NOTICE TO ALL PATIENTS

NOT ALL PHYSICIANS OR OTHER MEDICAL PERSONNEL WHO PRACTICE MEDICINE AT LORETTO HOSPITAL ARE EMPLOYEES OF LORETTO HOSPITAL. SOME PHYSICIANS AND OTHER MEDICAL PERSONNEL ON OUR PREMISES HAVE THEIR OWN MEDICAL PRACTICES WITHIN OUR PROFESSIONAL BUILDING OR ELSEWHERE. THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE INDEPENDENT PRACTITIONERS AND NOT AGENTS OR EMPLOYEES OF LORETTO HOSPITAL. LORETTO HOSPITAL ASSUMES NO LEGAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR ACTIONS. WHEN YOU VISIT YOUR PHYSICIAN OR MEDICAL PROVIDER, ASK THEIR OFFICE TO VERIFY IN WRITING IF THEY ARE EMPLOYEES OF LORETTO HOSPITAL OR NOT. YOU SHOULD ALSO ASK THEM TO VERIFY WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE “IN-NETWORK” ON YOUR INDIVIDUAL HEALTH INSURANCE PLAN, OR WHETHER THEIR SERVICES ARE “OUT-OF-NETWORK” AND MAY NOT BE COVERED IN FULL OR AT ALL UNDER YOUR HEALTH INSURANCE.