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Eastern Iowa Rehabilitation Hospital Fax Number — Send a Rehab Referral and Pre-Admission Screening

Eastern Iowa Rehabilitation Hospital accepts patients by transfer from an acute hospital, and that pre-admission screening — the history, the notes, and the therapy needs — is faxed to intake; here is how to get it to the right desk, securely. Eastern Iowa Rehabilitation Hospital is a hospital-based inpatient rehabilitation unit in Coralville, Iowa, providing intensive inpatient rehabilitation within a host hospital after a serious illness or surgery in the Midwest. Because a referral carries protected health information, this guide covers both where to send it and how to keep the transmission compliant.

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Eastern Iowa Rehabilitation Hospital Fax Number

Check with Eastern Iowa Rehabilitation Hospital's admitting desk, which can route you to the rehab unit or health information

Hours: Because it is a 24/7 inpatient facility, the nursing units at a rehabilitation hospital receive a fax any time, while pre-admission screening, prior-authorization, and records requests are worked during weekday business hours.

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What You Can Fax to Eastern Iowa Rehabilitation Hospital

  • The physician and therapy plan of care establishing the three-hour therapy standard
  • A discharge summary and continuing-care orders to the next provider
  • A signed release for a copy of the rehabilitation-unit record
  • The acute discharge or operative summary supporting the transfer
  • A home-health or durable-medical-equipment order at discharge
Tip: Label each page with the patient's full name, date of birth, and the referring hospital or case manager — those are what staff use to match an admission at Eastern Iowa Rehabilitation Hospital. Name the receiving staff — the health-information staff, the admissions desk, or the pre-admission liaison — on the cover sheet, and add your callback number. Combine the documents into one job so they stay in order, and save the transmission receipt.

New-admission referrals at Eastern Iowa Rehabilitation Hospital

Because Eastern Iowa Rehabilitation Hospital admits patients transferring from acute care, a referral arrives as a faxed screening packet with the history and recent notes so the physiatrist can review it and make the admission decision. Confirm whether the referral goes to pre-admission screening, the admissions liaison, or the front desk before you send. Put the patient's identifiers and the referring case manager on every page.

How Eastern Iowa Rehabilitation Hospital faxes the physician plan of care

Because an inpatient rehabilitation stay must show the patient needs and can participate in intensive therapy, Eastern Iowa Rehabilitation Hospital faxes the physician plan of care and the functional assessment to establish medical necessity. Send the plan of care and the functional assessment together so the record is complete. Confirm the receiving fax — the payer or the referring case manager — with Eastern Iowa Rehabilitation Hospital before you send.

Keeping rehab records to Eastern Iowa Rehabilitation Hospital HIPAA-compliant

A referral, a plan of care, and a functional assessment are protected health information, so how you fax them to Eastern Iowa Rehabilitation Hospital matters as much as the number. A shared machine in an open work area cannot promise the confidentiality the rules expect. Send FAX Mail's Professional plan ($39.99/month) and Business plan ($79.99/month) both include HIPAA coverage and encryption for documents bound for Eastern Iowa Rehabilitation Hospital.

Faxing to Eastern Iowa Rehabilitation Hospital — FAQ

A rehabilitation hospital like Eastern Iowa Rehabilitation Hospital regularly takes faxed referrals from acute-hospital case managers. Name the patient, the referring case manager, and the diagnosis so the referral is matched on arrival. The referral states the history, the diagnosis, and the therapy needs so the physiatrist can decide. A quick follow-up call confirms the referral was received if the discharge is imminent.

The interdisciplinary plan of care at Eastern Iowa Rehabilitation Hospital sets the mobility, self-care, and cognitive goals, and that documentation is faxed to support the stay. Confirm the receiving fax — the payer or the referring case manager — with Eastern Iowa Rehabilitation Hospital before sending. The plan names the therapy disciplines, the intensity, and the functional goals for the stay. Flag a time-sensitive authorization so it is worked the same day.

That is routine; Eastern Iowa Rehabilitation Hospital faxes the summary and the outpatient-therapy or home-health orders so the next provider continues the plan. Providing the next provider speeds the summary to the right desk. Clear continuing-care orders are what let the next provider pick up the plan. A follow-up call confirms the provider received the summary on an urgent discharge.

Yes — an inpatient rehab stay usually needs authorization, so Eastern Iowa Rehabilitation Hospital faxes the referral, the plan of care, and the functional assessment to the insurer. Providing the payer's fax speeds the authorization decision. A clear plan of care and functional assessment support the medical-necessity determination. Flag a time-sensitive review so it is worked the same day.

Because Eastern Iowa Rehabilitation Hospital is a hospital-based unit, pre-admission intake and medical records are often separate lines, so confirm which one fits your document. Ask Eastern Iowa Rehabilitation Hospital whether admissions, the unit, or records should receive your document. Keep the confirmation until each recipient acknowledges it. Keep the transmission confirmation in case you need to show it went through. Doing it that way avoids the most common cause of a delay.

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