Hospicare and Palliative Care Services Fax Number — Send the Election and Certification
Electing the Medicare hospice benefit with Hospicare and Palliative Care Services starts with the signed election statement and the CTI, so the right fax is the admissions line. Based in Ithaca, New York, Hospicare and Palliative Care Services is a community-based nonprofit hospice and a community hospice and palliative care organization 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.
Hospicare and Palliative Care Services Fax Number
Reach the Hospicare and Palliative Care Services office that owns your request and confirm its fax before sending
Hours: Routine records processing runs Monday to Friday; urgent hospice orders reach the on-call clinician around the clock.
Send a Fax NowWhat You Can Fax to Hospicare and Palliative Care Services
- The certification of terminal illness (CTI)
- Comfort-kit and medication orders coordinated with the pharmacy
- Interdisciplinary group (IDG) plan-of-care updates
- Face-to-face (F2F) recertification encounter documentation
- Medical records and release-of-information (ROI) authorizations
Faxing the hospice election and CTI to Hospicare and Palliative Care Services
Electing the Medicare hospice benefit with Hospicare and Palliative Care Services starts with the signed election statement and the certification of terminal illness (CTI). The certification of terminal illness confirms the physician's judgment that the prognosis is six months or less if the illness runs its usual course. Send the election statement, the CTI, and the F2F note together so nothing arrives split.
Faxing physician orders to Hospicare and Palliative Care Services
Faxing comfort-kit and symptom-management orders to Hospicare and Palliative Care Services means reaching the clinical office that coordinates them with the pharmacy. A durable medical equipment order — a hospital bed, oxygen, or a wheelchair — is coordinated with the DME vendor on receipt. Send the order and any supporting notes as one fax so nothing arrives split.
The secure way to fax Hospicare and Palliative Care Services
Because these documents hold health information, the transport to Hospicare and Palliative Care Services has to be compliant. 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 Hospicare and Palliative Care Services than a public machine.
Faxing to Hospicare and Palliative Care Services — FAQ
At minimum, the patient's name, date of birth, and medical record number belong on each page. State the specific Hospicare and Palliative Care Services office the fax is for on the cover sheet. A delivery confirmation then tells you the fax reached Hospicare and Palliative Care Services. A missing identifier is the usual reason a fax sits in a queue at Hospicare and Palliative Care Services.
You can send to Hospicare and Palliative Care Services any time, though routine paperwork is worked during business hours. 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. Flag anything time-sensitive on the cover sheet so it is not treated as routine.
Yes, when the transport is compliant. An unsecured machine in a shared space cannot promise the confidentiality the rules expect. Send FAX Mail encrypts pages in transit and includes HIPAA starting at $39.99/month — safer for PHI headed to Hospicare and Palliative Care Services than a public machine. Choose the secure channel first, then confirm the number for Hospicare and Palliative Care Services.
A number copied from a search result may be stale; Hospicare and Palliative Care Services has the current one. Reach the specific Hospicare and Palliative Care Services office by phone and confirm the fax it uses today. A quick check beats faxing PHI to a number that has moved. The office that receives the fax is the authority on its own number.
Send the election statement and CTI to the hospice admissions team. Ask Hospicare and Palliative Care Services for the current hospice intake line first. Send the election statement, the CTI, and the current comfort-care orders. Name the receiving office on the cover sheet so it is not misrouted. That keeps the referral moving without a second round trip.
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