Hospice of the Panhandle Fax Number — Send the Election and Certification
Electing the Medicare hospice benefit with Hospice of the Panhandle starts with the signed election statement and the CTI, so the right fax is the admissions line. Hospice of the Panhandle is a community-based nonprofit hospice, a nonprofit community hospice in Kearneysville, West Virginia, caring for patients and families across the Appalachian region. 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 Panhandle Fax Number
Check with Hospice of the Panhandle's admissions desk, which can route you to the correct office line
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 Panhandle
- The signed hospice election statement
- Comfort-kit and medication orders coordinated with the pharmacy
- Physician orders and verbal-order signatures
- The certification of terminal illness (CTI)
- Medical records and release-of-information (ROI) authorizations
Election statement and face-to-face recert at Hospice of the Panhandle
Admitting a patient to Hospice of the Panhandle means the hospice election statement and the physician's certification of terminal illness reach the admissions and referral office. The attending physician the patient designates is recorded so orders and the plan of care are coordinated. Send the election statement, the CTI, and the F2F note together so nothing arrives split.
Verbal-order signatures at Hospice of the Panhandle
Physician orders for a patient of Hospice of the Panhandle route to the hospice care team, not to a general line. A complete order — patient identifiers, the instruction, and the physician's signature — is actioned fastest. Include the patient's name and date of birth so staff match it to the right chart.
HIPAA and your fax to Hospice of the Panhandle
Because these documents hold health information, the transport to Hospice of the Panhandle has to be compliant. A consumer fax app is not enough; the channel needs to be encrypted and HIPAA-compliant. 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 Panhandle.
Faxing to Hospice of the Panhandle — FAQ
Include the three identifiers staff use to match a chart: full name, date of birth, and medical record number. Note the target office — medical records, admission intake, or the hospice care team — on the cover sheet. With identifiers and destination clear, nothing gets misrouted. Clear labeling is what keeps a multi-page record together at Hospice of the Panhandle.
Hospice of the Panhandle 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. Urgent referrals and comfort-care orders reach the on-call clinician at any hour regardless of the office schedule. Expect same-day handling for the urgent orders the on-call team watches for.
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 includes HIPAA and encryption from $39.99/month for faxes to Hospice of the Panhandle. A secure send protects both you and the patient whose chart it is.
The current line comes from Hospice of the Panhandle directly, since office numbers change. The discharging hospital's case manager often already has the correct Hospice of the Panhandle fax on file. Verifying the office and the line up front is the honest shortcut. That confirmation is the difference between a delivered record and a lost one.
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