Compassus Birmingham Fax Number — Send a Hospice Referral
Starting hospice care with Compassus Birmingham begins with the admissions office that reviews the discharge packet — here is how to reach it. Compassus Birmingham, a hospice program in Birmingham, Alabama, is part of Compassus and receives clinical documents by fax every day. Send the discharge summary with the medication list, physician orders, and prognosis documentation so intake can review without waiting on a second fax.
Compassus Birmingham Fax Number
Ask Compassus Birmingham's intake or medical records office for the current fax number
Hours: Intake and authorization staff work weekday hours, while the on-call clinician fields time-sensitive comfort-care orders any time.
Send a Fax NowWhat You Can Fax to Compassus Birmingham
- Physician orders and verbal-order signatures
- Medical records and release-of-information (ROI) authorizations
- Face-to-face (F2F) recertification encounter documentation
- A hospice referral from a hospital, SNF, or physician
- The signed hospice election statement
How a referral packet reaches Compassus Birmingham
Starting hospice care with Compassus Birmingham begins with the admissions team that reviews the referral. Group the referral documents into one job rather than several separate faxes. Send the complete packet at once so intake is not waiting on a second fax.
The election-and-certification path at Compassus Birmingham
A patient choosing hospice with Compassus Birmingham signs the election statement, and it goes to admissions with the certification of terminal illness. The certification of terminal illness confirms the physician's judgment that the prognosis is six months or less if the illness runs its usual course. Send the election statement, the CTI, and the F2F note together so nothing arrives split.
Protected health information and Compassus Birmingham
Faxing PHI to Compassus Birmingham is allowed, but the service you use has to protect it. Encryption in transit and a compliant provider are what keep the transmission within the rules. On Send FAX Mail, HIPAA coverage is included from the $39.99/month Professional tier up, and every page to Compassus Birmingham is encrypted in transit with a delivery confirmation.
Faxing to Compassus Birmingham — FAQ
File a signed authorization with medical records. Ask Compassus Birmingham where the signed release should go. A complete request — identifiers, dates, and records wanted — moves fastest. After review, the records go to you or whoever the family designated.
Not one central number. The line for medical records is separate from the one for admission intake. Verify the current fax for central referral intake or your target office first. A quick call to Compassus Birmingham settles which line your document should use.
Label each page with the patient's name, date of birth, and record number. Direct the cover sheet to the correct Compassus Birmingham office and include a number staff can call. A delivery confirmation then tells you the fax reached Compassus Birmingham. A missing identifier is the usual reason a fax sits in a queue at Compassus Birmingham.
The machines accept faxes around the clock; staff processing depends on the office. The offices that handle referrals and records keep standard weekday 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.
A referral can go to central intake or the local office — the operator routes it either way, but confirm which Compassus Birmingham prefers. The operator's central line may route you, but confirm the office fax with Compassus Birmingham before sending. Send the discharge summary, the election statement, and the CTI as one packet. Confirm the current fax with Compassus Birmingham before you send. That keeps the referral moving without a second round trip.
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