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Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Erie Fax Number — Plan of Care and Functional Assessment

The interdisciplinary plan of care at Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Erie establishes medical necessity for the rehab admission and is faxed to the payer — this guide covers it. Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Erie, an orthopedic rehabilitation hospital in Erie, Pennsylvania, sends referrals, plans of care, and discharge summaries by fax every day. Because a plan of care is protected health information, this guide covers both where to send it and how to keep the transmission compliant.

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Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Erie Fax Number

Confirm the fax with Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Erie; the pre-admission line may differ from intake

Hours: A fax to a rehab hospital lands whenever you send it because the units are staffed overnight, but an authorization packet or a records release sent after hours is picked up the next business day.

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What You Can Fax to Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Erie

  • A signed release for a copy of the rehabilitation record
  • A progress update back to the operating surgeon
  • The operative report and orthopedic H&P for the admission decision
  • The physician and therapy plan of care with weight-bearing and mobility precautions
  • A prior-authorization request with the plan of care documenting the intensive-therapy requirement
Tip: Mark all pages with the identifiers Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Erie needs to reconnect a split referral or rehabilitation record. State which Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Erie desk the fax is for — pre-admission screening, authorization, or records — on the cover sheet so it is routed on the first try. Send multi-page records and the plan of care as one combined PDF and keep the delivery confirmation.

The plan of care and functional assessment at Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Erie

The physician and therapy plan of care is central at Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Erie: it names the rehabilitation goals, the therapy disciplines, and the intensity, and it is faxed to the payer to support the inpatient stay. The plan of care should state the therapy disciplines, the intensity, and the functional goals for the stay. Confirm the receiving fax — the payer or the referring case manager — with Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Erie before you send.

The pre-admission-screening path at Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Erie

A referral for inpatient rehabilitation at Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Erie opens with the acute hospital faxing the H&P, the progress notes, and the therapy needs so the pre-admission team can determine medical appropriateness. Confirm whether the referral goes to pre-admission screening, the admissions liaison, or the front desk before you send. Confirm the pre-admission fax with Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Erie before you send the screening packet.

Protected health information and Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Erie

Because these documents hold health information about a patient, the transport to Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Erie has to be compliant. HIPAA permits faxing PHI over a compliant, encrypted service — not a shared machine at the nurses' station or a free app. With Send FAX Mail you send from a phone or computer over a HIPAA-compliant, encrypted connection — Professional is $39.99/month and Business $79.99/month — appropriate for records sent to Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Erie.

Faxing to Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Erie — FAQ

A functional assessment and the plan of care document where the patient starts and the therapy goals, faxed to the payer and shared with the referring team. The more complete the plan and assessment, the faster the payer decides. A clear functional assessment and realistic goals support the medical necessity of an inpatient stay. Keep the confirmation for the chart.

Yes — Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Erie faxes the discharge summary, the continuing-therapy orders, and any home-health or equipment prescriptions to the next provider. Give Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Erie the receiving provider's current fax so the summary reaches the right chart. Clear continuing-care orders are what let the next provider pick up the plan. Keep the confirmation until the summary is acknowledged.

Yes, and the continued-stay reviews are faxed to the payer as the admission proceeds. Providing the payer's fax speeds the authorization decision. A clear plan of care and functional assessment support the medical-necessity determination. Keep the confirmation for the chart.

Every page should carry the patient's name and the referring case manager or diagnosis. Add a cover sheet addressed to pre-admission screening, the authorization coordinator, or records at Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Erie with your callback number. That routing detail is what lets Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Erie reconnect the documents if they separate. A missing referring case manager is the usual reason a fax sits in a queue at Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Erie.

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