Snowline Hospice Fax Number — Send Medical Records and Release Requests
Medical-record requests to Snowline Hospice run through release of information, and the right fax depends on that office. Based in Diamond Springs, California, Snowline Hospice is a community-based nonprofit hospice and a community hospice and palliative care organization serving patients and families throughout California. Because a patient's chart is protected health information, this guide covers both where to send it and how to keep the transmission compliant.
Snowline Hospice Fax Number
Use Snowline Hospice's referral or records-request instructions to find where to send documents
Hours: Admissions and records keep weekday hours; the hospice on-call line receives time-sensitive orders after hours.
Send a Fax NowWhat You Can Fax to Snowline Hospice
- The certification of terminal illness (CTI)
- Durable medical equipment (DME) orders — a hospital bed, oxygen, or a wheelchair
- Bereavement and continuing-care enrollment forms
- Interdisciplinary group (IDG) plan-of-care updates
- A hospice referral from a hospital, SNF, or physician
How medical records move at Snowline Hospice
To send or request a patient's records at Snowline Hospice, the request goes through medical records. Staff confirm the patient identifiers on the authorization before releasing anything. Address the cover sheet to medical records so it reaches the right desk.
The cover sheet that gets your fax routed at Snowline Hospice
Good labeling is the difference between a same-day match and a stalled record at Snowline Hospice. Attach the signed ROI authorization when the fax is a records request. A delivery confirmation then tells you the pages reached Snowline Hospice.
Sending patient charts to Snowline Hospice without cutting corners
A patient's records are protected health information, so how you fax them to Snowline Hospice matters. HIPAA permits faxing PHI over a compliant, encrypted service — not a shared office machine or a free app. 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 Snowline Hospice.
Faxing to Snowline Hospice — FAQ
It can be, with the right service. The risk is not the fax itself but an unsecured tool, so a free app or a public machine will not do. Send FAX Mail includes HIPAA and encryption from $39.99/month for faxes to Snowline Hospice. Handled that way, the records stay within the rules end to end.
Ask the specific Snowline Hospice office for its working fax before you send. The discharging hospital's case manager often already has the correct Snowline Hospice fax on file. Verifying the office and the line up front is the honest shortcut. Note the number the first time so the next fax to Snowline Hospice is quicker.
Submit a signed release-of-information authorization to medical records at Snowline Hospice. Ask Snowline Hospice where the signed release should go. Put the patient identifiers and the requested dates on the authorization. They release the copies to the recipient you named after processing.
No. Snowline Hospice routes faxes to separate office lines, so medical records and the admissions and referral office do not share a number. The line for medical records is separate from the one for admission intake. Identify the destination before sending so nothing is misrouted. Sending to the wrong line only delays the paperwork for a patient and family who need it.
A hospice referral and the certification of terminal illness go to the admissions and referral office. Confirm the admissions fax with Snowline Hospice before sending the referral. Include the attending physician's information and the signed certification of terminal illness. Keep the transmission confirmation in case you need to show it went through. It is a small step that saves a follow-up call later.
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