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Sendero Provider Manual Page 100 of 184 If you ask for a fair hearing, you will get a packet of information letting you know the date, time and location of the hearing one week or more before the date of the fair hearing. Most fair hearings are held by telephone. At that time, you or your representative can tell why you need the service the health plan denied. HHSC will give you a final decision within 90 days from the date you asked for the hearing. Sendero Customer Services 1-855-526-7388 Network Management 1-855-895-0475 Health Services Dept.: 1-855-297-9191 (FAX 1-512-275-2862)
Sendero Provider Manual Page 101 of 184 ST6 – STAR/Medicaid Member Rights and Responsibilities ST 6.1 Member Rights 1. You have the right to respect, dignity, privacy, confidentiality and nondiscrimination. That includes the right to: a. Be treated fairly and with respect. b. Know that your medical records and discussions with your providers will be kept private and confidential. 2. You have the right to a reasonable opportunity to choose a health care plan and primary care provider. This is the doctor or health care provider you will see most of the time and who will coordinate your care. You have the right to change to another health plan or provider in a reasonably easy manner. That includes the right to: a. Be told how to choose your health plan and your primary care provider from the choices you are given. b. Be told how to change to any health plan you want that is available in your area and to change your primary care provider from that health plan’s network without any penalty. c. Change your primary care provider. d. Change your health plan without penalty. e. Be told how to change your health plan or your primary care provider. 3. You have the right to ask questions and get answers about anything you do not understand. That includes the right to: a. Have your provider explain your health care needs to you and talk to you about the different ways your health care problems can be treated. b. Be told why care or services were denied and not given. 4. You have the right to agree to or refuse treatment and actively participate in treatment decisions. That includes the right to: a. Work as part of a team with your provider in deciding what health care is best for you. b. Say yes or no to the care recommended by your provider. 5. You have the right to use each available complaint and appeal process through the managed care organization and through Medicaid, and get a timely response to complaints, appeals and fair hearings. That includes the right to: a. Make a complaint to your health plan or to the state Medicaid Program about your health care, your provider or your health plan. b. Get a timely answer to your complaint. c. Use the plan’s appeal process and be told how to use it. d. Ask for a fair hearing from the state Medicaid program and get information about how the process works. 6. You have the right to timely access to care that does not have any communication or physical access barriers. That includes the right to: Sendero Customer Services 1-855-526-7388 Network Management 1-855-895-0475 Health Services Dept.: 1-855-297-9191 (FAX 1-512-275-2862)
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