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Mount Sinai Rehabilitation Hospital Fax Number — Send a Rehab Referral and Pre-Admission Screening

A referral for inpatient rehabilitation at Mount Sinai Rehabilitation Hospital starts with pre-admission screening, faxed from a hospital case manager — this guide covers sending it cleanly. Mount Sinai Rehabilitation Hospital, an orthopedic rehabilitation hospital in Hartford, Connecticut, sends referrals, plans of care, and discharge summaries by fax every day. Because a referral carries protected health information, this guide covers both where to send it and how to keep the transmission compliant.

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Mount Sinai Rehabilitation Hospital Fax Number

Ask Mount Sinai Rehabilitation Hospital's admissions or pre-admission liaison for the current fax number

Hours: An inpatient rehabilitation hospital runs around the clock, so a fax machine can receive a document at any hour, though the admissions, authorization, and health-information staff who act on it work standard business hours.

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What You Can Fax to Mount Sinai Rehabilitation Hospital

  • A prior-authorization request with the plan of care documenting the intensive-therapy requirement
  • The operative report and orthopedic H&P for the admission decision
  • The physician and therapy plan of care with weight-bearing and mobility precautions
  • A home-health, outpatient-therapy, or durable-medical-equipment order at discharge
  • A signed release for a copy of the rehabilitation record
Tip: Mark all pages with the identifiers Mount Sinai Rehabilitation Hospital needs to reconnect a split referral or rehabilitation record. State which Mount Sinai Rehabilitation Hospital desk the fax is for — pre-admission screening, authorization, or records — on the cover sheet so it is routed on the first try. Send multi-page records and the plan of care as one combined PDF and keep the delivery confirmation.

How a rehab referral reaches Mount Sinai Rehabilitation Hospital

Most patients reach Mount Sinai Rehabilitation Hospital by transfer from an acute hospital, and that referral — the H&P, the imaging, and the case manager's summary — is faxed in so the pre-admission team can screen it before an admission is offered. Name the patient, the referring hospital and case manager, and the diagnosis on every page so the pre-admission team can match it to the screening. Put the patient's identifiers and the referring case manager on every page.

The plan of care and functional assessment at Mount Sinai Rehabilitation Hospital

The physician and therapy plan of care is central at Mount Sinai Rehabilitation Hospital: it names the rehabilitation goals, the therapy disciplines, and the intensity, and it is faxed to the payer to support the inpatient stay. The plan of care should state the therapy disciplines, the intensity, and the functional goals for the stay. Flag a time-sensitive authorization so it is worked the same day.

Protected health information and Mount Sinai Rehabilitation Hospital

A referral, a plan of care, and a functional assessment are protected health information, so how you fax them to Mount Sinai Rehabilitation Hospital matters as much as the number. HIPAA permits faxing PHI over a compliant, encrypted service — not a shared machine at the nurses' station or a free app. 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 Mount Sinai Rehabilitation Hospital than a shared machine.

Faxing to Mount Sinai Rehabilitation Hospital — FAQ

Send a signed release form to the staff who manage the rehabilitation record at Mount Sinai Rehabilitation Hospital. The health-information staff confirm the fax destination for the authorization. Name the records and the dates so staff can pull them without a follow-up. They release the copies to the recipient you named after processing.

Often an admissions line and a records line, with a larger hospital adding a dedicated authorization number. The lines are separate, and the person who works each one varies by request. A quick call to Mount Sinai Rehabilitation Hospital settles the number and the desk. Sending to the wrong desk only delays the document.

Yes — a referral with the patient's H&P, recent notes, and the reason for rehab is the routine first step, faxed to pre-admission screening. Confirm Mount Sinai Rehabilitation Hospital's current pre-admission fax so the referral lands correctly. A complete screening means the hospital is not chasing missing facts before an admission. Put the patient's identifiers and the referring case manager on every page.

Because the stay must show the patient needs and can participate in intensive therapy, Mount Sinai Rehabilitation Hospital faxes the plan of care to establish medical necessity. The more complete the plan and assessment, the faster the payer decides. The plan of care and the assessment belong together so the payer is not chasing documents. Put the patient's identifiers and the diagnosis on every page.

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