Important Announcements

Nondiscrimination Policy Update

Boston Medical Center Health System complies with applicable Federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, national origin (including limited English proficiency and primary language), religion, culture, physical or mental disabilities, socioeconomic status, sex, sexual orientation and gender identity and/or expression. BMCHS provides free aids and services to people with disabilities and free language services to people whose primary language is not English.

To read our full Nondiscrimination Statement, click here.

Refugee Health Assessment Program


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Up to 75,000 refugees arrive each year in the United States, and about 5% of them have settled in Massachusetts in recent years. All refugees are entitled to a health assessment within three months of arrival in the U.S.

  

The goals of the refugee health assessment are:

  • General health assessment, including vision, hearing, and dental screening
  • Identification and treatment of immediate health needs
  • Diagnosis and treatment of communicable diseases
  • Immunization
  • Orientation to the health system in the United States
  • Transition to a primary care provider

Once this initial assessment has been done, we are happy to continue to follow patients in our primary care practice or to refer them to centers closer to their homes. 

  

The Refugee Health Assessment Program sees patients that are referred from specific resettlement agencies; thus we do not make appointments for these patients outside this system. New immigrants to the U.S. should have their appointments made with primary care professionals with whom they plan to establish long-term care.

For referrals to RHAP, please fax a referral to the RHAP coordinator at 617.414.7230.