Members have the right to register complaints or appeals about PHCS, our services, determinations, or the care provided by a PHCS Network provider. This includes the right to have complaints or appeals addressed in a timely manner through formal procedures appropriate to the nature of the complaint or appeal. Members have the right to timely and appropriate decision-making regarding the delivery of health care services, consistent with the terms of their health benefit plans and applicable state and federal law. Members have the right to a choice of health care providers from the PHCS Networks, consistent with the terms of their health benefit plans and applicable state and federal law. Members have the right, without regard to benefit coverage, to access emergency health care services in the event they believe that their condition, illness or injury is of such a nature that failure to obtain immediate medical care could place their life or health in serious jeopardy.
Members have the right to receive health care services without discrimination.
PHCS Network providers are precluded by contract from differentiating or discriminating against members in the provision of health care services due to certain member characteristics, and are required to render such services to all members in the same manner, in accordance with the same standards, and with the same availability as offered the Network provider's other patients. PHCS uses its best efforts to assure that all members are afforded these rights. If you feel that your rights as a member have not been met, you may voice your concern through the PHCS complaint resolution process. The complaint resolution process is the formal mechanism by which PHCS addresses members' concerns about their health care from our Network providers.