Compassionate Care Hospice of the Delaware Valley Fax Number — Send the Election and Certification
Electing the Medicare hospice benefit with Compassionate Care Hospice of the Delaware Valley starts with the signed election statement and the CTI, so the right fax is the admissions line. Compassionate Care Hospice of the Delaware Valley is part of Amedisys, a hospice program in Wilmington, Delaware, caring for patients and families across the Mid-Atlantic. Because these documents carry patient health information, this guide covers both where to send them and how to keep the transmission compliant.
Compassionate Care Hospice of the Delaware Valley Fax Number
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Hours: Routine intake processing runs Monday to Friday; urgent hospice orders reach the on-call clinician around the clock.
Send a Fax NowWhat You Can Fax to Compassionate Care Hospice of the Delaware Valley
- The signed hospice election statement
- Comfort-kit and medication orders coordinated with the pharmacy
- Durable medical equipment (DME) orders — a hospital bed, oxygen, or a wheelchair
- Central-intake referral and insurance verification paperwork
- A hospice referral from a hospital, SNF, or physician
Election statement and face-to-face recert at Compassionate Care Hospice of the Delaware Valley
Admitting a patient to Compassionate Care Hospice of the Delaware Valley means the hospice election statement and the physician's certification of terminal illness reach central referral intake. A face-to-face (F2F) encounter is required to recertify the patient for the third benefit period and each one after it. Send the election statement, the CTI, and the F2F note together so nothing arrives split.
Sending comfort-care orders to Compassionate Care Hospice of the Delaware Valley
Physician orders for a patient of Compassionate Care Hospice of the Delaware Valley route to the hospice care team, not to a general line. A complete order — patient identifiers, the instruction, and the physician's signature — is actioned fastest. Include the patient's name and date of birth so staff match it to the right chart.
Protected health information and Compassionate Care Hospice of the Delaware Valley
Anything with a patient's history headed to Compassionate Care Hospice of the Delaware Valley is protected data under HIPAA. 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 Compassionate Care Hospice of the Delaware Valley travels over a compliant channel instead of a fax machine in a shared office.
Faxing to Compassionate Care Hospice of the Delaware Valley — FAQ
Not one central number. Records, admission intake, and hospice-care orders each keep their own line. Ask for the office you actually need to get the right number. Sending to the wrong line only delays the paperwork for a patient and family who need it.
Put the patient's full name, date of birth, and medical record number on every page. On the cover sheet, name medical records or the receiving office so it lands with the right team. That routing detail is what lets Compassionate Care Hospice of the Delaware Valley reconnect the documents if they separate. Check the details once before you send so nothing bounces back.
Faxes reach Compassionate Care Hospice of the Delaware Valley whenever you send, but when they are handled varies by office. Records and admission-intake offices work weekday business hours. Time-critical orders are picked up at any hour by the on-call hospice clinician. A brief follow-up call confirms an urgent fax to Compassionate Care Hospice of the Delaware Valley was seen.
It is, provided your fax service is HIPAA-compliant. Faxing itself is accepted for PHI; the transport is what has to be secure. Send FAX Mail's Business plan at $79.99/month is HIPAA-compliant and suited to charts sent to Compassionate Care Hospice of the Delaware Valley. Handled that way, the records stay within the rules end to end.
Send the referral packet to central intake or the Compassionate Care Hospice of the Delaware Valley office serving the patient's area. Ask Compassionate Care Hospice of the Delaware Valley whether to send to central intake or the local office line. Group the referral documents into one fax so intake is not waiting on a second. Confirm the current fax with Compassionate Care Hospice of the Delaware Valley before you send. Doing it that way avoids the most common cause of a delay.
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