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Mercy Rehabilitation Hospital South Fax Number — Discharge Summaries and Continuing Care

Mercy Rehabilitation Hospital South faxes the discharge summary, the medications, and the home-health or equipment orders to the receiving provider and the PCP; here is how, securely. Located in St Louis, Missouri, Mercy Rehabilitation Hospital South is an acute inpatient rehabilitation facility serving patients transferring from an acute-care hospital and their case managers in the Midwest. Because a discharge summary carries protected health information, this guide covers both where to send it and how to keep the transmission compliant.

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Mercy Rehabilitation Hospital South Fax Number

Reach the Mercy Rehabilitation Hospital South staff who handle pre-admission screening and confirm the fax first

Hours: The hospital operates continuously, so an incoming fax is received at all hours; the pre-admission liaison and the records office, however, process referrals and requests during regular office hours.

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What You Can Fax to Mercy Rehabilitation Hospital South

  • A referral and pre-admission screening request from the acute-care hospital's case manager
  • A prior-authorization request with the plan of care documenting the intensive-therapy requirement
  • A home-health or durable-medical-equipment order at discharge
  • A discharge summary and continuing-care orders to the next provider
  • The physician and therapy plan of care establishing the three-hour therapy standard
Tip: Every page should carry the patient's name and the referring case manager so nothing is orphaned at Mercy Rehabilitation Hospital South. Address the cover sheet to the exact staff you are reaching at Mercy Rehabilitation Hospital South, and include a number where they can reach you. Send everything in one PDF rather than several faxes, and keep the confirmation for your records.

How Mercy Rehabilitation Hospital South faxes a discharge summary

Because rehabilitation continues after discharge, Mercy Rehabilitation Hospital South faxes the discharge summary and the outpatient-therapy or home-health orders so the next provider picks up where the hospital left off. Name the patient, the receiving provider, and the primary-care physician so each copy is filed correctly. Keep the confirmation so the chart shows the summary reached the next provider.

Faxing a referral to Mercy Rehabilitation Hospital South

A referral for inpatient rehabilitation at Mercy Rehabilitation Hospital South opens with the acute hospital faxing the H&P, the progress notes, and the therapy needs so the pre-admission team can determine medical appropriateness. Attach the imaging, the operative report, and the acute course so the rehabilitation physician can judge appropriateness. Put the patient's identifiers and the referring case manager on every page.

Sending referral and rehab records to Mercy Rehabilitation Hospital South without cutting corners

A fax to Mercy Rehabilitation Hospital South that carries a diagnosis, an H&P, or a discharge summary is PHI and belongs on a secure channel. 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 $39.99/month Professional plan, a safer route for rehabilitation records going to Mercy Rehabilitation Hospital South than a shared machine.

Faxing to Mercy Rehabilitation Hospital South — FAQ

A number copied from a search result may be stale; Mercy Rehabilitation Hospital South has the current one. Check Mercy Rehabilitation Hospital South's referral or case-management instructions, then verify the line by phone. That one verification keeps sensitive pages out of the wrong hands. That confirmation is the difference between a delivered referral and a lost one.

Start with a signed release form to Mercy Rehabilitation Hospital South's health-information staff. The health-information staff confirm the fax destination for the authorization. Include the patient's name, date of birth, and the admission dates and record types. Turnaround depends on the request; routine copies are handled in the order received.

Mercy Rehabilitation Hospital South is usually reached at a couple of lines that cover admissions, authorization, and records. The lines are separate, and the person who works each one varies by request. Ask Mercy Rehabilitation Hospital South which line fits your document to be sure. When in doubt, ask Mercy Rehabilitation Hospital South for the fax by the name of the desk.

That is a standard workflow; Mercy Rehabilitation Hospital South accepts a faxed pre-admission packet so the physiatrist can screen the patient. Confirm Mercy Rehabilitation Hospital South's current pre-admission fax so the referral lands correctly. Pre-admission needs the H&P and the acute course, and the faxed packet provides them. That one step keeps the admission moving from the start.

From a pre-admission screening to a discharge summary, Mercy Rehabilitation Hospital South routes the document to the referring case manager, the payer, or the receiving provider. Get the current fax from Mercy Rehabilitation Hospital South directly. Keep the confirmation until each recipient acknowledges it. Send the whole packet as one job so nothing arrives split. That keeps the admission moving without a second round trip.

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