HIPAA Compliant Fax Services

What is HIPAA?

HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996) is United States legislation that provides data privacy and security rules for safeguarding medical information.

What is a HIPAA compliant fax?

A HIPAA compliant fax is used by medical professionals and organizations as a highly secure way of sending and receiving private patient information, protected by HIPAA’s administrative, technical, and physical safeguards.

What is a BAA (Business Associate Agreement)?

A business associate is an entity that performs functions or activities on behalf of a covered entity involving protected health information. A BAA defines each party’s HIPAA responsibilities.

Will WestFax sign a BAA?

Yes. WestFax will sign a Business Associate Agreement that satisfies HHS standards for HIPAA Health Information Privacy.

Is WestFax HIPAA Compliant?

WestFax offers industry‑leading HIPAA‑compliant fax service, including a standard BAA, encryption, audit logs, and secure data centers.

Can faxes be hacked?

While no system is 100% immune, modern cloud fax services use encryption and secure hosting to minimize hacking risk.

Can I send a fax from my Gmail?

Compose a new email, set the To field to the fax [email protected], attach your document, and send—it’s delivered as a fax.

Can I send a fax from my Outlook email?

Attach your document in Outlook, address the email to [email protected], and send—it routes through WestFax as a fax.