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Hospice of Lake Cumberland Fax Number — Send Physician and Comfort-Care Orders

Faxing verbal-order signatures, medication orders, or an equipment request to Hospice of Lake Cumberland means reaching the clinical team — this page shows how, securely. As a community-based nonprofit hospice, Hospice of Lake Cumberland in Somerset, Kentucky receives faxed orders, records, and referral packets for hospice patients across the Ohio Valley. Because these documents carry patient health information, this guide covers both where to send them and how to keep the transmission compliant.

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Hospice of Lake Cumberland Fax Number

Call Hospice of Lake Cumberland and ask for the hospice referral team or the office you need to reach by fax

Hours: Admissions and records keep weekday hours; the hospice on-call line receives time-sensitive orders after hours.

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What You Can Fax to Hospice of Lake Cumberland

  • Bereavement and continuing-care enrollment forms
  • Comfort-kit and medication orders coordinated with the pharmacy
  • Medical records and release-of-information (ROI) authorizations
  • Face-to-face (F2F) recertification encounter documentation
  • Physician orders and verbal-order signatures
Tip: Mark all pages with the patient identifiers (name, date of birth, record number) that Hospice of Lake Cumberland needs to reconnect a split record. Direct the cover sheet to the admissions and referral office or the office handling the request, 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.

Getting orders to the hospice care team at Hospice of Lake Cumberland

Faxing comfort-kit and symptom-management orders to Hospice of Lake Cumberland means reaching the clinical office that coordinates them with the pharmacy. Comfort-kit and symptom-management orders are coordinated with the hospice's pharmacy so the family has medication on hand. Include the patient's name and date of birth so staff match it to the right chart.

Ordering equipment for a patient of Hospice of Lake Cumberland

Faxing an equipment request to Hospice of Lake Cumberland means reaching the clinical office that authorizes the hospital bed or oxygen. Oxygen and a hospital bed are common same-day requests when a patient's comfort changes, so mark the fax time-sensitive. Confirm the current clinical fax with Hospice of Lake Cumberland before sending an urgent equipment request.

Faxing PHI to Hospice of Lake Cumberland the compliant way

Because these documents hold health information, the transport to Hospice of Lake Cumberland has to be compliant. A consumer fax app is not enough; the channel needs to be encrypted and HIPAA-compliant. Send FAX Mail includes HIPAA and encryption starting at $39.99/month, so PHI headed to Hospice of Lake Cumberland travels over a compliant channel instead of a fax machine in a shared office.

Faxing to Hospice of Lake Cumberland — FAQ

Hospice of Lake Cumberland receives faxes at any hour, but the offices that process them keep set schedules. Processing at medical records generally runs Monday through Friday during business hours. Time-critical orders are picked up at any hour by the on-call hospice clinician. Flag anything time-sensitive on the cover sheet so it is not treated as routine.

Yes — HIPAA permits faxing protected health information when the channel is secure. The risk is not the fax itself but an unsecured tool, so a free app or a public machine will not do. Send FAX Mail's Business plan at $79.99/month is HIPAA-compliant and suited to charts sent to Hospice of Lake Cumberland. Choose the secure channel first, then confirm the number for Hospice of Lake Cumberland.

The current line comes from Hospice of Lake Cumberland directly, since office numbers change. The discharging hospital's case manager often already has the correct Hospice of Lake Cumberland fax on file. Keep the working number with the patient's file for next time. Note the number the first time so the next fax to Hospice of Lake Cumberland is quicker.

Send a signed release form to the records staff who manage the patient's file. The office names the current fax once your request is on file. Name the records and dates so the office can pull them without a follow-up. They release the copies to the recipient you named after processing.

Hospice referrals route to the admissions office, apart from a records request. Confirm the admissions fax with Hospice of Lake Cumberland before sending the referral. Attach the DNR or POLST and the discharge summary for the referral. A brief call ahead helps staff watch for a time-sensitive fax. That keeps the referral moving without a second round trip.

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