Hospice of the Carolina Foothills Fax Number — Send a Hospice Referral
A referral to Hospice of the Carolina Foothills goes to the intake team that reviews new patients, so the destination line depends on the referral. Hospice of the Carolina Foothills, a nonprofit community hospice in Columbus, North Carolina, is a community-based nonprofit hospice and receives clinical documents by fax every day. Send the discharge summary with the medication list, physician orders, and prognosis documentation so intake can review without waiting on a second fax.
Hospice of the Carolina Foothills Fax Number
Ask Hospice of the Carolina Foothills's admissions or medical records office for the current fax number
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 Hospice of the Carolina Foothills
- Medical records and release-of-information (ROI) authorizations
- Physician orders and verbal-order signatures
- The signed hospice election statement
- Bereavement and continuing-care enrollment forms
- Comfort-kit and medication orders coordinated with the pharmacy
Referral and admission intake at Hospice of the Carolina Foothills
Starting hospice care with Hospice of the Carolina Foothills begins with the admissions team that reviews the referral. Send the discharge summary with the current medication list, the physician's orders, and the prognosis documentation. Confirm the intake fax with Hospice of the Carolina Foothills before you send the referral packet.
Sending the certification of terminal illness to Hospice of the Carolina Foothills
Electing the Medicare hospice benefit with Hospice of the Carolina Foothills starts with the signed election statement and the certification of terminal illness (CTI). A face-to-face (F2F) encounter is required to recertify the patient for the third benefit period and each one after it. Include the patient's name and date of birth so staff match the election to the right chart.
Keeping records to Hospice of the Carolina Foothills HIPAA-compliant
Anything with a patient's history headed to Hospice of the Carolina Foothills is protected data under HIPAA. A consumer fax app is not enough; the channel needs to be encrypted and HIPAA-compliant. On Send FAX Mail, HIPAA coverage is included from the $39.99/month Professional tier up, and every page to Hospice of the Carolina Foothills is encrypted in transit with a delivery confirmation.
Faxing to Hospice of the Carolina Foothills — FAQ
No. Hospice of the Carolina Foothills routes faxes to separate office lines, so medical records and the admissions and referral office do not share a number. Records, admission intake, and hospice-care orders each keep their own line. Confirm the correct line for the office you are reaching before you send. Keep the confirmed number with the patient's file so you are not searching next time.
Label each page with the patient's name, date of birth, and 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.
The machines accept faxes around the clock; staff processing depends on the office. Records and admission-intake offices work weekday 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.
It can be, with the right service. Faxing itself is accepted for PHI; the transport is what has to be secure. Send FAX Mail's Business plan at $79.99/month is HIPAA-compliant and suited to charts sent to Hospice of the Carolina Foothills. Choose the secure channel first, then confirm the number for Hospice of the Carolina Foothills.
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