Blue Ridge Hospice Fax Number — Send Physician and Comfort-Care Orders
Orders and comfort-care paperwork for a patient of Blue Ridge Hospice route to the hospice care team, so the right fax depends on that office. Blue Ridge Hospice, a nonprofit community hospice in Winchester, Virginia, is a community-based nonprofit hospice and receives clinical documents by fax every day. Because these documents carry patient health information, this guide covers both where to send them and how to keep the transmission compliant.
Blue Ridge Hospice Fax Number
Ask Blue Ridge Hospice's admissions or medical records office for the current fax number
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 Blue Ridge Hospice
- Interdisciplinary group (IDG) plan-of-care updates
- The signed hospice election statement
- Durable medical equipment (DME) orders — a hospital bed, oxygen, or a wheelchair
- A hospice referral from a hospital, SNF, or physician
- Physician orders and verbal-order signatures
Sending comfort-care orders to Blue Ridge Hospice
Faxing comfort-kit and symptom-management orders to Blue Ridge Hospice means reaching the clinical office that coordinates them with the pharmacy. The hospice care team matches the order to the patient's plan of care before it is carried out. Send the order and any supporting notes as one fax so nothing arrives split.
Durable medical equipment orders at Blue Ridge Hospice
A DME order for Blue Ridge Hospice routes to the hospice care team, which arranges delivery with the equipment vendor. The hospice covers equipment related to the terminal diagnosis as part of the plan of care, so the order names the item and the clinical need. Address the cover sheet to the hospice care team so the equipment order is not treated as routine paperwork.
Keeping records to Blue Ridge Hospice HIPAA-compliant
Faxing PHI to Blue Ridge Hospice is allowed, but the service you use has to protect it. HIPAA permits faxing PHI over a compliant, encrypted service — not a shared office machine or a free app. Send FAX Mail includes HIPAA and encryption starting at $39.99/month, so PHI headed to Blue Ridge Hospice travels over a compliant channel instead of a fax machine in a shared office.
Faxing to Blue Ridge Hospice — FAQ
The machines accept faxes around the clock; staff processing depends on the office. Records and admission-intake offices work weekday business hours. Send routine requests early in the day for same-day handling; urgent symptom-management orders are actioned immediately. Flag anything time-sensitive on the cover sheet so it is not treated as routine.
It can be, with the right service. 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 encrypts pages in transit and includes HIPAA starting at $39.99/month — safer for PHI headed to Blue Ridge Hospice than a public machine. Choose the secure channel first, then confirm the number for Blue Ridge Hospice.
Ask the specific Blue Ridge Hospice office for its working fax before you send. The discharging hospital's case manager often already has the correct Blue Ridge Hospice fax on file. A quick check beats faxing PHI to a number that has moved. The office that receives the fax is the authority on its own number.
Submit a signed release-of-information authorization to medical records at Blue Ridge Hospice. The office names the current fax once your request is on file. A complete request — identifiers, dates, and records wanted — moves fastest. After review, the records go to you or whoever the family designated.
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