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New England Rehabilitation Hospital of Portland Fax Number — Send a Rehab Referral and Pre-Admission Screening

Need to fax a referral or pre-admission screening to New England Rehabilitation Hospital of Portland? A rehabilitation hospital admits patients by referral from acute care, and the screening packet with the H&P is the first document in — this page shows how. New England Rehabilitation Hospital of Portland, an inpatient rehabilitation hospital in Portland, Maine, 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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New England Rehabilitation Hospital of Portland Fax Number

Check with New England Rehabilitation Hospital of Portland's front desk, which can route you to admissions or health information

Hours: Because it is a 24/7 inpatient facility, the nursing units at a rehabilitation hospital receive a fax any time, while pre-admission screening, prior-authorization, and records requests are worked during weekday business hours.

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What You Can Fax to New England Rehabilitation Hospital of Portland

  • A functional assessment and the admitting physiatrist's evaluation
  • A home-health or durable-medical-equipment order at discharge
  • A signed release for a copy of the rehabilitation record
  • The physician and therapy plan of care establishing the three-hour therapy standard
  • A progress update back to the referring physician or specialist
Tip: Mark all pages with the identifiers New England Rehabilitation Hospital of Portland needs to reconnect a split referral or rehabilitation record. State which New England Rehabilitation Hospital of Portland 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 New England Rehabilitation Hospital of Portland

Most patients reach New England Rehabilitation Hospital of Portland 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. Confirm whether the referral goes to pre-admission screening, the admissions liaison, or the front desk before you send. Put the patient's identifiers and the referring case manager on every page.

How New England Rehabilitation Hospital of Portland faxes the physician plan of care

The admitting physiatrist's evaluation and the interdisciplinary plan of care at New England Rehabilitation Hospital of Portland set the mobility, self-care, and cognitive goals, and that documentation is faxed to support authorization of the stay. The plan of care should state the therapy disciplines, the intensity, and the functional goals for the stay. Confirm the receiving fax — the payer or the referring case manager — with New England Rehabilitation Hospital of Portland before you send.

Keeping rehab records to New England Rehabilitation Hospital of Portland HIPAA-compliant

Anything with a patient's history, therapy notes, or plan of care headed to New England Rehabilitation Hospital of Portland is protected data under HIPAA. HIPAA permits faxing PHI over a compliant, encrypted service — not a shared machine at the nurses' station or a free app. With Send FAX Mail you send from a phone or computer over a HIPAA-compliant, encrypted connection — Professional is $39.99/month and Business $79.99/month — appropriate for records sent to New England Rehabilitation Hospital of Portland.

Faxing to New England Rehabilitation Hospital of Portland — FAQ

Put the patient's full name, date of birth, and the referring hospital or case manager on every page. On the cover sheet, name the health-information staff or the receiving staff so it lands with the right person. Send it as one combined PDF so the pages and the plan of care stay in order. Complete, legible identifiers are what move the referral fastest.

Faxes reach New England Rehabilitation Hospital of Portland whenever you send them because the clinical units are staffed continuously, though authorization and records work follows a business-day schedule. Because New England Rehabilitation Hospital of Portland is a 24/7 facility, the machine is attended overnight. Send anything routine early in the day so it does not wait over a closed office. Flag anything urgent on the cover sheet so staff see it is time-sensitive.

It is, provided your fax service is HIPAA-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 New England Rehabilitation Hospital of Portland. The safeguard is the service you use, not the act of faxing.

The right number depends on which staff should receive the document. A larger hospital may take some documents through a records office, so confirm New England Rehabilitation Hospital of Portland still accepts fax for your request. A quick check beats faxing PHI to a number that has moved. Skip the stale listing and confirm the line at the source.

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