Emmanuel Hospice Fax Number — Send Physician and Comfort-Care Orders
Orders and comfort-care paperwork for a patient of Emmanuel Hospice route to the hospice care team, so the right fax depends on that office. Emmanuel Hospice is a faith-based hospice ministry, a faith-based hospice in Grand Rapids, Michigan, caring for patients and families across the Great Lakes region. Because these documents carry patient health information, this guide covers both where to send them and how to keep the transmission compliant.
Emmanuel Hospice Fax Number
Check with Emmanuel Hospice's admissions desk, which can route you to the correct office line
Hours: Admissions and records keep weekday hours; the hospice on-call line receives time-sensitive orders after hours.
Send a Fax NowWhat You Can Fax to Emmanuel Hospice
- The certification of terminal illness (CTI)
- The signed hospice election statement
- Durable medical equipment (DME) orders — a hospital bed, oxygen, or a wheelchair
- Physician orders and verbal-order signatures
- DNR, POLST, and advance-directive documents
Physician orders and pharmacy coordination at Emmanuel Hospice
Physician orders for a patient of Emmanuel Hospice route to the hospice care team, not to a general line. A durable medical equipment order — a hospital bed, oxygen, or a wheelchair — is coordinated with the DME vendor on receipt. Include the patient's name and date of birth so staff match it to the right chart.
DME and the hospice care team at Emmanuel Hospice
Durable medical equipment for a patient of Emmanuel Hospice — a hospital bed, oxygen, a wheelchair, or a bedside commode — is ordered through the hospice care team. The team coordinates delivery with the DME vendor once the order is matched to the plan of care. Include the patient identifiers and the delivery address so the vendor reaches the home.
Protected health information and Emmanuel Hospice
A patient's records are protected health information, so how you fax them to Emmanuel Hospice matters. Encryption in transit and a compliant provider are what keep the transmission within the rules. 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 Emmanuel Hospice than a public machine.
Faxing to Emmanuel Hospice — FAQ
Faxes reach Emmanuel Hospice whenever you send, but when they are handled varies by office. Records and admission-intake offices work weekday business hours. A records request sent overnight is worked the next business day, while urgent orders go to the on-call team. Flag anything time-sensitive on the cover sheet so it is not treated as routine.
It is, provided your fax service is HIPAA-compliant. 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 covers HIPAA on the Professional ($39.99/month) and Business ($79.99/month) plans for documents going to Emmanuel Hospice. Choose the secure channel first, then confirm the number for Emmanuel Hospice.
The right number depends on which office should receive the document. The discharging hospital's case manager often already has the correct Emmanuel Hospice fax on file. Keep the working number with the patient's file for next time. The office that receives the fax is the authority on its own number.
Release of information begins with a signed ROI request to the records office. The office names the current fax once your request is on file. Name the records and dates so the office can pull them without a follow-up. After review, the records go to you or whoever the family designated.
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