Patient Resources

Patient Bill of Rights

The staff of Cedar Lake Surgery Center is dedicated to you, our patient. We are committed to providing the support you need and insuring that you receive the finest care throughout your surgical experience while you are in our facility.

You are entitled to receive the following:

1. Considerate and respectful care.
2. Information regarding the name of your physician, who has primary responsibility for coordinating your care, and the names and professional relationships of other physicians who will see you.
3. Information from your physician regarding your illness, course of treatment, and prospects for recovery in terms you can understand.
4. Comprehensive information regarding any proposed procedure which you need in order to give informed consent or to refuse the procedure. Except in emergencies, this information shall include a description of the procedure, the medically significant risks, alternative courses of treatment (or non-treatment) and the risks in each, and the name of the person who will carry out the procedure.
5. Participate actively in decisions regarding your medical care.
6. Full consideration of privacy and personal dignity. Case discussion, consultation, examination and treatment are confidential and will be conducted discreetly. You will have the right to know the identity of all persons involved in your care.
7. Confidential treatment of all communications and records pertaining to your care and stay at Cedar Lake Surgery Center. Your written permission shall be obtained before your medical records can be made available to anyone not directly concerned with your care.
8. A reasonable response to any reasonable request you ask for service.
9. Refuse treatment or leave Cedar Lake Surgery Center against medical advice and be told of the medical consequences of your refusal. Patients will not be allowed to leave Cedar Lake Surgery Center under any circumstances following a procedure unless a responsible adult is available in the immediate post-op period and will drive you home.
10. Be advised if Cedar Lake Surgery Center or your personal physician proposes to engage in or perform human experimentation affecting your care or treatment, you have the right to refuse to participate in such research projects.
11. Be informed by your physician, or a delegate of your physician, of your continuing care requirements following your discharge from Cedar Lake Surgery Center.
12. Examine and receive an explanation of your bill regardless of source of payment.
13. Know which Cedar Lake Surgery Center rules and policies apply to your conduct as a patient.
14. Have all patient rights apply to the person who may have legal responsibility to make decisions regarding medical care on your (the patient’s) behalf.
15. Exercise the above rights without regard to sex, cultural, economic, educational, religious background, or the source of payment for your care.

Insurance Accepted

Insurance and Charges

1. Please present your insurance card on the day of surgery.
2. We are pleased to submit your insurance form for you. However, responsibility for payment is your obligation regardless of insurance coverage. We accept Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover Card, checks and cash.
3. Charges for cosmetic procedures not covered by insurance must be paid in full at the time of service.