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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 894506" data-attributes="member: 12952">Denied final farewell; Family barred from being by father’s side while he diesLORAIN — As Vernon Kapucinski, 60, took his final breaths yesterday&nbsp; morning after battling liver disease, his family was barred from being&nbsp; by his side at the New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph at Mercy&nbsp; Regional Medical Center.His brother, Jim Kapucinski, arrived at 5 a.m. and tried for an hour to&nbsp; see Vernon, but was denied access because he didn’t have the Health&nbsp; Insurance Portability and Accountability Act password.Published: Wednesday, October 26, 2011&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; His brother, Jim&nbsp; Kapucinski, arrived at 5 a.m. and tried for an hour to see Vernon, but&nbsp; was denied access because he didn’t have the Health Insurance&nbsp; Portability and Accountability Act password.Defeated&nbsp; by the system, he returned to his Bay Village home, only to receive an&nbsp; apologetic phone call from a nurse asking him to return to his brother’s&nbsp; side because Vernon’s condition had worsen.But he got back too late to comfort his brother as he died.Kapucinski wasn’t the only person denied the opportunity to be by Vernon’s side as he died.His&nbsp; long-time nursing aide, Audrey Reditt, arrived about 5:10 a.m. and was&nbsp; also turned away because she couldn’t give the nurse the HIPAA password.&nbsp; In none of Reditt’s or Kapucinski’s previous visits had they been asked&nbsp; for the code, they said.HIPPA is a federal law that requires health care providers to regulate&nbsp; medical information for safety and security reasons. It requires that&nbsp; family and friends have a password to see a patient.Kapucinski said when he left the hospice at 11 p.m. on Monday, he asked&nbsp; the staff if he needed a code to get in early the following morning and&nbsp; was told no. It was a nurse none of the family is familiar with who was&nbsp; on duty at 5 a.m. and was the one who denied Kapucinski and Reditt&nbsp; entrance.Kapucinski, his voice raised with anger yesterday&nbsp; afternoon, related how he tried to give them his driver’s license to&nbsp; show that he was related and was still denied entry.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 894506, member: 12952"] [B]Denied final farewell; Family barred from being by father’s side while he dies[/B] LORAIN — As Vernon Kapucinski, 60, took his final breaths yesterday morning after battling liver disease, his family was barred from being by his side at the New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph at Mercy Regional Medical Center. His brother, Jim Kapucinski, arrived at 5 a.m. and tried for an hour to see Vernon, but was denied access because he didn’t have the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act password. Published: Wednesday, October 26, 2011 His brother, Jim Kapucinski, arrived at 5 a.m. and tried for an hour to see Vernon, but was denied access because he didn’t have the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act password. Defeated by the system, he returned to his Bay Village home, only to receive an apologetic phone call from a nurse asking him to return to his brother’s side because Vernon’s condition had worsen. But he got back too late to comfort his brother as he died. Kapucinski wasn’t the only person denied the opportunity to be by Vernon’s side as he died. His long-time nursing aide, Audrey Reditt, arrived about 5:10 a.m. and was also turned away because she couldn’t give the nurse the HIPAA password. In none of Reditt’s or Kapucinski’s previous visits had they been asked for the code, they said. HIPPA is a federal law that requires health care providers to regulate medical information for safety and security reasons. It requires that family and friends have a password to see a patient. Kapucinski said when he left the hospice at 11 p.m. on Monday, he asked the staff if he needed a code to get in early the following morning and was told no. It was a nurse none of the family is familiar with who was on duty at 5 a.m. and was the one who denied Kapucinski and Reditt entrance. Kapucinski, his voice raised with anger yesterday afternoon, related how he tried to give them his driver’s license to show that he was related and was still denied entry. [/QUOTE]

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