Johns Hopkins Hospital Fax Number — Referrals, Transfers, and Prior Authorization
Sending a referral or transfer to Johns Hopkins Hospital? Those route to intake, which keeps its own fax line apart from central records. Johns Hopkins Hospital is part of Johns Hopkins Medicine, an academic medical center in Baltimore, Maryland, serving patients across the Baltimore-Washington corridor. Send the referral with the records that support it so the accepting team can triage without waiting on a second fax.
Johns Hopkins Hospital Fax Number
Find the department fax on Johns Hopkins Hospital's Health Information Management page, or call the main line to confirm
Hours: Administrative records processing runs Monday to Friday; the emergency and inpatient services receive faxes overnight and on weekends.
Send a Fax NowWhat You Can Fax to Johns Hopkins Hospital
- Hospital-to-hospital transfer paperwork
- Prescription and renewal requests
- Operative and discharge summaries
- Clinical trial screening documents
- Medical records and patient history
The referral and transfer path at Johns Hopkins Hospital
Referrals and transfers to Johns Hopkins Hospital route to intake, not to central records. Send the referral form together with the records that support it. Send the complete packet at once so intake is not waiting on a second fax.
Why the office matters more than the number at Johns Hopkins Hospital
Johns Hopkins Hospital keeps distinct fax lines for records, referrals, and authorizations. What you send to records will not arrive at the clinic unless the number matches. Start by asking which team should receive it, then send to that specific line.
Keeping records to Johns Hopkins Hospital HIPAA-compliant
Patient records are protected health information, so how you fax them to Johns Hopkins Hospital matters. HIPAA permits faxing PHI over a compliant, encrypted service — not a shared office machine or a free app. With Send FAX Mail you send from your phone or computer over a HIPAA-compliant, encrypted connection — Professional is $39.99/month and Business $79.99/month — appropriate for charts sent to Johns Hopkins Hospital.
Faxing to Johns Hopkins Hospital — FAQ
Every page should carry the patient's full name, date of birth, and record number. On the cover sheet, name Health Information Management or the receiving clinic so it lands with the right team. That routing detail is what lets Johns Hopkins Hospital reconnect the documents if they separate. Clear labeling is what keeps a multi-page record together at Johns Hopkins Hospital.
Incoming faxes to Johns Hopkins Hospital are never turned away by the hour, but processing is not always immediate. Records and referral offices work weekday business hours. Time-critical documents are handled around the clock by the clinical teams. Expect same-day handling only for the clinical items the units watch for.
Faxing records to Johns Hopkins Hospital is fine under HIPAA as long as the service is compliant. 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 Johns Hopkins Hospital. A secure send protects both you and the patient whose chart it is.
The current line comes from Johns Hopkins Hospital directly, since department numbers change. Use Johns Hopkins Hospital's release-of-information form, which names where to send the authorization. That one verification keeps sensitive pages out of the wrong queue. That confirmation is the difference between a delivered record and a lost one.
Transfers are handled by fax, but not through general records. It goes to the transfer center or the accepting service, not central records. Send the summary, orders, and recent results as one packet after confirming the line. Name the receiving office on the cover sheet so it is not misrouted. Doing it that way avoids the most common cause of a delay.
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