Notice of nondiscrimination
Great Plains Health complies with all applicable Federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate, exclude, or treat people differently because of race, color, religion, ethnicity, language, disability, socioeconomic status, sexual orientation, gender or gender identity or payer.
Great Plains Health:
- Provides free aids and services to people with disabilities to communicate effectively with us, such as:
- Qualified sign language interpreters
- Written information in other formats (large print, audio, accessible electronic formats, other formats)
- Provides free language services to people whose primary language is not English, such as:
- Qualified interpreters
- Information written in other languages.
This is a list of languages commonly spoken in our community. Additional languages are available upon request.
If you need these services, contact Great Plains Health patient advocate at 308.568.7200.
If you believe that Great Plains Health has failed to provide these services or discriminated in another way on the basis of race, color, religion, ethnicity, language, disability, socioeconomic status, sexual orientation, gender or gender identity or payer, you can file a grievance with:
Great Plains Health patient advocate, 601 W. Leota St., North Platte, NE 69103, telephone: 308.568.7200, TTY number: 308.568.7200, fax: 308.568.7468, ptadvocate@gphealth.org. You can file a grievance in person or by mail, fax, or email. If you need help filing a grievance, the Great Plains Health patient advocate 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
1-800-368-1019, 800-537-7697 (TDD)
Complaint forms are available at
http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/office/file/index.html.