by Tahir Almas | Jul 24, 2026 | Uncategorized
CMS put a price tag on paper this month: $781.98 million per year. That’s what the agency projects taxpayers save as its new rule phases fax machines and postal mail out of Medicare administrative workflows. Plenty of headlines compressed that into “CMS...
by Tahir Almas | Jul 9, 2026 | Uncategorized
Yes, open source fax servers still matter in 2026, and in healthcare they matter more than ever. Fax refuses to die because every clinic, lab, and payer still accepts it. Self-hosting an open source fax server software stack lets you carry protected health information...
by Tahir Almas | Jul 4, 2026 | Uncategorized
When you send a patient record through a hosted fax service, that PHI passes through someone else’s servers, and your only real protection is a Business Associate Agreement. Self-hosting open source fax server software changes the math: the data never leaves...
by Tahir Almas | Jun 27, 2026 | Uncategorized
Quick answer: Self-hosted fax servers share the same SIP attack surface as any VoIP system, and 2026 has seen a steady run of brute-force scans and toll-fraud attempts against exposed SIP endpoints, with global telecom fraud topping 40 billion dollars in losses. If...
by Tahir Almas | Jun 25, 2026 | Uncategorized
Quick answer: Healthcare keeps faxing because fax is the one channel every clinic, lab, and payer already accepts. In 2026, federal rules are pushing health data toward standardized electronic exchange, and that does not kill the fax. It raises the bar for it. An open...
by Tahir Almas | Jun 20, 2026 | Uncategorized
Try to send a fax across a normal VoIP call and you will watch it fail more often than it succeeds: pages garble, transmissions drop halfway, or the call never handshakes at all. It is not your fax machine and not bad luck. The problem is that fax and voice want...
