Guides for practices of any size: the compliance questions buyers actually type, switching guides with the warnings vendors skip, and the paperwork of a modern practice. Every fact carries the date it was checked.
September 2, 2026
Payers, agencies and courts still accept nothing else, every EHR speaks a different dialect, and a fax leaves a record. The real reasons fax survived, the federal rule that changes one slice of it in 2028, and how a practice runs it from a browser for $4.99 a month.
August 26, 2026
Fax travels point to point over the telephone network to one number; email is copied through servers you do not control and lands wherever the address goes. Why HIPAA never prohibited fax, where each channel actually fails, and what a compliant online fax service adds.
August 19, 2026
A billing company is a business associate under HIPAA, so its fax service must sign a BAA. What billers fax, why 250 pages in one fax matters for appeal packets, how one plan puts a whole billing office on one number, and the $9.99 plan built for it.
August 12, 2026
iFax Basic at $12.49 a month has no fax number and no HIPAA coverage; HIPAA compliant is listed from Plus at $24.99, and iFax's site does not say which plan signs a BAA. Fax Pigeon includes the BAA and a number from $4.99.
August 5, 2026
Fax.Plus signs a Business Associate Agreement on its Enterprise plan only, from $79.99 a month. Its $6.99, $13.99 and $27.99 plans carry no BAA. What that means for a practice, what the refund policy says, and the $4.99 plan with the BAA included.
July 29, 2026
WestFax Solo is $14.99 a month with no annual option, a $20 port fee and 60-day retention. Fax Pigeon's 500-page plan is $9.99 billed annually for the same 500 pages, with free porting and records kept for life.
July 22, 2026
A therapist's fax service needs a signed BAA on the plan you actually buy, your own inbound number, and porting you can take with you. What to check, what each provider charges at 200 pages, and the $4.99 plan built for private practice.
July 15, 2026
Among the leading online fax providers, the lowest price for 200 and 500 pages a month with a signed Business Associate Agreement included, read at each provider's own page on September 2, 2026. The badge is not the agreement; here is who includes it.
July 8, 2026
eFax Personal is $18.99 and Business is $39.99, before the $10 overage wallet, per-attempt billing, $5 numbers, $10 users and the $40 port-out fee. What a solo practice actually pays, verified September 2, 2026, and the $4.99 alternative.
July 1, 2026
SRFax Healthcare Lite is $10.70 a month billed annually for 200 pages, with the BAA by request form. Fax Pigeon's 200-page plan is $4.99 for the same 200 pages with the BAA signed at signup.
June 24, 2026
eFax's cheapest plan with a signed BAA is $39.99 a month. Fax Pigeon includes the BAA on every plan from $4.99. The prices, the fees eFax's own terms disclose, and what switching takes,
June 17, 2026
A fax number can only move while the account that holds it is open. The exact sequence for leaving eFax, SRFax, WestFax or any provider without losing the number on your letterhead, what each one charges to release it, and how long a port takes.
June 10, 2026
Yes. E-prescribing platforms require a fax number as the backup channel for failed electronic scripts. What the requirement actually means, what kind of number satisfies it, and what it should cost.
June 3, 2026
Port your number out first, then cancel. The step-by-step order that protects your fax number, what eFax's cancellation process involves, and the refund policy to know before you start.
May 27, 2026
SimplePractice does not offer faxing and says so in its own help center. Here is exactly what it recommends, what to look for in a fax service, and what it should cost.
May 20, 2026
eFax names its Business Associate Agreement on the $39.99 Business plan and on Corporate; the $18.99 Personal plan is listed as HIPAA Compliant. The agreement could not be reviewed before subscribing. What to verify, and the $4.99 plan that includes the BAA.
