HIPAA Rules and Hospital Visitation

Coffeyville Regional Medical Center has tightened enforcement of HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996) rules for privacy. When checking at the hospital, Jenny and I now only receive a list of people who have indicated that they are Methodist when they were admitted. In our experience the list is not always complete. If you are admitted to the hospital the only truly reliable way to let us know that you are there is to have someone contact us and let us know.

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