BJC Hospice Fax Number — Send Medical Records and Release Requests
Need to send or request a patient's records from BJC Hospice? Those go through its records office on a signed release, not a general fax line. Based in Saint Louis, Missouri, BJC Hospice is part of BJC HealthCare and a health-system hospice program 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.
BJC Hospice Fax Number
Use BJC Hospice's referral or records-request instructions to find where to send documents
Hours: The intake and health-information offices generally run Monday-Friday during business hours; the hospice on-call line handles urgent orders after hours.
Send a Fax NowWhat You Can Fax to BJC Hospice
- Durable medical equipment (DME) orders — a hospital bed, oxygen, or a wheelchair
- A hospital discharge summary and transition-to-hospice referral
- The signed hospice election statement
- Referral and intake paperwork from the discharging unit
- Physician orders and verbal-order signatures
Faxing patient history to BJC Hospice
Release of information at BJC Hospice runs through a dedicated records office on a signed authorization. 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.
What to put on a fax to BJC Hospice
A clear cover sheet is what keeps a faxed record matched to the right patient at BJC Hospice. Put the patient's full name, date of birth, and medical record number on every page. Keeping the pages in one job avoids a half-received record at BJC Hospice.
The secure way to fax BJC Hospice
A patient's records are protected health information, so how you fax them to BJC Hospice matters. A consumer fax app is not enough; the channel needs to be encrypted and HIPAA-compliant. Send FAX Mail encrypts pages in transit and includes HIPAA from the Professional plan at $39.99/month, with the Business plan at $79.99/month for higher volume — a safer route for records going to BJC Hospice than a public machine.
Faxing to BJC Hospice — FAQ
You can send to BJC Hospice any time, though routine paperwork is worked during business hours. Routine records and intake are staffed on weekdays. Urgent referrals and comfort-care orders reach the on-call clinician at any hour regardless of the office schedule. A brief follow-up call confirms an urgent fax to BJC Hospice was seen.
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 and encryption from $39.99/month for faxes to BJC Hospice. Handled that way, the records stay within the rules end to end.
A number copied from a search result may be stale; BJC Hospice has the current one. Reach the specific BJC Hospice office by phone and confirm the fax it uses today. Verifying the office and the line up front is the honest shortcut. Note the number the first time so the next fax to BJC Hospice is quicker.
Start with a signed ROI form to BJC Hospice's records office. BJC Hospice will tell you where to fax or upload the completed form. Put the patient identifiers and the requested dates on the authorization. They release the copies to the recipient you named after processing.
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