St. Joseph Hospice Fax Number — Send Patient Records Securely
Faxing patient records to St. Joseph Hospice is allowed under HIPAA — but only over a secure, compliant channel, which is where most people slip. As part of The Carpenter Health Network, St. Joseph Hospice in Baton Rouge, Louisiana receives faxed orders, records, and referral packets for hospice patients across the Gulf Coast. This guide covers the compliant way to send PHI plus how to reach the correct office at the hospice.
St. Joseph Hospice Fax Number
Call St. Joseph Hospice and ask for the hospice referral team or the office you need to reach by fax
Hours: The admissions and records offices generally run Monday-Friday during business hours; hospice care is on call around the clock for urgent orders.
Send a Fax NowWhat You Can Fax to St. Joseph Hospice
- The signed hospice election statement
- Durable medical equipment (DME) orders — a hospital bed, oxygen, or a wheelchair
- DNR, POLST, and advance-directive documents
- The certification of terminal illness (CTI)
- A hospice referral from a hospital, SNF, or physician
The secure way to fax St. Joseph Hospice
Faxing PHI to St. Joseph Hospice is allowed, but the service you use has to protect it. A walk-in machine in a shared space cannot promise the confidentiality the rules expect. Send FAX Mail's Professional plan ($39.99/month) and Business plan ($79.99/month) both include HIPAA coverage and encryption for documents bound for St. Joseph Hospice.
How family support paperwork reaches St. Joseph Hospice
Faxing a bereavement or continuing-care form to St. Joseph Hospice means reaching the office that supports families after a death. A complete form — the family contact, the relationship, and a callback number — is processed fastest. Name the bereavement or continuing-care team on the cover sheet so it reaches the right desk.
Confirming the right fax at St. Joseph Hospice
The reliable way to fax St. Joseph Hospice is to ask the exact office for its working line. Reach the specific St. Joseph Hospice office by phone and confirm the fax it uses today. A quick verification beats faxing sensitive pages to a number that has moved.
Faxing to St. Joseph Hospice — FAQ
Faxing records to St. Joseph Hospice is fine under HIPAA as long as the service is compliant. HIPAA turns on using a compliant, encrypted service rather than a public one. Send FAX Mail encrypts pages in transit and includes HIPAA starting at $39.99/month — safer for PHI headed to St. Joseph Hospice than a public machine. Handled that way, the records stay within the rules end to end.
Get it from the office that will receive the document rather than an old listing. Reach the specific St. Joseph Hospice office by phone and confirm the fax it uses today. A quick check beats faxing PHI to a number that has moved. Note the number the first time so the next fax to St. Joseph Hospice is quicker.
Release of information begins with a signed ROI request to the records office. St. Joseph Hospice will tell you where to fax or upload the completed form. A complete request — identifiers, dates, and records wanted — moves fastest. They release the copies to the recipient you named after processing.
No. St. Joseph Hospice routes faxes to separate office lines, so medical records and the admissions and referral office do not share a number. Each office — records, admissions, the hospice care team — answers a different fax. Verify the current fax for the admissions and referral office or your target office first. Sending to the wrong line only delays the paperwork for a patient and family who need it.
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