Franciscan VNS Fax Number — Send Physician Orders and the Plan of Care
Orders and recertification paperwork for a patient of Franciscan VNS route to the clinical team, so the right fax depends on that office. Based in Indianapolis, Indiana, Franciscan VNS is a community visiting nurse association and a community home health nonprofit serving patients throughout the Midwest. Because these documents carry patient health information, this guide covers both where to send them and how to keep the transmission compliant.
Franciscan VNS Fax Number
Call Franciscan VNS and ask for the referral intake team or the office you need to reach by fax
Hours: The intake and medical records offices generally run Monday-Friday during business hours; the visiting-nurse on-call line handles urgent orders after hours.
Send a Fax NowWhat You Can Fax to Franciscan VNS
- A hospital or SNF discharge summary for a new referral
- OASIS-supporting clinical documentation
- A referral from a hospital, SNF, or physician
- Updated medication lists and reconciliation
- Wound-care and skilled-nursing orders
Getting orders to the clinical team at Franciscan VNS
Physician orders for a patient of Franciscan VNS route to the clinical team, not to a general line. A signed verbal order confirms an instruction the visiting clinician already recorded in the chart. Confirm the current clinical fax with Franciscan VNS before sending a time-sensitive order.
How to find Franciscan VNS's current fax number
A fax number copied from a search result may be stale; Franciscan VNS has the current one. Check Franciscan VNS's referral or medical-records page, then verify the line by phone. Confirming the line first is a two-minute step that prevents a misrouted record.
The secure way to fax Franciscan VNS
Faxing PHI to Franciscan VNS is allowed, but the service you use has to protect it. The rules turn on using a secure, compliant service rather than a public or ad-supported one. Send FAX Mail includes HIPAA and encryption starting at $39.99/month, so PHI headed to Franciscan VNS travels over a compliant channel instead of a fax machine in a shared office.
Faxing to Franciscan VNS — FAQ
No. Documents go to different fax lines at Franciscan VNS depending on the office or branch. As a visiting nurse association, it splits incoming faxes across medical records, intake, and the clinical team. Ask for the office you actually need to get the right number. Keep the confirmed number with the patient's file so you are not searching next time.
Include the three identifiers staff use to match a chart: full name, date of birth, and medical record number. Direct the cover sheet to the correct Franciscan VNS office and include a number staff can call. That routing detail is what lets Franciscan VNS reconnect the documents if they separate. Complete, legible identifiers are what move the request fastest.
Franciscan VNS receives faxes at any hour, but the offices that process them keep set schedules. The offices that handle referrals and records keep standard weekday hours. Time-critical orders are picked up at any hour by the on-call clinician. Plan routine requests for a weekday morning when the office is fully staffed.
Yes — HIPAA permits faxing protected health information when the channel is secure. A consumer app is not enough; the channel has to be encrypted and compliant, which rules out shared office machines. Send FAX Mail's Business plan at $79.99/month is HIPAA-compliant and suited to charts sent to Franciscan VNS. The safeguard is the service you use, not the act of faxing.
Orders route to the clinical team, apart from a records request. Get the working orders fax from Franciscan VNS directly. Send the order with the plan of care so it is matched to the right episode. A brief call ahead helps staff watch for a time-sensitive fax. It is a small step that saves a follow-up call later.
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