Ascension Hospice Fax Number — Send Medical Records and Release Requests
Medical-record requests to Ascension Hospice run through release of information, and the right fax depends on that office. Based in Saint Louis, Missouri, Ascension Hospice is part of Ascension and a faith-based hospice and palliative care ministry serving patients and families throughout the 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 Hospice Fax Number
Use Ascension Hospice's referral or records-request instructions to find where to send documents
Hours: Routine records processing runs Monday to Friday; urgent hospice orders reach the on-call clinician around the clock.
Send a Fax NowWhat You Can Fax to Ascension Hospice
- Durable medical equipment (DME) orders — a hospital bed, oxygen, or a wheelchair
- The signed hospice election statement
- DNR, POLST, and advance-directive documents
- Physician orders and verbal-order signatures
- Face-to-face (F2F) recertification encounter documentation
Faxing patient history to Ascension Hospice
Getting a patient's chart to or from Ascension Hospice starts with the records staff who manage the files. A complete request — identifiers, dates, and the records wanted — moves fastest. Put the patient's identifiers on every page so the request is matched cleanly.
Making sure your fax lands with the right team at Ascension Hospice
The cover sheet does the routing work once a fax reaches Ascension Hospice. Add your callback number so staff can reach you with a question instead of setting the request aside. Send multi-page records as one combined PDF so the documents stay in order.
The secure way to fax Ascension Hospice
Anything with a patient's history headed to Ascension Hospice is protected data under HIPAA. 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 Ascension Hospice.
Faxing to Ascension Hospice — FAQ
The machines accept faxes around the clock; staff processing depends on the office. Routine records and intake are staffed on weekdays. 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 Ascension Hospice was seen.
It is, provided your fax service is HIPAA-compliant. An unsecured machine in a shared space cannot promise the confidentiality the rules expect. Send FAX Mail encrypts pages in transit and includes HIPAA starting at $39.99/month — safer for PHI headed to Ascension Hospice than a public machine. Handled that way, the records stay within the rules end to end.
Ask the specific Ascension Hospice office for its working fax before you send. Call Ascension Hospice and ask for the admissions and referral office or the office you are reaching. A quick check beats faxing PHI to a number that has moved. Note the number the first time so the next fax to Ascension Hospice is quicker.
Submit a signed release-of-information authorization to medical records at Ascension Hospice. Ascension Hospice will tell you where to fax or upload the completed form. A complete request — identifiers, dates, and records wanted — moves fastest. They release the copies to the recipient you named after processing.
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