Rehabilitation Hospital of the Northwest Fax Number — Discharge Summaries and Continuing Care
When a patient completes rehab at Rehabilitation Hospital of the Northwest, the summary and follow-up plan are faxed to home health, a nursing facility, or the primary-care office — this guide covers it. As a neurorehabilitation hospital in Post Falls, Idaho, Rehabilitation Hospital of the Northwest coordinates intensive inpatient rehabilitation after a stroke, brain injury, or spinal-cord injury for patients transferring from acute neurology or trauma and their case managers across the Intermountain West. Because a discharge summary carries protected health information, this guide covers both where to send it and how to keep the transmission compliant.
Rehabilitation Hospital of the Northwest Fax Number
Call Rehabilitation Hospital of the Northwest and ask which line receives stroke and brain-injury referrals
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.
Send a Fax NowWhat You Can Fax to Rehabilitation Hospital of the Northwest
- The neurology or trauma H&P, imaging, and progress notes for the admission decision
- A prior-authorization request with the plan of care documenting the intensive-therapy requirement
- A referral and pre-admission screening for a stroke, brain-injury, or spinal-cord-injury patient
- A discharge summary and continuing-therapy orders to the next provider
- The physician and therapy plan of care with the cognitive and mobility goals
Discharge summaries and continuing care from Rehabilitation Hospital of the Northwest
Because rehabilitation continues after discharge, Rehabilitation Hospital of the Northwest faxes the discharge summary and the outpatient-therapy or home-health orders so the next provider picks up where the hospital left off. Send the discharge summary and the home-health or equipment orders together so nothing is missing. Flag an urgent home-health need so services are set up before discharge.
Sending a pre-admission screening to Rehabilitation Hospital of the Northwest
Because Rehabilitation Hospital of the Northwest admits patients transferring from acute care, a referral arrives as a faxed screening packet with the history and recent notes so the physiatrist can review it and make the admission decision. 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. Flag an anticipated discharge date so the screening is worked in time.
Sending referral and rehab records to Rehabilitation Hospital of the Northwest without cutting corners
Anything with a patient's history, therapy notes, or plan of care headed to Rehabilitation Hospital of the Northwest is protected data under HIPAA. A shared machine in an open work area cannot promise the confidentiality the rules expect. 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 Rehabilitation Hospital of the Northwest.
Faxing to Rehabilitation Hospital of the Northwest — FAQ
Yes, and the summary usually goes to home health, a nursing facility, or the primary-care office at discharge. Name the patient and the receiving provider so the summary is matched on arrival. The summary states the functional gains, the medications, and the follow-up plan so the provider can continue care. Keep the confirmation until the summary is acknowledged.
A rehab admission at Rehabilitation Hospital of the Northwest 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. The packet names the diagnosis, the plan of care, and the functional deficits that justify the stay. Keep the confirmation for the chart.
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. Attach the signed release or authorization when the fax is a records request or an authorization packet. A missing referring case manager is the usual reason a fax sits in a queue at Rehabilitation Hospital of the Northwest.
You can send to Rehabilitation Hospital of the Northwest 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. Send routine referral and records faxes during weekday hours so they are worked promptly. A brief follow-up call confirms an urgent fax to Rehabilitation Hospital of the Northwest was seen.
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