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Hospice of Southern Illinois Fax Number — Send Physician and Comfort-Care Orders

Faxing verbal-order signatures, medication orders, or an equipment request to Hospice of Southern Illinois means reaching the clinical team — this page shows how, securely. As a community-based nonprofit hospice, Hospice of Southern Illinois in Belleville, Illinois receives faxed orders, records, and referral packets for hospice patients across the Chicago region. 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 Southern Illinois Fax Number

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

Hours: Referral and records staff work weekday business hours, while the on-call hospice nurse fields urgent comfort-care orders any time.

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What You Can Fax to Hospice of Southern Illinois

  • A hospice referral from a hospital, SNF, or physician
  • Bereavement and continuing-care enrollment forms
  • Face-to-face (F2F) recertification encounter documentation
  • The signed hospice election statement
  • Comfort-kit and medication orders coordinated with the pharmacy
Tip: Mark all pages with the patient identifiers (name, date of birth, record number) that Hospice of Southern Illinois 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.

How patient-care orders reach Hospice of Southern Illinois

Verbal-order signatures and interim orders at Hospice of Southern Illinois go to the hospice care team that carries them out. A signed verbal order confirms an instruction the hospice nurse already recorded in the chart. Address the cover sheet to the hospice care team so the order reaches the nurse.

Ordering equipment for a patient of Hospice of Southern Illinois

Faxing an equipment request to Hospice of Southern Illinois 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 Southern Illinois before sending an urgent equipment request.

Faxing PHI to Hospice of Southern Illinois the compliant way

A fax to Hospice of Southern Illinois that carries a chart is PHI and belongs on a secure channel. 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 Hospice of Southern Illinois than a public machine.

Faxing to Hospice of Southern Illinois — FAQ

Faxes reach Hospice of Southern Illinois whenever you send, but when they are handled varies by office. The offices that handle referrals and records keep standard weekday hours. Send routine requests early in the day for same-day handling; urgent symptom-management orders are actioned immediately. A brief follow-up call confirms an urgent fax to Hospice of Southern Illinois was seen.

It is, provided your fax service is HIPAA-compliant. A consumer app is not enough; the channel has to be encrypted and compliant, which rules out shared office machines. Send FAX Mail encrypts pages in transit and includes HIPAA starting at $39.99/month — safer for PHI headed to Hospice of Southern Illinois than a public machine. Handled that way, the records stay within the rules end to end.

The right number depends on which office should receive the document. Call Hospice of Southern Illinois and ask for the admissions and referral office or the office you are reaching. A quick check beats faxing PHI to a number that has moved. Note the number the first time so the next fax to Hospice of Southern Illinois is quicker.

Release of information begins with a signed ROI request to the records office. The records office confirms the fax destination for the authorization. A complete request — identifiers, dates, and records wanted — moves fastest. They release the copies to the recipient you named after processing.

Hospice referrals route to the admissions office, apart from a records request. Ask Hospice of Southern Illinois for the current hospice intake line first. Send the election statement, the CTI, and the current comfort-care orders. A brief call ahead helps staff watch for a time-sensitive fax. Doing it that way avoids the most common cause of a delay.

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