Nondiscrimination Notice

Health First Health Plans complies with applicable Federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, or sex. Health First Health Plans does not exclude people or treat them differently because of race, color, national origin, age, disability, or sex.

Health First Health Plans:

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, 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, please contact us.

If you believe that Health First Health Plans 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: Health First Health Plans, 1.800.716.7737, (TTY)1.800.955.8771. You can file a grievance in person or by mail, fax or email. If you need help filing a grievance we are 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, DC 20201, 1.800.368.1019, (TTY)1.800.537.7697.

Complaint forms are available at https://www.hhs.gov/civil-rights/filing-a-complaint/index.html.

Health First Health Plans is an HMO plan with a Medicare contract. Enrollment in Health First Health Plans depends on contract renewal.