Ascension at Home Fax Number — Send Medical Records and Release Requests
Need to send or request a patient's records from Ascension at Home? Those go through its records office on a signed release, not a general fax line. Ascension at Home is the home care arm of a local health system, a hospital-affiliated home health agency in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, caring for patients 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.
Ascension at Home Fax Number
Ask Ascension at Home's intake or health-information office for the current fax number
Hours: The intake and health-information offices generally run Monday-Friday during business hours; the on-call clinical line handles urgent orders after hours.
Send a Fax NowWhat You Can Fax to Ascension at Home
- Wound-care and skilled-nursing orders
- Therapy (PT, OT, and speech) evaluation and orders
- Referral and intake paperwork from the discharging unit
- A hospital discharge summary and transition-of-care referral
- Physician orders and verbal-order signatures
The records-request path at Ascension at Home
Release of information at Ascension at Home runs through a dedicated records office on a signed authorization. Records are released to you or to the party you name once the request is verified. Put the patient's identifiers on every page so the request is matched cleanly.
Labeling a fax so Ascension at Home can match it
Records that arrive at Ascension at Home without identifiers are the ones that get delayed. Note the date and the page count so the receiving office knows the fax is complete. Keeping the pages in one job avoids a half-received record at Ascension at Home.
HIPAA and your fax to Ascension at Home
Because these documents hold health information, the transport to Ascension at Home has to be compliant. The rules turn on using a secure, compliant service rather than a public or ad-supported one. On Send FAX Mail, HIPAA coverage is included from the $39.99/month Professional tier up, and every page to Ascension at Home is encrypted in transit with a delivery confirmation.
Faxing to Ascension at Home — FAQ
You can send to Ascension at Home any time, though routine paperwork is worked during business hours. Processing at medical records generally runs Monday through Friday during business hours. The on-call clinical line handles urgent patient-care orders after hours. Flag anything time-sensitive on the cover sheet so it is not treated as routine.
Yes, when the transport is 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 includes HIPAA from the Professional plan at $39.99/month and encrypts documents in transit for records bound for Ascension at Home. Choose the secure channel first, then confirm the number for Ascension at Home.
A number copied from a search result may be stale; Ascension at Home has the current one. The discharging hospital's case manager often already has the correct Ascension at Home fax on file. Confirming the line first is a two-minute step that prevents a misrouted record. The office that receives the fax is the authority on its own number.
Start with a signed ROI form to Ascension at Home's records office. The office names the current fax once your request is on file. List the patient identifiers, the dates, and the exact records you want so nothing is missed. After review, the records go to you or whoever you designated.
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