In accordance with the requirements of title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (“ADA”), Mercy Health Associates will not discriminate against qualified individuals with disabilities on the basis of disability in its services, programs, or activities.

• Employment: Mercy Health Associates does not discriminate on the basis of disability in its hiring or employment practices and complies with all regulations promulgated by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission under title I of the ADA.
• Effective Communication: Mercy Health Associates will generally, upon request, provide appropriate aids and services leading to effective communication for qualified persons with disabilities so they can participate equally in Mercy Health Associates’s programs, services, and activities, including qualified sign language interpreters, documents in Braille, and other ways of making information and communications accessible to people who have speech, hearing, or vision impairments.
• Modifications to Policies and Procedures: Mercy Health Associates will make all reasonable modifications to policies and programs to ensure that people with disabilities have an equal opportunity to enjoy all of its programs, services, and activities. 

Anyone who requires an auxiliary aid or service for effective communication, or a modification of policies or procedures to participate in a program, service, or activity of Mercy Health Associates, should contact Neurateq’s Office Administrator and ADA Coordinator.

The ADA does not require Mercy Health Associates to take any action that would fundamentally alter the nature of its programs or services, or impose an undue financial or administrative burden.

Complaints that a program, service, or activity of Mercy Health Associates is not accessible to persons with disabilities should be directed to Neurateq’s Office Administrator and ADA Coordinator.

Mercy Health Associates will not place a surcharge on a particular individual with a disability or any group of individuals with disabilities to cover the cost of providing auxiliary aids/services or reasonable modifications of policy, such as retrieving items from locations that are open to the public but are not accessible to persons who use wheelchairs.

Mercy Health Associates (NQHS) is committed to providing a fully accessible website experience on the NQHS website portal located at:

www.neurateq.com for all users of assistive technologies such as screen reading software, screen enlargement software and alternative keyboard input devices.

If any users of assistive technologies are experiencing any difficulties in using the website please do not hesitate to contact:

Neurateq’s Office Administrator and ADA Coordinator.