They might have some HIPAA problems as they did not (as I understand it) have the right to release health or medical information to her, especially the information that her sister and brother were going to have the feeding tube inserted. I am presuming that they did so, of course, but I believe it's a logical presumption on the face.
They [the hospital and hospice] might have some HIPAA problems as they did not (as I understand it) have the right to release health or medical information to her [the granddaughter], especially the information that her [Mae] sister and brother were going to have the feeding tube inserted. I am presuming that they [the hospice] did so, of course, but I believe it's a logical presumption on the face.
The fact that the hospice and hospital did not require presentation of some paperwork showing the granddaughter's Medical POA probably exposes them somewhat as well. Just my $0.02