Good Shepherd Hospice Fax Number — Send Physician and Comfort-Care Orders
Faxing verbal-order signatures, medication orders, or an equipment request to Good Shepherd Hospice means reaching the clinical team — this page shows how, securely. Based in Farmingdale, New York, Good Shepherd Hospice is part of Catholic Health and a faith-based hospice and palliative care ministry serving patients and families throughout New York and the surrounding region. Because these documents carry patient health information, this guide covers both where to send them and how to keep the transmission compliant.
Good Shepherd Hospice Fax Number
Reach the Good Shepherd Hospice office that owns your request and confirm its fax before sending
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 Good Shepherd Hospice
- Medical records and release-of-information (ROI) authorizations
- A hospice referral from a hospital, SNF, or physician
- DNR, POLST, and advance-directive documents
- The signed hospice election statement
- Face-to-face (F2F) recertification encounter documentation
Getting orders to the hospice care team at Good Shepherd Hospice
Faxing comfort-kit and symptom-management orders to Good Shepherd Hospice means reaching the clinical office that coordinates them with the pharmacy. A complete order — patient identifiers, the instruction, and the physician's signature — is actioned fastest. Confirm the current clinical fax with Good Shepherd Hospice before sending a time-sensitive comfort-care order.
Ordering equipment for a patient of Good Shepherd Hospice
Getting equipment into the home for a patient of Good Shepherd Hospice starts with a DME order to the clinical team that coordinates the vendor. A clear order — the item, the clinical reason, and the delivery address — moves the equipment fastest. Send the DME order with any supporting orders so the request is complete on the first fax.
Sending patient charts to Good Shepherd Hospice without cutting corners
Faxing PHI to Good Shepherd Hospice is allowed, but the service you use has to protect it. HIPAA permits faxing PHI over a compliant, encrypted service — not a shared office machine or a free app. Send FAX Mail includes HIPAA and encryption starting at $39.99/month, so PHI headed to Good Shepherd Hospice travels over a compliant channel instead of a fax machine in a shared office.
Faxing to Good Shepherd Hospice — FAQ
Include the three identifiers staff use to match a chart: full name, date of birth, and medical record number. State the specific Good Shepherd Hospice office the fax is for on the cover sheet. A delivery confirmation then tells you the fax reached Good Shepherd Hospice. The identifiers matter as much as the records themselves.
Faxes reach Good Shepherd Hospice whenever you send, but when they are handled varies by office. Routine records and intake are staffed on weekdays. Send routine requests early in the day for same-day handling; urgent symptom-management orders are actioned immediately. Routine copies follow the office's normal queue rather than jumping ahead.
It is, provided your fax service is HIPAA-compliant. HIPAA turns on using a compliant, encrypted service rather than a public one. Send FAX Mail encrypts pages in transit and includes HIPAA starting at $39.99/month — safer for PHI headed to Good Shepherd Hospice than a public machine. Compliance is about how the pages travel, not only where they land at Good Shepherd Hospice.
The right number depends on which office should receive the document. Reach the specific Good Shepherd Hospice office by phone and confirm the fax it uses today. A quick check beats faxing PHI to a number that has moved. A confirmed line beats a guessed one on documents this sensitive.
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