Hospice of the Bluegrass Fax Number — Send the Election and Certification
Electing the Medicare hospice benefit with Hospice of the Bluegrass starts with the signed election statement and the CTI, so the right fax is the admissions line. Hospice of the Bluegrass, a nonprofit community hospice in Lexington, Kentucky, is a community-based nonprofit hospice and receives clinical documents by fax every day. Because these documents carry patient health information, this guide covers both where to send them and how to keep the transmission compliant.
Hospice of the Bluegrass Fax Number
Confirm the right fax with the Hospice of the Bluegrass office handling your referral or election paperwork
Hours: Referral and records staff work weekday business hours, while the on-call hospice nurse fields urgent comfort-care orders any time.
Send a Fax NowWhat You Can Fax to Hospice of the Bluegrass
- Bereavement and continuing-care enrollment forms
- The signed hospice election statement
- The certification of terminal illness (CTI)
- Physician orders and verbal-order signatures
- A hospice referral from a hospital, SNF, or physician
Election statement and face-to-face recert at Hospice of the Bluegrass
Faxing the hospice election paperwork to Hospice of the Bluegrass means reaching the intake office that processes the CTI and the benefit election. The attending physician the patient designates is recorded so orders and the plan of care are coordinated. Include the patient's name and date of birth so staff match the election to the right chart.
Physician orders and pharmacy coordination at Hospice of the Bluegrass
Faxing comfort-kit and symptom-management orders to Hospice of the Bluegrass 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. Confirm the current clinical fax with Hospice of the Bluegrass before sending a time-sensitive comfort-care order.
Keeping records to Hospice of the Bluegrass HIPAA-compliant
A patient's records are protected health information, so how you fax them to Hospice of the Bluegrass matters. The rules turn on using a secure, compliant service rather than a public or ad-supported one. Send FAX Mail's Professional plan ($39.99/month) and Business plan ($79.99/month) both include HIPAA coverage and encryption for documents bound for Hospice of the Bluegrass.
Faxing to Hospice of the Bluegrass — FAQ
Include the three identifiers staff use to match a chart: full name, date of birth, and medical record number. On the cover sheet, name medical records or the receiving office so it lands with the right team. Attach the signed ROI authorization when the fax is a records request. Complete, legible identifiers are what move the request fastest.
Hospice of the Bluegrass receives faxes at any hour, but the offices that process them keep set schedules. Records and admission-intake offices work weekday business hours. The hospice on-call line handles urgent comfort-care orders after hours. 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. Faxing itself is accepted for PHI; the transport is what has to be secure. Send FAX Mail includes HIPAA from the Professional plan at $39.99/month and encrypts documents in transit for records bound for Hospice of the Bluegrass. The safeguard is the service you use, not the act of faxing.
The current line comes from Hospice of the Bluegrass directly, since office numbers change. The discharging hospital's case manager often already has the correct Hospice of the Bluegrass fax on file. Confirming the line first is a two-minute step that prevents a misrouted record. Skip the stale listing and confirm the line at the source.
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