You Can Fax to Advance Family Foot & Ankle

  • A consult report returned to the referring primary care office
  • A referral in from a primary care physician or pediatrician for a foot problem
  • A signed release of information for a family member's foot-care record
  • A workers'-compensation claim and treatment authorization
  • A prior-authorization request for durable medical equipment or a procedure
Tip: Label each page with the patient's full name and date of birth — those identifiers are what staff use to match a chart at Advance Family Foot & Ankle. Name the receiving staff — the records staff, the front desk, or the podiatrist — on the cover sheet, and add your callback number. Combine the documents into one job so they stay in order, and save the transmission receipt.

Faxing a therapeutic-shoe order from Advance Family Foot & Ankle

Because Medicare's therapeutic-shoe benefit needs the certifying-physician statement, Advance Family Foot & Ankle faxes that documentation to the DME supplier along with the order. Include the patient's identifiers and the date so the supplier can verify the prescription. A quick call verifies the supplier's current fax for a diabetic-shoe order.

How a primary care referral reaches Advance Family Foot & Ankle

Much of what Advance Family Foot & Ankle receives by fax is a referral in — a primary care physician or endocrinologist sending a patient for heel pain, a fracture, or a diabetic foot exam, with the history attached. Include the patient's identifiers and the ordering provider so Advance Family Foot & Ankle can tie the referral to the record. A quick call helps Advance Family Foot & Ankle watch for an urgent foot referral.

Keeping records to Advance Family Foot & Ankle HIPAA-compliant

Because these documents hold health information about a patient, the transport to Advance Family Foot & Ankle has to be compliant. A consumer fax app is not enough; the channel needs to be encrypted and HIPAA-compliant. Send FAX Mail includes HIPAA and encryption starting at $39.99/month, so PHI headed to Advance Family Foot & Ankle travels over a compliant channel instead of a shared machine.

Faxing to Advance Family Foot & Ankle — FAQ

Ask Advance Family Foot & Ankle's front desk for its working fax before you send. The referring physician's office often already has the correct Advance Family Foot & Ankle fax on file. That one verification keeps sensitive pages out of the wrong hands. Note the number the first time so the next fax to Advance Family Foot & Ankle is quicker.

Submit a signed release-of-information authorization to the records staff at Advance Family Foot & Ankle. Advance Family Foot & Ankle verifies your identity before releasing the record. Include the patient's name, date of birth, and the dates of care and record types. They release the copies to the recipient you named after processing.

Typically a single front-desk fax, occasionally a separate records or surgical-scheduling line. One number does not mean one desk — the routing is by staff, not machine. Ask Advance Family Foot & Ankle which line fits your document to be sure. Sending to the wrong desk only delays the document.

Referring a patient to Advance Family Foot & Ankle by fax is routine; send the referral with the reason and the history. Include the reason for referral, the relevant history, and the insurance so Advance Family Foot & Ankle can schedule without a second request. Keep the confirmation so you know the referral arrived. The referring office often already has Advance Family Foot & Ankle's correct fax on file.

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