12 Responds: Patient learned she was 'out of network' minutes before surgery

12 Responds: Patient learned she was 'out of network' minutes before surgery

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — The date was Tuesday, July 8, and Susan Epstein was ready for surgery. "I fasted for 12 hours," she told 12 News. "They put the IV in, they swabbed my nose with antibacterial stuff, they gave me the three extra-strength Tylenol that they gave everybody." She was just waiting for the anesthesiologist when she asked her doctor about the "expenses" referenced in a waiver she'd signed when she was admitted to The Miriam Hos…