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Vhs Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan Fax Number — Plan of Care and Functional Assessment

The interdisciplinary plan of care at Vhs Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan establishes medical necessity for the rehab admission and is faxed to the payer — this guide covers it. As a rehabilitation institute in Detroit, Michigan, Vhs Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan coordinates intensive inpatient rehabilitation and specialized rehabilitation-medicine programs for patients transferring from an acute-care hospital and their case managers across the Great Lakes region. Because a plan of care is protected health information, this guide covers both where to send it and how to keep the transmission compliant.

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Vhs Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan Fax Number

Call Vhs Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan and ask which program or line should receive your referral

Hours: The hospital operates continuously, so an incoming fax is received at all hours; the pre-admission liaison and the records office, however, process referrals and requests during regular office hours.

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What You Can Fax to Vhs Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan

  • A signed release for a copy of the rehabilitation record
  • A referral and pre-admission screening request from the acute-care hospital's case manager
  • The physician and therapy plan of care with the program-specific goals
  • A discharge summary and continuing-therapy orders to the next provider
  • A prior-authorization request with the plan of care documenting the intensive-therapy requirement
Tip: Put the patient's name, date of birth, and the referring hospital on each page so Vhs Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan can match it cleanly. Direct the cover sheet to pre-admission screening, the authorization coordinator, or records at Vhs Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan, with a callback number for questions. Group the pages into a single fax and hold onto the confirmation in case you need to prove it arrived.

The interdisciplinary plan of care at Vhs Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan

Because an inpatient rehabilitation stay must show the patient needs and can participate in intensive therapy, Vhs Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan faxes the physician plan of care and the functional assessment to establish medical necessity. The plan of care should state the therapy disciplines, the intensity, and the functional goals for the stay. Put the patient's identifiers and the diagnosis on every page.

Faxing a referral to Vhs Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan

Most patients reach Vhs Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan by transfer from an acute hospital, and that referral — the H&P, the imaging, and the case manager's summary — is faxed in so the pre-admission team can screen it before an admission is offered. 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. Keep the confirmation so the referring hospital shows the referral was transmitted.

Faxing PHI to Vhs Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan the compliant way

Because these documents hold health information about a patient, the transport to Vhs Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan has to be compliant. A consumer fax app is not enough; the channel needs to be encrypted and HIPAA-compliant. On Send FAX Mail, HIPAA coverage is included from the $39.99/month Professional tier up, and every page to Vhs Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan is encrypted in transit with a delivery confirmation.

Faxing to Vhs Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan — FAQ

Send a signed release form to the staff who manage the rehabilitation record at Vhs Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan. Vhs Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan verifies the patient's identity and the requester's authority before releasing the record. Note whether the requester is the patient, the referring provider, or the payer on the authorization. They release the copies to the recipient you named after processing.

Often an admissions line and a records line, with a larger hospital adding a dedicated authorization number. More than one number means routing by desk, not by machine. Check with Vhs Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan so the fax reaches the right person. Sending to the wrong desk only delays the document.

Yes — a referral with the patient's H&P, recent notes, and the reason for rehab is the routine first step, faxed to pre-admission screening. Give Vhs Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan the referral on its pre-admission line so it is not sent to a stale number. Nothing about the patient's course is lost between the acute hospital and the rehab hospital when the packet is complete. Put the patient's identifiers and the referring case manager on every page.

Because the stay must show the patient needs and can participate in intensive therapy, Vhs Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan faxes the plan of care to establish medical necessity. Ask Vhs Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan which line handles authorization documents. A complete plan means the payer can act without a second request. Put the patient's identifiers and the diagnosis on every page.

As a rehabilitation institute, Vhs Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan takes pre-admission referrals for its programs, faxes plans of care and authorization packets to payers, and faxes discharge summaries and continuing-therapy orders to the next provider. Get the current fax from Vhs Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan directly. Send a packet and its plan of care as one PDF so the pages stay together. Send the whole packet as one job so nothing arrives split. The result is a clean hand-off to the right staff at Vhs Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan.

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