Discrimination is Against the Law

Surgical Specialty Center of Northeastern Pennsylvania complies with applicable Federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, or sex.

Surgical Specialty Center of Northeastern Pennsylvania does not exclude people or treat them differently because of race, color, national origin, age, disability, or sex.

Surgical Specialty Center of Northeastern Pennsylvania:

• 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)
• Provides free language services to people whose primary language is not English, such as:
  • Qualified interpreters
  • Information written in other languages

If you need these services, contact Steve Bowman.

If you believe that Surgical Specialty Center of Northeastern Pennsylvania 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:

Steve Bowman
190 Welles Street Forty Fort, PA 18704
(570) 331-7615
(TTY: (570) 331-7615)
Fax: (570) 714-0419
Steve.Bowman@amsurg.com

You can file a grievance in person or by mail, fax, or email. If you need help filing a grievance, 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/smartscreen/main.jsf or by mail or phone at:

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
200 Independence Avenue SW., Room 509F,
HHH Building, Washington, DC 20201
1-800-868-1019, 800-537-7697 (TDD).

Complaint forms are available at http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/office/file/index.html.

Source: HHS Office for Civil Rights

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