Members' Rights & Responsibilities
Member's Rights and Responsibilities  
Members have the right to:
  • Receive information about the organization, its services, its practitioners and providers and member rights and responsibilities
  • To be treated with respect and recognition of their dignity and right to privacy
  • To participate with practitioners in making decisions about their health care
  • To a candid discussion of appropriate or medically necessary treatment options of their conditions, regardless of cost or benefit coverage
  • To voice complaints or appeals about the organization or the care it provides
  • To make recommendations regarding the organization's member rights and responsibilities policies

Members have the responsibility to:

  • Supply information (to the extent possible) that the organization and its practitioners and providers need in order to provide care
  • To follow plans and instructions for care that they have agreed on with their practitioners
  • To understand their health problems and participate in developing mutually agreed-upon treatment goals to the degree possible