Nondiscrimination Statement Posting October 31, 2016 Medi-Cal, Medicare, Practice Management, Resources Languages, Medical, Medicare, Nondiscrimination Posting 0 Physicians who provide services to Medicare or Medi-Cal patients must comply with new nondiscrimination posting requirements effective October 16th. Here are the steps RCMA recommends for compliance: 1. Read the members only FAQ: Section 1557 Nondiscrimination Final Rule: Notices of Consumer Rights and Taglines 2. Download the Notice of Nondiscrimination in English along with the Tagline Statements with the 15 top languages spoken in California. 3. Customize the Notice of Nondiscrimination and tagline statements with your practices information: Your practice name [Name of covered entity] Your phone numbers (use your office number) TTY (TTY: 1-xxx-xxx-xxxx) if your office has one. 4. If you have 15 or more employees you must also: Designate a responsible employee “Civil Rights Coordinator” to coordinate the practice’s efforts to comply with and carry out its responsibilities under Section 1557. (Note: the taglines must include the phone number for the practice’s designated “Civil Rights Coordinator”) Adopt Grievance Procedures to provide for prompt and equitable resolutions of any allegations of Section 1557 violations. See OCR Sample Grievance Procedures. 5. Post the Non Discrimination Notice along with the 15 Tagline Statements in conspicuous physical locations where the physician practice interacts with the public (See FAQs for more details) 6. Submit an Assurance of Compliance form to OCR A couple of additional resources include: CMA free member webinar on 11/9 Nondiscrimination Statements: A Detailed Guide to Compliance Download CMA’s On-Call document #6003, “Language Interpreters,” available free to members If you still have additional questions, please contact our Physician Advocate Mitzi Young at myoung@cmanet.org, (888) 236-0267, (909) 654-0381-mobile or CMA Legal at (800) 786-4262. Comments are closed.
