General Notice About Nondiscrimination and Accessibility Requirements
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and its affiliates as noted below (“HPHC”) comply with applicable federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, or sex. HPHC does not exclude people or treat them differently because of race, color, national origin, age, disability or sex.
HPHC:
- Provides free aids and services to people with disabilities to communicate effectively with us, such as qualified sign language interpreters and written information in other formats (large print, audio, other formats)
- Provides free language services to people whose primary language is not English, such as qualified interpreters.
If you need these services, contact our Civil Rights Compliance Officer.
If you believe that HPHC has failed to provide these services or discriminated in another way on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability or sex, you can file a grievance with: Civil Rights Compliance Officer, 93 Worcester St, Wellesley, MA 02481, (866) 750-2074, TTY service: 711, Fax: (617) 509-3085, Email: civil_rights@harvardpilgrim.org. You can file a grievance in person or by mail, fax or email. If you need help filing a grievance, the Civil Rights Compliance Officer is available to help you. You can also file a civil rights complaint with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights, electronically through the Office for Civil Rights Complaint Portal, available at https://ocrportal.hhs.gov/ocr/portal/lobby.jsf, or by mail or phone at:
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
200 Independence Avenue, SW
Room 509F, HHH Building
Washington, D.C. 20201
(800) 368-1019, (800) 537-7697 (TTY)
Complaint forms are available at http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/office/file/index.html.