Is it against the law for my hospital to give me a copy, or tell me verbally, of the criteria they use to determine the status of a hospitalized patient i.e. inpatient, outpatient, observation etc.

No, they are explaining procedure not mentioning patients names. How else could they inform you?

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Originally Posted by RebeccaThompson

Is it against the law for my hospital to give me a copy, or tell me verbally, of the criteria they use to determine the status of a hospitalized patient ie, inpatient, outpatient, observation etc.?

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What do you mean by "my" hospital? You work there? You're a patient there? You own the hospital?

Without knowing the situation it appears that they are merely informing you how patients are "graded" when care is concerned.