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Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Franklin Fax Number — Send a Rehab Referral and Pre-Admission Screening

A referral for inpatient rehabilitation at Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Franklin starts with pre-admission screening, faxed from a hospital case manager — this guide covers sending it cleanly. As a neurorehabilitation hospital in Franklin, Tennessee, Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Franklin coordinates intensive inpatient rehabilitation after a stroke, brain injury, or spinal-cord injury for patients transferring from acute neurology or trauma and their case managers across the mid-South. 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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Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Franklin Fax Number

Use Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Franklin's referral or case-management instructions to find where documents go

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 Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Franklin

  • The neurology or trauma H&P, imaging, and progress notes for the admission decision
  • A home-health, outpatient-therapy, or durable-medical-equipment order at discharge
  • A progress update back to the referring neurologist or trauma team
  • A discharge summary and continuing-therapy orders to the next provider
  • The operative or acute discharge summary from the transferring hospital
Tip: Put the patient's name, date of birth, and the referring hospital on each page so Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Franklin can match it cleanly. Direct the cover sheet to pre-admission screening, the authorization coordinator, or records at Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Franklin, with a callback number for questions. Group the pages into a single fax and hold onto the confirmation in case you need to prove it arrived.

Referrals and pre-admission screening to Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Franklin

A referral for inpatient rehabilitation at Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Franklin 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. Send the referral and the acute record as one PDF so nothing is separated.

Documenting the three-hour therapy standard at Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Franklin

A functional assessment and the plan of care from Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Franklin document where the patient starts and the intensive-therapy goals, and they are faxed to the payer and shared with the referring team. Confirm whether the plan goes to the payer's authorization team or the referring case manager before sending. Send the plan of care and the assessment as one PDF so the documents stay together.

The secure way to fax Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Franklin

A referral, a plan of care, and a functional assessment are protected health information, so how you fax them to Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Franklin matters as much as the number. A shared machine in an open work area cannot promise the confidentiality the rules expect. 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 Franklin.

Faxing to Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Franklin — FAQ

Send a signed release form to the staff who manage the rehabilitation record at Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Franklin. Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Franklin routes the request to the staff who pull the record. A complete request — identifiers, dates, and records wanted — moves fastest. Once processed, Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Franklin releases the records to you or the party you named.

Often an admissions line and a records line, with a larger hospital adding a dedicated authorization number. Even so, a referral, an authorization packet, and a records request go to different staff on those lines. Verify the working fax with Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Franklin first, since a hospital's numbers change. Keep the confirmed number with the patient's chart so you are not searching next time.

Yes — a referral with the patient's H&P, recent notes, and the reason for rehab is the routine first step, faxed to pre-admission screening. Providing a complete screening packet speeds the admission decision. The referral is what lets the screening proceed before the transfer. A quick follow-up call confirms the referral was received if the discharge is imminent.

Because the stay must show the patient needs and can participate in intensive therapy, Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Franklin faxes the plan of care to establish medical necessity. Give Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Franklin the payer's authorization fax so the plan is not sent to a stale line. The goals and the intensity are what let the payer approve the stay. Flag a time-sensitive authorization so it is worked the same day.

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