Amita Health Hospice Fax Number — Send Patient Records Securely
Faxing patient records to Amita Health Hospice is allowed under HIPAA — but only over a secure, compliant channel, which is where most people slip. Based in Lisle, Illinois, Amita Health Hospice is a faith-based hospice ministry and a faith-based hospice and palliative care ministry serving patients and families throughout the Chicago region. This guide covers the compliant way to send PHI plus how to reach the correct office at the hospice.
Amita Health Hospice Fax Number
Use Amita Health Hospice's referral or records-request instructions to find where to send documents
Hours: Admissions and records keep weekday hours; the hospice on-call line receives time-sensitive orders after hours.
Send a Fax NowWhat You Can Fax to Amita Health Hospice
- The signed hospice election statement
- A hospice referral from a hospital, SNF, or physician
- The certification of terminal illness (CTI)
- Medical records and release-of-information (ROI) authorizations
- Physician orders and verbal-order signatures
Faxing PHI to Amita Health Hospice the compliant way
Faxing PHI to Amita Health Hospice is allowed, but the service you use has to protect it. The rules turn on using a secure, compliant service rather than a public or ad-supported one. Send FAX Mail's Professional plan ($39.99/month) and Business plan ($79.99/month) both include HIPAA coverage and encryption for documents bound for Amita Health Hospice.
How family support paperwork reaches Amita Health Hospice
Enrolling a family in bereavement support with Amita Health Hospice means the enrollment form reaches the team that coordinates it, not the clinical line. The form records who in the family is enrolling and how they prefer to be contacted for support. Send the form on its own so it is not lost inside a clinical packet.
How to find Amita Health Hospice's current fax number
Office fax numbers at Amita Health Hospice change with staffing and reorganizations, so confirm before you send. Ask the discharging hospital's case manager or discharge planner, who often already has the correct Amita Health Hospice fax on file. Once you have the working number from Amita Health Hospice, keep it with the patient's file for next time.
Faxing to Amita Health Hospice — FAQ
The right number depends on which office should receive the document. Many hospices take referrals through a portal or a shared EHR now, so confirm Amita Health Hospice still accepts fax. Keep the working number with the patient's file for next time. That confirmation is the difference between a delivered record and a lost one.
File a signed authorization with medical records. Amita Health Hospice routes the request to the records staff who pull the chart. Name the records and dates so the office can pull them without a follow-up. Turnaround depends on the request; routine copies are handled in the order received.
No. Amita Health Hospice routes faxes to separate office lines, so medical records and the admissions and referral office do not share a number. Records, admission intake, and hospice-care orders each keep their own line. Match the office to your document, then send to that specific line. When in doubt, ask Amita Health Hospice for the office by name.
Label each page with the patient's name, date of birth, and record number. On the cover sheet, name medical records or the receiving office so it lands with the right team. Send it as one combined PDF so the pages stay in order. Clear labeling is what keeps a multi-page record together at Amita Health Hospice.
Send the election statement and CTI to the hospice admissions team. Ask Amita Health Hospice for the current hospice intake line first. Note any spiritual-care or chaplaincy preferences with the referral so the plan of care reflects them. Keep the transmission confirmation in case you need to show it went through. That keeps the referral moving without a second round trip.
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