Member Rights and Responsibilities

Member Rights

It is important that our members understand their rights as Common Ground Healthcare Cooperative (CGHC) members. As a member, you have the right to:

 

  • Receive information about CGHC, its services, its providers and Member rights and responsibilities.
  • Be treated with respect and dignity by CGHC employees, contracted providers, vendors, and health care professionals.
  • Privacy and confidentiality regarding their health and care.
  • Participate with providers in making decisions about their health care.
  • A candid discussion of appropriate or medically necessary treatment options for their conditions, regardless of cost or benefit coverage.
  • Voice complaints or concerns about CGHC or any of its network providers.
  • Appeal any decision made by CGHC and to receive a response within a reasonable amount of time.
  • Make recommendations regarding CGHC’s Member rights and responsibilities policy.
  • Choose an advance directive to designate the kind of care they wish to receive should they become unable to express their wishes.
  • Have a safe, secure, clean, and accessible health care environment.
  • Have access to emergency health care services in cases where a “prudent layperson” acting reasonably would believe that an emergency existed.

Member Responsibilities

Given that the health of Common Ground Healthcare Cooperative members impacts the financial well-being of all CGHC members, those that purchase our insurance also have certain responsibilities. It is the responsibility of all CGHC members to:

  • Pay their premiums.
  • Comply with all provisions of the policy outlined in the Certificate of Coverage, including Prior Authorization requirements.
  • Know and confirm their benefits before receiving treatment.
  • Show their ID card before receiving health care services.
  • Follow agreed upon instructions and guidelines for care.
  • Understand their health problems and develop mutually agreed upon treatment goals, to the degree possible.
  • Provide accurate information, to the extent possible, that CGHC and their provider require to care for them, or to make an informed coverage determination.
  • Use in-network providers for health care benefits and services, except where services are authorized by their health plan, or in the event of emergencies.
  • Pay appropriate co-payments, coinsurance and deductibles to participating providers when services are received.
  • Pay full charges incurred for non-covered services; EPO subscribers to pay full charges for out-of-network services; PPO subscribers to pay balance remaining for out of network services.