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Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center Fax Number — Reach the Right Department

Faxing Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center starts with a fact that trips people up: the hospital routes documents to separate department lines, not a single number. As an independent hospital, Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota receives faxed records and referrals for patients across the northern Plains. Health Information Management is not the same line as a referral, so identifying the destination is what gets the paperwork where it belongs.

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Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center Fax Number

Confirm the line with Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center's HIM office before sending, since teaching-hospital departments each keep their own

Hours: The Health Information Management office generally runs Monday-Friday during business hours; the emergency department accepts clinical faxes 24/7.

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What You Can Fax to Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center

  • Hospital-to-hospital transfer paperwork
  • Lab and imaging results
  • Clinical trial screening documents
  • Release-of-information authorizations
  • Physician referral forms
Tip: Mark all pages with the patient identifiers (name, date of birth, record number) that Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center needs to reconnect a split record. Direct the cover sheet to Health Information Management or the program handling the request, with a callback number for questions. Group the pages into a single fax and hold onto the confirmation in case you need to prove it arrived.

The department-by-department fax setup at Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center

Documents sent to Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center land at different lines depending on the office. What you send to records will not arrive at the clinic unless the number matches. Match the document to the office and you skip the guesswork entirely.

Confirming the right fax at Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center

The reliable way to fax Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center is to ask the exact office for its working line. Check Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center's medical-records or patient-information page, then verify the line by phone. A quick verification beats faxing sensitive pages to a number that has moved.

The secure way to fax Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center

The risk with records bound for Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center is not the fax itself but an unsecured tool. Encryption in transit and a compliant provider are what keep the transmission within the rules. Send FAX Mail includes HIPAA and encryption starting at $39.99/month, so PHI headed to Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center travels over a compliant channel instead of a fax machine in a shared office.

Faxing to Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center — FAQ

The right number depends on which office should receive the document. Reach the specific Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center program by phone and confirm the fax it uses today. Keep the working number with the patient's file for next time. A confirmed line beats a guessed one on documents this sensitive.

No. Documents go to different fax lines at Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center depending on the office. Records, referrals, and prior authorization each keep their own line. Match the office to your document, then send to that specific line. Which line is right depends on the office, not the hospital as a whole.

Put the patient's full name, date of birth, and medical record number on every page. Add a cover sheet addressed to the physician referral office at Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center with your callback number. Send it as one combined PDF so the pages stay in order. The identifiers matter as much as the records themselves.

Faxes reach Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center whenever you send, but when they are handled varies by office. Administrative offices keep a Monday-to-Friday schedule. A records request sent overnight is picked up the next business day, while urgent items go straight to the units. Routine copies follow the office's normal queue rather than jumping ahead.

Transfers are handled by fax, but not through general records. It goes to the transfer center or the accepting service, not central records. Confirm the transfer fax with Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center and include the clinical summary with the orders. Put the patient identifiers on every page so it is matched cleanly. The result is a clean hand-off to the right team at Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center.

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