Andress House Fax Number — Hospital Admission and Discharge Coordination
A hospital treating a resident of Andress House needs the current medications and history up front, and the facility needs the discharge summary back; here is how, securely. As a community group home in Abilene, Texas, Andress House coordinates care and active treatment for a small number of residents in a community home setting for a small number of residents in a home setting across Texas and the Southwest. Because these summaries carry protected health information, this guide covers both where to send them and how to keep the transmission compliant.
Andress House Fax Number
Reach the Andress House staff who own your request and confirm the fax before sending
Hours: Because residents live on-site, someone is always on the floor; the records and QIDP staff who work referrals and consent paperwork, however, keep business hours, so plan routine faxes accordingly.
Send a Fax NowWhat You Can Fax to Andress House
- Guardian and support-coordinator consent and case-management paperwork
- Annual physical, dental, and lab results for a resident
- Appointment results and specialist consult reports for a resident
- Hospital or urgent-care discharge instructions to reconcile at the home
- Behavior support plans and therapy progress notes
Hospital admissions and discharges at Andress House
An emergency-room visit or a hospital stay for a resident of Andress House generates discharge instructions that are faxed back for the nursing staff to carry out. Name the resident and the coordinating nurse or QIDP at Andress House so the documents are tied to the right case. Flag an urgent admission document so it is not treated as routine.
Physician orders and medications at Andress House
When a resident of Andress House sees an outside physician, the resulting orders and the medication changes are faxed back for nursing to carry out. Send the diagnosis or the reason for the order so the change is documented cleanly. Put the resident's name and date of birth on every page so nursing matches it.
Sending resident records to Andress House without cutting corners
Faxing PHI to Andress House is allowed, but the service you use has to protect it. HIPAA permits faxing PHI over a compliant, encrypted service — not a shared machine at the library or a free app. Send FAX Mail encrypts pages in transit and includes HIPAA from the $39.99/month Professional plan, a safer route for resident records going to Andress House than a public machine.
Faxing to Andress House — FAQ
At minimum, the resident's name and date of birth belong on each page. Direct the cover sheet to the correct Andress House desk and include a number staff can call. Attach the signed release or consent when the fax is a records request or a decision document. Clear labeling is what keeps a multi-page document together at Andress House.
You can send to Andress House any time — a residential facility is staffed overnight — though records and program documents are handled on weekdays. A residential facility is staffed at all hours for resident care. Send routine records and consent forms during weekday hours so they are worked promptly. A quick call ahead helps staff watch for a time-sensitive page.
Yes, when the transport is compliant. An unsecured machine in a shared space cannot promise the confidentiality the rules expect. Send FAX Mail includes HIPAA from the Professional plan at $39.99/month and encrypts documents in transit for records bound for Andress House. A secure send protects both you and the resident whose record it is.
A number copied from a search result may be stale; Andress House has the current one. Call Andress House and ask for records, nursing, or the program team. Confirming the line first is a two-minute step that prevents a misrouted record. That confirmation is the difference between a delivered record and a lost one.
A group home like Andress House keeps day-to-day care local but leans on its agency for records and case management. Confirm the records or nursing fax with Andress House before sending. Send the signed release with a records request. Confirm the current fax with Andress House before you send. Doing it that way avoids the most common cause of a delay.
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