Ohio's Hospice LifeCare Fax Number — Send a Hospice Referral
A referral to Ohio's Hospice LifeCare goes to the intake team that reviews new patients, so the destination line depends on the referral. Based in Wooster, Ohio, Ohio's Hospice LifeCare is a community-based nonprofit hospice and a community hospice and palliative care organization serving patients and families throughout the Midwest. Send the discharge summary with the medication list, physician orders, and prognosis documentation so intake can review without waiting on a second fax.
Ohio's Hospice LifeCare Fax Number
Reach the Ohio's Hospice LifeCare office that owns your request and confirm its fax before sending
Hours: Routine records processing runs Monday to Friday; urgent hospice orders reach the on-call clinician around the clock.
Send a Fax NowWhat You Can Fax to Ohio's Hospice LifeCare
- Durable medical equipment (DME) orders — a hospital bed, oxygen, or a wheelchair
- Medical records and release-of-information (ROI) authorizations
- The certification of terminal illness (CTI)
- The signed hospice election statement
- Interdisciplinary group (IDG) plan-of-care updates
Getting a patient onto hospice service at Ohio's Hospice LifeCare
A discharge planner sending a patient to Ohio's Hospice LifeCare reaches the admissions office that opens the hospice case. Name the patient and the referring provider on the cover sheet so intake can match the case. A brief call to Ohio's Hospice LifeCare ahead of a same-day discharge helps staff watch for the fax so the family is not left waiting.
Electing the hospice benefit with Ohio's Hospice LifeCare
Faxing the hospice election paperwork to Ohio's Hospice LifeCare means reaching the intake office that processes the CTI and the benefit election. The certification of terminal illness confirms the physician's judgment that the prognosis is six months or less if the illness runs its usual course. Include the patient's name and date of birth so staff match the election to the right chart.
The secure way to fax Ohio's Hospice LifeCare
Because these documents hold health information, the transport to Ohio's Hospice LifeCare has to be compliant. The rules turn on using a secure, compliant service rather than a public or ad-supported one. With Send FAX Mail you send from your phone or computer over a HIPAA-compliant, encrypted connection — Professional is $39.99/month and Business $79.99/month — appropriate for charts sent to Ohio's Hospice LifeCare.
Faxing to Ohio's Hospice LifeCare — FAQ
No. Documents go to different fax lines at Ohio's Hospice LifeCare depending on the office. Records, admission intake, and hospice-care orders each keep their own line. Confirm the correct line for the office you are reaching before you send. A quick call to Ohio's Hospice LifeCare settles which line your document should use.
Include the three identifiers staff use to match a chart: full name, date of birth, and medical record number. Add a cover sheet addressed to the admissions and referral office at Ohio's Hospice LifeCare with your callback number. Attach the signed ROI authorization when the fax is a records request. A missing identifier is the usual reason a fax sits in a queue at Ohio's Hospice LifeCare.
Ohio's Hospice LifeCare receives faxes at any hour, but the offices that process them keep set schedules. Records and admission-intake offices work weekday business hours. The hospice on-call line handles urgent comfort-care orders after hours. Flag anything time-sensitive on the cover sheet so it is not treated as routine.
Yes, when the transport is compliant. Faxing itself is accepted for PHI; the transport is what has to be secure. Send FAX Mail includes HIPAA from the Professional plan at $39.99/month and encrypts documents in transit for records bound for Ohio's Hospice LifeCare. Choose the secure channel first, then confirm the number for Ohio's Hospice LifeCare.
Hospice referrals route to the admissions office, apart from a records request. Confirm the admissions fax with Ohio's Hospice LifeCare before sending the referral. Include the attending physician's information and the signed certification of terminal illness. Name the receiving office on the cover sheet so it is not misrouted. The result is a clean hand-off to the right team at Ohio's Hospice LifeCare for the patient and family.
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