T.38 SIP Trunks and T.38 Fax Line services have a “HIPAA Conduit Exemption” and therefore do not require a Business Associate status.
T.38 Fax and Fax Line do not require a Business Associate relationship as they are ‘real-time’ services with no data storage. The HIPAA conduit exemption describes this:
“The conduit exception excludes only those entities providing mere courier services, and their electronic equivalents, such as mere data transmission services. A conduit transports information but does not access it.”
Hosted Fax, Never-Busy Fax Line, and Desktop Fax services require a Business Associate Status
A BA status is required for these services because PHI is stored on our hosting site requiring even temporarily the possibility of, ‘the disclosure of individually identifiable health information’
In reality the information is never viewed in day to day operation and is only accessible randomly.
You can completely virtualization of your Fax Server with T.38 SIP Trunks that provide a direct communication connection via the Internet. Get rid of your analog lines, gateways and fax boards.
A per minute or unlimited Fax over IP service for fax machines and multi-function device(MFD). A fax-never-busy Fax Line allows for simultaneous multiple incoming and outgoing fax.
An Email-to-Fax : Fax-to-Email service for offices that want to send and receive faxes from any device connected to the internet and used for email.
A fully managed Fax over IP service for environments that do not have or do not want to have faxing equipment on site. Full integration with on premise processes that generate faxes.
