Advanced Foot and Ankle Associates Fax Number — Orthotics and Diabetic-Shoe Orders
A durable medical equipment order from Advanced Foot and Ankle Associates — an orthotic, a walking boot, a diabetic shoe — is faxed to the supplier with its supporting paperwork; this guide covers it. Advanced Foot and Ankle Associates, a foot and ankle center in Wyoming, Michigan, sends and receives referrals, imaging reports, and DME orders by fax every day. Because a DME order carries protected health information, this guide covers both where to send it and how to keep the transmission compliant.
Advanced Foot and Ankle Associates Fax Number
Check with Advanced Foot and Ankle Associates's front desk, which can route you to records or a provider
Hours: The office's posted hours cover weekdays, so a fax to the front desk lands while patients are being seen; records and DME paperwork, though, is worked during weekday business hours.
Send a Fax NowWhat You Can Fax to Advanced Foot and Ankle Associates
- An X-ray or MRI imaging referral and the radiology report returned to the podiatrist
- A physical-therapy referral after a foot or ankle procedure
- A consult report returned to the referring primary care office
- A wound-care note or limb-salvage coordination for a foot ulcer
- A custom-orthotic or therapeutic-shoe order with the certifying-physician documentation
The certifying-physician statement and Advanced Foot and Ankle Associates
Because Medicare's therapeutic-shoe benefit needs the certifying-physician statement, Advanced Foot and Ankle Associates faxes that documentation to the DME supplier along with the order. Send the order and its supporting documentation together so the supplier is not waiting on a second fax. Put the patient identifiers on every page so the order is matched.
When a physician refers a patient to Advanced Foot and Ankle Associates
When a physician sends a patient to Advanced Foot and Ankle Associates, the referral and the supporting history are faxed over so the foot and ankle team starts with the full picture. Send the reason for referral, the relevant history, and the insurance details together so the office can schedule without a second request. Send the referral and its attachments as one PDF so nothing arrives split.
HIPAA and your fax to Advanced Foot and Ankle Associates
A foot-care record and its imaging are protected health information, so how you fax them to Advanced Foot and Ankle Associates matters as much as the number. Encryption in transit and a compliant provider are what keep the transmission within the rules. On Send FAX Mail, HIPAA coverage is included from the $39.99/month Professional tier up, and every page to Advanced Foot and Ankle Associates is encrypted in transit with a delivery confirmation.
Faxing to Advanced Foot and Ankle Associates — FAQ
Get it from the office itself rather than an old listing, since a practice's numbers change. A larger practice may take some documents through a records office, so confirm Advanced Foot and Ankle Associates still accepts fax for your request. Verifying the office and the line up front is the honest shortcut. The office that receives the fax is the authority on its own number.
Release of information begins with a signed release request to the records staff. Advanced Foot and Ankle Associates routes the request to the staff who pull the record. Put the patient identifiers and the requested dates on the authorization. After review, the records go to you or whoever you designated.
Most likely one — a practice like Advanced Foot and Ankle Associates keeps a single front-office fax more often than a bank of lines. Even so, a referral, an imaging report, and a records request may go to different staff on that one line. Confirm the current line and the right staff with Advanced Foot and Ankle Associates before you send. Note the working line the first time and the next fax is quicker.
Yes — Advanced Foot and Ankle Associates accepts a faxed referral, and a complete packet speeds the scheduling. A diabetic foot referral moves faster when the vascular status and any wound history are on the page. Confirm Advanced Foot and Ankle Associates's current referral fax before you send the packet. Note whether the referral is urgent on the cover sheet.
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