VITAS Healthcare of Houston Fax Number — Send a Hospice Referral
Sending a hospice referral to VITAS Healthcare of Houston for a hospital or SNF discharge? Those route to the referral intake office, which keeps its own fax line. VITAS Healthcare of Houston, a hospice agency in Houston, Texas, is part of VITAS Healthcare and receives clinical documents by fax every day. Send the discharge summary with the medication list, physician orders, and face-to-face note so intake can review without waiting on a second fax.
VITAS Healthcare of Houston Fax Number
Ask VITAS Healthcare of Houston's admissions or medical records office for the current fax number
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 VITAS Healthcare of Houston
- Interdisciplinary group (IDG) plan-of-care updates
- Face-to-face (F2F) recertification encounter documentation
- The signed hospice election statement
- A hospital or SNF discharge summary for a referral
- Medical records and release-of-information (ROI) authorizations
The hospital-to-hospice referral path at VITAS Healthcare of Houston
When a discharging hospital sends a patient to VITAS Healthcare of Houston, the referral packet reaches referral intake. Send the discharge summary with the current medication list, the physician's orders, and the reason for referral. Ask VITAS Healthcare of Houston whether the referral should go to a central intake line or the local branch.
How faxes route inside VITAS Healthcare of Houston
A hospice agency such as VITAS Healthcare of Houston assigns a fax to each office rather than one shared line. Each office — medical records, the admissions and referral office, and the clinical team — answers its own fax. So naming the office you actually need is the first step before you send.
Keeping records to VITAS Healthcare of Houston HIPAA-compliant
Faxing PHI to VITAS Healthcare of Houston is allowed, but the service you use has to protect it. Encryption in transit and a compliant provider are what keep the transmission within the rules. Send FAX Mail includes HIPAA and encryption starting at $39.99/month, so PHI headed to VITAS Healthcare of Houston travels over a compliant channel instead of a fax machine in a shared office.
Faxing to VITAS Healthcare of Houston — FAQ
Include the three identifiers staff use to match a chart: full name, date of birth, and medical record number. Note the target office — medical records, referral intake, or the clinical team — on the cover sheet. With identifiers and destination clear, nothing gets misrouted. Clear labeling is what keeps a multi-page record together at VITAS Healthcare of Houston.
VITAS Healthcare of Houston receives faxes at any hour, but the offices that process them keep set schedules. Processing at medical records generally runs Monday through Friday during business hours. Urgent referrals and clinical orders reach the on-call clinician at any hour regardless of the office schedule. Expect same-day handling for the urgent orders the on-call team watches for.
Yes — HIPAA permits faxing protected health information when the channel is secure. 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 VITAS Healthcare of Houston. A secure send protects both you and the patient whose chart it is.
The current line comes from VITAS Healthcare of Houston directly, since branch numbers change. The discharging hospital's case manager often already has the correct VITAS Healthcare of Houston fax on file. Verifying the office and the line up front is the honest shortcut. That confirmation is the difference between a delivered record and a lost one.
A hospice referral and the certification of terminal illness go to the admissions and referral office. Confirm the admissions fax with VITAS Healthcare of Houston 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. Doing it that way avoids the most common cause of a delay.
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