Hospice of the Calumet Area Fax Number — Send Physician and Comfort-Care Orders
Need to fax physician orders, a comfort-kit order, or a DME request to Hospice of the Calumet Area? Those go to the hospice care team that manages the patient's comfort, not a general fax line. Based in Munster, Indiana, Hospice of the Calumet Area is a community-based nonprofit hospice and a community hospice and palliative care organization serving patients and families throughout the Midwest. 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 Calumet Area Fax Number
Use Hospice of the Calumet Area's referral or records-request instructions to find where to send documents
Hours: The admissions and records offices generally run Monday-Friday during business hours; hospice care is on call around the clock for urgent orders.
Send a Fax NowWhat You Can Fax to Hospice of the Calumet Area
- The signed hospice election statement
- Durable medical equipment (DME) orders — a hospital bed, oxygen, or a wheelchair
- Comfort-kit and medication orders coordinated with the pharmacy
- Face-to-face (F2F) recertification encounter documentation
- The certification of terminal illness (CTI)
How patient-care orders reach Hospice of the Calumet Area
Faxing comfort-kit and symptom-management orders to Hospice of the Calumet Area means reaching the clinical office that coordinates them with the pharmacy. The hospice care team matches the order to the patient's plan of care before it is carried out. Address the cover sheet to the hospice care team so the order reaches the nurse.
Getting a hospital bed or oxygen through Hospice of the Calumet Area
Getting equipment into the home for a patient of Hospice of the Calumet Area 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.
Faxing PHI to Hospice of the Calumet Area the compliant way
Faxing PHI to Hospice of the Calumet Area 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'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 Calumet Area.
Faxing to Hospice of the Calumet Area — FAQ
Hospice of the Calumet Area receives faxes at any hour, but the offices that process them keep set schedules. Routine records and intake are staffed on weekdays. Time-critical orders are picked up at any hour by the on-call hospice clinician. Routine copies follow the office's normal queue rather than jumping ahead.
Yes — HIPAA permits faxing protected health information when the channel is secure. An unsecured machine in a shared space cannot promise the confidentiality the rules expect. Send FAX Mail's Business plan at $79.99/month is HIPAA-compliant and suited to charts sent to Hospice of the Calumet Area. Compliance is about how the pages travel, not only where they land at Hospice of the Calumet Area.
The current line comes from Hospice of the Calumet Area directly, since office numbers change. Call Hospice of the Calumet Area and ask for the admissions and referral office or the office you are reaching. That one verification keeps sensitive pages out of the wrong queue. A confirmed line beats a guessed one on documents this sensitive.
Send a signed release form to the records staff who manage the patient's file. The records office confirms the fax destination for the authorization. Include the patient's name, date of birth, and the record types and date range. The records move once the office verifies the authorization.
Send the election statement and CTI to the hospice admissions team. Ask Hospice of the Calumet Area 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. It is a small step that saves a follow-up call later.
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