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MaineHealth Home Health & Hospice Fax Number — Send Patient Records Securely

A chart headed to MaineHealth Home Health & Hospice is protected health information, so the service you fax it with matters as much as the number. As the home care arm of a local health system, MaineHealth Home Health & Hospice in Portland, Maine receives faxed orders, records, and referral packets for patients across northern New England. This guide covers the compliant way to send PHI plus how to reach the correct office at the agency.

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MaineHealth Home Health & Hospice Fax Number

Use MaineHealth Home Health & Hospice's referral or records-request instructions to find where to send documents

Hours: The intake and health-information offices generally run Monday-Friday during business hours; the on-call clinical line handles urgent orders after hours.

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What You Can Fax to MaineHealth Home Health & Hospice

  • OASIS-supporting clinical documentation
  • Wound-care and skilled-nursing orders
  • A hospital discharge summary and transition-of-care referral
  • Medical records and release-of-information (ROI) authorizations
  • Physician orders and verbal-order signatures
Tip: Mark all pages with the patient identifiers (name, date of birth, record number) that MaineHealth Home Health & Hospice needs to reconnect a split record. Direct the cover sheet to the referral intake office or the office handling the request, with a callback number for questions. Group the pages into a single fax and hold onto the confirmation in case you need to prove it arrived.

The secure way to fax MaineHealth Home Health & Hospice

Faxing PHI to MaineHealth Home Health & Hospice is allowed, but the service you use has to protect it. 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 MaineHealth Home Health & Hospice.

What to put on a fax to MaineHealth Home Health & Hospice

Records that arrive at MaineHealth Home Health & Hospice without identifiers are the ones that get delayed. Put the patient's full name, date of birth, and medical record number on every page. Send multi-page records as one combined PDF so the documents stay in order.

How to find MaineHealth Home Health & Hospice's current fax number

Because MaineHealth Home Health & Hospice routes faxes by office and branch, the number you need is the one the receiving team publishes. Check MaineHealth Home Health & Hospice's referral or medical-records page, then verify the line by phone. Confirming the line first is a two-minute step that prevents a misrouted record.

Faxing to MaineHealth Home Health & Hospice — FAQ

The right number depends on which office should receive the document. Reach the specific MaineHealth Home Health & Hospice branch by phone and confirm the fax it uses today. Keep the working number with the patient's file for next time. Skip the stale listing and confirm the line at the source.

File a signed authorization with medical records. MaineHealth Home Health & Hospice will tell you where to fax or upload the completed form. Name the records and dates so the office can pull them without a follow-up. Once processed, MaineHealth Home Health & Hospice releases the records to you or the party you named.

No. MaineHealth Home Health & Hospice routes faxes to separate office lines, so medical records and the referral intake office do not share a number. Each office — records, intake, the clinical team — answers a different fax. Match the office to your document, then send to that specific line. 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. State the specific MaineHealth Home Health & Hospice office the fax is for on the cover sheet. Send it as one combined PDF so the pages stay in order. Complete, legible identifiers are what move the request fastest.

Send the discharge packet to intake at MaineHealth Home Health & Hospice, which screens new referrals. Confirm the intake fax with MaineHealth Home Health & Hospice before sending the discharge packet. Include the face-to-face encounter note and the ordering physician's information. 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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