Allina Health Hospice Fax Number — Send Medical Records and Release Requests
Need to send or request a patient's records from Allina Health Hospice? Those go through its records office on a signed release, not a general fax line. Allina Health Hospice is part of Allina Health, a hospital-affiliated hospice in Minneapolis, Minnesota, caring for patients and families across the upper Midwest. Because a patient's chart is protected health information, this guide covers both where to send it and how to keep the transmission compliant.
Allina Health Hospice Fax Number
Check with the health system's hospice line or Allina Health Hospice's intake desk for the correct number
Hours: The intake and health-information offices generally run Monday-Friday during business hours; the hospice on-call line handles urgent orders after hours.
Send a Fax NowWhat You Can Fax to Allina Health Hospice
- Durable medical equipment (DME) orders — a hospital bed, oxygen, or a wheelchair
- Face-to-face (F2F) recertification encounter documentation
- Physician orders and verbal-order signatures
- Medical records and release-of-information (ROI) authorizations
- The signed hospice election statement
Sending and requesting records at Allina Health Hospice
Getting a patient's chart to or from Allina Health Hospice starts with the records staff who manage the files. A complete request — identifiers, dates, and the records wanted — moves fastest. Confirm the current records fax with Allina Health Hospice before you send the authorization.
Cover-sheet basics for faxing Allina Health Hospice
The cover sheet does the routing work once a fax reaches Allina Health Hospice. Note the date and the page count so the receiving office knows the fax is complete. With the identifiers and destination clear, the fax lands where it should on the first try.
Keeping records to Allina Health Hospice HIPAA-compliant
A patient's records are protected health information, so how you fax them to Allina Health Hospice matters. A walk-in machine in a shared space cannot promise the confidentiality the rules expect. With Send FAX Mail you send from your phone or computer over a HIPAA-compliant, encrypted connection — Professional is $39.99/month and Business $79.99/month — appropriate for charts sent to Allina Health Hospice.
Faxing to Allina Health Hospice — FAQ
Faxes reach Allina Health Hospice whenever you send, but when they are handled varies by office. Processing at medical records generally runs Monday through Friday during business hours. Send routine requests early in the day for same-day handling; urgent symptom-management orders are actioned immediately. A brief follow-up call confirms an urgent fax to Allina Health Hospice was seen.
It is, provided your fax service is HIPAA-compliant. The risk is not the fax itself but an unsecured tool, so a free app or a public machine will not do. Send FAX Mail encrypts pages in transit and includes HIPAA starting at $39.99/month — safer for PHI headed to Allina Health Hospice than a public machine. Handled that way, the records stay within the rules end to end.
The right number depends on which office should receive the document. The discharging hospital's case manager often already has the correct Allina Health Hospice fax on file. A quick check beats faxing PHI to a number that has moved. Note the number the first time so the next fax to Allina Health Hospice is quicker.
File a signed authorization with medical records. Ask Allina Health Hospice where the signed release should go. A complete request — identifiers, dates, and records wanted — moves fastest. They release the copies to the recipient you named after processing.
Send the discharge packet to intake at Allina Health Hospice, which screens new referrals. Ask Allina Health Hospice for the current hospice referral line first. Include the face-to-face encounter note and the attending physician's information. A brief call ahead helps staff watch for a time-sensitive fax. The result is a clean hand-off to the right team at Allina Health Hospice for the patient and family.
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