How to fax a doctor's office

Doctors' offices, hospitals and pharmacies still use fax every day, for records requests, referrals, prior authorizations and signed forms. You can send yours from your phone.

FastFax lets you send a fax online from your phone or computer for as little as 2¢ a page, with no subscription. US fax numbers only, up to 100 pages per fax.

Common things people fax to doctors

• A medical records request or release form (HIPAA authorization form)
• New-patient forms and insurance cards
• Referral letters and test results from another office
• Work or school forms that need the doctor to fill in

How to send it

1. Scan the forms with your phone on fastfax.app, or upload the PDF.
2. Add a cover page: the office or department in To, a person in Attn (like Medical Records), the patient's name and date of birth in the subject if the office asks for it.
3. Type the office's fax number, check the preview, send.
4. Keep the confirmation PDF. If the office says they didn't get it, you have the time it was delivered.

Privacy: what to know

FastFax is a general fax service; it is not a HIPAA-covered service and doesn't sign business associate agreements, so it isn't meant for doctors' offices sending patient records. If you're a patient sending your own forms, you decide what to share. Documents are uploaded over HTTPS; the faxed file is deleted from our system after 7 days, or right away if you tap Delete my file now. Like any fax, the pages travel over the phone network and print at the receiving office.

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