Kent Hospital Fax Number — Referrals, Transfers, and Prior Authorization
Sending a referral or transfer to Kent Hospital? Those route to intake, which keeps its own fax line apart from central records. Kent Hospital is part of Care New England, a community hospital in Warwick, Rhode Island, serving patients across southern New England. Send the referral with the records that support it so the accepting team can triage without waiting on a second fax.
Kent Hospital Fax Number
Ask Kent Hospital's medical records or admissions office for the current fax number
Hours: Records and registration staff typically work weekday business hours, while the ED accepts urgent faxes any time.
Send a Fax NowWhat You Can Fax to Kent Hospital
- Home-health and skilled-nursing orders
- Referral forms
- Pre-operative clearance forms
- Lab and imaging results
- Insurance authorization requests
The referral and transfer path at Kent Hospital
Kent Hospital routes referrals to the specific program, so the destination line depends on the service. Send the referral form together with the records that support it. Keep the transmission confirmation in case you need to show the referral went through.
How faxes route inside Kent Hospital
Faxes to Kent Hospital are received by department, not through one shared line. Central records and the individual programs do not share a receiving line. Start by asking which team should receive it, then send to that specific line.
HIPAA and your fax to Kent Hospital
Patient records are protected health information, so how you fax them to Kent Hospital matters. Encryption in transit and a compliant provider are what keep the transmission within the rules. Send FAX Mail encrypts pages in transit and includes HIPAA from the Professional plan at $39.99/month, with the Business plan at $79.99/month for higher volume — a safer route for records going to Kent Hospital than a public machine.
Faxing to Kent Hospital — 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 clinic so it lands with the right team. Send it as one combined PDF so the pages stay in order. The identifiers matter as much as the records themselves.
Incoming faxes to Kent Hospital are never turned away by the hour, but processing is not always immediate. Records and referral offices work weekday business hours. A records request sent overnight is picked up the next business day, while urgent items go straight to the units. Routine copies follow the office's normal queue rather than jumping ahead.
Faxing records to Kent 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 covers HIPAA on the Professional ($39.99/month) and Business ($79.99/month) plans for documents going to Kent Hospital. Compliance is about how the pages travel, not only where they land at Kent Hospital.
Get it from the office that will receive the document rather than an old listing. Use Kent Hospital's release-of-information form, which names where to send the authorization. Keep the working number with the patient's file for next time. A confirmed line beats a guessed one on documents this sensitive.
File a signed authorization with Kent Hospital's medical records office. The records office confirms the fax or upload destination. They release the copies to you or your named recipient after processing. 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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