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Northeast Georgia Rehabilitation Hospital Fax Number — Send a Rehab Referral and Pre-Admission Screening

A referral for inpatient rehabilitation at Northeast Georgia Rehabilitation Hospital starts with pre-admission screening, faxed from a hospital case manager — this guide covers sending it cleanly. Northeast Georgia Rehabilitation Hospital, a hospital-based inpatient rehabilitation unit in Gainesville, Georgia, 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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Northeast Georgia Rehabilitation Hospital Fax Number

Ask Northeast Georgia Rehabilitation Hospital's pre-admission liaison or the hospital's admitting desk for the current fax number

Hours: An inpatient rehabilitation facility keeps its clinical units staffed around the clock, so the machine receives faxes across every shift; the admissions and health-information teams who route them still keep standard business hours.

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What You Can Fax to Northeast Georgia Rehabilitation Hospital

  • A prior-authorization request with the plan of care documenting the intensive-therapy requirement
  • The acute H&P, progress notes, and imaging for the admission decision
  • A referral and pre-admission screening from the referring unit's case manager
  • The physician and therapy plan of care establishing the three-hour therapy standard
  • A signed release for a copy of the rehabilitation-unit record
Tip: Mark all pages with the identifiers Northeast Georgia Rehabilitation Hospital needs to reconnect a split referral or rehabilitation record. State which Northeast Georgia 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.

New-admission referrals at Northeast Georgia Rehabilitation Hospital

The first document into Northeast Georgia Rehabilitation Hospital is usually a pre-admission screening packet from a hospital case manager, faxed with the acute record so the rehabilitation physician can assess whether the patient can tolerate intensive therapy. Confirm whether the referral goes to pre-admission screening, the admissions liaison, or the front desk before you send. Keep the confirmation so the referring hospital shows the referral was transmitted.

The plan of care and functional assessment at Northeast Georgia Rehabilitation Hospital

A functional assessment and the plan of care from Northeast Georgia Rehabilitation Hospital document where the patient starts and the intensive-therapy goals, and they are faxed to the payer and shared with the referring team. A clear functional assessment and realistic goals are what support the medical necessity of an inpatient stay. Flag a time-sensitive authorization so it is worked the same day.

HIPAA and your fax to Northeast Georgia Rehabilitation Hospital

Faxing rehabilitation records to Northeast Georgia Rehabilitation Hospital is allowed, but the service you use has to protect them. A shared machine in an open work area cannot promise the confidentiality the rules expect. 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 Northeast Georgia Rehabilitation Hospital than a shared machine.

Faxing to Northeast Georgia Rehabilitation Hospital — FAQ

Northeast Georgia Rehabilitation Hospital faxes the discharge summary and the continuing-care orders to the provider you name. Name the patient and the receiving provider so the summary is matched on arrival. Clear continuing-care orders are what let the next provider pick up the plan. Put the patient's identifiers on every page.

A rehab admission at Northeast Georgia Rehabilitation Hospital is not covered until medical necessity is established, and the authorization packet is faxed to the payer. The more complete the packet, the faster the payer decides. A clear plan of care and functional assessment support the medical-necessity determination. Put the patient's identifiers and the diagnosis on every page.

At minimum, the patient's name, date of birth, and the referring case manager belong on each page. Note the target — records, admissions, or the coordinator — on the cover sheet. That routing detail is what lets Northeast Georgia Rehabilitation Hospital reconnect the documents if they separate. Check the details once before you send so nothing bounces back.

You can send to Northeast Georgia Rehabilitation Hospital any time the machine is on, and the units are staffed overnight; referrals and authorizations are worked on business days. The nursing units are staffed continuously at an inpatient hospital. A records release sent after hours is picked up the next business day. Routine copies follow the office's normal queue.

As a hospital-based inpatient rehabilitation unit, Northeast Georgia Rehabilitation Hospital takes pre-admission screenings through an intake line, faxes plans of care and authorizations to payers, and faxes discharge summaries to the next provider. Get the current fax from Northeast Georgia Rehabilitation Hospital directly. Keep the confirmation until each recipient acknowledges it. A brief call ahead helps staff watch for a time-sensitive fax. That keeps the admission moving without a second round trip.

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