Non-discrimination Notice

Powers Health hospitals: Community Hospital, Munster; St. Catherine Hospital, East Chicago; St. Mary Medical Center, Hobart and Powers Health Rehabilitation Center, Crown Point, comply with applicable Federal civil rights laws and do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression. Powers Health does not exclude people or treat them differently because of race, color, national origin, age, disability, or, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression.

Powers Health provides:

• Free aids and services to people with disabilities to communicate effectively with us such as:
  • Qualified interpreters
  • Information written in other languages
• Free language services to people whose primary language is not English such as:
  • Qualified sign language interpreters
  • Written information in other formats (large print, audio, accessible electronic formats, other formats)

If you need these services, contact one of our Patient Advocates.

In addition, if you believe that Powers Health 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 in person or by email to the appropriate hospital patient advocate listed above. Our patient advocates are available to help you.

If the issue remains unresolved after speaking with our patient advocate, you may 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:

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
200 Independence Avenue
SW Room 509F, HHH Building
Washington, DC 20201
Phone: 1-800-368-1019, 800-537-7697 (TDD)
Complaint forms are available at http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/office/file/index.html.